December is just a couple days away and still we have no official sign of Android Gingerbread’s impending release, but we know it is deep in the testing process. Take, for example, these application logs showing the new version of Android residing on at least a few Nexus One handsets. The latest build is going [...]

The I9020T( Nexus S) has made its way back to the FCC. The difference from old to new? A new BT/WiFi and GPS antenna. No information about the two changes. What did they do? What have they added? Removed? [via Engadget]

For those of you that thought 50 bones for the G2 was a crazy sweet deal, your socks are about to be rocked. Best Buy is offering the G2 for a mere $free with a new two year contract. This deal is only happening today and tomorrow as part of the Cyber Monday sales, which [...]

We could all cross our fingers and say it’s only for the holidays or it could be a white knuckled effort to get more units into the hands of consumers; but an equally probable story is 25% off of Sony’s Blu-Ray GTV units can only mean bad things. With almost every major network giving the [...]

Today’s AppCast coincidentally features apps for those who travel: games to keep you busy, a banking app for members of a particular blue bank, a flight tracker, and a keyboard to help you type on those bumpy takeoffs and landings. (Ok, that last one is a bit of a reach but I had to stick [...]

Black Friday? Pssh. More like Tablet Friday. Today, some very interesting pieces of information have come out of Notion Ink’s new website thanks to the easter eggs they’ve been putting up. Firstly, a daily binary counter in the upper-right corner of the site has been counting down, and through countless man hours of scientific experiments [...]

If you haven’t noticed, Sprint has been a great partner with us in kicking off the holiday season and I wanted to take a moment to tip my hat to their Android lineup. They’ve truly got a GREAT selection of Android devices that spread the entire spectrum. Whether you’re a brand new smartphone user looking [...]

TeamViewer for Android has finally gotten its public beta release, we’ve learned today. It’s free to use for those of you who aren’t using it for business. If you aren’t familiar with it, TeamViewer allows you to remotely view and control your PC desktop from any supported device. (That now includes Android devices, of course.) You’ll [...]

Thanksgiving was yesterday here in America, and as such, it was one of few times where my family sits around the table to eat dinner, talk, and share good times. As I took the biggest bite out of a piece of turkey that I’ve ever taken, I couldn’t help but notice that everyone in my [...]

March 25th m’lady and I will welcome our first child into the world. We found out the gender on the fifth of this month. What makes this event just a little extra special is that this is the first grand and great grandchild on my side of the family. While everyone knew that we knew [...]

In a move to help steer clear of any more legal trouble, HTC and Samsung have entered into a partnership with Intellectual Ventures to use over 30,000 software patents in their phones, and in Samsung’s case, a myriad of other devices. This is especially handy for HTC who’s faced nothing but legal trouble since they [...]

It seems DoComo’s viral marketing campaign featuring Star Wars villain Darth Vader was for the Samsung Galaxy S – exclusively offered by them in Japan. Following an announcement of the device (with a real life Darth Vader on stage), Samsung let loose this promotional video of Vader creepily following people around. The first thing that [...]

Friday is here, and so is another edition of PhanMail, the feature where we answer reader questions to give a bit of personal insight into the Android world. The questions keep getting better and better each week, and if you’d like to submit your own just head over to out PhanMail contact form and ask [...]

DLNA has certified an Android device from Samsung named the Stealth V. (Stealth V is likely just a codename.) According to them, it houses a 4.3-inch WVGA touchscreen and an 8 megapixel camera, and will run Android 2.2. This sounds an awful lot like the 4.3-4.5 inch “Galaxy S2″ device we heard of from Samsung [...]

BGR’s dropped a quick bit regarding the Motorola Olympus slate that we believe broke cover recently. The device – which we believe is heading to AT&T as the Olympus – could also be going to Verizon, but it currently has a different codename: the Motorola Etna. Their source states it’s powered by Tegra 2 and [...]

They’d been advertising it for a while, but Vodafone’s finally offering the HTC Desire Z for Free on monthly tariffs starting at 35 pounds per month. It’s best to describe this thing as a T-Mobile G2 with HTC Sense (Or is the G2 just a Desire Z with stock Android?) Anywho, it houses a 3.7-inch [...]

We’d heard rumors that the PlayStation Phone was being canned – at least for the time being – for whatever reason, but it seems Sony Ericsson France thinks otherwise according to this invitation to French press regarding a December 9th unveiling. Below the text – which mentions SE France’s Pierre Perron – lies images of [...]

Google’s announced that Android developers will be able to assign ratings (such as those used for movies, music, and video games) to applications to allow users to find apps more suitable for them. The ratings are All, Pre-Teen, Teen, and Mature. Every new application uploaded to the Android market will require the developer to set [...]

There’s simply no denying it now: the Nexus S is real and it’s being made by Samsung. New shots were leaked by XDA showing the same exact phone Eric Schmidt was waving around at the Web 2.o summit not too long ago. This time, though, the Samsung logo doesn’t have an ugly piece of tape [...]

Rovio’s been fielding questions on their Twitter account from users in a conversation that went from inquiries about a Christmas add-on to why Angry Birds is free on Android and not on other platforms. Firstly, yes: there will be an update for Android (as well as other platforms) come Christmas time. (Here’s the tweet they [...]