Turkey, cranberry, stuffing, mashed potatoes, don’t forget the pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving is all about the food. What we would rather not have it be about is all the calories we take in during a typical Thanksgiving dinner. So after the leftovers have been tucked away and our bellies our stuffed to the point where moving [...]

We’ve seen a lot of charts throughout the past couple of years since Android’s formal introduction. Mostly good charts. In fact, I can’t think of a chart relating to Android that I didn’t like except for the periodic “State of Fragmentation” report we receive from Google themselves. With nothing but high expectations for Android, people [...]

Alright, I’m on the road watching my brother and sister helplessly try and bump apps which got me thinking… what app or capability am I most eager to share with my family today? First I’d say the Phandroid/AndroidForums/AndroidApplications app which is well on its way to a public beta. Then I’d say a “secret project” [...]

Tomorrow is the day to unleash your shopping beast. Whether you plan to get up at the crack of dawn and brave your local mall for early bird deals or if you fancy yourself clever and want to try to sneak in later in the day and track down sales, you may not realize how [...]

It’s Turkey Day. The day where I slosh a huge hunk of mashed potatoes on my plate and dip every known edible object directly into them, covered in gravy, and inhale it down my big ‘ol mouth. By the end of the day I’ve got a big ‘ol belly. I haven’t yet reached the Al [...]

It’s quite the task reviewing all of these Samsung Galaxy S phones because differences between them are very marginal. It’s hard to write new 2,000-3,000 word reviews which mostly say everything you’ve said before. Such was the case with the Samsung Mesmerize from US Cellular compared to the Samsung Fascinate from Verizon that we’ve already [...]

Unrevoked is a great tool for rooting many a handset, but if any of those handsets should receive an OTA update like the HTC Droid Incredible recently did, the rooting method is liable to break. But the Unrevoked team doesn’t give up in the face of adversity, and has been working on a fix to [...]

Can you feel the excitement curdling in your blood for Black Friday? I sure can’t, but if you are the type who loves subjecting yourself to masochistic holiday shopping it’s only fair to let you in on all the deals. The latest list of holiday specials comes from Verizon who will be offering many an [...]

Dell now has the HTC Droid Incredible for sale at the price of free after a new two-year activation via their website. Actually it’s a bit more than free. Not only will shipping and activation fees be waived, but Dell will pay you with a $25 gift card to take the phone off their hands. [...]

At this point we are flat-out convinced that Verizon never intends to “officially” announce the Motorola Droid 2 Global by way of press release, and that’s fine. We can deal with that. The phone has already been on sale through VZW, and after an outing on Facebook customers signed up to the Droid email list [...]

Another HTC smartphone has made its way to the FCC, and while not much is known about the phone from the listing itself we can make a few speculations. It will feature both front and rear cameras, GSM/EDGE at 850 and 1900MHz, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, and should feature Android. Given HTC has requested confidentiality [...]

Gobble gobble, mother lickers! Tomorrow is Turkey Day here in the good ol’ US of A, but before we go gorging ourselves on all manners of tasty goods, before the tryptophan has shut down our nervous systems, we have your weekly dose of the Phandroid PhanCast to get through! We’ll be talking all sorts of [...]

Last week I took a look at one of the latest Game Gripper models to be released, the Motorola Droid 2, but we’ve just caught word that production has begun on an even newer model sure to please gamers everywhere. There is no doubt that a main draw of the Samsung EPIC 4G has been [...]

Ah MiKandi. It’s very existence is a testament to Android as a platform and an abberation to one Mr. Steven Jobs. If you aren’t up to speed, MiKandi is the adults-only app store that bucks the Android Market and delivers porn-filled applications for all comers. The market is totally NSFW, but it has just been [...]

We’ve got a lot to be thankful for at Phandroid, and that’s why this round of the Phan Giveaway won’t end until Thursday night at 11:59 EDT. In addition to giving ONE random commenter the below goodies, we’ll also be hooking up 3 other random commenters with a package of our Phan Gear. Unfortunately in [...]

Two new reports have just been published giving us a world-view of just how far Android has come in terms of smartphone market share. While US reports have steadily seen Android pacing and in some cases surpassing iOS and global trends are on the up and up, the latest data gives us a more local [...]

The battle-ready Motorola DEFY has just been confirmed as a candidate for Android 2.2 (Froyo), but owners might have to wait a while to get it. Motorola has made it known that the update should be hitting Defy handsets in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East sometime in Q2 of next year. Knowing Motorola’s track [...]

A few weeks back we reported both that the Dell Streak would soon be available in a new white color scheme, but also that the tablet/phone would go on sale unlocked carrying Froyo on-board in the US. Dell has formally announced both of these items with the addition of pricing details and the reveal of [...]

OpenFeint’s just announced 8 new titles to be distributed with OpenFeint support. After surpassing over 100 games and 8 million downloads of them, we’d say someone has reason to be happy going into what should always be a cheerfaul holiday season. OpenFeint’s VP of Marketing and Developer relations: “We love the reception OpenFeint is getting [...]

Acer’s just unveiled their 10.1-inch tablet that will run the “Google Android Tablet OS” (Honeycomb?) and it isn’t that bad of a device from the looks and sounds of it: it’ll come with a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera, Acer UI 4.5, HDMI output, and a screen resolution of 1280 [...]