Make no mistake about it: just because folks were able to pre-order the Motorola DROID PRO a lot earlier than normal and subsequently received it without warnings doesn’t mean that today isn’t its officially recognized launch date. Verizon’s  set to start stocking units in stores starting today for all of the passersby to see. Why [...]

While I’m sure most of you would much rather see your Froyo in downloadable, installable form, at least you Canadian Galaxy S-owning folks are getting a heads up to prepare for your incoming updates. Samsung Mobile Canada said via Facebook that the Vibrant on Bell and the Captivate on Rogers would both be getting the [...]

Verizon’s inviting AT&T back into that age-old marketing war we were just talking about, and this time they’re dishing out blows about their 4G network. The ad was spotted inside of what looks to be a bus stop, but we can’t confirm that. And we honestly don’t care. What we care about is the fact [...]

There was a lot of speculation regarding what Google was taking the market backend down for earlier, and they spilled their own beans with the revelation of some new application upload options. Since then, they’ve also updated registered developers via email on the changes in juicy bulletpoint form. For starters, Google will require a “feature” [...]

Canadians on Bell can now grab up the Samsung Galaxy Tab as they’ve started stocking it for $649.95 without a contract. Data plans you can look forward to are 500MB of data for $20/month and 5GB of data for $35/month. (Overage on the $20/month plan is handled by simply upgrading you to the 5GB package.) [...]

PowerAMP development is moving right along with today’s update to build 269 bringing a larger 4×4 widget for use on your home screen and lock screen, support for album art on large tablet devices, and your expected round of miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements. Here’s the entire list of recent changes per the Android market [...]

Even with Google wanting to slow down the upgrade cycle, we may have just gotten confirmation that Honeycomb will arrive as early as February of 2011. The report came from DigiTimes who state both Motorola and LG will have Tegra 2-equipped Honeycomb tablets out in February and March, respectively. It’s not the first time we’ve [...]

Ruh-roh! If you bought a Droid 2 Global or a Motorola Droid Pro expecting to use it on AT&T’s network, then you might want to go and get your money back as it sounds like Verizon is blocking access to the 850 and 1900 bands that AT&T uses. It’s said that the block is specific [...]

The Samsung Continuum is out and we’ve got one to put through its paces, but before I take the thing through a few days of ticker-filled madness, I thought I’d share with you guys a quick and dirty unboxing of the device. The Samsung Continuum has a 3.4-inch Super AMOLED display, accompanied by a 1.8-inch [...]

Those of you worried that T-Mobile was dumping their Even More Plus tier – which allows customers to buy phones outright and pay for them on a month to month basis without signing a contract – won’t have to worry much longer: they’ve just updated everyone on the situation with an official Q8A session. The [...]

The folks at WinAmp promised it’d be coming, and come it shall: the latest update to the WinAmp update will give you the ability to to tune in to over 44,000 SHOUTcast radio stations once the update goes live. When that’ll happen? There’s no word on that yet, but DownloadSquad – a sister site of [...]

Virgin Mobile in Canada is getting ready to launch the entry-level Samsung Galaxy 550, an Android 2.1-based smartphone for the budget-conscious consumer. The phone itself isn’t much to make noise over, but let’s take a look at the plan that’s only available if you buy this phone: "This new plan is EXCLUSIVELY for the Samsung [...]

Not too long ago (about two weeks), StumbleUpon released an update for their Android application that would add app discovery alongside the already-popular web content discovery that the service is primarily known for. Since then, over 1 million apps have been stumbled upon by users of the app. They’ve also let it be known that [...]

Here’s a quickie for you DropBox fans out there. They’ve updated their application to version 1.0.1.4 and builds on 1.0.1.2 to bring with it various bug fixes. Nothing groundbreaking for the end user, here, but if you are using the beta version and want the latest updates, it’s something you’ll want to go get. Here [...]

Those of you in the land down under can finally get your navigation fix on your Android phones as Google’s finally launched Maps + Navigation in Australia and New Zealand. Anyone in those countries with Android 1.6 or later (sorry, MOTOBLUR users) will be able to download it and get to where they need to [...]

While they still haven’t released a standalone application, you won’t need one as Google is bringing editing capabilities to their Google Docs suite via your mobile browser. Over the next few days the functionality will roll out to English-language users of Android 2.2, letting you edit your spreadsheets and documents just about wherever you want. [...]

Looking to save a whopping ten bucks on your Samsung Galaxy Tab purchase for Verizon? We’ve just been hit up with a screen grab of Costco inventory showing that the tablet will be selling for $589.99, down from VZW’s $599.99. The Tab is off-contract but you will need to cough up the cash for at [...]

US Cellular has just announced their latest Android smartphone, the LG Apex. The Apex is an Android 2.1 device with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and if it looks at all familiar that may be because it is simply a differently colored LG Ally, the mid-range device released for Verizon earlier this year. The specs remain the [...]

Hope your hungry, because a heaping serving of Android is on the way as we stir up the stew that is PhanCast #27. Join us live at 2:30PM EST as Dave Demarest, Rob Jackson, and Kevin Krause run down this week in Android happenings. Nexus S spottings, Gingerbread happenings, and upcoming market tweaks will all [...]

What ScanBuy has done for their ScanLife barcode application in their most recent update brings together several functions that have been available as separate applications into one package, a concept that will probably turn a lot of users onto the app. Three key enhancements have been added: local prices, digital coupons, and nutritional information. All [...]