The Archos is one of the finer tablets on the market right now, but it doesn’t have Google apps. Bummer. XDA will never let that keep their devices down, though, and have released a new version of gapps4archos to play nice with the new line of tablets Archos just released. Full instructions can be had [...]

` Rumor has it (via Android Guys) that Sprint is telling their tech support team to flash any broken Samsung Epic 4Gs that come in with the leaked 2.2 upgrade back to Eclair. From the sounds of it, Sprint won’t have a way to roll the final update out – whenever that should happen – [...]

Last week, we questioned a story on Fox news in Dallas where a man claimed his Motorola Droid 2 exploded in his ear, causing him to get cut and forcing him to the emergency room. We questioned it: things just didn’t add up. We expected Motorola wouldn’t outright say “you’re right, our phone is hazardous. [...]

Eagle-eyed Dave – someone who keeps his nose close to the Android gaming scene – was browsing through GameLoft’s catalog one random Thursday and discovered something odd: new titles. Among them were Real Golf 2011 HD, Fishing Kings HD, GT Racing: Motor Academy HD and Guitar Rock Tour 2 HD. Naturally, we’d think “yay, new [...]

While some of you are still trying to secure an Advent Vega tablet, the Advent Amico is just about ready to strut its stuff all over the web. It’s a 7-inch tablet with Android 2.1 and has been spotted on PC World – the first retailer to list the device since it was announced with [...]

We’ve been hearing about this phone for some time now – even that it was supposed to be launched in Italy sometime this month – but Acer has been particularly quiet on the latest in their affordable beTouch line.  Today’s announcement still doesn’t confirm anything in the way of availability, so there’s really nothing to [...]

Those in the UK can now opt-in for a Nexus S thanks to retailer Carphone Warehouse letting the floodgates open for preorder. £549.99 will get you the device SIM-Free for use on any carrier (and it’s likely what the PAYG carriers will be offering it for), but if you don’t mind committing to a two [...]

It appeared the Motorola DROID X’s 2.2.1 update was live and rolling out to at least a small test group the other day, but a lot of folks weren’t seeing it. (At least a few reports confirmed that you could download the upgrade whether you were a part of the test group or not.) While [...]

Though Google’s only officially supporting Eclipse for its Android development tools and SDK, it’s possible to use the SDK with other IDEs. JetBrains have announced version 10 of their IDE – IntelliJ IDEA – and has included full Android support: everything up to Android 2.3 will be supported in the free Community Edition. To what [...]

Sometimes, things are so fun that you realize they make absolutely no sense. Why are these birds using a slingshot? If they’re birds, they should be able to fly. Unless you’re a chicken, a turkey, or some weird hybrid like the penguin. In that case, they’re forgiven. But these “birds” don’t even have wings? At [...]

Yesterday, we wondered if some of you were going to be pre-ordering the Notion Ink Adam. While it looks like it could be a fantastic device, many of you came up with some great points: we haven’t seen a production model of this thing, they’re unproven, and there have been no reviews of this thing [...]

Google Hotpot – the new Google Maps features which make it easier for you and your friends to discover and share places – hasn’t been Google’s most exciting offering, but they’re going to be using it to start promoting widespread use of Near Fields Communications technology in America. Trials in Portland, Oregon will begin soon [...]

Sony Ericsson’s taking advantage of the holiday wave and will be releasing accessories manufactured by them in bundles, being called Experience Packs. One for style-conscious folks will be called the Design Experience pack and comes with three shells for the X10 Mini and Mini Pro, a charm-filled lanyard, and your typical wrist lanyard. They’ll also [...]

Leading up to the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Tab on every major carrier, we wondered if any of the current 4G providers would ask Samsung to put radios in them to take advantage of the network. While T-Mobile’s negligence didn’t really surprise us, Sprint has been known to strive for originality. Their Samsung Galaxy [...]

Dell must have seen those emails that were leaked yesterday regarding the AT&T Sim-Locked version of the Streak where we learned that the Froyo update for the device has been delayed until January. There’s no questioning the validity of that leak, now, as Dell – with great timing – has come out and updated us [...]

Video-calling is becoming all the rage and will certainly be a huge selling point for all types of devices in 2011, but there are still some phones, notebooks, and tablets coming without front-facing cameras. While you can still video chat using these devices, it’d be quite the cumbersome and awkward experience (you either won’t be [...]

HTC experienced tremendous growth this past year as Android completely exploded and Windows Phone 7 was introduced. In 2010, 20 million smartphones were shipped globally and HTC continued to smash sales expectations. Now, they’re getting a bit more ambitious as they’re looking to ship three times that amount – 60 million. We’re not sure if [...]

Aldiko’s teasing us with a new update to their eReading app that will add a lot of new features, but the biggest of which they’ve silently announced was Adobe DRM support – something Barnes & Noble uses for their eBooks. If you didn’t fancy that Barnes & Noble app but prefer to get your content [...]

When Sirius first announced they’d be bringing their XM Radio app to Android, many rejoiced! But many of you were also Howard Stern fans and we soon learned that his broadcasts would not be featured on the Android app. Whether it was from a massive outcry from his fans or Sirius stressing to Stern how [...]

Those who haven’t been keeping up with the iOS gaming scene might not know that Infinity Blades – a high quality slasher by Epic Games – was released this week. Naturally, gaming folks want to know if Epic will be bringing it to Android. Although they still have plans to bring the Unreal Engine to [...]