We heard the rumors of the Desire HD heading to TELUS, and now the final bit of needed confirmation may have surfaced. As you can see in the above picture, Mobile Syrup got their hands on a picture of what can be garnered as the Desire HD booting up with the TELUS logo plain as [...]

What a lovely surprise to find that my personal weapon of choice, the HTC HD2, is next on the list of devices to receive Gingerbread love from the modding community. We’ve already seen the G2 and Nexus One as well as the Galaxy S. Now the device that was intended to run Windows 6.5 and [...]

The boys over at Talk Android got some information that may pertain to a lot of you; yes, I’ve been browsing over the grumblings regarding this in the announcement post. But the short and long of it is that Sprint knows the update is causing some serious bloody headaches, and the official word seems to [...]

From the above Twitter post Cyanogen has managed to get Gingerbread running on his G2. Night and day, from what was to be expected from the modding community at the beginning, regarding this device. Hopefully the public will get a taste within the coming days. And the least surprising of all the Gingerbread updated phones, [...]

It’s no surprise that the first dual core Android device isn’t going to be a cheap one, but wow! The LG Optimus 2X has made its way to CDON.se, and it’s sporting an unsubsidized price of 4999 kronor, $731 even for us Yankes. If you were planning on getting this with a subsidy, the price [...]

We all knew the Galaxy S was super similar to the Nexus S. In fact they were similar enough that porting the Gingerbread ROM from the Nexus S to the Galaxy S took less than 48 hours. XDA member supercurio got the first semi working version of Gingerbread up and running. While the port isn’t [...]

Here’s something that I’ve been waiting for since I got into DLNA, and I know that this isn’t the first solution out there. A client/server for my beloved Android. This is still in its infancy, but it’s definitely a window to what is to come. After downloading the application from the Market and setting up [...]

With all of the other Droid 2s going for a more reasonable price, it was only a matter of time before the R2-D2 edition followed suit. Now you can get the Droid you’re looking for, for $200 on contract; versus the original $250. It’s time C-3P0 and Mr. T get together and put out their [...]

If you have been bating your time waiting for the perfect Samsung Galaxy Tab deal, those within US Cellular’s domain will be pleased with a recent price reduction all the way down to $199.99 on a two-year agreement with a mail-in rebate. While the two-year contract is a bit of a drag, $200 is a [...]

On December 23rd the first Android game developed using the Unreal Engine 3 will drop. Dungeon Defenders: First Wave. Trendy Entertainment just released the announcement, as well as a device compatibility list. The good news is a lot of devices will be supported. The bad news is a lot of devices won’t be supported. Dungeon [...]

This week was chock full of new apps and games, but there’s only so much we can shove into one video. I take a look at some of the more significant updates and new app releases, such as Facebook FINALLY adding chat features. I also take a look at the new Google Maps, Amazon’s big [...]

While Gameloft seems content to hold their high-quality 3D gaming titles out of the Android Market, EA Games is jumping right in with the release of Need for Speed: Shift. Already available as an exclusive on some handsets, the action-packed racer priced at $4.99 features 20 cars to choose from, from the BMW M3 GT2 [...]

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Gameloft does offer some of the more intriguing and impressive gaming titles for Android. Because it’s Gameloft, you won’t find this one in the Android Market, but Spider-man: Total Mayhem. Battle some of Spidey’s biggest and baddest villains in 3D on your mobile handset. Twelve levels of mash ‘em up [...]

If you dabble in trading stocks or fancy yourself the next millionaire day trader, E*Trade has the android app for you The free application provides real-time stock updates, news, alerts, and quotes. You can’t do any actual trading, but if you love to watch as prices rise and fall, this might be the app for [...]

We’ve all been there. A slow data connection leaving us with patchy visions of the world around us thanks to missing tiles in Google Maps for mobile. The excruciating frustration of knowing the part of the map you need to see happen to be greyed-out. Google felt your pain, so they completely overhauled the way [...]

The Motorola DEFY, flaws and all, was the first smartphone to take the whole rugged thing seriously while not looking like the chunky handsets we are used to seeing in that role. In other words, it was a good first attempt, but, though it looks pretty good and features a decent implementation of Android, more [...]

The Samsung Intercept has begun to receive its update to Android 2.2 (Froyo), just as reported. After installation, the Intercept will reside at software version S:M910.05.S.DL05 with all the bells and whistles Froyo affords to users. More than just an entire OS upgrade, the update brings along fixes for Sprint Navigation, dropped call issues, and [...]

While its 10-inch partner is busy galavanting around the FCC, the Creative ZiiO in its 7-inch form is up for sale through Creative’s US webstore for $249.99. For that price you get Android 2.1, an 800×400 display, and 8GB of storage. Cough up $269 and you can bump that up to 16GB. But you probably [...]

If you are still awaiting the latest update for the HTC EVO 4G, don’t be alarmed or surprised if the version number varies from the one you expect. It appears that depending on which model number EVO you own, you are likely to receive a different version of the update. While this isn’t always typical, [...]

Galaxy S users just can’t get a break. If it isn’t annoying GPS problems, its usually something to do with their insistence on using the shoddy at best Samsung Kies software to install software updates. Or it is complains about the actual update itself, as has been the case with the recently released Android 2.2 [...]