Another day, another Android. Dig into the leftovers below. The Serval Project is making strides to bring connected networks to areas where infrastructure doesn’t exist. Could be the future for emergency communications in the wild. The iPhone Top Chart app will make recent converts or fans of the Apple App Store happy. It uses Apple’s [...]

Before you go thinking this is an Angry Birds game based on an Angry Birds movie, you might want to look a bit more into the upcoming film Rio. Though the two aren’t directly related, its distributor 20th Century Fox and Rovio have teamed up to combine their bird-themed franchises into a single entity. Coming [...]

While some hands-on demonstrations of the Motorola XOOM and an extensive walkthrough at Verizon’s CES keynote gave us a good taste of what Android 3.0 Honeycomb will bring in terms of change to the operating system, Google is planning an event to give an even deeper look at the new version of its mobile platform. [...]

While the Motorola Atrix 4G is also claiming the title, the release of the LG Optimus 2X in Korea all but assures that the so-called “superphone” is the world’s first featuring a dual-core processor. Never mind that the Atrix might be the first in the United States, the Optimus 2X is now up for pre-order [...]

HTC’s main business is cellphones sold their wireless partners, but they keep their product catalog spread out among carriers and provide enough options in terms of software and hardware to justify a storefront pedaling only their shwag. Turns out, that is exactly what the manufacturer is considering. Following in the footsteps of Apple, Microsoft, and [...]

I bet when Barnes & Nobles announced the NOOKcolor e-reader last year you would have never guessed it would be one of the first Android devices to receive a Honeycomb port, but lo and behold someone over at XDA has done it. Now we must preface this by saying this isn’t available for you to [...]

If the recent launch the Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD purchase page on GameLoft’s website is any indicator, the game could be nearing a very imminent release. The Asphalt 6 page was first discovered while fishing around the landing page for Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, another recently launched GameLoft title. The new edition of Asphalt [...]

Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) is for tablets only, right? That has been the word so far, with the Honeycomb operating system only seeing its home on as-of-yet unreleased tablets. But while digging around in the Honeycomb SDK, something interesting was uncovered. When you switch the default emulator screen resolution from the WXGA 1280×768 default to a [...]

Give us your weak, your poor, your Android questions! It’s Friday and you know what that means…time to dig into the old mail sack and get down to PhanMail. We know we haven’t been as on top of our game as we should be, but two weeks in a row means we’re back on track. [...]

Yesterday, AT&T reported their Q4 2010 numbers and with it came a huge kudos: they surpassed Verizon Wireless as America’s largest carrier. Pulled directly from their neatly bulleted list of bravado we read the related stat: Best-ever wireless net adds, with a more than 2.8 million increase in total wireless subscribers to reach 95.5 million subscribers in [...]

While leaks and other whisperings have long suggested the HTC Desire HD would be coming to TELUS in Canada, the carrier has finally given us some official confirmation with the launch of a new “Coming Soon” landing page. Still absent is any prcing or release information, but the site does tease us with all the [...]

The LG Optimus Me just leaked last week in all of its colors, and now a new LG promo video is seeing just how awkward they can make the device. The comic bubble dialog seems borderline Engrish at times, asking such clumsy questions as “Isn’t it small and uncomfortable?” and “Does it have only one [...]

No matter how many times we see the docking capabilities of the Motorola Atrix 4G for AT&T, we never cease to be impressed. Once again Motorola is showing off the capability in a new promo video that blurs the line between what sort of device the Atrix really is. Is it a phone? A laptop? [...]

The folks at Samsung Firmware have been tweeting away about a supposed Android 2.2 update slated for the Samsung Galaxy Apollo i5800. The update is said to be coming to T-Mobile Netherlands first, and could be hitting Samsun’g Kies software in about a month. The Samsung Firmware people, however, claim they will have their own [...]

We’ve been quite certain that the HTC Thunderbolt would be launching in the final weeks of February, but it appears the final date is being honed in on. February 24th seems to be the date Verizon will greet its first 4G LTE handset, according to DroidLife. Their insiders are also confirming a $249.99 price on [...]

Verizon is said to be changing up their rebate program – in-store, anyway – pretty soon. There will be no mail-in rebates for devices which normally cost $150 or more, while devices cheaper than that may still be subject to the standard rebate system. This doesn’t mean Verizon won’t ever offer discounts on their more [...]

If yesterday’s blunder by Amazon didn’t tip you off to the device’s price, then perhaps this internal shot form Costco will: the Motorola Atrix 4G will cost $149.99 there, too. We’re still wondering if AT&T will follow along or if these prices are just $50 shy of the MSRP, but it looks like more than [...]

Do you get a lot of Gmail? Do many of them trigger Android notifications that offer little more than an annoyance? We think we can help. I have been using Gmail ever since the Alpha days and have converted just about everyone close to me into Gmail users as well – they all love it. [...]

GameLoft has released Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, the sequel to the high-quality first person shooter game for Android. Droid Gamers says it has significant performance and graphics enhancements over the first title. Here are some of the features being advertised: The best FPS controls on Android for a smooth and intuitive gaming experience. Throw [...]

Although near field communication technology isn’t standard here in the states yet, the Nexus S has excited many a scholar, including two gents from Stanford who set out to show how apps utilizing NFC can help you share things between your colleagues and friends at the “bump” of a phone. The first is a collaborative [...]