It’s been a long time coming – many of you have had to suffer through countless leaks with no end in sight – but one of those leaks mentioned a date and that date stuck. Rogers has officially let loose the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Xperia Arc as of today. Both devices can be [...]

The folks at Samsung are celebrating the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S2 in their home town of Seoul right now and the president of Samsung Mobile – JK Shin – had some words to say. The most interesting thing to come out of his mouth was that the Samsung Galaxy S II would be [...]

Not even a day after hackers pulled the HSUPA-capable radio from Telstra’s ATRIX, the firmware that AT&T will push out to add increased upload speeds has been detailed. It’s build number 4.1.83 which was known to be in hands of testers – looks like testing was successful. With Motorola’s official outing we expect the update [...]

911 Sniper keeps things rolling as they’ve leaked new ROMs that I’m sure will be highly sought after. First off is the T-Mobile G2 – yes, folks, it’s getting Gingerbread and they already have a build for developers to download and get to work on. And if you folks want something for devices a bit [...]

Sprint just announced their numbers for Q1 2011. There are a couple of different things I expected to see here, but I won’t get into that. Highlights? Why, of course! The company added 1.1 million new subscribers this quarter which they’re calling their most ever in five years. A majority of those customers are pre-paid, [...]

Due to ongoing issues with Verizon’s 4G LTE network, the Samsung DROID Charge’s launch seems to have been delayed a bit longer than its 3G brethren launching today. Sometime yesterday, users across the nation began reporting 4G LTE outages that left them on 3G speeds. Verizon has since identified the problem and is working to [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is making its way to store shelves in South Korea starting today. Samsung originally promised a late April date and – just as promised – they delivered. Folks in the United Kingdom will have to wait until May 1st but that isn’t too long of a wait for what looks to [...]

Ready for another round of new HTC-bred devices? 911 Sniper got their hands on a few images of some as-yet unannounced HTC phones. First is the HTC Rider and that’s about all I can say about it. Well, it has a red bezel. And it also has what I think is a front-facing camera. Oh, [...]

This Casio G’zOne might be a Commando, but you’re the Commanding Android Officer and it’s time to give it some orders. And by that I mean you can now buy the Casio Commando at Verizon Wireless for $199.99. (Please note: not all customers are currently seeing the offer so be patient and refresh!) The Commando [...]

As the night fast approaches here at Phandroid, we’re left with another exciting episode of Android Overload. Never wanting to leave you in the dark, I’m sure there is more than enough extra Android tidbits for you to snack on. Its like my momma always told me, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. With [...]

Guess what, Phandroids? The HTC Incredible 2 is now officially available for purchase! You can get your very own Incredible 2 right now through Verizon Wireless for $199.99 (Please Note: some users are not yet seeing the offer live – patience and rapidly pressing refresh until it appears is recommended!) The always lovely Quentyn Kennemer [...]

Those wild boys from ACS Team, better known as the Android Creative Syndicate, are at it again! This time they’ve managed to get their little coding hands on an official test build of Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the Epic 4G (software version ED12) and made it available for all – rooted users. While the ROM [...]

Looks like AT&T is keeping a close eye on their customers. If you are currently taking advantage of one of the many wired/wireless tethering options from the Android Market but you’re not paying for AT&T’s tethering option, you might want to check your phone bill next month. AT&T has been sending out a second round [...]

We all know HTC has been doing pretty well for themselves as of late. They’ve seen the successful launch of some of the biggest Android handsets on just about every carrier. When it comes to the Android community, HTC seems to be the handset of choice for die-hard techies, like myself. Because of their recent [...]

Found an interesting leak from the guys over at Spantechular showing off an internal document from Sprint advertising the WiFi only Xoom for $600 and launching on May 8th. Phandroid’s very own ninjas were quick to add validity to this claim citing, “something big” hitting the Now Network in the next few weeks. If May [...]

When we last gave you the scoop on the LG Big (I know, I had to double-take at the name) it was a full month ago and today LG announced that the phone will launch tomorrow in Korea via Uplus. The Big is LG’s latest offering to their Android lineup, so what makes this phone [...]

You had to guess they were coming. Verizon’s set to release an onslaught of new advertisements and videos for the latest in the DROID line of families. First up is the Samsung DROID Charge which got a quick unboxing from Rob earlier. Sure, these ads may overstate how good the phones really are, but since [...]

We just got our hands on one DROID Incredible 2 set to be released on Verizon April 28th for $199.99. It’s a world phone that builds on the successful model that was the original DROID Incredible. It’s a big bigger with its 4 inch WVGA Super LCD display and also has a front-facing camera despite [...]

We’ve just been tipped off to a forthcoming OTA upgrade for the Motorola XOOM. (Verizon’s version, folks – no word on the WiFi only model.) the build is HMJ07B and brings with it some enhanced security features for those who need a device that’s a bit more secure. Other notable enhancements include bluetooth support in [...]

We can’t say this was much of a shock to us, but analytics research firm Distimo today released figures about the world’s smartphone app stores. The highlight of the report was Android’s reign in amount of free applications opposed to iPhone – 134.3 thousand opposed to 121.8 thousand. And this is all while Android still [...]