Japan’s leading social gaming network, GREE, is taking a big step onto American soil with the purchase of OpenFeint for $104 million. The acquisition doesn’t come with many changes in store for either company. The services will remain as separate entities as OpenFeint will continue to work on spreading their worldwide impact and hiring more [...]

Last week it was discovered that the Motorola DROID PRO was due for an update, one that would bring the phone up to Blur version 3.8.7 and provide a bevy of fixes and tweaks int he process. Much of the update has to do with correcting certain ActiveSync problems, but it also includes the VCAST [...]

The Google Music saga continues to unfold as the tech giant scrambles to piece together a service that could compete with Apple’s iTunes. It was recently revealed that Apple may beat Google to market with a cloud music service. As such, Google is reportedly turning to the established and popular Spotify for a partnership that [...]

We’ve long known about the United States’ ARMY’s plans to bring smartphones to their soldiers in the field, and we knew they were leaning toward Android, but nothing solid had ever been confirmed to be in the works. Things may finally be underway, though, as they reportedly have a prototype in the pipeline. The device [...]

One of the few complaints many people have with HTC devices are their cameras – they used to stink. Badly. Somewhere around their second generation of Android devices – namely the Inspire 4G, the Thunderbolt, and the S series of devices – they started using improved sensors. These looked great compared to the sensors of [...]

Remember when Sprint followed in Verizon’s footsteps and offered customers smartphones at the lowest subsidized price without having to deal with any mail-in rebates? (Sort of like what Best Buy does for all carriers and phones.) Yea, it’s about to come to a close. We shouldn’t be surprised considering Sprint mentioned that this would go [...]

You had to expect this was coming: the Sidekick 4G has been rooted. The device was released alongside blockbuster devices such as the T-Mobile G2X and the T-Mobile G-Slate on April 20th. This has almost become standard procedure, though, so I’ll just close this up by forwarding you on over to XDA where you can [...]

Sprint originally said their enhanced Google Voice integration would make its way to the service sometime this month but didn’t have an exact date until just yesterday – it should be here April 26th. You should check your Google Voice account right now, though, because you may be able to see that sweet Sprint logo [...]

This is a pleasant piece of news this good Friday morning. DCM – an investment firm in Silicon Valley – has announced A-Fund, a $100 million pool of money headed straight for up and coming players in the Android ecosystem. DCM is one of many firms who have identified Android as the hottest thing going [...]

Conversations a-buzzin’ in the Samsung Fascinate section of AndroidForums.com – some folks are apparently having their brand new Froyo update fail on them. Thankfully one of our helpful members – Grahxen – has identified the problem and has come up with a fix. If you’re one of the unlucky few receiving this error – “UPDATE [...]

We’ve always imagined what could be inside the mascot of our favorite smartphone operating system. While our friend Gary Booth gave us his take with his Exploded Andy T-Shirt released some time ago, one artist – woofdude on furaffinity – had a different idea. Not everything here is appropriate for non-adults. (And no, I won’t [...]

Oh you didn’t think Samsung would take this court beating lying down, did you? Nope. Just a couple of days after we learned Apple may have gotten a bit of their inspiration from Samsung, the folks at Samsung have announced a countersuit against Apple for patent infringement. These patents have nothing to do with hardware [...]

The Samsung Infuse 4G has been one sly fellow lying in wait until it gets its chance to shine, and it looks like that chance may finally be here come May. Our friends at Android Central have received evidence of its arrival at Walmart and that evidence also comes with a price – $180. Not [...]

I bet you already know what this is. No, no it’s not the DROID X. (Though, we agree, it does look VERY similar.) It could be none other than the Motorola Droid X2, then. The press shot – leaked by PocketNow – doesn’t do much for us as far as the outside of this thing [...]

Remember this little fella? If you don’t, its name is the Samsung Gem. We’ve seen it leaked in countless pictures before several regional carriers decided to carry it themselves, but the original carrier we learned of to be offering it – Verizon – hadn’t elected to say a word about it. They still haven’t, in [...]

Samsung’s come up with a pretty unique promotion for the Samsung Galaxy S II – take a series of crazy bloggers from all over the interwebz, put them into extreme situations (such as jumping out of airplanes and climbing mountains) and have them simultaneously record an unboxing video of the Samsung Galaxy S II. We [...]

You had to guess that a phone with the name like the DROID Charge would get some unique charging options. That’s not why it seemingly has, of course – this is just becoming Verizon’s “thing”. The LG Revolution was the first device revealed to have an official wireless charging solution and we learned about options [...]

It’s not totally official yet, but it’s the best you Rogers fans are going to get until the carrier decides to unleash their official pricing for the Xperia Play and Xperia Arc. (Which should happen any day now.) One-year ($500) and two-year ($450) aren’t much better than the no-contract price ($550), as always, but if [...]

If you didn’t fancy paying $530 on a two-year contract for T-Mobile’s brand new G-Slate, how about $430? They’re offering the device for $100 less for customers who order over the phone before April 27th – I hope you aren’t waiting to be paid to grab this one. Instructions to do so are below. (And [...]

Quite a few things going on in the world of Android that you shouldn’t miss. Choice items include the forthcoming launch of Sprint’s latest devices, a cool kickstand case for the G2x, and an upgrade to Android 2.2 for the Motorola DEFY. (Fascinate owners shouldn’t feel so lonely anymore!) Go ahead and check all of [...]