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May, 2011 Articles

Slacker Introduces Radio Plus Subscription Service Available Now

by Chris Chavez on May 16th, 2011

I’ve always been a big fan of paying a small monthly fee to have all-you-can-eat access to a huge library of music and stream it to my device whenever I want. Since I was cursed with this widely eclectic taste in music, it can be hard finding the storage space for 80′s hits, Metal, Indie, [...]

Gameloft Changes Their Policy On Games In The Android Market

by Chris Chavez on May 16th, 2011

Gameloft is one of the biggest names in mobile gaming. I’m sure you’ve heard and played, some of their widely successful games like Asphalt HD, Nova and Dungeon Hunter. No matter which device you have, they pretty much have a game for you. Even though some of their games shamelessly rip off triple-A console titles, [...]

Vizio’s Newest Smartphone Wins FCC Approval

by Chris Chavez on May 16th, 2011

It was only earlier this year at CES when we learned that Vizio was going to be taking a dive into the Android smartphone market (everyone’s doing it these days) and even caught a brief glimpse of their upcoming smartphone. But things have been strangely quiet since then. We haven’t heard or seen any kind [...]

[UPDATED] T-Mobile Blocking 3G Video Chat on the Nexus S

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

[UPDATE] The issue is apparently the result of an engineering constraint of the Nexus S and not simply a decision on T-Mobile’s behalf to block 3G video calls. Google must have corrected these issues with the Nexus S 4G, or it may simply boil down to an issue of chance when trying to use video [...]

Amazon working up two Android tablets under “Coyote” and “Hollywood” code names

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

A new report is again confirming that Amazon is developing multiple Android tablets for release this year, and they don’t look to be low-powered e-readers, either. The two known devices are currently going under code names, with the “Coyote” aiming at a lower price point and hosting NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 dual-core CPU. The one that [...]

Samsung’s May 24th NYC Event Postponed

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

Whatever Samsung was planning on showing at their May 24th press event will have to wait. Word has just hit the inbox that the event is being postponed. Samsung did not provide a new date for the event but assures us that as soon as new details are squared away they will let us know. [...]

One More Leak for the Road: Dual-Core HTC Puccini with Honeycomb

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

We simply can’t escape the amount of information coming from a set of HTC system leaks today. We are now learning more information about the HTC Puccini, one of the upcoming Honeycomb slates HTC plans to launch after their first tablet, the Flyer. From information pulled from build file, the Puccini will get a 800×1280 [...]

Droid X2 Most Likely Won’t Launch with Gingerbread

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

Last week leaked documents detailing the launch of the Motorola Droid X2 seemed to indicate that the device would launch with Android 2.3, but new information is making it look pretty unlikely that the X2 will be Verizon’s first Gingerbread phone. Sources talking to Droid Life have refuted the claim, saying that though the MotoBlur [...]

System Dump for the HTC EVO 3D Comes Online

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

The HTC EVO 3D is jumping into the leak brigade, becoming the latest from the manufacturer to drop its system files online this fine Monday afternoon. The system dump comes courtesy of 911sniper, the same source as the numerous other ROMs that have surfaces today. The files are being picked apart as I type with [...]

Early Gingerbread Build for the HTC Thunderbolt Leaks

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

The floodgates have opened over at HTC, with new ROMs coming online today for the HTC Lead, Holiday, and now the HTC Thunderbolt. The Thunderbolt leak is none other than a test build of the upcoming Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for Verizon’ first 4G LTE smartphone. HTC previously informed us that the plan is to [...]

Samsung Exhibit 4G and Gravity Touch 2 Coming to T-Mobile June 8th

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

Not too long ago we got our first look at the Samsung Exhibit 4G, an upcoming HSPA+ device for T-Mobile. We now have confirmation the the Exhibit will be joining the HTC Sensation 4G along with another Samsung handset, the Gravity Touch 2, on June 8th. The Exhibit 4G will feature a 1GHz Hummingbird processor [...]

Leaked HTC Holiday ROM Reveals Handset in Beast Mode

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2011

When we last saw a leaked render of the HTC Holiday, we speculated it might be a mid-range upgrade to the HTC Aria for AT&T. Boy, we’re we wrong. If details pulled from a leaked ROM for the device hold true the Holiday could have the sort of power that will put most other handsets [...]

HTC Lead for AT&T is a High-End Dual-Core Smartphone

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 16th, 2011

Looking for another high-end HTC handset on AT&T? PocketNow has now gotten specs to go along with a picture of the HTC Lead leaked sometime last week. Right away it sounds like AT&T’s version of the Pyramid or Sensation. It has a 4.3 inch display (but it’s only WVGA compared to qHD), Qualcomm’s MSM8660 1.2GHz [...]

AT&T Issuing Updates to Select Android Phones to Enable Sideloading

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 16th, 2011

It’s time. Time for AT&T to give you a bit more freedom over your Android smartphone, that is. It’s been leaked that they’ll begin issuing updates to select Android handsets – including the HTC Aria and Inspire 4G and the Samsung Captivate – that’ll allow users to sideload applications. (IE, install applications from sources outside [...]

New Markets in Florida, Alabama + More Getting Verizon 4G LTE This Thursday

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 16th, 2011

Just as fast as their LTE network is, Verizon’s speedily increasing the number of markets which enjoy Big Red 4G. This week sees a few new markets from Alabama and Florida getting 4G love, as well as expansion in Philadelphia. Read on for the full list: Tallahassee, Florida – Includes State Capitol, FSU, Florida A&M, Killearn, Bradfordville, [...]

Plants vs Zombies Coming Exclusively to Amazon’s Appstore May 30th

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 16th, 2011

One of mobile’s biggest games – Plants vs Zombies has been in the works for a while and PopCap has confirmed that its release is imminent. It’ll be here at the end of this month and will be offered exclusively through Amazon’s Appstore. It wasn’t said whether or not this would be available through the [...]

LG Optimus 2X Firmware Upgrade Rolling Out to Europe to Fix Random Reboots

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 16th, 2011

A while back, we received numerous reports from brand new LG Optimus 2X owners regarding a very frustrating problem. The phones would often reboot themselves which obviously caused an undesirable disruption in user experience. We contacted our friends at LG to see if they knew anything of these problems, and they hadn’t. Still, they couldn’t [...]

Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Apps Store Reaches One Million Downloads

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 16th, 2011

The Barnes & Noble NOOK Color has quickly become a viable Android tablet through software upgrades and their fairly-new Apps store. People clearly wanted to do more than read books on their NOOKs, though, as they have rushed to download over one million apps since the App store’s inception. (Which was only a few short [...]

Thunderbolt and DROID Charge Users Get Free Hotspot Until June 15th

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 16th, 2011

Looking to make it up to customers affected the 4G outages a couple of weeks ago, Verizon is extending their free mobile hotspot program until June 15th. It was mainly a friendly gesture toward DROID Charge users who were unable to try out mobile hotspot features because, well, the phone wasn’t out. (It’s out now, [...]

Nenamark Results Show DROID 3 With OMAP4, qHD Resolution

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 16th, 2011

Nenamark has come through in the clutch again with providing some insight into an unreleased device. The Motorola DROID 3 is the lucky winner this time. The results show that it’ll come with a qHD resolution display and will be powered by an OMAP 4430 processor by Texas Instruments. Motorola has a solid history with [...]