On the sandy beaches of Rio, birds and monkeys play volleyball. At least that’s what the update to Angry Birds Rio suggests. Rovio’s added new beach-themed levels in today’s Beach Volleyball update and they’ve changed the objective – instead of freeing birds, you’re attacking monkeys who hang quite gracefully form several objects. Sounds quite interesting [...]

It’s been two weeks since April 28th, the day a pair of Verizon phones launched, but the DROID Charge seems to have missed that flight Chris Chavez style. Engadget’s reporting that several of their Verizon-related sources have mentioned May 14th as the launch date. Odd? Yes. A Saturday launch is unconventional for any carrier, but [...]

Rumors about an Amazon tablet have been flying around for a VERY long time. Over that period of time, a lot of pieces have fallen into place. Amazon opened their own Android Appstore and produced compelling new Android applications like Amazon Cloud Player. They hired Android coders, and while some of that team may have [...]

  Just 5 days after Sprint put the Nexus S 4G on sale, Wirefly has discounted the price – you can get it from them for $99.99 after a new two-year contract. Existing customers can get upgraded to it for $150. Sprint debuted the phone for $200 on a two-year contract. The Nexus S 4G [...]

The HTC Thunderbolt is notorious for horrible battery life so it’s no surprise that Verizon wants to offer robust charging options for users. As part of their new wireless charging initiative, they’ve been providing wireless charging backs for several new phones, including the Thunderbolt, the LG Revolution and the HTC Droid Incredible 2. Unfortunately, Verizon [...]

The folks at Barnes & Noble have issued an update to their Android application. Not much is gained for smartphone users – you folks just get performance enhancements – but those on devices with 7 inch or larger displays (tablet users) will get a refined user experience for the extra screen real-estate available to you. [...]

Sprint has added some new plans for those of you who use mobile broadband devices for data connectivity. You can now get unlimited 4G data and 3GB of 3G data for $45 per month. If you need 10GB of 3G data, you can grab that for $90. (This, too, comes with unlimited 4G.) These are [...]

If you don’t fancy any of these Honeycomb tablets coming out, HTC might have an option for you – the HTC Flyer. It’s a 7 inch Gingerbread tablet with a version of HTC Sense obviously customized for bigger screens and for use with the Magic Pen/Scribe features. It also comes with HTC Watch, a new [...]

Let’s face it – HTC Sensation news has been scarce and we’ve all been bugging for more. That’s why I was quite pleased to see that HTC had uploaded a new look at the device on YouTube. Nothing’s changed since they’ve announced it but if you need to see this thing at every angle and [...]

Hot on the heels of Google I/O and their upcoming foray into the US Honeycomb tablet scene, today, Samsung and Nouvoyance showed off a new prototype 10.1-inch, 300dpi, WQXGA PenTile display for tablets. Sounds pretty impressive right? Apparently, some of the benefits of using a PenTile displays over LCD is the standard better battery life, [...]

A tipster over at Droid-Life has supplied pictures from a Verizon inventory system showing what could very well be the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for Verizon. The leaked pics show a SCH-I905 model number and even though the WiFi certification is listing the device as some sort of a phone, the actual Verizon system is [...]

Manufacturers have a plethora of decisions to make when engineering a new phone. Some of the smallest decisions likely take hours of debate and discussion. One feature that seems rather trivial is the camera button, but I have a strong opinion and I’ve met many people who argue that the exact opposite of my preference [...]

Missed your extra dose of Android this week? Don’t worry, we had quite a bit on our hands juggling Google I/O and all the other Android goodness going on, but we’re back with another edition of Android Overload. The cup over-runeth tonight, folks. Hit it below for everything good. Yahoo has finally released their Fantasy [...]

Missed the live stream of Google’s second day keynote at their I/O developers conference? Don’t worry, it’s online now along with all the developer sessions for your visual consumption. The actual keynote is Chrome-centric, so not a lot there for Android die-hards, but if you have some free time the sessions have some interesting insights [...]

A most welcome package arrived for me on Monday. My Fiancée surprised me with my very own LG G-Slate; suddenly my roses and ultra chewy oatmeal cookies with no raisins that I gave her for Mother’s Day seemed…well, really freakin’ sub-par. I had often toyed with investing in an Android tablet, not out of need, [...]

We’ve been hearing a lot about NFC lately, a technology that is not altogether new but with plenty of room for development and expansion. Google is making a big push for the technology, as evidenced by the inclusion of NFC support in Android Gingerbread and the Nexus S handset. While big G, handset manufacturers, and [...]

Remember that whole “+1″ we heard Google announce several weeks back? You know, Google’s version of “Liking” or “Digging” or “Redditing” or whatever you want to call it? Not many people are actually using it, probably because not many people realize they CAN use it. If you’re in that boat, but want to try Google [...]

Adobe has issued an update to their Flash Player for Android, one apparently worthy of a bump from version 10.2 to 10.3. The changelog doesn’t suggest any major changes, but mentions bug fixes and security enhancements — standard fare. We also suspect the update has something to do with optimizing Flash for Android 3.1, though [...]

When posed a question about an unconfirmed, rumored product, most CEOs would issue a non-commital response or flat out deny the existence of said product. Not the case with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. When asked about the possibility of a more full-feature tablet experience from Amazon, maybe something cooked up with the help of Samsung, [...]

According to a new leak the Motorola Droid X2 has indeed been delayed, with the device now set to launch in stores on May 26th. The same leak details some of the specs for the device, including it’s dual-core 1GHz CPU, 4.3-inch qHD resolution display, and an interface that seems to suggest the phone will [...]