Right on time for that June 8th launch date, it looks like Samsung’s more practical size 8.9 (GT-P7310) has won FCC approval today. We already reported the bigger 10.1 version passing FCC earlier this month and Google I/O attendees have been playing around with the 10.1-inch special edition for a few weeks now. Our very [...]

Today’s apps are all about helping you. Get that juicehead look with GymGenie, get your laces fresh with Lacing Art, and well…maybe the rest won’t help you that much after all. Never mind that, it’s Apps of the Day, the daily feature where we  take the tough work out of tracking down what’s good in [...]

Looks like the Nexus S 4G getting priced at $49.99 was part of a much larger sale Amazon has going for the Memorial Day weekend. The retailer is knocking down the prices of close to 20 4G handsets, including quite a few that are but a few weeks old. Here is a look at some [...]

The latest update for the Android Netflix app brought about support for a few new handsets, but it turns out more than those listed can take advantage of the new APK. It appears that Netflix has lifted the device check that was preventing the app from installing on nearly all handsets, and the application has [...]

Google doesn’t want a lack of NFC support in most devices to deter users from their Google Wallet payments service. At a Q&A sessions taking place after today’s announcement, it was revealed that Google will be issuing NFC-enabled stickers to users to facilitate mobile payment processing. The sticker can be placed on the back of [...]

Amazon has dropped the price of Sprint’s Nexus S 4G, bringing the Google Experience handset down to a wallet-friendly $49.99 when purchased on a new two-year contract. For existing customers wishing to upgrade, the handset will still only set you back a reasonable $99.99. This is a great opportunity to get your hands on the [...]

The T-Mobile G2X has been a bit hard to come by as of late. The carrier gave supply and demand as the main reason they have made the handset unavailable to new buyers, but it sounds like there may still be a bit of truth to rumors that the device was pulled due to quality [...]

Netflix has just launched an update to their Android app coinciding with the launch of the LG Revolution for Verizon. The Revolution ships with the movie streaming service pre-installed, but it isn’t the only Verizon handset gaining support for the app. The original Motorola Droid and the Casio G’zOne Commando have been added to the [...]

The Motorola Droid X2 might be the second handset in Verizon’s Android lineup with an ‘X’ in its name, but it’s the first to feature a dual-core processor. The NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip clocked at 1GHz is definitely the key selling point for this phone, but a crisp and big qHD display rolled into a [...]

The Wall Street Journal is now available as an app for Android smartphones, but it isn’t the publications first rodeo on Google’s OS. You will recall the WSJ has been available in Honeycomb tablet form for a while now, though oddly a version designed for the smaller screens of smartphones hasn’t existed until today. The [...]

We just got done watching the live stream of Google announcing Google Wallet and Google Offers in conjunction with Sprint, FirstData, Citi and Mastercard. It’s everything we imagined it to be and more. Using an NFC phone, you’ll soon be able to tap POS systems to quickly and securely make payments without the need to [...]

I’m no executive wearing suits and making important decisions that could affect the lives of hundreds or thousands of employees, or anything. Having said that, I think I have a pretty good idea of things not to do at a meeting where I’m about to announce that a lot of people will lose their jobs. [...]

User agent profiles reveal lots of things, yet, at the same time, they don’t reveal much at all. (How’s that for a conundrum?) The latest shows a device called the HTC Mecha S without a physical keyboard and with CDMA radios in the works. Its name in the profile is “HTC_Mecha_S” – as you may [...]

The folks at Sony Ericsson have begun pushing out the first major update for their latest devices, the Xperia Arc and PLAY. It brings with it the “Facebook Inside Xperia” integration. You can get notifications of new messages and events on your lockscreenscreen, photos from your Facebook page show up in the device’s built-in gallery [...]

The folks at mSpot have just announced their Radio Spotter Beta application to Android. Radio Spotter gives users two unique features from two different types of cloth. On the cloud streaming side, you can upload your own music to mSpot and play it back on your Android device without it needing to be stored on [...]

ASUS has begun the hype train for several products across all their lines. One product being teased is a “phonblet”, we imagine, as they posed the question “is it a phone or is it a pad” on their Facebook page earlier this week. They’ve confirmed something else they’ll be coming to Computex with, though – [...]

We’ve just received word that the Motorola CLIQ 2 is set to get an upgrade soon, but it won’t be bits of ginger you’re picking out of your teeth. This update will still be Froyo, but will step users up to Android 2.2.2. Here are a few notes we’ve gotten from our generous anonymous tipster [...]

This thing’s heading to even more regional carriers. The HTC Merge – which has had a bumpy ride on its way to store shelves since we first heard of it – is finally headed to US Cellular on May 31st. It’s easy to liken this phone to The T-Mobile G2, except with HTC Sense on [...]

T-Mobile’s gotten back to the community regarding some rumors circulating related to the G2x. Yesterday, it was discovered that the G2x was removed from their online store and was hard to find on in-store shelves, with only traces of it ever existing being several accessories available for purchase. The original rumor questioned whether or not [...]

DROID X2 by Motorola Another big day for Verizon has arrived. Firstly, the Motorola Droid X2 has finally made its way into stores. It’s been available online since the 19th, but if you’re the type who needs to play with a device before you take a plunge on buying it, you can head into a [...]