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June, 2011 Articles

HTC Throwing June 27th Shindig for Puccini Tablet?

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 21st, 2011

HTC’s planning an event pretty soon, it seems, as they’ll be in London to show “where design and advanced technology can lead.” Considering HTC doesn’t usually hold events for anything other than upcoming hardware, we’re hoping to see some of the unannounced devices that have been rumored for quote some time. One of the devices [...]

Celebrate the Launch of the HTC Evo 3D with Phandroid at RadioShack’s Pre-Release Party On June 23rd

by Chris Chavez on June 21st, 2011

With all my accessory shopping done (screen protectors, case, extra batteries) and nothing to do now but count down the minutes until the June 24th launch of the HTC Evo 3D. Thankfully, I came across this little invite from RadioShack. It looks like they’re going to be celebrating the launch of the nation’s first 3D [...]

July 21st is Slated for Next Round of Verizon’s 4G LTE Roll Out

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

Verizon isn’t letting up in their effort to sufficiently blanket the United States with warm, comforting 4G LTE coverage. July 21st will see numerous new locations added to their 4G map including Wilkes-Barre, PA; Charleston, WV; Wichita, KS; and several cities in North and South Carolina. Verizon is also expanding current 4G LTE coverage in [...]

Current Verizon Subscribers Will Avoid Tiered Data when Renewing or Upgrading

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

If you want to get in with Verizon’s current data plans but aren’t a current smartphone subscriber, you better hurry up an get with the program before the rumored July 7th change to new tiered pricing. The date isn’t certain, but a Verizon spokesperson has confirmed that the new data plans uncovered yesterday will indeed [...]

Firefox 5 Brings ‘Do Not Track’ to Android Browsing

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

Mozilla has just updated the Firefox web browser across all platforms, bringing Firefox 5 to Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android. The update brings Do Not Track support to the mobile version, making it the first browser to support the feature across multiple platforms. Do Not Track allows users to decide when and how websites can [...]

Sprint Announces June 24th Availability of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for $499

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

It won’t come packed with any sort of 4G (or 3G, for that matter) radio, but Sprint will begin carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 this Friday, June 24th, for purchase online. The 16GB version of the tablet will retail for $499, and since this is the WiFi-only version we are talking about here, there [...]

Dolphin Browser HD V6.0 Hits Android Market in Beta Form

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

Though Dolphin Browser HD 5 only came to the Android less than a month ago, the team behind the mobile browser has taken it upon themselves to release the sixth incarnation in beta form. You won’t have to jump through any hoops to get it, as Dolphin Browser HD V6.0 is available directly from the [...]

Download the HTC EVO 3D User Guide from Sprint

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

Sprint just opened up pre-sale of the HTC EVO 3D to their Premier customers, and many more are clamoring to get their hands on the latest and greatest for the carrier come June 24th. Because no one wants to waste time paging through an instruction manual after purchasing a new phone, Sprint has made the [...]

Zipcar Comes to Android, Car Sharing Gets Easier

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

Car sharing has started to grow in popularity as an option for city-goers and other folk who find their use of a car too sparing to justify the purchase of one, but still yearn for the convenience of having a ride ready to go if needed. That convenience has just been bumped up a notch, [...]

HTC EVO 3D Available Now as Pre-Order for Sprint Premier Customers

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

Sprint is inviting their Premier subscribers to buy the HTC EVO 3D three days ahead of its June 24th launch, a proposition that sees the new handset on pre-order for folks counting themselves among those illustrious ranks. The pre-order went live overnight, and Sprint’s site  quickly felt the effects of those attempting to buy their [...]

Analyst Claims iPhone 5 Will Be Kiss of Death for Android

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

We heard this one before, back when the iPhone 4 was first announced for Verizon: the carrier’s current smartphone subscribers would abandon their Android handsets for Apple’s phone after years of settling for less. As it turns out, that wasn’t quite the case. But if you’re wrong once, why not make the same prediction again [...]

Updated eBay App Lets You Create Listings from Your Android Phone

by Kevin Krause on June 21st, 2011

A recent update to the official eBay for Android app has added the final piece of the puzzle to the auction sites mobile offering. Users can now create, revise, and relist listings for sale on eBay’s site directly from their Android devices. What’s more, you get features that don’t even exist when listing items from [...]

FYI: Yes, Peggle is Now Available from Amazon as a Free App of the Day

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 21st, 2011

Seems a bit of you were skeptical about our report earlier of Peggle’s arrival at midnight pacific standard time on the Amazon Appstore today, questioning whether  we got our information from PopCap or just guesstimating. Welp, it’s there now. It’s also free. And it’s also very awesome. We hear folks on the Galaxy Tab are [...]

Android Overload: Toshiba Thrive Delays, Droid Incredible 2 Gets Full Root and More

by Chris Chavez on June 21st, 2011

Greetings, Phandroids! While most of you are already fast asleep and dreaming of new Android devices, we still get more than a few of our overseas brethren making their way onto our site. Which is good for them seeing how this seems to be the place to find most of the “overseas” news that came [...]

Win $7,000 In Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 Video Contest

by Chris Chavez on June 20th, 2011

These are always good fun. In an all out marketing blitz, Samsung is throwing a video contest for their recently released and uber sexy, Galaxy Tab 10.1. The rules are simple. All you have to do is make a quick 60 second video creatively displaying how you would use their new Honeycomb tablet in your [...]

Android Security Alert: New Trojan Charges You for Premium SMS Services

by Chris Chavez on June 20th, 2011

Well, that’s clever. Lookout Mobile Security posted on their blog today on a new type of malware targeting Android users via advertisements. The malware is dubbed GGTracker. What’s unique about this malware is that the app isn’t actually found in the Android Market but instead through in-app ads. Sneaky. Upon clicking the ad, you will [...]

Droid 3 Wanders Into GLBenchmark Packing TI’s OMAP4

by Chris Chavez on June 20th, 2011

Benchmarks are a funny thing. While I sometimes enjoy them as a rough gauge on how well processors do against competition, I never completely rely on them as Bible truth. For all you benchmark-whores out there who have been dying to see how the Texas Instruments’ new OMAP4 would stack up against the competition, Motorola’s [...]

Sprint Offers AT&T Solutions Without The Need For a Merger With T-Mobile

by Chris Chavez on June 20th, 2011

Sprint is at it again. Long time opponent of the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger, they have been pretty vocal about the buyout since the beginning. Which makes perfect sense seeing how they have the most to lose in the deal. Well, instead of just appealing to the courts on how this deal could potentially hurt American [...]

Samsung Galaxy S 2 Coming to Canada This July Via Bell

by Chris Chavez on June 20th, 2011

We’ve already heard our fair share of rumors on which carriers will be offering the Galaxy S 2 when it finally hits stateside. Meanwhile I’ve just been drooling over videos of the device for what seems like months now when I came across this leaked ad from Techfibe showing the device for a July 14th [...]

Samsung Gravity Smart and Exhibit 4G Pricing Revealed

by Chris Chavez on June 20th, 2011

For those of you looking to possibly upgrade a family member’s “dumbphone” to an Android device but don’t want to spend a lot of money, T-Mobile has 2 new options. The Samsung Gravity Smart and Exhibit 4G pricing were both leaked in this screen shot from a T-Mo store computer. According to the leak you [...]