Phandroid Newsletter

Get weekly news recaps, access to exclusive contests and giveaways, invites to beta applications, promotions/coupons and more!

We respect your privacy. We'll never share your Email address and you can always unsubscribe.


June, 2011 Articles

Motorola DROID HD Apparently Outed on Flickr

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 29th, 2011

Now this is a new one. An apparent Motorola DROID HD has been outed by Flickr, a service that usually pulls EXIF data from photos that identified what kind of device took the image. One soul in Liberyville, Illinois – where Moto’s headquarters just happen to be situated – has uploaded a picture from this [...]

Improve the Voice Quality on Your EVO 3D [Forum Talk]

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 29th, 2011

Folks on the other end telling you you sound as if you’re talking through a can and string? We’ve heard of several complaints at AndroidForums.com in this thread, as well as this one. Fortunately, we’ve got the remedy right here. You can head into your phone’s edit mode and change the vocoder to enjoy the [...]

OfficeMax Impress Lets You Place Print Orders on the Go

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 29th, 2011

Let’s face it – not everyone has printers. And if they do, they sometimes don’t have printers fast enough to churn out hundreds of pages. That’s why OfficeMax still somehow makes their honest living off of services like these. In order to make life easier for the folks who do print, they’ve released Impress, a [...]

HTC EVO 3D With GSM Bands Passes FCC

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 29th, 2011

Is this just the same device we heard about headed to Europe or will Canadian, T-Mobile and AT&T folks be able to get in on some 3D love before too long? A device modeled PG86300, which just happens to be the same model number as the HTC EVO 3D, has passed the FCC. It has [...]

Latest Facebook Update Causing News Feed to Constantly Refresh, May Impact Battery Life

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 29th, 2011

The folks at Facebook have released version 1.6, as you may already know, but even with the few much-needed changes, it’s taken a step or two back. For one, there is a bug causing the news feed to constantly refresh itself, something much of the community is seeing judging by market comments. Not only does [...]

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray Could Come as Early as This August

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 29th, 2011

One of Sony Ericsson’s newest phones, the Xperia Ray, may be set to come out this August if UK retailer Carphone Warehouse is to be believed. They’ve allowed customers to register to be notified about any pricing and availability information and have mentioned that the expected ship date is some time within August. Take this [...]

Motorola DROID 2 Getting CM7 Soon, Nightlies Are Headed Our Way

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 29th, 2011

The first of many breakthroughs on Motorola devices, we hope – CyanogenMod 7 is now making its way to the Motorola Droid 2. This comes several days after a breakthrough achieved on the DROID X that allowed CyanogenMod 7 to boot and run. And run well, at that. Developer cvpcs says they’ll eventually be merging [...]

AT&T Announces the HTC Status, Complete with Facebook Page

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

In preparation for its launch later this summer on AT&T (and TELUS in Canada), HTC has gone live with an official Facebook page for their Facebook-ified phone, the HTC Status. You may known the Status by its other name, the HTC ChaCha, and what you get here is essentially the same phone with its dedicated [...]

Microsoft Cashes in on Two More Android Manufacturers

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

While bigger Android manufacturers like Motorola and Barnes & Noble have decided to fight off Microsoft’s attempts to cash in on supposedly-infringed patents, smaller companies just don’t have the luxury to afford a drawn-out legal battle with one of the nation’s largest companies. It’s much easier for them to simply pay Microsoft the fees they [...]

Is This Blurry Image the New Motorola Droid Bionic or Something Else?

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

Mr. BlurryCam has been polishing his craft, and his latest masterpiece ranks among his finest works. See, this one is so blurry that we cant tell if it’s the new Motorola DROID BIONIC with its rumored 4.5-inch display or something entirely different. An unannounced phone, perhaps? There is a lack of Verizon branding that suggests [...]

Slew of Canadian Carriers Pick up the Samsung Galaxy S II

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

A handful of Canadian carriers have announced that they will carry the Samsung Galaxy S II, with more expected to follow. We’ve seen leaks that indicated Bell would release the dual-core handset, so it comes as no surprise that the carrier has announced the device as the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G. They haven’t announced [...]

Android App Downloads Now Top 4.5 Billion

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

The Android Market took a little bit of time to get heated up, garnering its first 1 billion downloads only after two years on the market. Would you believe that the same amount of downloads happened in the last 60 days? Those are the facts, according to Google’s mobile advertising sales director for Europe Ian [...]

Cisco Introduces AppHQ for their Cius Tablet

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

Cisco is furthering the enterprise reach of their Cius tablet by introducing AppHQ, a proprietary app marketplace than can be used to generate custom storefronts tailored towards a particular business’ needs. The goal is to provide enterprise users with a secure, private market that will allow for greater productivity through business-specific applications while giving IT [...]

LG Optimus 3D Landing Early at Select Carphone Warehouse Locations

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

The LG Optimus 3D is still on track for a July 7th release in the UK, but those anxious to get their hands on the device will have a chance to snag one a full week earlier. Select CPW and Best Buy retail locations will begin selling the Optimus 3D come July 1st. The phone [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G Now on Pre-Order at Verizon Starting at $529

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

If WiFi just isn’t enough to satisfy your on-the-go data needs, those wanting a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 are in luck. Verizon has opened up pre-orders for the 3G/4G version of the newly released Honeycomb tablet. As with the WiFi-only Tab 10.1, two versions are available, though slightly pricier. The 16GB model will set you [...]

Did Verizon Reject Motorola Gingerbread Updates for Being Overly Buggy?

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

When Verizon’s Droid X received its update to Gingerbread, we hoped it would mean smooth sailing for the rest of the carriers high-end handsets from Motorola on their path to Android 2.3. A Gingerbread “soak test” followed shortly for the Droid 2 Global, but a few weeks later the update has yet to rollout to [...]

ZTE Blade Sells 2 Million Units Worldwide

by Rob Jackson on June 29th, 2011

The ZTE Blade might not be a device you’re all-too familiar with but it’s quietly making a strong impression. Some of you may know the ZTE Blade as another name: Orange sells the device as the Orange San Francisco. Worldwide, ZTE has sold 2 million units of the handset- not a bad number AT ALL. [...]

Team Black Hat Leaks Gingerbread for the Samsung Droid Charge

by Kevin Krause on June 29th, 2011

A leaked version of Android 2.3.3 is now available for the Samsung DROID Charge thanks to Team Black Hat, purveyors of Droid custom ROMs and leaks. In fact, TBH is doubling your pleasure with two separate options for download. For the purists, the stock version of the leak comes with all the carrier bloatware you [...]

Will Google+ Win and Do You Have a Google+ Invite?

by Rob Jackson on June 29th, 2011

Looking around the web, we see plenty of press and media playing with Google+ for example Marshall Kirkpatrick from ReadWriteWeb who put together a nice first hand experience after a night of diving in. Spoiler: he loves it. Then we’ve got the optimistically pessimistic realists (does that makes sense) from XKCD who tell it like it [...]

Live Pictures of HTC Status, Facebook Phone for AT&T

by Rob Jackson on June 29th, 2011

The reincarnation of the HTC ChaCha we’ve heard about isn’t quite official, but you can write it in pen now- AT&T will (most likely) launch the HTC Status Facebook Phone and BGR scooped up live pictures to support the claim: This isn’t a true “Facebook Phone” but anythinge emblazoned with that big blue button must [...]