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July, 2011 Articles

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4G LTE Shipping 7/26

by Kevin Krause on July 22nd, 2011

The long road to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 on Verizon may be nearing an end. OK, so it wasn’t really that long of a road, but after pre-orders opened up there has been little word on when the 4G LTE version of the tablet would actually hit store shelves. If the shipping date accompanying recent [...]

Lenovo’s 7-Inch IdeaPad Pictured, Specs Detailed

by Kevin Krause on July 22nd, 2011

New pictures have surfaced that seem to confirm what was inferred by an FCC filing uncovered yesterday: a 7-inch slate is on the way from Lenovo. This 7-inch IdeaPad was listed under several names in the FCC report, including SmartPad and LePad, but most shared an A1-07 model designation. The unannounced device will provide a [...]

Nexus S 4G Update to Android 2.3.5 Begins Rolling Out July 25, WiMAX Gets a Speed Boost

by Kevin Krause on July 22nd, 2011

The delayed Nexus S 4G update we first heard would be launching back on July 11th is once again on track to hit handsets, and as suspected the firmware will take the phone’s platform version up to Android 2.3.5. The update doesn’t include anything near as exciting as the built-in video chat functionality found in [...]

CyanogenMod 7 Nightlies Land for the Galaxy S II

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

Well that didn’t take long, did it? Just days after being demonstrated on video, the folks behind the cyan Android on the skateboard have delivered nightlies to the Samsung Galaxy S II. This is the news Samsung surely wants to hear as they’re the ones who delivered four units of the handset to the team. [...]

DROID X2 Gets 2nd-Init – Custom ROMs Should Be on Their Way

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

The Motorola Droid X2 has finally gotten the same 2nd init support that its older, weaker brother has, which means custom ROMs could be on their way. If you don’t remember, this same breakthrough for the DROID X allowed folks to booth CyanogenMod, a truly custom ROM, onto the device without needing to have a [...]

Three of LG’s 2011 Android Phones Spotted – Prada K2, Victor and Gelato

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

If you had doubt that LG had more Android phones coming our way this year, stow them. Three more have popped up in a massive leak from our friends at PocketNow. The first is the LG Prada K2, a phone with a name that insinuates it’ll be aimed at the crowd who prefer to be [...]

Vizio Tablet Starts Appearing at Retail

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

Preferred not to order your Vizio tablet online in order to wait to get your hands on it? Reports are coming in that the tablet can now be found in some retail stories, namely Costco. It’s not a Honeycomb tablet and it won’t wow or impress you or even your technology-ignorant friends, but it’s poised [...]

Google Music Manager for Linux Now Available

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

We know a few of you Linux users are also Android users. And, by extension, you might be Google Music users. Unfortunately, no official solution for uploading music to the cloud for wireless playback has been available… until now. Google has released .deb and .rpm packages for Google Music. These packages can be likened to [...]

Walmart Offering MyTouch 4G Slide Preorders for $100

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

While T-Mobile’s already opened the floodgates for preordering the MyTouch 4G Slide from them, you can get it a bit cheaper if you don’t mind going through third party channels. Walmart is offering the device for preorder, as well, and they’re willing to let it go for $100 after a two-year contract, no rebates required. [...]

HTC Ruby Gets Reflected on HTC Flyer, But We Don’t Know Much

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

The photo you see is of an HTC Flyer. And on that HTC Flyer’s display is a device that folks are calling an HTC Ruby. Unfortunately, we don’t know anything about it. There’s a camera on the back and it sits above what looks to be a dual-LED flash. There’s also a 3.5mm headphone jack. [...]

Mid-Range Samsung Slider Appears to be Headed for Boost

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

Samsung has yet another mid-range slider headed for yet another carrier. This time, it’s Sprint’s Boost Mobile who will be getting their hands on what’s being called the Samsung SPH-M930. If this model number seems familiar, it’s because Sprint has a similar device – the Transform – with the model number SPH-M920. This phone will [...]

Verizon Set to Get New CEO as Wireless Subscriber Growth Remains Positive

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

Verizon’s just turned in their Q2 results and some interesting things came out of them. First off, the wireless carrier gained 2.2 million new wireless connections – nothing to sneeze at, although Verizon probably wishes they had more. 1.3 million of these connections were retail postpaid customers while wholesale and other connections accounted for 890,000. [...]

Received Your Photon 4G Yet? Amazing Camera Samples Inside [Forum Talk]

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 22nd, 2011

This thing isn’t set to come out until July 31st, but some users are already receiving the Motorola PHOTON 4Gs they preordered the moment they were able to. This thread at AndroidForums.com has a few people who are willing to share their thoughts, images and camera samples. There’s a lot of interesting stuff here. To [...]

Android Overload: Judge Criticizes Both Oracle and Google In Court, How Touch Screens Work Infographic and More

by Chris Chavez on July 22nd, 2011

Seems like the Android world was focused on all the DROID Bionic news that was leaking all over the net today. Not really too much extra news spilled on over to the Android Overload. And if I have to hear about one more company suing another company this year I’m going to move into a [...]

Even More Pics of the Motorla DROID Bionic – This Time From the Back

by Chris Chavez on July 22nd, 2011

The Motorola DROID BIONIC has gone through some major design changes since we last seen it at CES earlier this year. If you need further proof of this we have yet another pic of the device cradled comfortably in its desktop dock with a Droid X style hump on its back. I mean, we knew [...]

Dell Streak Gets Pulled From Online/Store Shelves for an Update

by Chris Chavez on July 22nd, 2011

Looks like Dell may have pulled their 5-inch, tablet/phone hybrid Dell Streak from store shelves and removed the device from their online store as well. You would immediately assume this means the device has been discontinued but not so fast, Turbo. Apparently, after Engadget attempted to phone-in and order the device through Dell’s customer service, [...]

More Hints the DROID Bionic Launch Is Around the Corner – Docks and Verizon Placeholders

by Chris Chavez on July 22nd, 2011

As if you need even more hints that Verizon is getting ready to release the all new (and much delayed) Motorola DROID BIONIC. Android Central found this car dock and desktop dock over on Amazon that not only show off a little bit of the phone’s new iPhone/Galaxy S-esque chrome bezzle but some neat accessories [...]

Blu-ray Digital Download Copy Comes To Android This Fall Thanks To 20th Century Fox

by Chris Chavez on July 21st, 2011

Ever bought a Blu-ray movie and noticed how most of them come with that “Digital Copy” for downloading to your Apple iPhone or iPod? If you just so happen to be an Android fanboy and a movie buff, you might have been feeling a little left out of the mix. Apparently, movie studios have a [...]

Sony Ericsson Panorama App Works Great For Other Devices [Download]

by Chris Chavez on July 21st, 2011

Hey, guys! Feeling a bit bummed out that your phone doesn’t have some of those cool camera features found on other devices? One camera feature I know I’ve been feenin’ for was a panorama shot on my Evo 3D. You know, like that one Sony commercial featuring Taylor Swift where she captures that whole crowd [...]

Gingerbread OTA Update Now Available On The HTC Incredible S

by Chris Chavez on July 21st, 2011

The Canadian/Bell version of the Incredible S is receiving their Gingerbread update right this minute. If you’re wonderig, this will bring the device up to Android 2.3.3 (just shy of that coveted .4). If you haven’t been prompted for the update you can always manually check for one by going into your devices Settings>About Phone>System [...]