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August, 2011 Articles

Motorola DROID Bionic Will Feature WiFi Printing, According to Leak

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 17th, 2011

A bit of new news has come out of the TechnoBuffalo camp earlier today regarding the Motorola DROID BIONIC. Most of what was revealed we’ve already known since January, but a new tidbit caught our eye – wireless printing. We imagine this functionality will be extended to the Webtop dock that Motorola confirmed would be [...]

App Inventor Kind-of Sort-of Being Kept Alive By Google Thanks to MIT Center Funding

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 17th, 2011

We were saddened to hear news that Google’s App Inventor, what you could describe as a “WYSIWYG” app creator, would cease to be developed by Google. It wouldn’t completely disappear as Google agreed to open source the project in order to allow third parties to come in and continue work on it if they wanted. [...]

Verizon 4G LTE Coming to 15 New Cities, Expanding in 10 Existing Ones Tomorrow

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 17th, 2011

Verizon’s 4G LTE rollout is moving a lot faster than anyone could have anticipated, and we’re certainly not mad at that. Tomorrow, August 18th, 15 new cities will be getting LTE and 10 existing LTE cities will be getting expansions to cover more people in the smaller surrounding markets. Highlights for new cities include Tucson, [...]

HTC DROID Incredible Update Reportedly Delayed

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 17th, 2011

It all sounded so promising the other day – the DROID Incredible’s Gingerbread update PDF showed up on Verizon’s servers and it looked like we could be getting a release within a couple of weeks. Turns out you’ll need to bottle your excitement up a bit longer because the update has reportedly been delayed. A [...]

Next-Gen ASUS Eee Pad Tranformer to Be First Kal-El Device?

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih promised the next iteration fo the Eee Pad Transformer would be impressive, and according to new reports his words could be an understatement. Multiple sources are claiming the next Transformer, scheduled for a launch sometime in the fall, will be the first device to feature NVIDIA’s quad-core Kal-El SoC. The timing [...]

Accessories Pages Go Online for Motorola XOOM 4G LTE and Droid Bionic

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

Though no peripherals are to be found within their borders, accessories landing pages have gone live for the Motorola XOOM 4G LTE and Motorola DROID BIONIC at Verizon’s website. Both devices are rumored to be available around September, though no official word has come down the pipeline one either. The XOOM 4G LTE will likely [...]

White Droid Incredible 2 Coming as Best Buy Exclusive

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

The HTC Droid Incredible 2 will be getting a white wash as a Best Buy exclusive, according to the above image. The new shade is said to be landing in stores starting August 21st, though there has been no official confirmation of this date. Pricing should remain at $149.99 on a new contract, meaning you [...]

MetroPCS and Rhapsody Team Up to Deliver Unlimited Music to Android Users

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

Regional provider MetroPCS has teamed up with Rhapsody to offer a pretty great deal to their Android users. Those with the $60 rate plan featuring unlimited talk, text, and web will now also get Rhapsody Unlimited Music bundled in at no extra cost. The service provides users with access to over 12 million tracks found [...]

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro Now Available at Clove UK

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

For those in the UK awaiting the stylish update to last year’s Xperia X10 mini lineup, Clove UK now has both the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro in stock. Sometimes referred to as “the world’s smallest Android Gingerbread phone,” the Xperia Mini features a 3-inch display and 1GHz Snapdragon CPU. [...]

New Trademarks Reveal HTC Enamor and Rhyme

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

HTC is about to bust a rhyme. And by bust a rhyme we really mean bust out a handset dubbed the HTC Rhyme, or so suggests a newly uncovered trademark filing. Also revealed in the filing is the HTC Enamor. The trademark applications cover both smartphones and tablets and their hardware and software, leaving things [...]

Huawei IDEOS Making a Big Splash in Kenya

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

While we sit around speculating for months at a time over the next big handset and bitterly complain about the cost of carrier contracts, it is often easy to overlook that there are some areas of the world where mobile phones, especially smartphones, are out of reach for a majority of the population. Thanks to [...]

Dog Wars App Carrying Animal Rights Android Trojan

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

Dog Wars is back in the news, and it isn’t due to Michael Vick calling for the removal of the game from the Android Market. The already controversial app has seen an older version hijacked and pumped full of malware, according to Irfan Asrar of Symantec. Unlike some other nasty Android trojans, however, the one [...]

Motorola Droid HD Captured on Camera Next to Droid Bionic

by Kevin Krause on August 17th, 2011

Well what do we have here? A new Droid handset from Motorola, perhaps? What is seen in the above image is none other than the rumored Droid HD, pictured here for the first time. From what e gather the device will get a 4.5-inch display, one that very well could feature an HD resolution of [...]

Android Overload: HTC On The Offensive, Google’s Engineers Are Better Taken Care Of Than Motorola’s and More

by Chris Chavez on August 17th, 2011

  Hello again, everyone. After a long hard days work, I like to wind down with what else? Even more Android/mobile/Google related news! If you feel the same, you’ve come to the right place. This is where we like to dump all the stories that didn’t make it onto our front page but still felt [...]

Deal Alert: Walmart Offering The 7-inch Acer Iconia Tab A100 for $328 and a $50 Giftcard

by Chris Chavez on August 17th, 2011

Walmart (my personal favorite retailer) has a pretty nice deal going on for the 7-inch Iconia Tab A100. They are offering the Tegra 2 powered Honeycomb tablet for $328 buckaroos and a $50 e-gift card that can be used on both Walmart.com or SamsClub.com. Buy a tablet, get a matching rake. Or SD card, or [...]

Official Gingerbread Update for the HTC Thunderbolt Leaked

by Chris Chavez on August 17th, 2011

If you’ve been an HTC Thunderbolt user patiently waiting for your turn to go at it with Gingerbread well, tonight might be your night. Or not, depending how you look it. Build number 2.07.605.0 was recently leaked for the Tbolt and although this will not be the final Verizon build, it is an official build [...]

T-Mobile G-Slate 3.1 Update Brings Locked Bootloader

by Chris Chavez on August 17th, 2011

If you’re a T-Mobile G-Slate owner and you fancy yourself an Android modder, you may want to wait before updating your device to the official 3.1 update rolling out right now. I’ve stumbled upon some information that the update will, in fact, lock the bootloader making the flashing of custom ROMs and all the other [...]

Data Shows that Two-Thirds of In-App Purchases Are On “Consumable Goods”

by Chris Chavez on August 17th, 2011

If you’re an Android app developer, you may want to listen up. Flurry Analytics was conducting some research on the spending habits of users who download freemium games (games that are free but offer in-app paid content) on Android and iOS and their findings were pretty interesting. Apparently, the average in-app purchase averages to about [...]

HTC Puccini Looking At A September/October Launch

by Chris Chavez on August 16th, 2011

During a press conference at the Taiwan Stock Exchange, HTC’s CFO, Winston Yung let it slip that his company’s 10-inch Puccini tablet will be launching sometime in September or October. Yung also mentioned that HTC has been performing particularly well in Asian markets with sales in China to increase four-fold this year. The number of [...]

MIUI Music Player Now Available For All Devices

by Chris Chavez on August 16th, 2011

You may have seen last night’s announcement about the MIUI phone, the MI-ONE and I’m sure you’ve seen us post from time-to-time on the MIUI ROM. It’s no secret, I’m a pretty big fan of the ROM. Thanks to DroidUniverse, you too can have your own little taste of MIUI thanks to the extracted Music [...]