One of the more controversial apps on the Android Market today is that of a dog-fighting game called KG Dogfighting by Kage Games LLC. That game lets you raise a virtual dog, inject it with adrenaline shots and fight other owners’ dogs for the low price of $5. Sounds classy, right? Well, needless to say [...]

I’ve always been one of the more… “frugal” people I know. Which is why I love bringing you good deals like this. Tomorrow Best Buy is having their “Free Phone Wednesday” event and they’re giving away some great Android handsets for almost nothing. The handsets included in this deal are the Motorola Atrix 4G on [...]

Apps of the day is back and we’ve got some fun things here for you guys to check out. But before you do that, I want you to take a look at the Paid Apps Pledge that started (and unfortunately fizzled away) over a year ago. While myself and my peers don’t necessarily update the [...]

Google has just pushed a pretty nice update to the Android market for Google Maps. Version 5.9 has added a few useful features. Firstly, you’ll be able to set up custom notifications for transit navigation in cities that support it. Secondly, that transit support has finally made its way to the tablet version of the [...]

Welp, the Saygus Vphone – a product that has been in the works for a long, long time but couldn’t seem to find a real home in the Android world – is finally about to go  up for sale. In late 2009 the phone was rumored to be headed to Verizon, but for some reason [...]

It’s happened to all of us – set your keys or your phone down somewhere and, forgetting you did so, you walk away nonchalantly as if all is well in the world. Then that feeling creeps up on you. You know what I’m talking about. Cobra Tag will help you out in those situations, though, [...]

Looking to live up to their promise of taking mobile seriously, the chums at LinkedIn have delivered a significant upgrade to their Android application. “Faster, Simpler, Better” is the theme here and judging from the quick look I’ve had with the updated version, they aren’t joking. First of all, Groups are finally here. This is [...]

Some users over at AndroidForums.com have discovered that by manually updating to a non-consumer PRL and changing a line in the build.prop file of the Motorola TRIUMPH they’re able to get noticeably increased 3G speeds, with one user professing he’d gone from a low of 80kbps up to a low of around 600. The PRL [...]

Samsung has gone ahead and put out the Samsung Conquer 4G’s source code before its launch in five days on August 21st. You developer types might want to get this downloaded on to your hard drives ahead of time so that you can dig in as soon as the phone is out. Now we just [...]

A source of PocketNow‘s has mentioned that the HTC Ruby – which is shaping up to be a pretty good phone – will be branded the HTC Amaze 4G when it heads to T-Mobile shelves. It’s going to be a beast of a phone with the strongest dual-core processor inside of an HTC device yet [...]

Updates – you’ve gotta love them. I love them even more when they’re significant experience-changing updates. That’s why I got a bit excited this morning when I heard Firefox for Android (release) has gotten updated with the latest that the Mozilla team have been working on. You’re getting a brand new look and features, the [...]

I’m not one to usually lash out at Android’s competitors when they comment on industry happenings, but Nokia’s comment on the Google’s acquisition of Motorola makes no sense to me. It screams “read me, I need my name to be relevant because, as of now, it isn’t.” Here’s the statement in question: “This further reinforces [...]

The next installment of EA’s popular soccer franchise will be hitting Android early next year with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play picking up exclusive rights to FIFA 12 for the first month of its release. It’s another big score for the gaming handset that continues to pile on quality games to its catalog. Word is [...]

No, AT&T hasn’t quite launched their 4G LTE network just yet, but next week will bring their first devices enabled for the next-gen technology. Before we get ahead of ourselves, neither of the two will be phones of any sort. AT&T has opted to follow the trend of other carriers rolling out their 4G networks [...]

Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has filed an infringement suit against Cupertino, California-based Apple with a court a US District Court in Delaware, of all places. The smartphone manufacturer is accusing the computer giant of stepping on the toes of three patents with their Macintosh computers, iPads, iPods, and iPhones. The lawsuit seeks to ban the sale [...]

After questioning if it was even legal for a German court to ban the sale of a South Korean import throughout Europe, the Dusseldorf regional court has partially lifted their injunction on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales. The ban remains in place throughout Germany, but the slate can now be sold in all other parts [...]

After delays that saw at least one carrier drop the phone from its lineup, the HTC EVO 3D has gone on sale in the UK. The unlocked version of the handset has started to pop up on various retailer websites, including Clove and Unlocked Mobiles. The EVO 3D is selling SIM-free for anywhere from £515 to [...]

Before Apple had sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned in Europe, the Cupertino-based computer giant won a similar ruling in Australia. Initially it was reported that Samsung would comply with the court’s preliminary decision and delay the launch of their tablet down under, but later Samsung came out saying the Tab 10.1 would [...]

ViewSonic has announced its latest tablet, the Viewpad 10pro, a 10.1-inch slate that will dual-boot Android 2.3 and Windows 7. Among the first tablets to be powered by Intel’s Atom chipset, the 10pro’s CPU is clocked to 1.5GHz. Refinements in the Z670 core allow for impressive battery life with a single charge lasting 8 hours. [...]

Beginning at 9AM today, owners of Sprint’s Nexus S 4G will get the first crack at the latest update to the Swype keyboard for Android devices. The new update introduces App Gestures, a feature that will allow users to select text and then send it to an application based on a keyboard shortcut. Say you [...]