Motorola Xoom owners could be seeing their 4G LTE upgrade ahead of the rumored September launch. Only one small catch — Motorola will begin the upgrade process with “business” and “government” Xoom owners first. The pilot program for the 4G LTE upgrade will notify business and government users via email that their upgrade is ready [...]

The HTC Vigor (ADR6425LVW) just passed its Bluetooth 3.0 certification. HTC’s answer to the iPhone 5 is rumored to come equipped with 4.3-inch 1280×720 resolution HD display, one of Qualcomm’s brand spankin’ new 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragons, 8MP camera, Sense 3.5, Beats audio and running Android 2.3.4. The device is rumored to hit Verizon on October [...]

In news breaking just minutes ago, Apple has announced that Steve Jobs, one of Android’s main detractors, has resigned from his position as CEO of the company. Tim Cook, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, has been named the Cuprtino-based tech giant’s new CEO. Jobs will remain part of the company, assuming the role of Chairman of [...]

Today some Italian website called AndroidUP (we’ve never heard of it, either) got hold of  a picture they are claiming to be the Samsung GT-I9220, a rumored upcoming smartphone from Samsung featuring a 5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display. Well, I have some disappointing news for you. That’s not a Super AMOLED Plus display, and that most [...]

Every day we peruse the Android Market looking for the best, worst, interesting, and most unique apps in an effort to sift out a few gems. We call it Apps of the Day. We can’t guarantee that every app featured below is a real winner, but each is worth at least a quick look. It’s [...]

Just as RIM has promised Android Application support on its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, Bloomberg is reporting that the same functionality will eventually migrate to the manufacturer’s future lineup of QNX-powered smartphones. We won’t see the new QNX devices until at least next year, but the move is a smart one as more and more developers flock [...]

Chief counsel for Verizon Wireless Randall Milch thinks the current patent wars between a large majority of major players in the US smartphone market have gone too far. So far, in fact, that Milch is appealing to President Obama for assistance in heading off rulings that could force the ban of sales of many popular [...]

Sprint has issued a small bugfix update for the Motorola Photon 4G. While the tweaks and enhancements are few, the expected result should be welcome by users experiencing a nagging problem with voice calls defaulting to mute. Phone stability and improved Bluetooth support round out the software update to version  4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5. Head over to the Sprint [...]

Just because the HTC EVO 3D has become Sprint’s new poster child for top-of-the-line Android doesn’t mean there is any lack of love for last year’s EVO 4G. A new update is slated to roll out over the next couple of weeks bringing a few minor enhancements and plenty of bug fixes to the world’s [...]

Google Docs for Android has been updated with support for 45 new languages. In addition, new Web Clipboard functionality makes it easy to insert photos from your phone directly into a document. Using the Google Docs widget to open your phone’s camera, selecting to send the photo to your Web Clipboard stores the item in [...]

A clear version of a Verizon teaser for the Motorola DROID BIONIC has made its way to YouTube after initially popping up around the web yesterday in a much lower quality. DroidLife provides the goods as Big Red invites us to “rule all machines.” The phone has done a pretty good job of ruling the tech [...]

The HTC Bliss, while not the most powerful, is certainly one of the more interesting phones we’ve been hearing about. It was first rumored to be a lady-centric device, employing a soothing green hue for its chassis and a charm that’ll light up when a notification is received. While we’re still a bit iffy about [...]

Here’s a small victory (if you can call it that) for Samsung up against the possibility that they may have had to cease sales and advertisement of the Galaxy S, S II and Ace. They claimed Samsung violated patents of Apple’s which describe sliding on-screen to unlock a device and scrolling in the gallery (and [...]

Ever wanted to hear President Obama praise you for all of the outstanding work you’ve done as an American citizen over the years? Want to recreate one of countless classic George Bush speeches that make absolutely no sense whatsoever? iSpeech Obama and iSpeech Bush will help you do just that. They are novelty applications, really, [...]

While we’re a bit disappointed that Hulu has yet to bring their services to tablets and Android devices other than phones, we can’t be mad that they’re at least trying. Today, we can scratch the “first tablet with Hulu Plus” milestone off the list as The Vizio 8 inch Android tablet has been added to [...]

The gents at ESPN have uploaded their fantasy football app for the 2011 NFL season. This is great timing compared to last year which saw the app released only two days before the start of the season. More than the app has made its way to the Android market in a timely fashion, though, ESPN [...]

This just in, folks – a Netherlands Judge has ruled that Samsung does indeed infringe on Apple’s patents with the Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Galaxy S II. With that, the ruling bans Samsung from selling or advertising both phones, as well as from selling the Samsung Galaxy Ace. It appears that the phones will [...]

The amount of evidence suggesting the Motorola DROID BIONIC will be here early next month is staggering. After several independent rumors of a September 8th launch date, the Bionic has made tons of appearances – from Best Buy’s Buyer’s Guide to Verizon Wireless’s homepage. Testers received devices and leaked images and video to no end, [...]

Waiting on that awesome +1 button in your Android market? Need to lock access to your market down to keep people from buying/installing or uninstalling apps? If you haven’t gotten the latest update yet, you can manually install it by downloading the APK file (here) and installing it like you would any third party app. [...]

Good evening everyone. It’s time for another episode of the Android Overload. This is the place you can turn for all the news we didn’t feature on our front page but felt deserved a look before being cast off into the internet abyss. Such an eventful day today but if you’re still looking for more [...]