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September, 2011 Articles

Is Your Sprint Epic 4G Touch Expriencing Problems? Samsung’s Working On It

by Chris Chavez on September 21st, 2011

It’s been almost a week since the release of the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch (that’s a mouthful!) and we’ve been hearing murmurs of bugs and other general weirdness affecting the device. Some of the bugs include force closes in the calendar and 4G disconnecting when you’re on a call. According to [...]

New HTC Ruby (Amaze 4G) Press Shot Surfaces

by Chris Chavez on September 21st, 2011

A new press shot for T-Mobile’s upcoming HTC Amaze 4G (Ruby) has just surface online. While this doesn’t provide any new information on the device, it does give us a clearer view of the device’s form factor (from the front anyway). I’ve personally had some hands-on-time with the T-Mobile version of the device and can [...]

textPlus Updated In The Android Market – Adds New Facebook Integration and Redesigned Navigation

by Chris Chavez on September 21st, 2011

Popular messaging app textPlus has just been updated in the Android Market. The service allows you to create your own user name to share with other textPlus users and even provides you with your own unique phone number for sending out SMS messages for users who aren’t yet signed up for the service. Today, they’ve [...]

Keyboard Fixer Update Now Rolling Out For The Motorola Droid X

by Chris Chavez on September 21st, 2011

A new software update has begun rolling out for the Droix X. Build number 4.5.605 otherwise known as “the keyboard fixer update” should address a lot of the issues Droid X users have been reporting while using the virtual keyboard on the device. Things like freezes, random reboots have been plaguing the device so this [...]

New Samsung SHV-E120L Specs Revealed – 4.7 Inch HD Screen, Dual-Core Processor

by Chris Chavez on September 21st, 2011

If the Samsung Galaxy Note was a little too big for your liking maybe this device will be more your size. The Samsung SHV-E120L first showed up in a NenaMark benchmark result a little while ago and although it clued us into its 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor, 1280×720 display and running on Android 2.3.5 not much [...]

Clove Pegs Late November as Galaxy Note Launch Window for UK

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 21st, 2011

UK retailer Clove, as insightful as they ever are, have filled us in on launch details of yet another device. We’ve gotten UK availability information for the Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung’s phone that will attract quite the artistic crowd. It’s gotten a “late November” window, and while things are always subject to change Clove is [...]

AT&T Bringing Galaxy S II October 2nd for $200

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 21st, 2011

If any of you AT&T fans were clamoring for the Samsung Galaxy S II, you’ll be happy to know that their version will be out starting October 2nd for $200. Although they decided to stick with the phone’s original name, this one differs a bit from the international version. You’re still getting that dual-core Exynos [...]

23 inch Homemade MegaPad Android Tablet is Big Enough to Be Your Bathroom TV [Video]

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 21st, 2011

Some say bigger is better, and one technology buff wanted to see if the same applied to Android tablets. Martin Drashkov set out to make 23 inch Android tablet using parts that cost him a total of $600 and a workspace that doubles as a kitchen. The end result? Pure bliss. It’s got a multi-touch [...]

Verizon Officially Announces the LG Enlighten, Coming September 22nd for $80

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 21st, 2011

Verizon’s back at it again. This time (on the same day that the HTC Rhyme is set to go on sale for preorder) they’re announcing the LG Enlighten, a QWERTY Android device from the South Korean manufacturer. This mid-range handset boasts an 800MHz processor, a 3.2 inch HVGA display, a 3.2 megapixel camera and a [...]

HTC Officially Announces the HTC Raider 4G for South Korea

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 21st, 2011

HTC looks to have officially announced the HTC Raider 4G, but this one isn’t headed outside of Asia just yet. In fact, it’s only slated for South Korea as of the time of this posting. The Raider was once known as the Holiday and is eventually expected to make its way to the European and [...]

Leak: LG Optimus EX is a Dual-Core Smartphone for South Korea

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 21st, 2011

A new Android smartphone for South Korea has leaked. It’s called the LG Optimus EX and will employ a dual-core processor for all your task-completing needs. It should also have a 4 inch WVGA display. A 5 megapixel graces the back and the leaked photo seems to show a front-facing camera, though we can’t be [...]

O2 UK to be the Exclusive Carrier of the HTC Rhyme Oct. 17th

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 21st, 2011

If any of our UK readers were interested in the HTC Rhyme, listen up – it’s definitely headed to your parts of Europe. Unfortunately, you’ll have to be on a certain carrier in order to get it. O2 UK has announced exclusive availability for the HTC Rhyme and they’ve even given a date to look [...]

Adobe Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 Announced, Promises to Make Flash Extremely Fast, Deliver Console Quality Gaming on All Supported Platforms

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 21st, 2011

Well this is comforting to hear. Adobe hasn’t just been spending all their time attacking vulnerabilities within their products. They’ve been working behind the scenes for the next versions of Flash Player (11) and AIR (3). In their words, the updates will bring the “next generation of immersive apps across platforms including Android, iOS (via [...]

Verizon Adding Another 21 Cities To The 4G LTE List On October 21st

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

It was only last week we saw 26 new cities light up with Big Red’s blazing fast 4G LTE. That brought the grand total to 143 markets in the U.S. covered with all that high speed data goodness. Making good on that 175 new markets by year’s-end promise, Verizon is set to flip their 4G [...]

Amazon Pays You To Tweet – Gives $2 For Use In Their Android Appstore

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

Want $2? What if I told you Amazon would give you $2 to use in their Android Appstore simply for tweeting? Well, it’s true! All you’re going to need is an Amazon account and a Twitter account. I know $2 doesn’t sound like too much but I’ve done a lot worse for a whole lot [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus Poses For The Camera – On Its Way To T-Mobile

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

Some leaked pics of a new Samsung tablet (SGH-T869) found their way online today. According to TmoNews, T-Mobile is gearing up to release a new and improved version of last year’s Samsung Galaxy Tab 7-inch . The device you see before you be known as the “Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus” (+ is the new “i”).  [...]

Asus Eee Pad Slider Now Available From Newegg

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

A few days ago we told you about Amazon offering up Asus’ new tablet/hybrid Eee Pad Slider for pre-order but then they yanked the page down. Well, now you can officially buy your own Slider from Newegg.com. The online retailer has listed the 16GB version of the QWERTY tablet for $480 and 32GB version for [...]

Motorola Xoom (WiFi) Users Receiving 3.2.1 HTK55D Update Now

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

Motorola Xoom (WiFi) users are reporting that a mysterious update is being pushed to their device’s today. We received a Phantip from one of our readers letting us know of his Xoom prompting him of the Android 3.2.1 build HTK55D update. While we have yet to see of a changelog from Motorola, according to the [...]

Two Android Vulnerabilities Allow Malicious Apps To Install On Your Device Without Your Permission

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

About a month ago, two Android researchers were able to find two vulnerabilities within the Android OS that have yet to be addressed or patched up by Google in the latest Android updates. What exactly are these vulnerabilities? Well, the first bug is called a “permission-escalation vulnerability” and apparently, it affects all Android users. The [...]

Hulu+ Updated In The Android Market – Adds More Device Support

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

The Hulu+ app has just been updated in the Android Market. Besides the normal fixes and performance enhancements we’re accustomed to, the guys at Hulu have also updated the app to support some new devices like the HTC Incredible 2, HTC EVO 3D, HTC Sensation, Motorola DROID 3, Motorola Bionic, Motorola X2, LG Revolution, and [...]