Google’s financial conference call for the third quarter of 2011 is going on right now and they’ve announced some very good numbers. They’re on the upswing with $9.72 billion in revenue and $2.7 billion in profit. Without going into a bucket of specifics, we’ll just say “wow.” $2.5 billion of that revenue came from Google’s [...]

The HTC Hero S was announced on September 28th for US Cellular, but at that time they only gave us a date of “available next month”. Well, we’re in that next month and one of our readers has noticed that it’s now available for purchase for $200 after a new two-year agreement. This is only [...]

I love seeing these statues. It usually means that a new version of Android – or at least the announcement of a new version – is right around the corner. Google’s delivered an Ice Cream Sandwich sculpture to the front lawn of the Googleplex, where larger-than-life representations of dessert corresponding to each major revision of [...]

We told you guys the Nexus Prime + Ice Cream Sandwich announcement wouldn’t be far off. Alongside our source’s word that details of the new venue and date were imminent, a rumor swirled around saying that October 19th in Hong Kong would be the hosting site of what we expect to be the blockbuster unveiling [...]

Reports have sprung up telling of a new update supposedly out for Google Translate today. The update is supposed to bring the number of supported languages for conversation mode up to 14, though we can’t find this in either the web version or mobile version of the Android market. We’ll be on the lookout for [...]

If you need a decent Samsung QWERTY device in your life, Verizon’s got something for you to check out. It’s the Samsung Stratosphere that’s long been talked about (but only because it was first rumored to be a potential Galaxy S II device). Even though it’s not the monster many of you have probably wanted, [...]

The Motorola Photon 4G has just received a pretty sizable maintenance upgrade. Alongside general fixes and enhancements, we’re getting Google Talk video chat support, support for the new Lapdock 100, a fix for the erroneous proximity sensor and more. Lookout for build 45.3.6.en.US when checking for firmware upgrades in the settings menu. Don’t fret if [...]

A bogus Netflix app has been circulating around certain online forums, causing problems for those downloading the software. Taking advantage of users who may be seeking out a functional version of the app for unsupported devices, a mock log-in screen collects account usernames and passwords and ships them off to a central server. The app [...]

Rockstar Games is bringing the game that redefined sandbox-style action to an Android handset near you, and no, this ain’t no Chinatown Wars. We’re talking the first Grand Theft Auto game to make the jump to full 3D now making the jump to mobile devices. That’s right, this fall Grand Theft Auto III drops on [...]

An updated firmware version for the Samsung Galaxy S II on AT&T has surfaced online. Tagged as build I777UCKJ1, the software is based around Android 2.3.5 and Samsung’s TouchWiz UI. It addresses some of the initial bugs popping up on the phone, which has only been available since mid-September. Fixes include a reduction in Home [...]

For those seeing the marriage of the TouchPad and Android as a match made in heaven, the moment has arrived…sort of. The CyanogenMod team has released an alpha build of their Android ROM for the HP slate. That’s the good news. The bad news? The CM7 build will have little use to any but the [...]

While the above picture may just appear to be Food Network personality Alton Brown (or my old landlord, but that’s another story) posing with Google software engineer Denis Lynch, the EXIF data attached to the Picasa upload tells a different story. The picture was apparently snapped by none other than the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The [...]

Verizon and Motorola’s 4G LTE upgrade for the Motorola XOOM is taking longer than expected for some customers. While as much seems expected when the process involves a lot more than simply downloading an over-the-air update (customer are, after all, sending their tablet toys back to the factory for some hardware alterations), Verizon feels the [...]

Google Wallet has received a pretty substantial update, bringing its version number up to 1.0-R33v4. For those lucky enough to own a device capable of using Google’s mobile payment service (read: Nexus S 4G owners), you will be pleased to know you have some new offers coming your way. The updated version of Wallet allows [...]

Samsung has taken yet another blow in the global patent war being waged against the Android manufacturer by Apple. A court in Australia has upheld a preliminary injunction banning sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Features such as a touchscreen interface were ruled too similar to those of the iPad by Justice Annabelle Bennet. [...]

While we were spending some time at the Samsung Mobile booth, Rob and I ran into “the Unity guy” who gave us a quick demo on the power of Unity 3D engine. Joe Robbins showed us how easy it is to build a cross platform game using the Unity engine and painlessly output that game [...]

After an initial leak back in May, we were led to believe that the Gingerbread update for the Motorola DROID PRO was right around the corner. After a series of delays any buzz about the push to Android 2.3 was silenced. Over the next few months Moto managed to (slowly) bring Gingerbread to their entire [...]

The Samsung Galaxy W has been outed for T-Mobile. Along with a press shot showing carrier branding for the first time, an inventory sheet has been spied and reveals the final name for the device. The phone will hit T-Mobile’s shelves as the Samsung Exhibit II 4G. The Exhibit II 4G features a single-core 1.4GHz [...]

When HTC decided to name their latest handset the Sensation XL, they weren’t kidding. This thing is an extra large monster in every sense. 4.7-inch screen, Beats audio, the works. It’s a powerhouse of the not-so-pocketable variety. Actually, HTC managed to avoid adding too much bulk around the mammoth display, creating a device that isn’t [...]

What better way to illustrate the capabilities of your tablet accessory/app that makes handwriting/drawing easy than illustrating caractures for attendees? Watch Phandroid’s Chriz Chavez – the man, the myth, the hair, the legend – have his caracture drawn using By Zero’s Studio Pen accessory on an iPad (it also works with Galaxy Tab). The accessory [...]