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October, 2011 Articles

Gameloft Sale: Backstab, Order & Chaos Online and Uno Only 99 Cents For A Limited Time

by Chris Chavez on October 24th, 2011

For this week only, Gameloft is lowering the price on a handful of Android games as part of their “Trick or Treat Sale” leading up until All Hallows’ Eve this Monday. Android gamers on a budget can grab some of Gameloft’s hottest titles for only $1. Games like the action-adventure Backstab, featuring stealth, action and [...]

Amazon Has the HTC EVO Design 4G For Just $30

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 24th, 2011

Amazon has just posted a good deal on the HTC EVO Design 4G, the $100 4G phone from Sprint that takes a lot of cues from its big brother EVO 3D. They are asking for just $30 for the device. It’s not bad for a 4 inch qHD phone with a 1GHz processor and 4G [...]

Motorola Confirms Devices to Get Ice Cream Sandwich, Starting With RAZR, Bionic and XOOM

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 24th, 2011

Motorola has announced the first few devices to get Ice Cream Sandwich sometime down the line. The Motorola DROID BIONIC, Motorola Droid RAZR and the Motorola XOOM will all be getting the upgrade. They’ll be confirming other devices within six weeks of the source’s release. We wholly expect all of their dual-core devices to get [...]

HTC Releases Formal Statement Regarding DropBox Agreement

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 24th, 2011

Not that we didn’t already know this, but HTC has formed a partnership with DropBox that will allow them to preinstall the cloud-enabled file sharing application on all of their future smartphones. Above all that, all HTC device owners will get 5GB of free storage, 3GB more than the standard. They didn’t clarify whether or [...]

DROID 2 Global and DROID Pro Now Receiving Gingerbread Upgrades

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 24th, 2011

Continuing to prove that they don’t want to leave any of their customers in the dark, Verizon and Motorola have begun rolling out updates to Android 2.3 for both the Motorola Droid 2 Global and the Motorola DROID PRO. We’re getting all the Gingerbread goodness you’ve come to know and expect as well as a [...]

Root Your Samsung Stratosphere

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 24th, 2011

If you’ve been waiting to itch that addiction of rooting and ROM’ing your Samsung Stratosphere, our friends at RootzWiki have discovered and made public a method to get you going in the right direction. As with most Samsung phones, you’ll need ODIN on Windows or Heimdall on Mac OS and Linux in order to flash [...]

Motorola DROID RAZR to Have Official Software Unlock, But Carriers Decide Bootloader Fate

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 24th, 2011

Motorola has confirmed that they will be making it possible to officially unlock your DROID RAZR bootloader. Unlocked phones internationally will come with the functionality, but they stressed that this feature will only be available at the carriers’ discretion. Yes, that means Verizon will likely opt out of offering it to their customers. While unlocked [...]

ViewSonic ViewPad 7e Officially Announced for End of October, $200

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 24th, 2011

ViewSonic has made official the next tablet in their Android tablet series. We’re getting the ViewPad 7e, a 7 inch tablet that runs Gingerbread and makes use of SPB Mobile Shell’s home replacement app for eye candy. Beneath the hood is a 1GHz processor, micro HDMI, a 3 megapixel rear camera, a VGA front camera, [...]

AT&T/Canada Motorola RAZR Spotted at the FCC; Motorola XOOM 2, As Well?

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 24th, 2011

Today’s a good day for you FCC lovers. It seems that the Motorola RAZR has passed the FCC. Inside are radios for AT&T, though it’s imperative to note that most Canadian carriers share the same radios as them. The device is set to release on Verizon sometime soon and we could see it heading to [...]

Evidence Mounts for Nov 10 Galaxy Nexus, HTC Rezound Launch, Oct 27 for Droid RAZR

by Kevin Krause on October 24th, 2011

Verizon has officially confirmed the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for their network, but the announcement failed to include an official release date. Recent rumors were leaning towards November 10th, and the date looks to hold true for now. A newly leaked MAP listing once again points towards the 10th day of November as the release date [...]

O2 Launches Galaxy Nexus Landing Page

by Kevin Krause on October 24th, 2011

Though it seemed like the end, the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus was only the beginning of the wait for the next Google flagship device. While a handful of carrier have committed to stocking the handset, none have come clean with any specifics on release date. Still, November is the loose time frame we [...]

Motorola RAZR Appears in Rogers Inventory System

by Kevin Krause on October 24th, 2011

The super-sleek Motorola RAZR has landed in the inventory system at Rogers, signaling a release could be soon. Canadians have already been treated to a pre-order of the device, though an official release date has yet to be announced. Rumors point towards the first half of November, lining up with the launch of the device [...]

Samsung Transform Ultra Headed to Sprint

by Kevin Krause on October 24th, 2011

Sprint-owned Boost Mobile has had dibs on the Samsung Transform Ultra, but the parent company is picking up the handset, too. Today Sprint announced that it will carry the Android 2.3 smartphone with Sprint ID featuring a 1GHz processor, 3.5-inch HVGA display, and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. In other words, not much changes from the Boost [...]

Motorola Admiral, HTC EVO Design 4G Now Available from Sprint

by Kevin Krause on October 24th, 2011

Sprint has bolstered its Android lineup once again as yet another member of the EVO family and the first Android Direct Connect device have gone on sale. Both the HTC EVO Design 4G and Motorola Admiral are available for $99.99 on a two-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate. The EVO Design 4G is a [...]

Google’s Music Store Could Launch this Week, Google+ Sharing Seems Likely

by Kevin Krause on October 24th, 2011

Sources speaking to The Wall Street Journal are taking Andy Rubin’s statements from last week a bit further. Google’s music download store is said to be launching sometime in the next two weeks, with a chance we could see the new service by the end of the week. Rubin confirmed in statements during his appears at [...]

Compal Latest Android Manufacturer to Sign Licensing Deal with Microsoft

by Kevin Krause on October 24th, 2011

While Apple is bent on destroying Android and its partners through a series of systematic lawsuits, Microsoft has been taking a slightly different, more profitable approach. Concerning their own patents, Bill Gates’ crew has been busy working out licensing deals with various manufacturers. The latest to agree to a percentage with Microsoft is Compal, maker [...]

Droid RAZR Gets Equipment Guide Entry, Landing Page

by Kevin Krause on October 24th, 2011

Verizon is gearing up for the launch of their Motorola Droid RAZR, which if rumors hold out to be true will be on Big Red’s shelves by the end of the week. The phone has appeared in VZW’s equipment guide, giving us one last look at its specs. The document comes courtesy of DroidLife (visit the [...]

Happy Birthday! T-Mobile G1 Officially Turns 3 Today

by Chris Chavez on October 22nd, 2011

I may have jumped the gun in a previous post but it was 3 years ago today, that the Godfather of Android, the T-Mobile G1 was officially released unto the world. That makes the G1 only 3 years old in people years but in the ever evolving mobile world, it’s ancient. The HTC G1/Dream debuted [...]

Burn the Rope: Worlds – Coming Soon To The Android Market

by Chris Chavez on October 22nd, 2011

Burn the Rope has been an extremely popular game in the Android Market and if you’re a fan, you’ll be happy to know that the sequel, Burn the Rope: Worlds, will be making it’s way onto Android next week. Burn the Rope: Worlds features 100 all new levels from the original with four different themed [...]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Ringtones, Notifications and Alarms for All Devices [Download]

by Chris Chavez on October 22nd, 2011

A few days ago we showed you how to make your (rooted) phone look like Ice Cream Sandwich and today we are going to show you how to make your phone sound like Ice Cream Sandwich. P3Droid extracted the audio files from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus system dump and uploaded them for the world to [...]