As a precursor to the announcements related to Google Music, we were given a quick update on Android activation numbers. While just six months ago worldwide Android activations stood at 100 million, the number has increased exponentially to 200 million. Daily activations are up to 550 thousand. That’s some pretty impressive growth right there, and [...]

Packages of the Amazon Kindle Fire have already made their way to thousands of porches, been torn open, powered up, and I’m sure a good number of you are going the route of rooting the Kindle Fire. (Side note: we’ve got an entire forum dedicated to Kindle Fire Rooting.) I’ve heard from many Kindle Fire [...]

Google is imploring us to crank the volume up to 11 as part of a special music-centric event being hosted in LA. The mug you see above is our very own Chris Chavez, who will be reporting in from the event as the happenings unfold. You can experience the magic for yourself by tuning into [...]

A Gingerbread update for the Samsung Fascinate is just one of those things you kind of assume was already out. After all, the Samsung Galaxy S II launched months ago and most manufacturers have shifted their attention to Ice Cream Sandwich. But things don’t work like that, and the Fascinate has yet to receive its [...]

The holiday season is nearly upon us and pretty soon gift seekers will be rampaging around retailers looking for the perfect gift. The best gift you could give an Android lover, or anyone with an Android device, is an Android Gift Card allowing them to buy apps, games, music, and movies at their leisure. They [...]

Popular Science  has revealed their annual “Best of What’s New” list, and NVIDIA’s dual-core Tegra 2 chipset has been honored in the “Gadgets” category. The Tegra 2 chip was a real breakthrough this year, quickly becoming the top choice for companies developing top-of-the-line Android tablets. It was used as the reference chipset in the debut [...]

Sprint is getting in on the Black Friday action with a few deals to digest post-Thanksgiving. A number of their top smartphones and tablets will see significant price cuts to get buyers in the holiday spirit, including the Nexus S 4G free of charge. Sprint is sweetening the pot by throwing in $25 of Google [...]

It isn’t clear exactly what Samsung has done to address elements that resulted in a German court banning the sale of their Galaxy Tab 10.1, but the Android slate is ready for sale in the country once again. Now dubbed the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, from the image and description provided by one German retailer, it [...]

Today’s the big day for Google’s event in Los Angeles and we expect them to announce none other than the long-awaited Google Music service the way Google envisioned it back at I/O in 2010. A year and a half later and their iTunes and Amazon MP3 competitor is just about ready for eager eyes to [...]

Sprinkle, an incredibly fun and well designed physics-based game, has just landed on Android Market with a FREE version having limited levels. Whereas only Tegra-based devices with an NVIDIA processor could download and enjoy the game, now all phones running Android 2.3+ can get Sprinkle directly through Android Market for $1.99. Even better, you get [...]

As the first reports of the upcoming Acer Iconia Tab A700 and A701 emerge, it isn’t so surprising that the tablets will likely feature the quad-core Tegra 3 processor. The chipset follows up the highly-favored Tegra 2 and is already seeing its fair share of deployment in future Android slates. Slightly more interesting is the [...]

A pair of fresh chinos? V-neck sweater? Paying for them with a single tap of your smartphone? Yuppies of the world with NFC-enabled handsets and Google Wallet now have the luxury thanks to Gap Inc. signing on as the latest partner in Google’s push for widespread adoption of mobile payments. More than 65 Gap, Old [...]

T-Mobile sure knows how to put a deal together. Yesterday they announced their upcoming Magenta Saturday sale with steep discounts on their hottest smartphones and tablets, but that is only the beginning. We have received documents from a TMo insider detailing a new 5GB data promotion that will cut $30 off the cost of a [...]

We know, we know – you all (Verizon users) want the Galaxy Nexus and you want it now. Well, we don’t quite have a solid timeline for that yet. Something else may pique your interest for a quick second, though. One of our members at AndroidForums.com has been checking Verizon’s site day in and day [...]

More 4G news is here, but this time it’s for Magenta’s customers. T-Mobile will be launching HSPA+ 42 Mbps in 9 new markets today, including Bend, Medford and Corvallis, Ore.; Benton Harbor, Mich.; Bloomington, Champaign-Urbana and Springfield, Ill.; Columbus, Ga.; Hagerstown, Md.; Montgomery, Ala; and Yuba City, Calif. Some of these markets are also getting HSPA+ [...]

Verizon’s lightning fast 4G LTE network is spreading faster than ever a they have yet another rollout set for Thursday, November 17th.We’re getting 14 new markets along with 4 existing markets getting expansion. Take a look below: Little Rock, Ark.; Savannah, Ga.; Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, Iowa; Lexington, Ky.; Starkville, Miss.; Kansas City and [...]

i.TV, a popular TV listings app for iOS, is finally making its way to Android. I got a chance to check out a preview ahead of its official release within a few days’ time. There are a lot of things I like about this application, especially when putting it up against the competition. The interface [...]

If someone had to convince me to get a Google TV device with one application, Thuuz would be it. Thuuz, a  play on the word “enthusiast,” is a sports application for Google TV that delivers users an excitement rating for each game of each and every sport/league thewy cover . They use a unique algorithm (which [...]

This is a bit embarrassing for HTC and AT&T, to say the least. You know that super cool phone they recently brought out together? You know, the HTC Vivid? Well it turns out that name is already in use. By whom, you ask? Why, an adult entertainment company, of course. The company is Vivid Entertainment [...]

Samsung Galaxy S 4G owners on T-Mobile have been waiting quite a while for the Gingerbread update that was promised by T-Mobile and it’s finally here. Unfortunately the update must be applied OTW (over-the-wire) via Kies Mini on a PC. Unfortunately T-Mobile doesn’t list whether or not the upgrade will be able to be applied [...]