Let’s ignore the fact that taking pictures with a bulky tablet isn’t the most ideal way to capture life’s best moments. Whether or not you plan to carry the upcoming ASUS Transformer Prime around in your bag, your smartphone or a point-and-shoot will always serve as a more accessible way to quickly capture a scene. [...]

Google is making it harder and harder to ignore Google Voice as more than a visual voicemail solution with their latest update to version 0.4.2.38. The Android app now has the capability to send text messages to multiple recipients, a task accomplished by simply adding as many contacts as you want to the “Send” field, [...]

Picking up a new smartphone this holiday season for yourself or a loved one? Can’t hurt to check out the just-announced Magenta Saturday sale. Bucking the institution, T-Mobile has decided to forego Black Friday in favor of their own colored day of deals on top mobile devices. The sale will feature devices like the HTC [...]

Rest assured, the Galaxy Nexus news mill won’t stop churning any time soon. The latest? Yep, Verizon has plenty of handsets on order. Not seen in the above screen capture: date the handsets will arrive, date the Galaxy Nexus will be available for purchase, price of the said Galaxy Nexus. Maybe we’ve just been naughty [...]

Did you ever think that someone at Verizon is having a good laugh over the rampant speculation around the release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus? It’s quite surprising that Verizon has kept such a tight seal on information regarding potential release dates. That or they don’t even know a date yet themselves. One thing that [...]

In case you haven’t heard yet, the Viewsonic Viewpad 10e is now available in the UK for 200 pounds. It’s a 9.7 inch Android tablet but it isn’t exactly running the software that you probably hoped it would. We’re dealing with Android 2.3 here being run by a 1GHz Cortex A8 (single core) processor and [...]

There’s a lot of confusion over in the UK regarding the launch of perhaps the most exciting Nexus device yet. The Galaxy Nexus is supposed to ship beginning November 17th, but some online retailers are saying they won’t be able to ship until about a week later. This includes Clove, a retailer we cover a [...]

Amazon has announced and released a new application called Price Check that allows users to scan products inside a physical store and compare it to Amazon’s price. It’s a win/win situation for both sides – customers get the lower price of Amazon and whatever retail store they’re in and Amazon entices customers to shop with [...]

A new upgrade for the Motorola DROID BIONIC is incoming and Motorola’s now seeking testers. They’re calling it a “project,” but for those of us who know better it’s nothing more than the same early soak tests we’ve come to know and love from Motorola. We’re still not exactly sure what this upgrade will bring [...]

Over the weekend, Best Buy lured Amazon Kindle Fire buyers by baiting a hook with the promise they’d have the hotness in-stores on November 15th. People like me, who wanted the Kindle Fire as early as possible, figured we could get the Fire a full day in advance since Amazon SHIPS the devices on the [...]

Rogers has announced that they will also be adding the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to their lineup this carrier, joining Canadian carriers Virgin and Bell (though those two will be bringing it much sooner). You’ll be able to sign up to be notified of its availability, though we can’t quite find the page that Rogers said [...]

We’ve just received word that the Toshiba Thrive has received the upgrade to Android 3.2 that was promised back in October. It’s build 3.2.1.31.5.0002 and it brings with it the following major changes: Enables an improved compatibility mode enhancing the way applications originally designed for smaller screen devices appear and function on the larger tablet [...]

[Update]: Contrary to what Best Buy said, the device was not available at the store upon opening today. We’re not sure what’s going on there but we’ll be digging for more information to see if this is a nationwide thing. For the time being, most should begin receiving their devices tomorrow if you ordered release [...]

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S has eluded much of the world for some time now, but it appears the device will soon be getting released to retailers in unlocked SIM free form. The device has gotten a listing on Sony’s website, an indication that they’ll be ramping up marketing in more areas and that [...]

Great news for all Netflix users with Android Honeycomb tablets! They’ve finally updated their application for tablet users. Starting out, Netflix on tablets was simply a stretched out version of the app for phones. While it worked out OK for streaming videos, searching through the catalog, managing your queue and more were just cumbersome and [...]

Guess who’s been to the gym? RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! This whole video is pretty funny but the gym growl really gets me. It’s all part of a Huawei Facebook contest that will tell you about after you watch. No talking, cell phones off, popcorn please, and please walk don’t run to emergency exits. We all know people [...]

Our friends at Gartner have just released their smartphone sales report for the third quarter of 2011. Android was an absolute stud this quarter, remaining the far and away leader gobbling up 52% of the global market share. Considering they held just 25% the same quarter a year ago, I’d say that’s pretty good upswing. [...]

Following the release of Android 4.0′s source code yesterday, you had to imagine more manufacturers would begin bringing to light their plans to upgrade devices within their Android portfolios. While not many have solidified plans just yet, one manufacturer has already stepped forward and provided a list of all their 2011 devices. In a blog post [...]

It would be humanly impossible for us to get around to writing up every bit of Android related news that comes our way throughout the day so instead we dump the leftovers here — in the Android Overload. This is where you can come for a midnight snack and munch on all the day’s tidbits [...]

I must admit, while at first I wasn’t a fan of NFC — at least not until it takes off in a few more years — the list of cool things you’re able to do with Near Field Communication chips found in smartphones just keeps on growing. We’ve already seen it open doors. Now, these new [...]