http://phandroid.com Android Phone News, Rumors, Reviews, Apps, Forums & More! Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:48:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember when we learned that Google's Nexus One ETF (technically Equipment Recovery Fee) was not only a whopping $350 but also was imposed in ADDITION to T-Mobile's ETF - and then we threw a hissy fit? Well the FCC promptly started an investigation and it looks like Google is either ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/nexus-one-etf-lowered-to-150/ Earlier today we told you the Motorola Droid's update to Android 2.1 was coming very soon and now, thanks to an Official update on Motorola's Facebook page, we know that very soon = this week! Have your Droid's charged and at your fingertips so when that "Do you want to update" ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/motorola-droid-2-1-update-coming-this-week/ Dataviz makes an application called Documents To Go that allows you to view, edit and interact with Microsoft Office documents like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF - right from your Android Phone. There is a free version of the app that provides limited access (view only) for Word and Excel, ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/documents-to-go-only-9-99-for-limited-time/ Engadget is having their 2009 Engadget Awards and Android is making a case in many categories. Unfortunately, for bothh Gadget of The Year and Smartphone Of The Year the Motorola Droid is 2nd to the iPhone 3GS - BLEH! Time to rally the troops! Head on over to Engadget 2009 Awards ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/iphone-3gs-better-than-motorola-droid/ There have been a BUNCH of Motorola Milestone updates over the past several days/weeks and the phone is definitely getting some nice... mileage. It's launched in new places, gotten updates and much more. We wanted to keep you up to pace with the Motorola Droid's twin brother so here goes ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/motorola-milestone-updates/ Look at the below leaked T-Mobile 1st Quarter Roadmap and notice that Sony Ericsson is misspelled as "Sony Ericcson" while Motorola is referred to as MOT instead of the typical MOTO. Simple mistaked in an official document or typos by a stupid and careless photoshop prankster? Considering the MyTouch 1.2 with ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/t-mobile-q1-roadmap-probably-fake-features-cliq-xt/ The folks at T-Mobile might be looking to extend the MyTouch brand they've built thus far as TMO Today tipsters are saying the rumored HTC Espresso will launch with the name T-Mobile MyTouch 2. First came the MyTouch 3G, then the MyTouch 3G Fender Edition and now we're rumored to have ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/t-mobile-mytouch-2-new-name-for-htc-espresso/ Is this a real, official Orange document? Or is it a clever Photoshop job? I'll let you be the judge, but hopefully it is official.. The Bravo is coming soon and according to this screen shot to Orange, although that is not yet confirmed. Its specs rival the Nexus One just ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/rumor-htc-bravo-coming-to-orange-in-march/ When I heard the Nexus One Car Dock accessory was coming I wasn't at all surprised - the Motorola Droid had the same thing and it became necessary since Google Navigation was featured on Android 2.o. But I just watched the Nexus One: Day One video and... guess what was ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/nexus-one-car-dock-spotted-looks-awesome/ We've finally got Episode 5 - the final of a five part series on the making of the Nexus One (view them all here). This one is called "Nexus One: Day One" and pretty much just acts as a 2-minute "Day In The Life Of" type of commercial: In many ways, ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/nexus-one-day-one-video/ Inbrics has announced the launch of their Android based MID M1 at next week's MWC in Barcelona. Inbrics hopes the M1 will serve as a media controller for other devices as well so that users can share photos, music, movies and more. It boasts the following: 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/inbrics-m1-launches-at-mwc-and-controls-all/ HTC's Legend is looking pretty sweet! No official device info is out there but there are some of the rumored info we've already told you about. Engadget's photos, shown below, show the Legend with the older look of the HTC Sense. The HTC Legend features a chrome logo with an ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/htc-legend-looking-good/ HTC Dream users have been reporting that those who have not updated to the most recent mandatory upgrade have had their phone services cut off. Apparently, those with the old OS attempting to make a call are automatically rerouted to Rogers Customer Service and asked to apply the update. Once ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/rogers-freezes-htc-dream-data-and-forces-update/ The Acer's Liquid A1 device has been smashing company predictions and expects its smartphone sales to total around 2 to 3 million units this year, according to Gianfranco Lanci, president of the Taipei-based company. Acer expects to ship at least 250,000 Liquid handsets by the end of this quarter, which is ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/acers-liquid-android-phone-destroying-predictions/ Last week we heard that Motorola invested in ScanLife/ScanBuy. Now we're hearing about ANOTHING investment with ANOTHER application developer with a heavy foot in the Android door. In a press release published today, Motorola announced their investment in TuneWiki. t We first wrote about TuneWiki way back on May 10th, 2008 on ... http://phandroid.com/2010/02/08/motorola-invests-in-tunewiki/