Apple is suing Motorola over a patent licensing agreement the company soon to be acquired by Google holds with Qualcomm. The suit stems from a legal battle between the two parties currently being mulled by a German court. Motorola is suing Apple for infringement of European Patent No. 1 010 336 (U.S. Patent No. 6,359,898), [...]

Acer has taken the wraps off of one of their products headed to Mobile World Congress a couple weeks early. The Android 4.0 Acer CloudMobile will be among the first devices to support the AcerCloud service and will be available to consumers in late 2012. The handset sports a 4.3-inch HD display, will feature Dolby [...]

There are reports that Amazon will launch its second Kindle Fire model along with an update to the 7-inch version by mid-year. It was originally rumored that two tablets would be launched by the e-retailer, the 7-inch model which saw a release back in the fall and a 10-inch model, which never surfaced. Since then [...]

For quite some time, the United States mobile market has been dominated by four main players: Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. The past few years we’ve seen consolidation, with Verizon acquiring Alltel, and more recently AT&T failing to acquire T-Mobile. Each carrier tries to brand themselves a certain way, but are they successful? I’m [...]

After Verizon posted details about a new software upgrade heading out to Motorola DROID BIONIC users, we figured it’d only be mere days before folks actually started getting the update. Well here we are on the last day of the week and our inbox was flooded with reports from users that they’re being notified of [...]

Another NEC phone with a weird name is headed our way, folks. NTT DoCoMo is gearing up to launch the NEC Medias LTE N-04D. As its name implies, it’ll be a 4G LTE device aimed toward the high-end market. It has a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, a 4.3 inch 720p HD display and a TV tuner [...]

LG’s sending out press invites to members of the media for a showing at Mobile World Congress where they’ll show off “revolutionary new smartphones for 2012.” Just as a reminder, we’re expecting to see some great phones from LG including the 5 inch LG Optimus Vu, the quad-core LG X3 and the LG P700 and [...]

When the Motorola Droid hit the scene, the whole Android landscape changed. Since then the marquee device has fallen from the spotlight, but it’s back in a big way for the fourth installment. The Motorola Droid 4 continues to improve upon the design of the QWERTY-slider handset, upping the specs yet again and adding in [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Note was originally available in two different colors but it seems like Samsung has more of a trinity in mind. They’ll soon be introducing a pink version of the Galaxy Note. It’s “Berry Pink” to be specific, though I never really put much stock into a color’s “extended” name. In any case, [...]

Imagine being able to get a phone upgrade every six months (best value for least amount of time) over the life of a 24 month contract. Do I have your attention yet? UK carrier Phones4U has introduced a new model called JUMP, or “Just Upgrade My Phone.” “Technology is moving fast and innovative handsets are [...]

A sequel to the Samsung Galaxy Mini has been leaked and it’s simply being called the Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 (S6500). It’s a low-end device aimed at the affordable market but depending on pricing, it could be a decent phone for first time smartphone owners. It will have an 800MHz processor, a 3.3 inch HVGA [...]

[Update]: Looks like it’s a Verizon phone, folks. And considering the back plate design, it isn’t too farfetch’d to to suggest that this could be the DROID Incredible 3. HTC may also introduce an international version at Mobile World Congress like they did with the Incredible S/DROID Incredible 2 last year. PhoneArena got their hands [...]

Eldar Murtazin has tweeted some interesting information regarding Ice Cream Sandwich to some of Samsung’s most popular phones but we’re not sure how to take it. According to him, the Samsung Galaxy Note and the Samsung Galaxy S2 will “officially” be getting Android 4.0 on March 1st. I won’t take his word on that “official” [...]

Ever since its CES 2012 introduction and long before that, we’ve been wondering more than anything: when is the Motorola Droid 4 coming out? Today is that day, however, as it’s February 10th. The Motorola DROID 4 is available from Verizon’s site for $200 on a new two-year contract. There’s not a ton that’s different [...]

It’s pretty slim pickin’s here in the Android Overload tonight. This is the place where we stash all the stories that didn’t make it onto our front page and it looks like we did a pretty good job today bringing you all the good stuff. Well, with the exception of these few gems that slipped [...]

Ahhhhh.. the golden age of gaming. Back in my day, video games weren’t all about fancy polygons, texture mappings and real time physics. No, sir. Every bit of animation had to be hand-drawn using sprites by the Japanese equivalents of a Disney animators who poured their blood, sweat and tears into making a game look [...]

WordPress announced via their blog today that the all new and improved version of their WordPress 2.0 Android app — which introduced enhanced tablet functionality –  has finally come to the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet and Amazon Kindle Fire. The application was also updated today in the Android Market, and all versions now feature [...]

If you’ve ever cruised through Google’s online store, you’d know that it’s a veritable treasure trove of Google/Android/Chrome branded goodies with everything from dog bowls, to cookie jars. Well, a filing found today by Bloomberg hints at the possibility that Google could be opening up their own brick-and-mortar retail store near it’s European headquarters in [...]

LG Phoenix owners on AT&T are in for a treat today. The carrier branded version of the LG Optimus One is all set to receive its Gingerbread update and hey — it’s better late than never. A full “how-to” has been provided courtesy of LG. The only problem is, you’re going to have to use [...]

You may remember during last year’s Google I/O when Google showed off their vision for a fully connected living room, better known as “Android@Home.” That was all the way back in May, and if you’re wondering why you haven’t heard any news or rumblings from the Google camp, you wouldn’t be alone. Developers too, have [...]