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Looking Back at This Year’s Android Turkeys
On the latest AndroidGuys podcast we started discussing who we thought this year’s biggest Android turkeys were. You know, in honor of Thanksgiving and all.
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Verizon Reminds us They Offer NFL Mobile [VIDEO]
Did you know that we’re already over halfway through the NFL season? Oh you did. Okay then. Well, did you know that Verizon offers NFL Mobile so you can keep up with anything and everything as it pertains to the game of pigskin? Oh… you …
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Could Rubin Drop Gingerbread on December 6th?
With the rumored Gingerbread drop date come and gone without any tasty little pastry men coming to light, speculation has once again started as to exactly when Gingerbread will release. With Eric Schmidt telling the world that it will be a “few weeks” during a recent interview, we have been looking for a date in which Google will announce the latest version of it’s Android operating system.
Looking at upcoming events, we happened to notice that Andy Rubin, creator of Android, is speaking at the D: Dive into Mobile conference on December 6th. Rubin will be the opening interview. Could Rubin drop Gingerbread or news of the impending release during the interview?
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Cox Isn’t Just Cable Anymore, Adds Android to Repertoire
Cable company Cox is breaking into the wireless business and is currently offering cellular service in select regions. Cox’s business plan is based around the user, offering great customer service and competitive prices on bundle packages of cable, internet and phone service. A new part of their …
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Sssssh… The Droid 2 Global Announced Quietly on Facebook
There does not seem to be much of a marketing campaign going on right now for the Droid 2 Global from Verizon. Confirmed today though a facebook post, the handset is selling for $299.00 with a $100.00 mail-in rebate card. The quote from the facebook post:
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Samsung Reporting 600,000 Tabs Sold Worldwide in First Month
Color us impressed. The Korea Herald is reporting that Samsung has released it’s sales figures for the newly released Galaxy Tab, and they are impressive. 600, 000 units have been sold worldwide, with supply in most areas not keeping up with demand.
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Sony CEO on Playstation Phone: “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire”
Sony Ericsson’s CEO, Bert Nordberg, was recently interviewed by the Wall Street Journal where he spilled a few details on the rumored PlayStation Phone. When pressed about the device, Nordberg said, “…there’s a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere.”
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MetroPCS Offering $229 No-Contract Optimus M on November 24
MetroPCS announced their first Android smart phone today, the Optimus M for availability later this week. Starting November 24th, the nation’s fifth largest carrier will offer the Android 2.2 handset for $229 outright.
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Leaked: Galaxy S Successor Gets Firmware Update.
On Friday, November 19th a firmware update was leaked by a Samsung insider relating to the GT-I9200, also rumored to be the Galaxy S2. The firmware is being looked over by many by now especially those at XDA-Developers. At this time it’s not exactly known what the …
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Xperia X10 Gets Custom ROM With Stock Froyo [UPDATE]
This might be the perfect moments to sit down and sigh: “Finally…” After almost half a year of ridiculing Sony Ericsson for its hard-to-crack bootloader and speculating and dreaming about custom ROMs for the Xperia X10, it’s finally here. Some heroes on XDA have managed …
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Take $50 off Sprint’s Galaxy Tab at Radio Shack with Shack Friday Deal
With Black Friday rapidly approaching, we’ve learned of another fantastic Android deal. Radio Shack, trying to save people the hassle of waiting in line for hours in the cold, has decided to kick off their deals earlier in the week with Shack Friday. Starting tomorrow, November …
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AppBrain Pushes Out V5 of Their Android App, Google Breaks Fast Install
AppBrain, one of the more forward thinking apps for maintaining and installing Android applications pushed out their V5 update today, giving their users new functionalities to play with. A quote from their blog post about the release:
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Shopkick and Retail Mobile Rewards
Just in time for the holiday season, we are seeing location based ad/rewards systems take off on the Android Platform. The latest one to announce a new location based rewards system is a company called “shopkick“. Kind of a foursquare like system for shopping, users …
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Qualcomm’s New Dual-Core Chipset Promises 5X Performance, 75% Less Power Consumption
The next generation of Qualcomm processing prowess will bring two oft-desired features to an Android phone near you. How would you like five times the performance and 75-percent less power consumption as compared to the original Snapdragon processor? I know, right? The dual-core Qualcomm …
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EVO 4G Makes Cameo on Latest Episode of Fringe
Android is becoming quite the Hollywood starlet these days as handsets keep popping up on television shows. The latest episode of Fringe had a bit part played by our lovely Sprint beauty, the EVO 4G
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