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Motorola’s Response to Droid X Bootloader controversy
You have probably heard all the noise from the angry shouts in the Android Community concerning the newly released Droid X, and it’s super locked-down bootloader. Motorola has gotten a lot of flak because they have made it next to impossible to root the Droid …
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AT&T Selling the Samsung Captivate NOW!
Just a few minutes ago we got a tip from one of our readers, Greg Stengel that he was able to buy his Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S phone) from AT&T TODAY! I called my local AT&T corporate store and they confirmed that they had quite …
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Korea Hopefully Getting Paid Apps Soon (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The App Store in Korea has gone live for paid apps, a quote from the Android Developers Blog: As of today, Android Market is open for business to application buyers in the Republic of Korea. We hope that this will make the outstanding Android …
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I choose you HD2! (For Android 2.1-2.2!)
We knew it was being worked on, and we had heard rumors that progress was being made, but it seems that a breakthrough has been acheived on the HTC HD2 from T-Mobile, allowing builds of both Froyo and a 2.1 build of Android with Sense …
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AndroLib Redesigns and Claims One Billion Downloads
One BILLION downloads! You can almost hear our favorite Dr. Evil saying it with his maniacal laugh. No matter how you say it, a billion downloads is a big number and a major milestone to hit. AndroLib‘s Lead Developer, Nicolas Sorel told TechCrunch in an …
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Sprint Setting Up to Merge with T-Mo?
We aren’t for sure, but reports are coming in that Sprint is considering altering it’s 4G rollout strategy in a way that could allow them to merge with T-Mo in the near future. In the article from eweek.com, it sources a Financial Times quote from Sprint …
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First Hands On Review of the Huawei S7 Android Tablet
The Huawei S7 Android tablet as been released in the UK, and we are starting to see the first hands on reviews of the unit. Expansys.com has posted a favorable review of the unit, calling the tablet the “Businessman’s new best friend”. Those are pretty …
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Consumer Reports Refuses to Recommend iPhone 4
This is almost too good to be true for iPhone haters, but in a report over at MSNBC.com, Consumer Reports is saying that it cannot recommend the iPhone 4 because of the antenna issues that it is having. A quote from the article; “When your …
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Need a Parking Space? There’s an App for That on Android.
Having grown up and spent a lot of time working in the Boston area, I have experienced the pain of trying to find a parking spot somewhat near my destination. Finding an open spot was akin to winning the lottery, one which you have to …
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Romancing the Stone: The Project Emerald Saga
As many of our readers here at Android Guys know, Project Emerald is something of an obsession for me as a writer and T-Mo Android user. The number one question of course is “what in the world is Project Emerald?!?!” Is it a tablet? Is it a …
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T-Mo’s HTC Vision is the HTC Vanguard: a 21 Mbps HSPA+ Smartphone
In an article over at Engadget.com, they are reporting that T-Mobile and HTC are hard at work to bring out the first offering that can handle the theoretical 21 Mbps speeds that Big Magenta claims their new HSPA+ network is providing. The handset that is …
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More Motorola Greco Details and Pictures
In an article over at Briefmobile.com given to us by our friend Kenneth Pennington, some new pics and info have surfaced about another upcoming Motorola handset, the Greco. A couple of interesting developments have come to light about this handset. First, it is going to …
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Project Emerald Prediction Update
About a month or so ago, I first mentioned here on AndroidGuys that we thought Project Emerald from T-Mobile was going to be the Samsung Galaxy S. We learned quickly that the two were not related however, almost all of the Galaxy S information we …
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New Android Fragmentation/Legacy Chart Shows 50% Running 2.1
Our favorite pie chart has made another appearance over at Google’s Android Developer site. As you can see, 50% of Android devices are now running 2.1, up from the last projection of about 45%. This is most likely reflected by all the handsets we have seen …
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Android Team Shifting Focus to User Experience with Gingerbread
One of the things that Android can’t brag about is the user experience on the platform. It lacks a certain “slickness” and “smoothness” when compared to its iPhone competition. Apparently, this has not escaped the Android team’s notice, as TechCrunch is reporting that the Android …
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