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Fear Not, Sprint Shall Provide the Nexus One
These days, you can never take a customer service rep at their word; most have no idea what they’re talking about. However, that doesn’t mean their words can’t excite you. On the heels of today’s heartbreaking announcement of Verizon’s Nexus One betrayal, one question lingers …
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Web-based Google Maps Updated, Adds Local Businesses to Street View
For the better part of a year, business listings within Google Maps merely linked to Street View. As of yesterday, those business listings are now displayed within Google’s Street View itself. Now, business listings appear as names within Street View and as you hover over …
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First 3D Screen Mobile Handset?
Engadget is reporting that the handset pictured to the left is yet another leaked piece of upcoming hardware, this time from Motorola. Called the Moto MT820, this handsets appears to be a potentially exciting piece of equipment for the China telecom market. head to Engadget …
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Spring Design Alex E-Reader Rooted!
The Alex E-Reader has just been rooted! That’s right, all the goodies that go along with rooting your Android device are now available for your Alex E-Reader as well. If you are interested in doing this all you need to do is download the .ZIP file, …
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Motorola Ditches Google Location Services
In a recent development, Motorola has announced that it is replacing Google location services in a vast majority of its devices with Skyhook location services. Skyhook, which is already used in Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, triangulates your location by using a large grid …
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Minor Update to Motorola CLIQ XT Available NOW! Limited to First 1,000 Downloads
T-Mobile has just made a minor software update available to their Motorola Cliq XT handset. Limited to the first 1,000 people to download it, the update improves data connectivity, decreases random reboots and force closes, and more. The update just hit about 20 minutes ago …
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Verizon’s Nexus One Not Happening, Buy Its Cousin Instead
After waiting patiently for the Nexus One to arrive on Verizon’s network, customers have learned today that there will be no such animal. The official Google Phone store has removed the placeholder indicating a spring launch and replaced it with a blurb about buying the …
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Why I Don't Hate Apple
Being an Android user, most people automatically assume that I hate Apple. While I’m not an Apple fangirl and don’t currently own any Apple products, I don’t hate the company in the least. Apple is incredibly innovative, no one can argue that. Both the iPod …
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NYTimes App Coming Soon?
It sounds like we might be getting an official NYTimes application for Android any day now. According to Google Mobile OS, a demo for a NYTimes app was found on the Nexus One YoutTube channel. Unfortunately, the video cannot be found any longer. On a …
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Dell Roadmap Leaked, Reveals Android Netbooks
Ok, so we know that Dell loves Android, but we didn’t know they love Android this much! Android Central is reporting that a Dell product roadmap has been leaked and it features new Android goodies! These goodies include the “Sparta” netbook tablet and “Athens,” a 0.9-kilogram “true …
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Three Hardware Standards Android Handset Manufacturers Need to Implement
Since the debut of the T-Mobile G1 in October 2008, Android has grown exponentially. The platform has progressed from 1.0 to 2.1, with high-end Android handsets being all the rage in recent months. With the rapid growth of the platform we have seen many different …
I Have a Palm, I Wanted an iPhone, I Ordered an Android……Why??
Yes, I have a Palm Centro and honestly until I saw my first iPhone, I liked it. My major complaints with the Palm were the tiny screen, the terrible web browser and the lack of apps. The keyboard keys are very tiny but since I …
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Will Google Go After Flash Developers Next?
We’ve learned over the last few days that Google is proactively seeking Apple developers, attempting to woo them with free phones. Not a bad strategy if you can afford to toss a few hundred bucks at each person you want. Now that the platform is …
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Samsung SHW-M110S: Long Lost Twin of the Galaxy S?
Details have been uncovered about a new Samsung handset that will debut in South Korea in the coming months. The Samsung SHW-M110S features a 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen, a 1GHz processor, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11n and Samsung’s redesigned TouchWiz 3.0. It is common practice for a …
