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GMail Labs Experiment Signals Another Sign of Android Invasion
If you’re like us, chances are pretty good a lot of your contacts Gmail are Android users. Wouldn’t it be great if you could open Gmail up and know whether or not your friends were using their Android devices for chat instead of sitting at …
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Tattoo and Hero Arrive in Australia
Android fans living in the land down under will be happy to know that HTC has announced the Hero and Tattoo for distribution at Harvey Norman locations around the country. In an exclusive deal with the retailer, Harvey Norman will carry the Hero for AUD …
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ZTE Trying to Crack US Market with Verizon’s Help
ZTE, a Chinese company who designs and manufactures telco equipment has set its sights on the US market. The handset maker plans to roll out an Android-based smart phone to multiple carriers around the world, including Verizon Wireless. “We see big potential in the smartphone …
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to Run Nearly $900
There’s an article up on CNNMoney today that talks of an interview conducted with press spokesman Gustaf Brusewitz. The piece is about Sony Ericsson and their hopes to return to profitability with Android. The biggest thing to catch our eye was mention of the Xperia …
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The Google Phone Rumor Returns… AGAIN
Here we go again! The “it’s not happening/yes it is” rumor of an actual Google branded handset has come back. TechCrunch is reporting today that not only is it going to happen, but it was originally slated to drop this quarter. While we might have …
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Sprint Users Get Free Visual Voicemail from YouMail
YouMail Inc. announced today that Sprint customers will now get their visual voicemail service free of charge. Also available for BlackBerry phones, Android users on the Now Network can start taking advantage of YouMail’s features.
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Sprint Finally Acknowledges Android in Commercial
It only took a month or so, but Sprint finally decided to advertise that they have Android phones. Is it awesome? NO. Sadly, they don’t even refer to ‘Android’ in the following commercial, but “with Google” instead. Close enough. T-Mobile’s been getting away with it …
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National Football Post & Handmark Huddle Together for Free Mobile App
It’s football season and people are looking for ways to keep up with the latest news, rumors, and fantasy updates. A new Android app is available today that helps fans stay on top of all things concerning pro football. National Football Post (NFP) and Handmark …
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MouthOff for Android Arrives
Popular iPhone “game” MouthOff has made its way over to Android. With MouthOff, users can hold their handset in front of your mouth and sing, talk, yell, or laugh to get the animated mouth to work.  The app mouths move in real-time by using sound …
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ARM Making It Easier to Develop, Deploy ‘droid Devices
Open Handset Alliance member ARM, has created the Android Solutions Center to help make it easier for other companies to build Android-based handsets and devices. There over 35 members involved in the ARM Connected Community working to bring about Android gadgets, including Archos, Texas Instruments, …
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Droid’s Camera Issues Resolved! (For Now)
You know all those Droid reviews that heaped glowing praise on everything except the camera? All those reports of issues with getting it to focus? Many sources are reporting that Droid owners awoke to cameras that suddenly worked perfectly today. Â Was it a silent patch? …
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Flurry Pegs Droid Sales at 250,000 in First Week
We previously reported that first weekend sales figures for Verizon’s Droid were somewhere in the 100,000 units ballpark. Those figures were based on an analyst at Broadpoint AmTech Inc.’s estimates. Is there anything to substantiate that claim? As it turns out, there is one report …
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Diagnosing Sporadic Errors
Face it: apps are bound to break in the field. Learn some tips for dealing with remote crashes in today’s episode of Building ‘Droids!
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The Shack Selling Motorola Cliq for $80 on Black Friday
We’re at that special time of year where carriers and handset makers give one final push to deliver strong sales and subscriber numbers. Often times this means highly discounted phones staring at you from Black Friday ads while you put away more Turkey and stuffing. …
