Aug

2011

Square App Updated To 2.1, Makes Mobile Payments Even More Of A Cinch (Video)

by Joe Sirianni
tagged 2.1, Android, Android Market, application, applications, credit card, mobile payments, payments, square app, transactions, update

The popular mobile payment system, Square, by Square Inc, has been updated to version 2.1. Added features include quicker payment processing, pushing payments through in as little as four seconds. How in the world did they do that, you say? Well, the update now allows you to skip having to add your John Hancock with transactions under [...]

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Aug

2011

The Android Story, A Brief History Of Previous OS Versions by XCubeLabs (Infographic)

by Joe Sirianni
tagged 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.0, Cupcake, donut, eclair, froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, market share, OS, The android story, versions, xcubelabs

Have you ever just wanted to check out a full blown out history of the Android OS? Did you jump into the game a little late and now you’re lost with all of these crazy pastries floating around? We feel ya and so does XCubeLabs. After scouring the web for anything Android related (because that’s [...]

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Jul

2011

Motorola Titanium Coming To Sprint July 24th With Android 2.1 Éclair, What the?

by Axl Logan
tagged 2.1, Android, Droid Pro, elcair, keyboard, motorola, portrait, qwerty, titanium, XPRT

It’s official ya’ll, as we reported earlier this month, the Motorola Titanium is coming to Sprint with a release date of July 24th and will be available for $149.99 with a new 2 yr agreement. The device strongly resembles the Motorola Droid Pro and Sprint Xprt as it sports a front facing portrait qwerty, appealing to the [...]

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Jul

2011

Gingerbread doubles current Android devices while Froyo loses grip

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 1.5, 1.6, 2, 2.1, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 3.0, 3.1, Android, Cupcake, developers, devices, donut, eclair, froyo, Gingerbread, Google, honeycomg, manufacturers, market, mp3, OS, phones, share, tablet

Pie charts: admit it, you love them. Especially when they pertain to Android statistics. What’s that? You don’t? Well then… why don’t you have a seat right over there… But, enough shenanigans. According to the latest poll of Android devices from the Android Developers Site, Froyo is holding strong as king of the Android hill, showing [...]

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Mar

2011

TELUS Reveals Froyo and Gingerbread Update Schedules

by Axl Logan
tagged 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, Apollo, desire hd, eclair, froyo, galaxy, galaxy s, Gingerbread, HTC Desire, LG, plus, Samsung, Shine, telus, update

Canadian carrier TELUS, has informed MobileSyrup that a Gingerbread update should be arriving sometime in the Spring for the HTC Desire and Desire HD. Meanwhile, they have also stated that an official Froyo update will be rolling around “very soon” for the Motorola Milestone. The company has also promised update plans for the Samsung Galaxy [...]

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Feb

2011

Froyo Port For Samsung Moment Available Thanks To SDX Developers

by Axl Logan
tagged 2.1, 2.2, developers, froyo, moment, port, ROM, Samsung, sdx, update

Remember the Samsung Moment for Sprint? Yeah, it seems like a lifetime ago since we’ve last heard about the 800 MHz slide out qwerty. But, it has not been forgotten thanks to some dedicated and determined folks over at SDX. The device officially received a 2.1 update, however, it was left with no hope [...]

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Feb

2011

Motorola Confesses: Cliq XT Will Never Get Android 2.1

by Michael Murphy
tagged 1.5, 2.1, Cliq XT, motorola, update

Cliq XT owners have been long awaiting the update to Android 2.1, and Motorola has been promising for a while that it would be coming soon. However, yesterday the statement was issued from Motorola that the update won’t be coming after all. “After comprehensive testing of the Android 2.1 upgrade for the CLIQ XT, we [...]

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Jan

2011

Half of all Android devices now running Android 2.2 Froyo

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, Android, froyo, Gingerbread

In all the CES insanity, it’s easy to lose anything not coming from Sin City. However, according to Google, Android 2.2 Froyo is now running on just over half of all Android devices. Just last month, those numbers were down around 40%, which means two things: Android is still, obviously, on the rise Google is [...]

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Nov

2010

Froyo on the Defy coming Q2 2011

by Michael Murphy
tagged 2.1, 2.2, Android, DEFY, froyo, moto, motorola, upgrade

Motorola has updated it software update schedule, and Defy owners may not be thrilled, as they’ve still got a bit of a wait for Froyo (Android version 2.2, in case anyone reading this doesn’t know, but that seems unlikely). According to their new schedule, the Defy — their super-sturdy, nearly indestructible, waterproof phone — won’t [...]

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Nov

2010

Motorola CLIQ 2.1 upgrade made official on Motorola’s website

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 2.1, Android, cliq, moto, motorola, upgrade

Remember awhile back, when we reported on the 2.1 upgrade for the Motorola CLIQ being leaked? Well it looks like Moto’s test run went smoothly, as they have now made the upgrade official on their site. The process is a 5-stepper, as seen here: Hit the break to see what’s new in the 2.1 upgrade, [...]

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