Jan

2011

NOOKcolor gets Bluetooth chip hack

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged android 2.1, android 2.2, bluetooth, NOOKcolor, NOOKcolor bluetooth, NOOKcolor hack

The NOOKcolor is turning out to be quite a favorite among the hacking community. This Android eReader has now had its normally inactive Bluetooth chip activated thanks to XDA forum member occip. Now the device can scan and connect to other devices to take advantage of all the fun that Bluetooth has to offer. Now, [...]

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Jan

2011

LG Optimus Chic Coming To Bell Canada On Jan 14th

by Joe Sirianni
tagged 2.2, Android, android 2.2, Android smartphones, Bell, Bell canada, froyo, LG, lg optimus chic, smartphones

Bell Canada has recently announced that the new LG Optimus Chic will join their Android ranks on January 14th for $250.00 on contract. As to whether or not this is a two or three year contract, we’re still not sure. Do people really purchase phones on a three year contract? The device sports a 3.2 [...]

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Jan

2011

GHRI Declares HTC Evo 4G 3rd Most Innovative Product Of The Year

by Joe Sirianni
tagged 2.2, Android, android 2.2, Android smartphones, froyo, HTC, innovative produce of the year, Sprint, sprint htc evo 4g

The Good Housekeeping Research Institute (GHRI), a product evaluation company, evaluating products from tupperware, shampoo, ice pop makers and beyond, has declared the HTC Evo 4G from Sprint the third most innovative product of 2010, beating out the Apple iPad which came in at number seven. This comes as no surprise to us, as the Evo 4G came with an [...]

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Jan

2011

Honeycomb For High-End Tablets Only?

by Joe Sirianni
tagged 2.2, Android, android 2.1, android 2.2, android 2.3, Android Tablets, cortex a8, Cortex-A9, dual core processor, froyo, galaxy, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, moto, motorola, Samsung, samsung galaxy tab, tablet

Just when you thought every and all tablets were going to eventually receive the highly anticipated update from Google, Honeycomb, it’s being recommended at this time that you don’t hold your breath. Bobby Cha, a managing director for the Korean consumer electronics firm Enspert, has stated “Google’s new Android Honeycomb tablet OS will require a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor [...]

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Jan

2011

Froyo update still coming for all Galaxy S owners in US

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android 2.2, Captivate, Fascinate, froyo, galaxy s, ota, Samsung, update, upgrade, Vibrant

Samsung Galaxy S owners in the US are still waiting for their promised upgrade to Froyo regardless of what carrier they are with. Samsung however, states they are still testing out a quick upgrade for all Galaxy S owners, due to the complexity of Android 2.2 versus Android 2.1, this has taken some time and [...]

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Dec

2010

Motorola Olympus To Debut At CES?

by Joe Sirianni
tagged android 2.2, android 2.3, AT&T, ces, froyo, motorola, motorola olympus, smartphones, Verizon, vzw

Well, it looks like Motorola is spreading the love and not just making super phones for Verizon as of late. In addition to their honeycomb tablet, Motorola is definitely gearing up to steal the show this year. And thanks to a tipster over at IntoMobile, there is definitely a possibility that we can see the [...]

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Dec

2010

Froyo update for Samsung Epic 4G put on hold

by Mikka Burrell
tagged android 2.2, froyo, samsung epic 4g, Sprint

Bad news for Samsung Epic 4G users. Just last week, a leaked internal memo from Sprint stated that the update to Android 2.2 for Epic 4G devices would begin on December 26th. Well obviously, that didn’t happen. Sprint is now saying that the Froyo update for Samsung Epic 4G devices are being put on hold. [...]

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Dec

2010

Archos 70 Android Internet Tablet Released for under $350

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android 2.1, android 2.2, ARCHOS, archos 70, archos 70 internet tablet, ARM cortex A8, ces, eclair, froyo, home tablet, press release, tablets, wifi

Archos has released another tablet, this time its another rendition of the Archos 7 Home Tablet, but this one has many things improved since the Home tablet was launched. In fact, the Archos 70 Internet Tablet beats the Home tablet in every way at least twice over, still with a great price! Biggest features over [...]

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Dec

2010

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini 2 Benchmarked Running Gingerbread

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android 2.2, android 2.3, benchmark, ericsson xperia, froyo, Gingerbread, Neocore, Quadrant, smartphones, sony, sony ericsson, tests, xperia x10, xperia x10 mini, xperia x10 mini pro

Looks like we have a successor to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini or Mini Pro which based on these benchmark tests, is running Gingerbread rather than Froyo. We’ve been hearing reports of Gingerbread helping Android devices run even smoother than Android 2.2 updates, and this is good proof, not to mention the hardware specs [...]

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Dec

2010

Motorola Cliq 2 Images Surface

by Joe Sirianni
tagged 2.2, Android, android 2.2, android 2.3, Begonia, cliq, Cliq 2, froyo, Gingerbread, moto, Moto Blur, motorola, T-Mobile, tmo, tmobile

Remember back in late Sept when we mentioned that Motorola was cooking up a successor to it’s Moto Cliq, the Begonia? Well, here you go folks. The guys over at CellPhoneSignal managed to get exclusive pics of the Motorola Cliq 2, and it certainly looks promising. The device will sport a full qwerty slide out, 5 MP [...]

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