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Sep

16

2011

HTC Vigor to Be the Droid Incredible HD? We’ll Know By October 13th

by Mitch Wright
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Our brothers in green over at droid-life received a supposed leaked document today that reveal a release date and a name change for the HTC Vigor as the HTC Droid Incredible HD. Now keep in mind that the veracity of the document is a bit questionable, but the facts listed on it do line up [...]

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Sep

16

2011

Amazon is offering $50 gift cards with the purchase of any Verizon Wireless phone, Including the DROID Bionic

by Robert Nazarian
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If you are thinking of opening a new line with Verizon Wireless, you might want to take a look at Amazon. Starting today they are offering a $50 Amazon.com gift with the purchase of any Verizon phone or mobile broadband device. The deal includes the very hot DROID Bionic, and right now they are offering [...]

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Sep

16

2011

Droid Incredible 1 & 2 Get Sense 3.5 Courtesy of ROM Ports of HTC Bliss & Runnymede

by Mitch Wright
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HTC is doing a pretty admirable job of keeping its future devices under wraps (though not without their share of a few leaks), so we don’t know exactly what to expect with timeframes for the HTC Bliss & Bass (aka Runnymede). That said, if you’re rocking a rooted Droid Incredible 1 or 2 and you’re [...]

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Sep

14

2011

Samsung Prime headed to Verizon Wireless in late October followed by other carriers

by Robert Nazarian
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It seems like everyday we have new details to report on the Samsung/Nexus/DROID Prime. We have already seen leaked documents showing the Samsung Prime as replacing the DROID Charge on Verizon Wireless. It appears this very phone was in Las Vegas today at the Verizon Developer’s conference. Our friends at The Droid Guy spotted a [...]

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Sep

13

2011

[Leak] Motorola Dinara 13 megapixel test photo surfaces

by Robert Nazarian
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Back in July we first heard about the Motorola Dinara which is rumored to have a 720p screen and a 13MP camera. Last month we saw the Dinara or the DROID HD posing with the Bionic. We are still not certain if the Dinara is the same phone as the DROID HD or something different. [...]

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Sep

13

2011

Gingerbread update for DROID R2-D2 Edition now live

by Robert Nazarian
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Last week we got word the DROID R2-D2 edition would get the Gingerbread update soon. It appears that it started rolling out during the night because a few readers let me know they received it. This update brings you to Android 2.3, and the version is 4.5.602.A957.Verizon.en.US. If you haven’t received the update yet, hit Menu/Settings/About [...]

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Sep

12

2011

DROID Prime will replace DROID Charge and HTC Vigor could be the Thunderbolt 2

by Robert Nazarian
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Well here is something really interesting from Android Forum user Mannequins. He works at Best Buy Mobile, and was able to snap a picture of the above document from a Verizon Rep. It shows phones that will be released over the next three months, and next to each device is the phone it will be [...]

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Sep

12

2011

DROID Bionic WiFi tether hack for rooted users [Courtesy of XDA]

by Robert Nazarian
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A lot of you were able to root your Bionic, but found that you couldn’t WiFi tether. It looks like Verizon and Motorola have stepped up their efforts in preventing your from tethering, but thanks to xda member ddv2005, you can now freely tether away. From the post: Hi, I found way to enable Hotspot [...]

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Sep

12

2011

DROID Bionic bounty for unlocking bootloader currently at $370 [Courtesy of XDA]

by Robert Nazarian
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Whether you like the DROID Bionic or not, there is no question that sales should be strong because of the strong marketing push and the lack of a Samsung Galaxy S II (for the moment). It has already been rooted so all we need is the bootloader to be unlocked. Our friends over at XDA [...]

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Sep

7

2011

Android 2.3.4 update for DROID Charge leaks again

by Robert Nazarian
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We are still waiting for the DROID Charge to get updated to Android 2.3.4. It was supposed to happen in August, but for now we will have to enjoy the leaked builds. Back in July update EP1H leaked, and now My Droid World brings version EP1W. You can flash this using the Samsung Internal Flash [...]

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