Latest Android news, applications and forum discussion

Mar

27

2011

Get an early reservation for Kyocera Echo dual-screen Android – Sprint

by Jesse Bauer
tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Those who have been saving their bank for the new dual-screened Kyocera Echo to launch on April 17th, may wan to heed Sprint’s words now that the have put up the early reservation page. You can head over to Sprint’s page and pre-order at the price of $199.99 on a 2 year contract. You can [...]

Categorized as Android Carriers, Android Phones | Full Post

Mar

26

2011

Motorola Atrix and HTC Inspire 4G will get HSUPA turned on from AT&T

by Jesse Bauer
tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

There’s been quite a fuss with AT&T and consumers over the HSUPA modem being ‘turned off’ within they Motorola Atrix and the Inspire 4G. We know that these devices, particularly the Atrix are capable of upload speeds far more than 300Kbps, which was thought to be a cap placed by AT&T. We learned that it [...]

Categorized as Android Carriers, Android Updates | Full Post

Mar

24

2011

Samsung Mesmerize finally gets Android 2.2 update from US Cellular

by Jesse Bauer
tagged , , , , , , , ,

A couple months back now, US Cellular made their updating intentions known on facebook by letting everyone know approximately when we’d be seeing Android 2.2 Froyo on their devices. They have finally made good for Samsung Mesmerize owners who have been waiting much longer than some of the other device owners have. US Celluar said [...]

Categorized as Android Carriers, Android Updates | Full Post

Mar

21

2011

Sprint Epic 4G Froyo update details leaked

by Robert Nazarian
tagged , , , , , ,

We reported earlier that the Sprint Epic 4G will be receiving an update this week that will bring Froyo 2.2 and enable Sprint ID. The following is the actual text that will be on the Sprint website shortly. A software update to EC05 (Froyo with Sprint ID) will be available beginning Monday, 3/21/11 for the Samsung EPIC [...]

Categorized as Android Carriers, Android News, Android Software, Android Updates | Full Post

Mar

18

2011

T-Mobile Sidekick is coming back – video preview

by Jesse Bauer
tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

We got word a few days back this week that T-Mobile was bringing back the Sidekick which is being manufactured by Samsung, the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G. Here we have a feature video demoing the new Sidekick 4G from the T-Mobile Blog, and the message here is that T-Mobile has done some research from Sidekick users, [...]

Categorized as Android Carriers, Android Phones | Full Post

Mar

18

2011

Flash 10.2 in the Android Market Soon

by Adam Johnson
tagged , , , ,

Right now we’re watching the Android market for Flash 10.2 to drop. There is an insane amount of controversy, and debate over Flash and HTML5. Everyone has their own flavor they love. Just check out the comments in the Engadget article. Either way, Flash 10.2 will hit the market today. It will support the 3 latest [...]

Categorized as Android Applications, Android News, Android Software, Android Updates | Full Post

Mar

17

2011

Android dominates iOS in browser speeds – research study results

by Jesse Bauer
tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Image Courtesy of Gustavo Pugliesi Sachs An independent research was conducted by Blaze where they tested the browsing speed capabilities and differences between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS. Both testing was done specifically with iOS 4.2 and 4.3, as well as Android 2.2 and 2.3 respectively, so they got the 2 latest versions of [...]

Categorized as Android Applications, Android News | Full Post

Mar

16

2011

TELUS Reveals Froyo and Gingerbread Update Schedules

by Axl Logan
tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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 [...]

Categorized as Android News, Android Updates | Full Post

Mar

15

2011

Froyo Finally Lands on Motorola Milestone

by Michael Murphy
tagged , , ,

Responding to the “extremely high number of requests,” Motorola has made an update available for the Milestone that finally brings Froyo to the device. The Milestone is the European equivalent to the original Droid, which has had Froyo available for quite some time. Milestone owners have been clamoring for it, so feel free to head [...]

Categorized as Android News, Android Phones, Android Software, Android Updates | Full Post

Mar

15

2011

HTC Merge gets hands on video at SXSW 2011

by Jesse Bauer
tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The HTC Merge was seen not long ago making it’s way through the FCC with Verizon logos, and now we see it making another appearance at SXSW 2011 where intomobile was able to grab a good hands on look at the QWERTY keyboard Android device. At first glance, you’ll see that it’s essentially an HTC [...]

Categorized as Android Manufacturers, Android Phones | Full Post