Nov

2011

Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP Builds Arrive For Many Devices [Courtesy of XDA]

by Stacy Bruce
tagged android 4.0 ice cream sandwich, ASOP build, HTC Desire, HTC Desire HD, HTC Droid Eris, HTC Hero, nexus one, Nexus S, samsung galaxy s, xda-developers

Many of you felt let down when Google’s Mobile Product Manager, Hugo Barra, announced that the big G had no plans to update the Nexus One to ICS because the device was cited as being “too old”. This news didn’t sit well with XDA members either, and because the released ICS SDK-port for the Nexus [...]

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Jun

2011

HTC Desire HD Chocolate gets Android 2.3 update with Orange UK

by Jesse Bauer
tagged android 2.3, apps, backup, chocolate, desire hd, Gingerbread, howto backup, HTC, HTC Desire, Orange UK, OS, restore, rollout, update

HTC has partnered with Orange UK to get their HTC Desire HD owners onto a better Android OS with an update for Android 2.3 Gingerbread rolling right now. The update should be OTA, so if you’re with Orange UK sporting a Desire HD Chocolate, check your notifications and taste that sweet Gingerbread goodness! Just as [...]

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Jun

2011

Telstra dumping Sense UI for Gingerbread on the HTC Desire

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android 2.3, android2.3, desire, froyo, Froyo 2.2, Froyo2.2, Gingerbread, HTC, HTC Desire, HTC Sense, HtcDesire, htcsense, ota, OTA update, OtaUpdate, sense, Sense UI, senseui, telstra, ui, update

Telstra is bringing Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the HTC Desire, which is probably going to be as loved as when Gingerbread was announced for Sony Xperia X10 users. For Telstra to get this upgrade out to the Desire however, it’s going to require the loss of something else native to the HTC Desire among many [...]

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Jun

2011

HTC Desire will not get Gingerbread due to lack of memory

by Robert Nazarian
tagged desire, Gingerbread, HTC, HTC Desire, update, updates

HTC has done a decent job with updates, but for those that own the HTC Desire, we have some bad news. Unfortunately there is not enough memory to update it to Gingerbread. Here is was HTC UK said on their Facebook page: Our engineering teams have been working hard for the past few months to [...]

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May

2011

Communication between Android and Arduino, NFC on the cheap

by Adam Johnson
tagged Android, Arduino, Google, Google Wallet, HTC Desire, near-field communication, NFC, Tricorder

Near field communication aka NFC is a technology that will allow you to exchange data between devices. If you don’t have the ‘Pure Google’ phone, Nexus S (4G) you probably don’t have NFC capabilities with that Android device you have in your hand. Yea, look at it. Nope! And you know you wish you had [...]

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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

Gingerbread coming to HTC Incredible S, Desire HD, Desire Z and Desire all in June 2011

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android 2.3, android2.3, desire, desire hd, Desire Z, desirehd, desirez, firmware, Gingerbread, HTC, HTC Desire, HTC Sense, HtcDesire, htcsense, Incredible S, IncredibleS, operating system, OperatingSystem, OS, sense, software, update, updates, upgrade

Looks like HTC will be making good on their promise to get Gingerbread onto the HTC Incredible S after we saw the device at MWC 2011 without Gingerbread. I admit, we had concerns why they would not put the latest Android OS onto such a fine device. HTC promised it wouldn’t be long, and it [...]

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Jan

2011

New HTC Android smartphone images leaked before MWC

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, barcelona, buttonless, HTC, htc buttonless, HTC Desire, HTC Desire HD, MWC, mwc2011, smartphones

A few images have been leaked out over the possible new look of HTC Android handsets. They all look very slick, and no doubt will have great specs for mid-range to top of the line smartphones. These are of cource renders, and not “official” images. We’ll likely see many more official announcements with specs and [...]

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Jan

2011

Android 2.2 update schedule for U.S. Cellular devices

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android 2.2, Facebook, froyo, Google, HTC, HTC Desire, LG, os update, Samsung, samsung acclaim, Samsung Mesmerize, smartphones, update, us cellular

U.S. Cellular has finally decided to bring it’s line of Android devices up to Android 2.2, even if that’s so 2010. U.S. Cellular mentioned their intentions for release timelines on their facebook page as stated below; We’re working with Samsung, HTC and LG to provide Froyo (Android 2.2) upgrades for all of our Android-powered phones. [...]

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Dec

2010

Bell Holiday Sale Features Desire Z and Galaxy S

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, Android smartphones, Bell, bell mobility, galaxy s vibrant, HTC Desire, htc desire z, promotion, Sale, Samsung, samsung galaxy s, smartphones

Bell is putting the HTC Desire Z and the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant on sale for the holidays by taking an additional $75.00 off the price of each! That makes the HTC Desire Z is $4.95 and the Galaxy S Vibrant is $24.95 when signing a 3 year contract for either of these devices, which [...]

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