Aug

2011

STRaND Wants To Send A Nexus One Into Space With Your App On Board

by Joe Sirianni
tagged nexus, nexus one, Nexus S, one, orbit, satellite, Space, strand, surrey tech

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of a Nexus device boldly going where no man has gone before and it’s probably not the last time either. The University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd want to send their very own satellite, the STRaND-1, a three-unit CubeSat into orbit with a Nexus One strapped [...]

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May

2011

Netflix playback now available for HTC Evo, Incredible, Nexus One, G2 and Samsung Nexus S

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 4G, Android, app, EVO, G2, HTC, incredible, netflix, nexus, one

Well folks, it’s been a long time coming (for a lot of us), but some of us are finally catching a Netflix break. The Netflix media player client has finally hit for the following devices: HTC Incredible with Android 2.2 HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2, 2.3 HTC Evo 4G with Android 2.2 HTC G2 [...]

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Jan

2011

Google says Gingerbread update really is coming soon to Nexus one – pinky promise

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 1, 2.3, Android, Gingerbread, Google, N1, nexus, nexusone, one, update, upgrade

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about whether or not the Nexus One will ever see some Gingerbread love, but Google wants you to know that the update to 2.3 is coming soon. Due to the fact that the N1 is a “purely developer” phone, we would have expected to see Gingerbread on it not [...]

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Dec

2010

Google Nexus S gets single click root solution “Superboot”; works on Windows, Mac, Linux [Tutorial]

by Dustin Karnes
tagged adb, Android, click, Google, modaco, Mount, nexus, one, recovery, remount, Root, S, Samsung, single, superboot

Stop the presses! It looks like the Google Nexus S has just gotten a one-click root, and we’re here to give you the skinny. Paul O’Brien, Mr. MoDaCo himself, has released a new superboot that lets users flash the image, and – voila! – instant root access. We saw an adb-based root the day the [...]

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Dec

2010

Nexus One to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread within the coming weeks

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 2.3, Android, Gingerbread, Google, nexus, one, soon, Twitter, update

According to a tweet from the official @googlenexus account, The Nexus one should be getting its version of Gingerbread very soon. To quote the tweet: The Gingerbread OTA for Nexus One will happen in the coming weeks. Just hang tight! Exciting news here, for sure. While there are builds running on the phone through mods [...]

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Dec

2010

CyanogenMod 6.1.1 released for Nexus One, HTC Vision, Evo 4G, Slide

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 3G, 4G, 6.1.1, Android, cyanogen, CyanogenMod, EVO, Google, HTC, mod, mt3g, MyTouch, N1, nexus, one, slide, vidion

According to a tweet from Cyanogen, CyanogenMod 6.1.1 has just been released for the following devices: Google Nexus One HTC Vision HTC Evo 4G HTC Slide If you want to check it out for yourself, be sure to hit up the CM forums here. If you do end up doing some late night flashing (not [...]

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Nov

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: HTC Evo 4G beats competition, voted best Android device in the US

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 3G, 4G, Ally, Android, Android Carriers, Android Hardware, Android Manufacturers, Android News, Android Phones, Android Retailers, Android Sales, Android Stuff, Aria, asus, AT&T, backflip, behold, behold2, beholdii, Bravo, Captivate, CDMA, Charm, citrus, cliq, cliqxt, competition, DEFY, dream, droid, droid2, droid2global, droideris, droidinc, droidpro, droidx, Epic, ericsson, eris, EVO, Fascinate, flipout, Flipside, fone, G1, G2, garmin, garminfone, Global, Google News, GSM, hd, hero, HTC, i1, ii, inc, incredible, intercept, LG, loser, moment, moto, motorola, mt3g, mt3gs, mt3gslide, mt4g, mthd, MyTouch, N1, nexus, one, optimus, optimuss, optimust, Phone, pro, R2D2, S, Samsung, slide, sony, Sprint, star, t, t-mo, T-Mobile, talk, talkandroid, throwdown, tmo, tmobile, transform, Verizon, Vibrant, vzw, wars, winner, x, x10, xperia, xt, zio

Well, folks, the tallies are in. It was a long road, with many brutal battles and war scars, but we finally have a winner in the Ultimate Android Throwdown. The HTC Evo 4G on Sprint has staked its claim as the #1 Android device in the US, not only available now, but of all time. [...]

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Nov

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: Round 5 – Final Battle, HTC Evo 4G vs HTC Nexus One

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 3G, 4G, Ally, Android, Android Carriers, Android Hardware, Android Manufacturers, Android News, Android Phones, Android Retailers, Android Sales, Android Stuff, Aria, asus, AT&T, backflip, behold, behold2, beholdii, Bravo, Captivate, CDMA, Charm, citrus, cliq, cliqxt, competition, DEFY, dream, droid, droid2, droid2global, droideris, droidinc, droidpro, droidx, Epic, ericsson, eris, EVO, Fascinate, flipout, Flipside, fone, G1, G2, garmin, garminfone, Global, Google News, GSM, hd, hero, HTC, i1, ii, inc, incredible, intercept, LG, loser, moment, moto, motorola, mt3g, mt3gs, mt3gslide, mt4g, mthd, MyTouch, N1, nexus, one, optimus, optimuss, optimust, Phone, pro, R2D2, S, Samsung, slide, sony, Sprint, star, t, t-mo, T-Mobile, talk, talkandroid, throwdown, tmo, tmobile, transform, Verizon, Vibrant, vzw, wars, winner, x, x10, xperia, xt, zio

All the battles, brackets, war scars, victory and defeat, it’s all come down to this. The ultimate battle in the Android realm to pick the one and only champion. The two victors now stand, ready to duel out the final round, so who will your pick be? The wildly popular and capable HTC Evo 4G? [...]

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Nov

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: Round 4 – HTC Evo 4G vs G2, Discontinued Phones

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 3G, 4G, Ally, Android, Android Carriers, Android Hardware, Android Manufacturers, Android News, Android Phones, Android Retailers, Android Sales, Android Stuff, Aria, asus, AT&T, backflip, behold, behold2, beholdii, Bravo, Captivate, CDMA, Charm, citrus, cliq, cliqxt, competition, DEFY, dream, droid, droid2, droid2global, droideris, droidinc, droidpro, droidx, Epic, ericsson, eris, EVO, Fascinate, flipout, Flipside, fone, G1, G2, garmin, garminfone, Global, Google News, GSM, hd, hero, HTC, i1, ii, inc, incredible, intercept, LG, loser, moment, moto, motorola, mt3g, mt3gs, mt3gslide, mt4g, mthd, MyTouch, N1, nexus, one, optimus, optimuss, optimust, Phone, pro, R2D2, S, Samsung, slide, sony, Sprint, star, t, t-mo, T-Mobile, talk, talkandroid, TalkAndroid News | Edit | Tags: 2, throwdown, tmo, tmobile, transform, Verizon, Vibrant, vzw, wars, winner, x, x10, xperia, xt, zio

Well, it’s down to the final 2 in the available device brackets, along with voting on the discontinued phones. All devices have done well in this knock-down drag-out, but now its down to our top 2 contenders: HTC Evo 4G HTC G2 And now, folks, we’re pitting them against each other to find out what the [...]

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Nov

2010

TalkAndroid Ultimate Android Throwdown: Round 3 – Top: AT&T vs. T-Mobile, Sprint vs. Verizon

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 2, 3G, 4G, Ally, Android, Aria, asus, AT&T, backflip, behold, behold2, beholdii, Bravo, Captivate, CDMA, Charm, citrus, cliq, cliqxt, competition, DEFY, dream, droid, droid2, droid2global, droideris, droidinc, droidpro, droidx, Epic, ericsson, eris, EVO, Fascinate, flipout, Flipside, fone, G1, G2, garmin, garminfone, Global, GSM, hd, hero, HTC, i1, ii, inc, incredible, intercept, LG, loser, moment, moto, motorola, mt3g, mt3gs, mt3gslide, mt4g, mthd, MyTouch, N1, nexus, one, optimus, optimuss, optimust, Phone, pro, R2D2, S, Samsung, slide, sony, Sprint, star, t, t-mo, T-Mobile, talk, talkandroid, throwdown, tmo, tmobile, transform, Verizon, Vibrant, vzw, wars, winner, x, x10, xperia, xt, zio

Well, folks, it’s been about 4 days since the Ultimate Android Throwdown began, but each carrier now has a champion! The winners per provider are: AT&T: Samsung Captivate SPRINT: HTC Evo 4G T-MOBILE: HTC G2 VERIZON: Motorola Droid X So here’s a moment of silence for the second place contenders: HTC Aria Samsung Epic 4G [...]

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