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As if we needed anymore confirmation about the name of the next version of Android, here you go. Ice Cream Sandwich was name dropped in the Android Open Source Project’s Issues section, practically confirming all previous “confirmations”. While nothing is confirmed until it’s officially announced, there’s little debate as to what Google’s next flavor of…
Over the weekend, G2X users may have been surprised to find that a CyanogenMod 7 nightly build was released for their handset. Named nightly #0, it should be easy to deduce that the build is hardly ready for prime time, but it’s one step closer to getting Gingerbread in it’s most customizable form. There are…
T-Mobile recently came out and said that G2X users won’t have to wait very long before the handset sees the Android 2.3.3 update, and the majority of people laughed. Well, apparently the official update has leaked out to the world, and found its way onto video. Yep, it’s Gingerbread. From the video below, it looks…
So you have your T-Mobile G2X rooted, and you’re ready to try out the custom recovery for it. Well, there is more than one way to this, either from ROM Manager, or from a program made from one of the guys over at XDA-Developers. There are give and take for both of the methods, so…
We were expecting to see HBO Go launch in early May, but it’s been greenlit a bit early and you can grab the app today and catch up on Game of Thrones from you iPhone, iPad, or Android phone. So how does the new app perform? Read on to find out. Upon first launch, you’ll…
This may not be the first time we’ve caught a glimpse of the Motorola Droid 3, but it’s certainly one of the best photos we’ve seen so far of the handset’s face. While the Droid 2 wasn’t much of an upgrade from the original, the next generation of the Droid family will be kicking it…
The Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update that was announced yesterday, which gives devices a native video chat client through Google Talk has been found on the internet already. Instead of waiting for the OTA to be pushed to your handset, you can take matters into your own hands. Nexus S users that are currently running the…
Get ready for a “Nexus Surprise”, Android fans, as the official Google Nexus Twitter account has sent out a tweet, teasing us. What the surprise could be is anyone’s guess, but we don’t have much longer to find out what it is. While we’d like to see a new Nexus handset today, it likely won’t…
With the BlackBerry Playbook and Nexus S 4G on their way to Sprint early next month, the WiFi-only Motorola Xoom may tag along as well. Expected to launch on May 8th, Sprint’s upcoming phone and tablet portfolio will certainly prove to be quite the challenger this year. The introduction of the WiFi-Only Xoom isn’t all…
The Army is looking to get into the application business to help its own soldiers. We’ve seen custom apps before, but this time around, the Army is making an application marketplace for both computers and mobile devices. The Marketplace will contain software that soldiers can download to their computer or mobile phone, but the existing…