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Sounds like a joke, right? Well, the Android tablet benchmark wars have begun and this first round is between the Android 2.2 powered ViewSonic G-Tablet and the new Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet. Both tablets share the same NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, so does software version really make the difference? Read on to find…
We’ve seen a handful of rumored release dates, and then see those dates be pushed back. Now, a new print ad leak indicates that the HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon’s first 4G LTE phone, may cost you somewhere near $300 at launch. The Thunderbolt is no chump of a phone, but 3 bills is pretty expensive for…
Sick of waiting for your Nexus One to get the OTA update to Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread? It’s your lucky day, as you can now manually install the update to your phone without anymore waiting! 1. Download the Nexus One update from this link here. 2. Rename the file to update.zip (If your OS hides file…
Still haven’t received the Android 2.3.3 OTA update on your Nexus S? Thanks to the guys over at XDA, the update has been packaged into an easy to install, flashable zip file. So if you just don’t want to wait for the update to hit your handset, follow along and take it into your own…
AT&T has officially announced that the Samsung Captivate will be receiving the Android 2.2 Froyo update starting tomorrow, and to sweeten the deal, AT&T has confirmed that the tiny HTC Aria will also be receiving the Froyo update in the near future as well. It may have taken a while, but, when it comes to…
After hearing that Motorola was trying to make it hell for those looking to apply modifications to the Atrix 4G in the form of a locked bootloader, they’ve redeemed themselves by giving the Xoom tablet a bootloader that can be unlocked for developers. Giving the first Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet a bootloader that you can…
Google has just released to final tools for the Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK and this enables developers to create applications using the new API level and publish them into the Android Market. We were expecting the full SDK to drop after the launch of the Motorola Xoom, but it looks like Google has jumped the…
We’re certainly not surprised about this one, but the Atrix 4G has a locked bootloader, courtesy of Motorola. To the average Joe that has no intention of modifying their phone, this means very little. However, those who like to install custom ROMs and modify their handsets may not have as much fun with their new…
Not in the first wave of folks to get the Android 2.2 OTA for your Samsung Epic 4G? Instead of having to wait, we’ll tell you how to manually update your device so you can get your Froyo on. It’s a fairly easy update, so don’t get discouraged if you’re not the phone hacking type.…
A new Motorola Xoom ad has hit the internet that is certain to get the hype-machine going at full throttle. This 16 second shorty doesn’t have a spoken word within it, but after seeing the ad itself, you’ll see that it doesn’t need to. We can all assume that this will be the beginning of…