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It’s been a massively successful year for the Android OS, and 2011 doesn’t seem like that tradition will slow. We’ve seen a stampede of applications rushed to the platform this year, but which ones made the cut to be called the best of 2010? While there are only ten that will make it, we’ll throw…
Ruh-Roh, a Trojan virus has been discovered and it’s infecting users who are downloading applications outside of the official Market. Dubbed Geinimi, the virus “grafts” itself onto repackaged original applications, and ignores all those pesky permission. Lookout spotted the virus out in the wild, and has already sent out an update to address the issue.…
While the NOOKcolor may not be as popular as some other e-book readers out there, it’s sure the best/easiest to hack, thanks to its Android innards. We’ve seen quite a few things hacks for the NOOKcolor already, and this new hack isn’t exactly new, but it’s just plain funny. What you’d basically be doing to…
A couple of days ago the Android (whatever version number it turns out to be) Honeycomb music player leaked out to the masses in beta form. As per usual, we jumped on the story soon after we got word about it. Unfortunately, we neglected to give the download link, so we’re going to give this…
How nice of you to join us, HTC Thunderbolt, we’ve been expecting you. Actually, we weren’t expecting the Verizon-bound Thunderbolt specifically, but we knew something like this LTE-capable Android phone was due to show its face sometime soon. Today, Verizon’s first LTE device, poses for the camera in newly leaked product photos. Droid-Life managed to…
So, going through the system settings to check for an update on your Android phone isn’t working, eh? Well there’s another way to find out if your phone has an update waiting for it, and it’s as easy as dialing a number combination on your phone’s dialer. From your Android phone’s dialer simply enter *#*#checkin#*#*,…
Buckle up, Magenta fans, as we have quite a juicy rumor for you today. According to Tmonews, the Motorola Cliq 2 and the Dell Streak 7 may possibly launch on January 19th. Does this mean that both devices will be announced at CES next week? That sure looks to be the case. Since this is…
The massively popular Samsung Galaxy S is still awaiting the Froyo update here in the US of A, but a recent slip up on the Samsung website may prove that the Android 2.2 Froyo update is not too far away. Although, at this point, aren’t we waiting for Gingerbread now? The product pages for the…
We’ve seen Android phones flying up to space before, but this time around we’ve got more video of the celestial journey. While we know Google wanted to test the sensors of the handsets they have put into space, you might we wondering why they would throw an Android figurine up there? Well, why not? There…
When the Nexus One was launched, a larger-than-life mockup of the device was spotted around the Mountain View-based Googleplex, and now we’re starting to see the same thing with the Nexus S. This time it’s at Best Buy, and unlike the giant Nexus One, the Nexus S mockup is is fully functional. If you’re interested,…