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Motorola Droid owners are probably going bonkers this week as Verizon is beginning to roll out the Android 2.2 or Froyo update. The improvements include faster loading of JavaScript heavy pages, Bluetooth voice dialing, LED flash assisted video recording and, of course, Adobe Flash 10.1. The updates will undoubtedly be a welcome one for all…
You’ve gotta love Twitter, especially when unofficial-yet-official announcements like the one above go out. While it’s not a press release or an official Verizon Wireless page, the carrier has yet to make an official announcement for the device. This is the first time that a Verizon rep or official has publicly announced or acknowledged the…
We’ve heard reports recently that Sprint has been testing WiMax in bigger cities, and it looks like NYC might be next up for an official launch. While it’s not official just yet, our own commenters have been saying that they’re seeing WiMax in various parts of the New York City boroughs from the Bronx all…
Windows Phone 7 looks like it will be coming to us all just in time for the holidays this year as it heads to Europe first, then the U.S. We’ve already seen the OS up close and personal, handsets have been floating around, Microsoft announced milestones reached and, well, it isn’t the first time Microsoft…
Sprint is still expanding its WiMax or 4G network giving HTC EVO 4G and Overdrive 3G/4G owners more reason to get excited. Well, if they live in the areas where it’s available, that is. Today, the carrier has announced that its WiMax service has hit three new states: Michigan, Delaware and Florida, and has added…
Watch out Sprint, Verizon is prepping its 4G network to go live this year with data cards and LTE handsets confirmed for the 2010 and 2011 roadmap to compete against your 4G WiMAX network. A trusted source of ours gave us the inside scoop on US cities that will go live this year through 2013,…
Our trusty Verizon source has given us a little bit of info that might get you Motorola Droid owners excited. We already know that the original Droid will be getting Android 2.2, or Froyo, next week, but we’re hearing that the roll-out actually begins on Monday, August 2. Right now, we’re taking this with a…
Sprint was beaten to the punch by some HTC EVO 4G fans as the Android 2.2, or Froyo, update was uncovered and released from HTC’s own servers. EVO 4G users were quick to download the update before it was pulled by HTC, and Froyo was happily installed by many last night – including myself. The…
The beauty of having a device like the Motorola Droid is that it doesn’t have a custom user interface, which means that it should get Android updates much sooner than devices that are skinned with custom overlays like HTC’s Sense UI – like Android 2.2 Froyo updates. At least, in theory, that should be the…
Sprint already announced that the HTC EVO 4G is slated to get Android 2.2, or Froyo, starting August 3. Even if the update doesn’t hit your device over the air on that date, you’ll be able to manually grab it through the phone’s settings under “HTC software update.” Oh, but no. You are just far…