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HTC is working hard to get its Android devices updated to Gingerbread as soon as possible, and the first two to see the update look to be the Desire HD and Incredible S. Starting today, the OTA roll-out will begin hitting these devices, getting them up to speed with the fast-growing OS. We can only…
If you own an iOS, Android, or WP7 device, then Firemint is a name you should know by now as their games, Flight Control and Real Racing, are some of the most popular titles on each platform. EA has announced today they have purchased Firemint for an undisclosed amount. Firemint will be placed into EA’s…
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…
It was back in February 2010 when Qualcomm first announced its augmented reality platform. Then in March they opened an augmented reality R&D center in Vienna, Austria; and finally in October, launched the first Android SDK in beta. Now that SDK is ready for the prime time and offered through the company’s online developer network,…
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…
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…
Microsoft is reaching out to iPhone and iPad developers with a new API mapping tool, which should help bridge the language gap between iOS and Windows Phone programming environments. On top of that, they’ve released a white paper over 90 pages long detailing the transition, as well as a series of developer stories in video…