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Good news Sprint EVO 4G users, as the carrier just said you’ll be getting Android 2.2, or Froyo, next week. This will be the first smartphone to get Android 2.2 besides Google’s now-defunct Nexus One and the firmware offers a host of new and much-needed features. “It is exciting for us to lead the industry…
Apple has brought on another load of drama onto itself after seriously mishandling the iPhone 4 antenna issue – partly by posting the Motorola Droid X on their antennagate webpage showing wireless reception problems similar to the iPhone 4. Now, Motorola is firing back at Apple and the iPhone 4 with its new full-page Droid…
Take this one with a large grain of salt, but a tipster tells our friends at Android Spin that the long-awaited Android 2.2 software update will be hitting the Motorola Droid, Droid X and HTC Droid Incredible as soon as next week. That’s right folks, get ready for some Froyo. There’s no official word from…
The Android-powered Dell Streak is tantalizingly close and the company is taking its message to YouTube to answer a few questions about software upgrades and carrier compatibility. The device features a 5-inch touchscreen with cellular capabilities. At that range, it’s kind of a tablet and kind of a smartphone – maybe a “smarblet?” The device…
It looks like AT&T is taking a big bet on Microsoft’s upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone 7 smartphone operating system, as noted tech pundit Michael Gartenberg is saying the carrier has ordered 8 million units. According to his Twitter account: Interesting e-mail from a trusted source. AT&T has apparently signed up for 8 million #WP7 devices.…
Great news for all you smartphone modders feeling a little anxious about the legal ramifications of jailbreaking your iPhone or rooting your Android phone – the US has just added exceptions to the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) that make it completely legal to hack your smartphone to your heart’s content. Just this Monday morning,…
The Samsung Captivate is the Galaxy S variant for AT&T and the Android phone is really, really good – It’s packed full of features, has a good operating system and the screen will blow you away. But with the Motorola Droid X, EVO 4G and Apple iPhone 4, “really good” is not good enough for…
Well folks, it’s here. The T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant is the first of the four Samsung Galaxy S devices to hit US shelves, and the manufacturer’s first Android Superphone. The standout feature of the Vibrant is its gorgeous 4-inch Super AMOLED display. Accompanying the display, the Vibrant sports a 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording,…
As its final, parting wave to the KIN lineup of pseudo-smartphones, Microsoft has pushed out updates to the small fleet of KIN One and KIN Two handsets that actually managed to make their way out of Verizon stores. Before you get excited – not that it’s actually possible to get excited for Verizon’s ill-fated handsets…
No surprises here as Google announced a while back that it was closing up shop, and just days ago it said that it was taking in a final shipment of Nexus One smartphones. Well, you folks certainly jumped on the opportunity to own one of these Android-powered gems before they were all gone. And, well,…