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The T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant, the carrier’s own variant of the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, will finally be getting Android 2.2 Froyo Jan. 21 and this may put to bed the guff that Samsung has been getting over the lack of updates to the U.S. Galaxy S devices. T-Mobile CTO Cole Brodman told PC Mag that…
T-Mobile has fallen under a lot of heat lately as it faces, along with Samsung, a class action lawsuit for the lack of Android 2.2 Froyo updates to its Vibrant (Galaxy S) smartphone, which is a variant of the Samsung Galaxy S for the T-Mobile network. However, T-Mobile has assured users in a press conference…
Nuance will release an SDK for its voice services and this could lead to a series of Android and iPhone apps that can leverage your voice. On its developer page, Nuance says: Our Dragon Mobile SDK is easy-to-integrate and accessible to anyone interested in enhancing their applications with speech input and text-to-speech output. We offer…
We all know that the Dell Streak 7 will be landing on T-Mobile soon but we haven’t heard the official release date or price. Well, thanks to that wonderful Internet, we may have both of those pegged. The folks over at StreakSmart noticed some fine print on the T-Mobile Dell Streak 7 website. This tiny…
An Android-based, HSPA+ (or “4G” if you prefer) Sidekick is coming soon to T-Mobile, along with an HSPA+ Samsung Galaxy S, said CEO Philipp Humm at a press breakfast. Aside from a launch window in the first half of the year, there weren’t too many details given, but we’ve seen plenty of the upcoming Samsung…
Before you go “finally” I must disappoint you. The Android 2.2.1 update we’re talking about here doesn’t affect Galaxy S versions that are sold in the U.S. In other words, it is not available for those of you with the Samsung Fascinate, Vibrant, Captivate or Epic 4G. Unfortunately, some of you will still have to…
You may wonder what the relation between tablets and printers is. Well, there is no obvious connection. How about offering a free printer with every tablet purchase? Yup it sounds weird, but that’s exactly what Samsung is doing to spur the sales of the Galaxy Tab in Italy. The Korean giant if giving away Wi-Fi-enabled…
A rumor out of Digitimes suggests HTC will launch its first Android tablet in March. Dubbed the Flyer, the slate device is expected to be an oversized version of the HTC Desire and will be powered by Android 2.3. Details on the underlying hardware was not provided but I would assume the tablet would be…
When the Motorola Droid X was released last year, we were pretty stoked that a monstrous Android device would be coming from the comeback kid. After the success of the original Droid, it didn’t seem like Motorola could do any wrong. But alas, the joy for die-hard Android fans was short-lived when they discovered that…
It’s about that time folks – the time to run down the Top 10 tablets that we’re expecting to see in 2011. Now that the flood gates on this year’s wave of high-powered tablets aimed at the heart of Apple’s iPad, we know more about what 2011 will bring us in the tablet space. We…