Ever been in a situation where you notice that an absolutely brilliant song is playing over the loudspeakers at whatever establishment you may be in, and you’ve said to yourself “damn, I wish I knew what that song was!” Shazam was one of the first applications to help make answering that question just a little…
NHL GameCenter Apps On Sale (Now Available on the iPad Too!)
Hockey Fans, this evening I have some news for you direct from the NHL. Not so long ago I learned that NHL GameCenter Live is now available at a new, lower price. Also (and this is the biggie for me), you can now stream live games to the iPad! Nice! So what’s the pricetag? Well,…
Unknown HTC device spotted with Verizon branding, no buttons
The image of an unknown device shown above was pulled from a newly updated version of HTC Sync. The device sports an interesting design which drops the buttons that typically grace the front of all Android handsets. Rather than an Android handset, this configuration may point to a Honeycomb tablet. Honeycomb tablets like the recently…
Verizon iPhone, fragmentation won’t slow Android growth in 2011
CES 2011 saw Android on virtually any type of device you could think of. From the obvious smartphones and tablets to car tech, Android has exploded in every direction, but many believe the introduction of the Verizon iPhone, and the OS’ increasing fragmentation, will lead to a slowdown in growth for Google’s mobile operating system…
Nexus S running Android 2.4 OS? Is it fake?
Despite the bumps along the road that the Nexus S has received since it’s release, we know Samsung and Google worked closely together to bring a great Android experience to the Nexus S. It was was the first device to debut with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it seems that the handset is already running Android…
Motorola Atrix 4G could hit March 1
The Motorola Atrix 4G is already one of the early favorites to be the best smartphone of 2011 but we haven’t really heard much about an exact release date … until now that is. According to some leaked documents, this super duper phone could hit the streets for AT&T customers March 1. Android Center got…
Samsung GT-i9023 says hi to FCC – Nexus S? Vibrant 4G?
Oh Samsung, what are you doing now? With none of the Galaxy S variants in the US updated to Android 2.2 Froyo OS just yet, we’re seeing another Android device popping up at the FCC. This time around, the model number is the GT-i9023, and from the looks of it, it’s very similar to the…
Verizon Droid Pro, Samsung Fascinate get updates
Verizon has just released a few updates for the Droid Pro and the Samsung Fascinate and, while none of these bring the much-wanted Android 2.3 Gingerbread, these updates do add some nice features as well as fix some major bugs. I reviewed the Samsung Fascinate a few months ago and felt the hardware and screen…
Samsung: Dual-core Galaxy S smartphones coming in 2011
It’s not a huge surprise, but Samsung is now confirming that the next line of Galaxy S devices will feature dual-core processors and we will be getting a look at its road map at next month’s Mobile World Congress. It’s not much of a surprise because the company has already shown off the Samsung Infuse…
Study shows Verizon and HTC fastest at updating Android phones
We know that after an Android smartphone-maker has finished polishing a software update for a particular Android device, it then goes on to the carrier for testing (and bloatwaring). This testing can take a while, and can result in even greater delays in getting it to the user. So which carrier and handset maker brings…









