T-Mobile USA announced that users with myTouch 3G 3.5mm Jack and myTouch Fender LE will be getting an Android 2.2 Froyo update by February 1st. The update will be sent in “staggered waves” starting from January 12th, when folks will be able to Froyo-ize their devices in an over-the-air fashion. myTouch devices affected should be…
Two new images of the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro leak [We want this thing!]
One trend that was painfully obvious at CES was that mobile phones are not only getting more powerful, but that they’re getting larger as well. It used to be that having a screen size of larger than 4 inches was considered a rarity. Now it’s common place. Depending on the type of person you are…
Android: Cancerblock scares the living bejesus out of you in an attempt to get money
Thanks to the rise of application stores on mobile phones scammers are having a ball at digging out exploits that can yield them extra pocket money. This latest application however, called Cancerblock, just screams disingenuous and frankly makes me a little disgusted after having to watch my father lose his battle with colon cancer. Cancerblock…
Motorola Xoom WiFi-only version on it’s way a month before 3G version?
The Motorola Xoom will take the world by storm in the next couple of months for Verizon, but it’s WiFi-only variant may be on it’s way a little sooner. Possibly a full month sooner. The Motorola Xoom is “zooming” to market, so to speak. Motorola’s Latin America GM, Maurizio Angelone, confirmed that there will indeed…
Hands-On: Enspert Identity 301 7-inch Android tablet
Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of Enspert before, as they have yet to hit the US market. This Korean-based company will begin to make inroads to the states with their upcoming tablet lineup, the Identity 301 and the WiFi-only Identity 201. We got some hands-on with the 301 tablet, which is said to hit…
HTC Inspire 4G hands-on at CES 2011
We got a quick hands on of the HTC Inspire 4G at this year’s CES, and all we can really say is the hardware seems solid. Of course, if you’re already familiar with HTC’s style and hardware, then it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to you. The phone is solid, thin and has…
Hands-on Sharp Galapagos tablets and Sharp’s answer to AirPlay
While at CES 2011, we were able to get our hands on the Sharp Galapagos tablets and these may eventually hit the U.S. market with the Android operating system. For now, the devices are going to be Japan-only and run a customized Linux OS, so is it any good? The Sharp Galapagos tablets came in…
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Arc to launch in Indonesia in 3 months?
The US may not be getting the the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc anytime soon, but according to the picture above, Indonesia may be grabbing the only Gingerbread-toting Android device announced at CES 2011 in just three months time. Someone tipped off Engadget that the Indonesian Sony Ericsson site already had the Arc on the site,…
Splashtop remote desktop app now available for Android, too
Splashtop, the company behind the popular remote desktop mobile app, is extending support beyond iOS devices to include Google’s Android platform to the mix. As you may know Splashtop Remote allows users to access and control their computer remotely through a mobile device “bridging the computing experience across devices.” It supports full real-time video and…
VideoSurf offers visual search app on Verizon smartphones
A video search company VideoSurf will offer a visual search app on latest Verizon smartphones. The application which works like Shazam for video allows users to identify a video they’re watching. Just point your phone at the screen and VideoSurf will do its magic, identifying the episode, find it online and provide you with the…