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We can’t wait for next week’s CES show to see the upcoming Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet and we’re seeing multiple leaks come out. We’ve already heard that it should be called the Xoom and we’ve heard that it won’t have 4G LTE support built in but AndroidandMe says it will be able to access this…
LG has been trying to find some solid footing in the mobile industry amongst other giants, and many criticized it for missing out a critical early lead in the tablet race. However, LG made it clear early on that Android 2.2, as Google itself said, was not primed for tablet use. It makes sense, and…
Next week is bound to be filled with a few surprises, and if this rumor from a tipster turns out to be true, the Motorola Olympus will be announced by AT&T at a press conference. This will mark the handset maker’s departure of solely making high-end Android phones for Verizon, and we can’t wait. The…
Ford has released its first mobile application called SYNC Destinations providing SYNC Traffic, Directions and Information (TDI) users with access to search for and save destinations to their cloud-based SYNC Services account for easy access when back in the car. In addition, the application also includes Predictive Traffic, powered by INRIX which also happen to…
If we can trust Bluetooth SIG and I think we can, Telstra will be launching the Samsung i5510 in Australia. Although we haven’t heard that many people dig this particular Android-powered phone, I always thought of it as a winner of the mid-range smartphone segment. The reason is obvious – in addition to boasting a…
BIGSTAR launched “Movies You Demand” Android application that is designed to stream movies from BIGSTAR’s library to Android-powered devices. Users can browse titles in the BIGSTAR library by genre, rating and a spotlight, with new hard-to-get, independent, foreign and documentary movies being added on a daily basis. In other words, BIGSTAR’s app is made for…
The Vodafone 845, the Big Red’s attempt to make and offer its own branded Android smartphone is failing or at least the price of the device suggests so. Instead of asking for a signed contract, the carrier is now offering the 845 for 70 GBP on PAYG. As you may know from our previous post,…
It’s been a massively successful year for the Android OS, and 2011 doesn’t seem like that tradition will slow. We’ve seen a stampede of applications rushed to the platform this year, but which ones made the cut to be called the best of 2010? While there are only ten that will make it, we’ll throw…
Ruh-Roh, a Trojan virus has been discovered and it’s infecting users who are downloading applications outside of the official Market. Dubbed Geinimi, the virus “grafts” itself onto repackaged original applications, and ignores all those pesky permission. Lookout spotted the virus out in the wild, and has already sent out an update to address the issue.…
While the NOOKcolor may not be as popular as some other e-book readers out there, it’s sure the best/easiest to hack, thanks to its Android innards. We’ve seen quite a few things hacks for the NOOKcolor already, and this new hack isn’t exactly new, but it’s just plain funny. What you’d basically be doing to…