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So, going through the system settings to check for an update on your Android phone isn’t working, eh? Well there’s another way to find out if your phone has an update waiting for it, and it’s as easy as dialing a number combination on your phone’s dialer. From your Android phone’s dialer simply enter *#*#checkin#*#*,…
Buckle up, Magenta fans, as we have quite a juicy rumor for you today. According to Tmonews, the Motorola Cliq 2 and the Dell Streak 7 may possibly launch on January 19th. Does this mean that both devices will be announced at CES next week? That sure looks to be the case. Since this is…
It’s been tough catching up to the king of the mountain, but Google is getting up there with the number of apps available in the Android Market. According to AndroLib, the open platform now has over 200,000 available applications. That’s some impressive growth considering the fact that Android is just a little over two years…
The latest addition to Google’s Nexus superphone lineup is the Samsung Nexus S, and it’s the first Android handset to sport the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. It’s loaded with bells and whistles. Google’s Android 2.3 OS brings a refreshed user interface to the table, trimmed with new apps, new icons, and a snazzy new keyboard.…
The massively popular Samsung Galaxy S is still awaiting the Froyo update here in the US of A, but a recent slip up on the Samsung website may prove that the Android 2.2 Froyo update is not too far away. Although, at this point, aren’t we waiting for Gingerbread now? The product pages for the…
Good news for San Francisco Bay Area residents, Sprint 4G is now available in your locale! Right on time, the WiMAX service officially launched today in San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto and Oakland. Residents should expect 4G coverage similar to their Los Angeles counterparts who had their 4G service switched on earlier this month.…
Peter Vesterbacka, one founding developer of Angry Birds, is assuming the role of Rovio Mobile’s public face. In this latest public showing, Vesterbacka, also known as the “Mighty Eagle,” has comments on a wide range of mobile development topics and discusses the background history of Angry Birds in an interview he did with Tech n’…
File this under “rumors,” but it’s likely Samsung will be unveiling new Android devices at the soon-to-come CES in Las Vegas. With Motorola preparing to launch a Honeycomb tablet at the event, the Korean company doesn’t want to be left behind. According to a report from the Korea Times, Samsung will reveal updated versions of…
One of the things many keen eyes noticed at the recent All Things D Mobile conference, where Andy Rubin, the father of Android, showed off a Motorola tablet prototype, was the lack of any hardware buttons on said tablet. Andy said that in the future he expects all smartphones and tablet like devices to be…
File systems are a topic no one really likes to talk about since they’re technically complicated and not really worth knowing about; as long as you can find your files and folders why should you care if the partition on your hard drive is using NTFS or FAT? With that out of the way, let’s…