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Another ChangeWave study shows that Android is still very much on the rise with consumer demand increasing. Additionally, customer satisfaction is equally high. Between June and September, the number of respondents surveyed who wanted Android on their new smartphone grew from 30% to 37%, pretty evident that the iPhone 4 didn’t do much to slow…
Some spy shots of an upcoming Galaxy S variant have surfaced – a variant known as the Samsung Continuum – and it’s looking mighty fine with its dual displays. The Samsung Continuum standout feature is that it sports a second display below the much larger screen. So what’s this second display for, you ask? The…
Prepaid Canadian carrier Mobilicity is joining Videotron in offering the HTC Nexus One, running Android 2.2, with the key difference being Mobilicity is offering the device to Toronto rather than Quebec, and the Videotron model is significantly cheaper ($489 versus $549). The downside, of course, is that Mobilicity doesn’t offer a subsidized $99 version like…
Motorola has been on an obscure design rampage since the Backflip, continuing that tradition with the Flipout, and now with the Motorola iDEN i886 Android phone. The Motorola iDEN i886 is quite toned down from the previous iterations, but sports two keyboards. Nothing crazy, but this is what seems to be a first for an…
Good news for our Android device ownin’ readers who at the same time enjoy golf. Shotzoom Software’s Golfshot: Golf GPS, which is the No. 1 golf app on the iPhone, is “going Android.” Just like its iCounterpart, Golfshot: Golf GPS on Android has the same GPS rangefinder and scoring capabilities. The application uses GPS to…
Remember the Android software update which dropped yesterday for the Samsung Vibrant that was supposed to fix the known GPS issues? Well, it looks like T-Mobile would rather you wait for the official OTA that should be coming out soon, as the Kies update seemed to have some issues. Samsung is said to have removed…
We’ve seen the Motorola “Begonia” pop up in inventory lists before but a few new details about the Android-powered device have just been leaked and this could be the followup to the Cliq. According to Engadget, the Motorola Begonia could be called the Cliq 2 and it will launch with Android 2.2. Like the Motorola…
We’re used to seeing Star Wars fans lining up for movie premiers, but what about Verizon Wireless phones? The Motorola Droid R2D2 special edition has just been released and the first nerd – and I say that as a fellow nerd – has been pictured nabbing one in Orlando. If you’ve been wanting one of…
Android security seems to be in everyone’s mind again as its apps are, yet again, sending out data unbeknownst to its users. This time, some apps have been found to be sending GPS data to advertisers without the user’s consent or awareness. Researchers from Duke University, Penn State University and Intel Labs have developed a…
We knew Radio Shack would end up selling the T-Mobile G2 at some point. We even knew that they would be selling the device for $149 on a two-year contract. What we did not know is that they may be readying the G1 successor on October 3rd, three days before the it becomes available in…