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Ever heard of an Amigurumi doll? I haven’t either. Turns out, what you’re looking at above is an Amigurumi, and it portrays one of the favorite characters in the mobile world… the Android Robot. ‘Andy the Android’ (as dubbed by designer Xuan Nguyen) is up for sale right now on eBay. However, the unfortunate thing…
Orange UK, which technically should be called “Everything Everywhere” after merging with T-Mobile UK, semantics aside, launched an Android smartphone today called the “San Francisco”. It’s built by Orange themselves, so it’s most likely an original design by some Asian company who peddles their wares to large operators around the world who want to customize…
Right on time, the highly anticipated Android 2.2 (froyo) update is hitting Motorola DROID X handsets en masse.The latest 2.3.15.en.US update adds all the goodies associated with Android 2.2 including Flash support, Bluetooth voice dialing, improved screen rotation, updated 3G mobile hotspot app, and a handful of bug fixes and enhancements that improve the handset’s performance. Now that…
Although we already know that Best Buy is taking preorders for the upcoming T-Mobile G2, it’s always nice to see it pop up elsewhere. With the G2 coming out possibly the 10th of October, instead of the 16th as previously rumored, we don’t have much longer to get out hands on the Z-hinged beauty. Alongside…
So, you pulled the trigger and installed the leaked Droid X Froyo ROM and you’re looking to get back to Android 2.1 before the official update comes out tomorrow, eh? Thankfully, Droid-Life has posted a great how-to on how to do just that. The tutorial is not for the faint of heart but you put…
Virgin Mobile users, rejoice. The Samsung Intercept will soon hit the pre-paid carrier, its first Android device, and will hopefully be the first of more decent handsets for the MVNO. Unfortunately, there is no release date or pricing just yet, but we do know it’s coming soon since Virgin Mobile just announced it on its…
Samsung obviously has high hopes for its Galaxy S line of smartphones. We’ve already seen them unveiling the device in Snow White and Pink, and now we have the Korean giant teaming up with cosmetics maker Aveda to launch a special version of the smartphone. The so called Samsung Galaxy S Femme Aveda Edition is…
This week marks the 6 month anniversary of the release of ngmoco’s We Rule, and to celebrate, ngmoco has decided to let the cat out of the bag to announce they’ll be making their way to Android devices this Fall. Since We Rule has been ngmoco’s most successful game to date, it will be the…
The upcoming T-Mobile G2 release date has been pretty elusive, as we’ve only been running on rumors at this point. Although we had reason to believe that the G2 would hit store shelves on Oct. 6, it may have been pushed back to the 16th from what we’re hearing now. When Best Buy announced that…
If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a hundred times, but this time around, there’s documentation to back up the availability of Android 2.2 Froyo on the Motorola Droid X. The Verizon Wireless Droid X support page was updated and it looks like the update is ready to launch. While there’s no specific date…