Samsung is super serious when it comes to India. On the heels of their Galaxy S announcement, the Korean company is launching two additional Android smartphones in the country – Galaxy 3 (I5801) and Galaxy 5 (I5503). The first of the two is a better devices, sporting a 667MHz CPU, 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen, 3G and…
Callpod’s Keeper mobile app updated for latest Android smartphones
Callpod, the company we know for their unique mobile phone accessories, announced the new version of Keeper app for the latest Android smartphones such as the Motorola Droid X, Droid 2 and HTC Incredible. As you may know from our previous article on Keeper, it’s a security app that safely stores and encrypts sensitive data…
Samsung Galaxy S, Vibrant, and Captivate easily unlocked to run on another carrier
Owners of the Samsung Galaxy S and its variants including the Captivate and the Vibrant take note. The folks on xda-developers discovered much to their surprise that unlock codes for the Android handset are stored covertly on handset. Rather than on some remote server under lock and key, the unlock code is stored in a…
Android 2.2 Froyo for Motorola Droid X – Install tutorial and walkthrough
As you’ve probably heard, Android 2.2 Froyo has been leaked for the Droid X, and now pulled, but this time around, we’ve got some hands-on video and the instructions on how to install it yourself! We’ve been tricked before about the Droid X’s Froyo availability, but this is the real deal. Even if it’s not…
Motorola updates its Android 2.x upgrade schedule
In another bit of Android news, Motorola has recently updated the upgrade schedule for its Android 2.x devices, including those released here in the US and overseas. Most of the information has been previously announced or leaked; but it is notable that some of the updates have changed. For example, the CLIQ was expected to see…
Leaked DROID X Android 2.2 ROM prompts a cease & desist from Motorola
DROID X owners that have not snagged a copy of the leaked Android 2.2 ROM may want to start googling for a download source and grab it quickly. Motorola is sending out cease and desist notices and the file is being pulled down by sites not wanting to fight the American manufacturer. Here is the…
Motorola MB520 Kobe: mini-DROID X headed to AT&T?
AT&T users take note as the Motorla MB520 Kobe may be one of the next Android handsets to hit Big Blue, potentially taking second place behind the Samsung Captivate. Flying under the radar until now, this previously unknown Motorola handset has been making the rounds of various certification organizations including the WiFi Alliance and the UPnP…
Froyo-inspired custom lockscreen available for DROID X users on Android 2.1
Hey DROID X owners, we realize that not everyone upgraded to Android 2.2 when it leaked this past week. Despite the allure of Froyo, the leaked ROM is still an untested, unofficial version that may not be stable enough for mission critical usage. Thanks to the DROID community, there is a simple mod for Android…
Bounty of tablets to hit Best Buy this holiday season
In an interview with Fortune, Best Buy’s Shawn Score, the president of the retailer’s wireless retail unit, confirmed that the national retailer will be carrying a cornucopia of tablets this coming holiday season. In much the same way netbooks took the computing world by storm a few years ago, tablets are expected to supersede netbooks…
Android-powered Sanyo ZIO by Kyocera now available on Cricket
Good news for Cricket as their first Android smartphone is now available for purchase. Sanyo ZIO by Kyocera sports an all-touchscreen form factor with 3.5-inch WVGA display, 3G and WiFi connectivity, GPS, 3.2-megapixel camera, 512MB memory and a microSD memory card slot. Android 1.6 is running the show, but Cricket wowed to upgrade to version…