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This was a big week for sharing where you are, as Facebook Places was officially introduced. We also saw the long-awaited G2 and Dell Thunder come out of hiding, we found Android 2.2 for the Droid X, looked at the Samsung Epic 4G and we finally got confirmation that a webOS tablet is coming from…
Are you a T-Mobile customer jealous that your HTC EVO 4G toting friends are enjoying fast data speeds while you’re stuck with measly 3G? Perhaps the T-Mobile G2 teaser page that went up has you even more anxious since you’re still rocking the G1? While this news may not help ease your worries, at least…
The HTC Desire is coming soon to U.S. Cellular, and it may very well be packing Android 2.2 (better known as Froyo), as Vodafone UK’s version of the Desire is getting an over the air firmware updated next Monday. Although there’s no promise that such an update would cross the pond, Android 2.2 features portable…
Ah, the beauty of Android handsets with customer user interfaces – while they spice up Android a bit, they also take a little longer to get software updates. The Motorola Droid X for Verizon, which has a custom UI and is currently running Android 2.1 software, is on track to get 2.2, or Froyo, any…
For the time being, the unlocked Nexus One is no longer available from Google. Sad but true, Google made the announcement in a late night post on its Android developers blog. Available since January, the self-proclaimed superphone was recently pulled from retail sales and made available to developers as an unlocked testing platform. The handset…
Bell HTC Legend, we hardly new you. The Android 2.1 powered device, which launched on Bell only a couple of months ago, has already been tagged with ‘end of life’ status. What gives!? Our friends at MobileSyrup have it on fairly good authority that the issues here are supply constraints from the manufacturer. In other…
Samsung has just posted a job position based out of Bridgewater, New Jersey for a LTE RIL (Radio Interface Layer) Engineer who will be tasked with adding LTE support to Android, fueling speculation the the South Korean firm will be the first to offer an LTE enabled mobile phone. Samsung, who is already shipping USB…
Samsung announced the Galaxy U (model number SHW-M130L) South Korea’s LG U+. The new member of the Galaxy family comes with a slightly smaller screen than the original Galaxy S — 3.7 vs 4 inches, while keeping the rest of the specs pretty much unchanged. That said, there’s a 1GHz CPU, WiFi (802.11n) and 3G…
The guys over at Engadget got their hands on two early Dell Thunder prototypes running Android, and damn if they’re not looking good. Earlier today on CNBC, the on-air folks tore the Streak apart, calling it boring, and that Dell itself was a boring company. Well, CNBC, you haven’t met the Thunder, have you? To…
StumbleUpon wants to make it easier for you to discover new online content and the company has just released an app for the Apple iPhone and Android. If you’re not familiar with the site, it lets you find new web sites and images based on your preferences. You just narrow down what categories you’re interested…