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Less than 48 hors ago I showed you guys the very first photo of the Limited Edition Motorola Droid 2 R2D2 Edition. Today I’ve got 1 more photo to share, and a launch date: September 30, 2010. Now go change your underpants. And you’re welcome. [Via: Android Central]
After writing an article earlier today about the HTC Mozart, I quickly skimmed Twitter user @Xmoo’s tweets and found this little gem. Above is a hardware sheet for a device called the “HTC Lexikon”. The 800 MHz Snapdragon processor, 5 megapixel camera, 512 MB of RAM, and built in QWERTY keyboard didn’t surprise me, but…
Gizmodo just received an invitation to an HTC press event scheduled to take place on the 15th of September. That’s a little over a month away. The invitation reads “Come see what HTC has dreamt up 15 September in London”. Right off the bat, the fact that it’s taking place in London automatically removes any…
Kevin Packingham, who has been working for Sprint since 1999, is leaving the company on August 16th. His name probably isn’t familiar to you, but he’s the dude who was responsible for the HTC EVO 4G account. Seeing how it was the first “4G” phone [check out my article “4G in America: Lies, Lies, and…
After porting Firemint’s Flight Control to other mobile platforms, Namco continues to bring popular iPhone games to more mobile phone users. This time their target is Armor Games’ Crush the Castle, which so far has been downloaded for more than 1.5 million times from Apple’s AppStore. If you don’t know what Crush the Castle is…
The good folks at the Discovery Channel hit me up from time to time with some solid app news. Today was no different. They dropped some info on me regarding a new app for Android users… and it is a freebie that many will enjoy for sure. That is, if you’re into ‘Animal Planet’! The…
At least seven of the ten major cable operators in the US are looking to the iPad and Android-based tablets as a new platform for consuming subscription TV. One of the first operators to hit the market with a tablet application is AT&T, which recently launched a free U-Verse application for the iPhone that offers…
Day one of the Verizon DROID 2and the handset has already been dissected by the folks at iFixit. The traditional teardown analysis reveals little surprises regarding the DROID 2. As expected, the Verizon DROID 2 is almost identical to the original DROID; so identical that it is difficult to tell the two handsets apart when they have been broken down…
It looks like nothing could stop that Android momentum, right? Well, how about a big fat lawsuit from a tech giant? Oracle is suing Google over patent infringements related to Java in the Android platform. “In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle’s Java-related intellectual property,” Oracle spokesperson Karen Tillman said in a…
While streaming music apps like MOG and GrooveShark continue to soak up the lion’s share of attention in the streaming media space, apps like BitBop are gaining traction for their ability to stream video (TV and movies) over 3G and WiFi networks. BitBop for Android is still strictly in beta and not yet available for…