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HTC is working to get early adopters of the Android 2.2 update for the EVO 4G back on the correct software version. Whenever we catch wind of a new update, especially one that’s leaked, it’s extremely tempting to jump right on it and get ahead of everyone else. However, it can come at a price.…
Expect more leaks and previews like this until Verizon actually launches the Motorola Droid 2 actually comes out. Another leak has come down the pipes today, showing off the newest of the Verizon Droid lineup’s top five features. What makes the top five? Read on, or look up to find out! We suggest you read…
Shortly before Rogers’ announcement of the Captivate, Bell yesterday announced the Galaxy S Vibrant would be arriving tomorrow for $149.99 on a three-year contract ($499.95 without). To get things kicked off right proper, Bell is giving away phones, tickets to Lady Gaga, and a 55″ Samsung TV. Not too bad at all! The Samsung Vibrant’s…
The Motorola Droid 2 is really testing our patience. First, it was the picture of cases on the Best Buy website, and then it was the cases themselves arriving at stores. Now, we see the Android handset coming in the form of dummy phones to Best Buy. While there are no solid release dates yet,…
T-Mobile said it lost 93,000 subscribers in the second quarter but the Android platform and an expanded 3G network are giving it some positive news with long-term subscribers. The fourth-largest U.S. carrier finished with 33.6 million total subscribers and a net income of $404 million. This places T-Mobile behind Sprint’s nearly 50 million subscribers and…
The Google Nexus One, my personal favorite Android phone and my first non-Nokia purchase in what feels like half a decade, was put out to pasture prematurely for reasons that many in the mobile technology community have yet to understand. The goal of the Nexus One was to offer consumers unlocked mobile phones, or for…
Rogers has announced that they’ll be launching the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate “in the coming weeks”. They don’t mention dates or prices, of course, but we can likely expect it before the school year kicks in again. Just as a quick refresher, the Galaxy S Captivate has a 4″ Super AMOLED display, 1 GHz Hummingbird…
Every time I read about the Nokia N8 I can’t help but think to myself how awesome would be if it simply ran Android. The camera is bad ass. HDMI out … rock. Full Dolby Sound support, even better. But Symbian? Do I really want to go back to that? Kicking and screaming, maybe. Apparently…
Blackboard launched Blackboard Mobile Learn for Blackberry, Android and iPhone OS powered devices across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, bringing two-way teaching and learning to millions of students. Available as a free download, Blackboard Mobile Learn app is envisioned to recreate and enrich the course experience of online teaching and learning platform – Blackboard…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt told Reuters that there are now roughly 200,000 Android devices being sold every day. Compare that to 165,000 phones/day sold during Q2 and only 65,000 phones/day in Q1. To put that into some perspective, 200,000 devices per day, 90 days in a quarter, that’s 18 million phones. That’s almost as much…