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A Playstation emulator has been something that many Android users have been wanting for some time now, and now that PSX4Droid is now available in the Android Market, that wait is over. With this handy little PS emulator for Android, you can get your fill of PSone games right on your phone! The emulator may…
If you thought Samsung was going to rest easy in the Android OS space with its Galaxy S line, think again, as we’re now getting wind of some specs for an upcoming Android slider known as the Samsung Galaxy Q. It’s interesting that this rumored Android phone boasts some features that best the Galaxy S,…
Maybe you should have waited in those long lines because it looks like the Motorola Droid X for Verizon is still sold out in many retail stores, according to Gleacher & Co. analyst Mark McKechnie. In a research note, an analyst did supply checks and said there was “no supply available at retail as all…
This sounds a little too good to be true, but it seems that the upcoming Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) OS has already been seeded to a few testers’ handsets. If this new rumor is to be believed, Google could be gearing up to release the next-generation Gingerbread Android OS update sooner than we previously thought. While…
The Thumbplay music service has updated their Android app so even if you’re out of wireless coverage to stream music, you can cache particular songs locally on your phone to listen to whenever you want. Thumbplay still syncs up with your desktop and web collection wirelessly, and offers iTunes playlist importing and a music discovery…
It seems like only yesterday that Google Maps got updated for Android handsets, and each update has been bringing handy new features, but it’s being updated again with newer goodies. Last time, on version 4.3, we saw the addition of public transportation schedules, which was a big help for those of us that live in…
It looks like Verizon smartphone customers use more data than their counterparts on AT&T with the Apple iPhone, according to a study by Validas. The report said Verizon smartphone users generally use 421 MB of data per month, compared with 338 MB per month for Apple iPhone users. “The key detail in this study that…
Great news for all you smartphone modders feeling a little anxious about the legal ramifications of jailbreaking your iPhone or rooting your Android phone – the US has just added exceptions to the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) that make it completely legal to hack your smartphone to your heart’s content. Just this Monday morning,…
What you’re looking at above is a photo leaked to Engadget of what is supposedly the HTC Vision, due to launch on T-Mobile later this year. This joins the blurry photo we’ve seen in the past, but new details suggest it has a 3.7 inch screen rather than a giant 4.3 inch display like on…
Late last year T-Mobile became the first and only operator to sell Android devices that allowed direct billing to the operator. In plain English, what T-Mobile allowed you to do was buy an application from Android’s Market and have the payment tacked on to next month’s bill. Tim Bray, from Google’s Official Android Developer’s Blog,…