AOL is looking to right the ship and it is going after the mobile market in a strong way by releasing a pair of Android apps and it has also rolled out mobile-optimized sites which utilize HTML5. Like Google’s mobile app, the AOL app rolls many of the company’s services into a single program. This…
Barnes & Noble Brings its Nook App to Android
If you’ve settled for Kindle on Android because there haven’t been too many other decent options for you, you’re in luck. Barnes & Noble is bringing its Nook app to Android, and while I’m not the biggest fan of reading eBooks on smartphones, screens like the ones on the HTC EVO 4G or Motorola Droid…
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini Lands at Rogers
The Rogers Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has a new sibling. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini has arrived at Rogers for all to see. The mini, which packs Android 1.6 (for now, a rumored upgrade to 2.1 is supposedly coming in Q4), a 2.6″ QVGA touchscreen display (240×320), WiFi, GPS, 5 megapixel camera with LED…
Samsung Galaxy 3 (i5800) available for 300 EUR in Germany
Samsung is super serious when it comes to Android. The Korean company not only has the high-end of the market covered with the Galaxy S series, but also the mid-range with devices such as the Galaxy 3 (i5800). And that’s the phone we’ll talk about today, as it has been announced in Germany. Available for…
Monty Python mobile game coming to iPhone, Android
Let me repeat this once again – Monty Pythons are coming to the iPhone and Android. Spanish company Zed secured the rights to mobile-ize the once famous (and still popular) sketch show, which was performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin (not related to Sarah at all).…
Samsung Epic 4G Hoping for FCC Stamp of Approval
Samsung is hoping to get its first WiMax phone for the U.S., the Epic 4G, past the halls of the FCC for approval. That outline you see above is not quite as sexy as the device you’ve seen–and the device we’ve had on hands on–before, but it’s part of what has been submitted to the…
Root the AT&T Samsung Captivate / Galaxy S [Tutorial]
So, you’ve got an AT&T Samsung Captivate in hand, and you want to get some root only applications like SetCPU, CacheMate, or Root Explorer onto your Samsung Galaxy S variant, do you? Well, you’re in luck, we have put together a handy little guide that should make it easy for you to do with your…
T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) GPS issues fix [Tutorial]
I haven’t even had the T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant – which is T-Mobile’s variant of the Galaxy S – for two days, and one of the issues I’ve seen with it so far is that the GPS is just horrible. The Vibrant takes forever to lock onto a GPS signal and when it does, it sometimes…
Verizon says Motorola Droid X screen issues not widespread
We touched upon this yesterday but felt it warranted some more time because we don’t want you to freak out about your new Motorola Droid X. Verizon said the screen issues that are making its way around the Interwebs are not widespread, so don’t trip, potato chip. “Verizon Wireless and Motorola are aware of a…
Google: 55% of Android users on 2.1
That dreaded fragmentation problem may soon be coming to an end, as Google said more than 55% of Android users are rocking the 2.1 version, or Eclair. This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, as all the high-profile handsets like the EVO 4G, Motorola Droid X and Samsung Galaxy S devices rock Android 2.1.…






