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The Barnes and Noble’s NOOKcolor has gotten some Android 2.2.1 Froyo treatment, possibly making it a bit more appealing to those looking for an Android tablet on the cheap. Thanks to some creative hackery, some clever developers managed to put Android 2.2 Froyo onto the B&N NOOKcolor e-book reader. But while it’s indeed a nice…
A quick note here for the BlackBerry developers out there. Everyone else, please avert your eyes because this will probably be about as interesting to you as watching paint dry… Anyways, if the devs are still with me, you’ll want to take note that BlackBerry 6 device simulators are now available for the Bold 9650…
The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) may have just been scooped up by RIM, but there’s a new UI in town that may help us deal with the thought that we’ll never get TATHome on our Android phones. It’s called Kite UI, and while it’s still in a concept phase, it’s nice enough to make us want…
While many users are just now receiving Android 2.2 Froyo on their handsets, some are already anticipating the wake of Android 2.3, otherwise known as Gingerbread. People are expecting Gingerbread to make a huge splash when it goes live, but I, for one, don’t think it will. Earlier this year, I asked the question, ”…
Users who have purchased the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 on AT&T may be wondering when they’ll get the Android 2.1 OS update and finally rid themselves of Android 1.6, but it looks like they may have quite a bit of time to wait. Who is to blame, though? According to Sony Ericsson, they are pointing…
Yet another day goes by that we’re seeing some more Android 2.3 Gingerbread and Android 3.0 Honeycomb sightings. For those who have not been keeping up with this Android madness, Gingerbread will be version 2.3 of the Google mobile operating system, and Honeycomb will be version 3.0. Today, we’re seeing some test builds of both…
Apparently Apple’s approval system for iPhone applications likens single-station radio programs to fart apps, now. Developer DJBApps had attempted to submit 10 apps to the App Store and had them all rejected, being cited secion 2.20 of the developer agreement: “Developers ‘spamming’ the App Store with many versions of similar apps will be removed from…
In a blog post to Windows Phone Developers, Microsoft’s Todd Brix said that their Marketplace will have 3,000 apps by the end of the week, made by more than 15,000 developers saying they’ll make apps for the platform (likely because there’s a fat wad of cash at the end of the rainbow). Promises of making…
Still pissed that the Xperia X10 may never get some fully functional multitouch capabilities? Well, this may not be the answer to that problem, but those looking for a skinless experience for your X10 now have a stock Android 2.2 Froyo ROM to play around with. That is, if you like playing around with ROMs…
Motorola’s life-proof phone, the Defy, is set to get the Android 2.2 Froyo update sometime in Q2 of 2011. We’ve seen Moto delay updates more than once before, but at least they are giving themselves an ample amount of time to get Froyo out the door. The Motorola Defy is made for those who are…