While it may not have happened prior to the release of the device, as we’ve seen before, the Motorola Droid 2 has officially been rooted (#), paving the way for custom Android ROMs to someday be available for the latest Verizon Android phone. The awesome devs over at XDA have done it yet again, only…
Samsung bada SDK exits beta!
Samsung is out with the final version of the bada SDK! The v1.0.0 awaits all interested companies and individuals at the bada Developer site along with the choice of language pack. In addition to all the documents and tools, the SDK also includes Remote Test Laboratory (RTL), allowing developers to test their application(s) onto a…
First stock Android 2.1 ROM alpha for Samsung Vibrant released
As much as I love the T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant, I’d love it that much more if there was a stock (no custom UI) Android ROM available for it. Well to my surprise, it turns out that there is, sort of. One of the awesome Android developers, Eugene373, has cooked up a vanilla Android ROM for…
Motorola buys 280 North to boost Android apps
It looks like Motorola has snapped up a programming company called 280 North for about $20 million, according to reports. 280 North has been around for two years and it is known for a programming framework known as Cappuccino. This supposedly makes it easier to create rich web applications and Motorola will be using this…
Upcoming RIM Developer Webcast to Highlight BlackBerry 6 and Torch 9800
Attention BlackBerry Developers… it’s time again for another free developer webcast from the good folks in Waterloo! Stuffed in my inbox this morning was the official invite/notification from the team at RIM. The webcast, which is slated for Thursday August 26th at 2PM EST, will focus on the development possibilities available when you combine BlackBerry…
Windows Phone 7 app ecosystem rounding into shape
We’ve already seen some of the handsets will look like but the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 platform will need a strong catalog of applications to truly compete with the Apple iPhone and Google Android. The company is touting its Windows Phone 7 app ecosystem and said its developer tools have already been downloaded more than…
Check out Halo Waypoint app for Windows Phone 7
We know that a Halo offshoot will be coming to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and the idea of controlling Master Chief on your phone has many gamers salivating. The company is showing off a brief demo of the Waypoint app and it could just be a taste of what’s to come. If you’re not a…
Adobe lays out its mobile Flash strategy
If you listen to Apple tell it, Adobe has been “lazy” about its mobile Flash strategy and that’s why the full version of the ubiquitous web technology has yet to hit multiple mainstream devices yet. At its San Francisco headquarters Monday, the company held a summit for mobile journalists to dispel this notion and to…
BlackBerry 9670 Clamshell Render Leaked in Simulator
The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is barely out of the gates, and we’re already looking at the next smartphone from RIM to launch with the new operating system. We’ve seen the BlackBerry 9670 “Oxford” clamshell in a variety of live shots before, but registered developers are getting access to a device simulator (from which this shot…
Samsung Galaxy S Hummingbird processor overclock hits 1.2Ghz, delivers off-chart benchmarks
For those of you who think that the Samsung Galaxy S line’s 1GHz processor speed isn’t enough for you, you’ll be glad to know that the original Galaxy S and Captivate have been successfully overclocked to 1.2 GHz. But what’s more interesting is that the Hummingbird processor can apparently be overclocked to a battery-draining 1.6GHz!…