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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 30, 2010
Not to be outdone by the competition, Motorola has released the open-source portions of the source code for the Droid X, too! All this open-source licensing agreement following is getting me tea...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2010
Not to be outdone by its Sprint rivals, Motorola just blasted us with the e-mail all you old-school users have been waiting for: Froyo is coming to the original Droid. Next week. Nothing mor...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 30, 2010
Samsung has announced its second-quarter 2010 earnings, and the electronics giant is sitting pretty. Revenues were 37.89 trillion Korean Won (about $32 billion USD). That's a 17 percent ye...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 30, 2010
Samsung loves open source -- today they have sent out an e-mail to interested developers with a download link to the open portions of the Captivate and Vibrant source code. (see our Captivate review h...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 30, 2010
And thus, it begins. Engadget has official word from HTC that unlocked European Desires will be getting an over-the-air (OTA) update to Android 2.2 ("Froyo") this weekend. This comes h...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2010
Feast your eyes on the photo above, in what purportedly is a prototype of an Android tablet device from Samsung. Posted on Twitpic, the only info given is that it's seven inches, and that looks about ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 29, 2010
Sprint has just announced what we all were hoping for -- the Evo 4G will be getting Froyo starting August 3, making Sprint the first carrier to upgrade their devices to Android 2.2. Hit our stor...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Let's recap: Late Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning), we reported on a story published at Mobile Beat that came out of the Black Hat online security conference. At the conference, Kevi...
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by Adam Sawyer
Jul 29, 2010
A while back, the Droid Incredible was torn apart and revealed some things we never knew it was capable of. Like an FM transmitter tuner, and full 720p video recording. Recently, however, another di...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 29, 2010
What you see above is a document leaked to Engadget, showing that Android 2.2 (Froyo) is about to roll out for the HTC Evo 4G as early as this weekend. Supposedly an announcement will be made to...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Back at Google IO in May, our benevolent overlords detailed their intentions to make mobile advertising more immersive, akin to Apple's iAds. Today, we're starting to see some of the fruits of th...
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by Sean Brunett
Jul 29, 2010
According to Samsung's official UK Twitter account, the Galaxy S (the non-U.S. version, anyway) will receive Froyo (2.2) near the end of September; it is currently in development, according to the spo...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 29, 2010
Seriously, the Droid 2 might just be the worst-kept secret in the mobile industry at this point. Add this onto the pile of leaks we have already seen, but now Droid-Life seems to have gotten their han...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 29, 2010
Update 2: We've heard back from the developer of these apps, who tells us the following:
"What the ceo [sic] of Lookout said makes no sense. I will email you with details later."...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 29, 2010
Directed Electronics has released its popular Viper SmartStart application for the Android platform, which allows drivers to remotely start their car, lock and unlock doors, pop the trunk, and more.Yo...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 29, 2010
LG Electronics has announced another heavy hitter into its home Korean Android market, the LG Optimus Z. This device has a 3.5-inch WVGA "Hyper" HD LCD powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor...
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by Sean Brunett
Jul 29, 2010
We've already seen the mysterious (and as-yet unannounced) myTouch 3G HD, which is rumored to be T-Mobile's first HSPA+ phone, from the front. Looks like the same tipster fed TmoNews the back of...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Motorola this morning announced its second-quarter numbers, earning $162 million in Q2. That's up from $26 million in Q2 2009. Overall, however, mobile sales were down 6 percent, to $1.7 billion...
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by afazel
Jul 28, 2010
As if the Droid X wasn't awesome enough, Android Central reader Derek, dwd3885 on the forums, shows us what gaming on the go is really about. He shows off his amazing Super Mario Broth...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 28, 2010
Because one commercial for its Galaxy S line of carrier branded phones wasn't enough, Samsung has put out another Hollywood style production for the T-Mobile Vibrant (maybe you've read our review?).&n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2010
Nexus One. Android. Rocket motors. You see where this is going, right? Self-described "Freelance scientific molecular evolutionary biological videographic NASA microgravitational & spac...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 28, 2010
According to CEO Eric Schmidt, Google has positioned itself to make $10 billion dollars or more per year in the mobile business, from things like subscription news. "If we have a billion pe...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2010
If you fly more than, say, once a year, you absolutely should look into an Android travel app. And a new one to Android is FlightView. It's got the all the basics that you'd expect from a top flight-...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2010
Remember how a leaked Froyo ROM was promised for the Galaxy S? Well, it's out, it's working (mostly) and Italian site HDblog has been giving it the what-for on camera. A reminder that this ...
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by Sean Brunett
Jul 28, 2010
What do you get when you combine a Nexus One, a bike handlebar holder and a Wiimote? The answer is a whole lot of awesome. YouTube user baza210 made this awesome contraption and made a video demonstra...
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by Sean Brunett
Jul 28, 2010
Ever since the onset of Apple's "Antennagate" whoopsie, iPhone competitors have been hitting back hard, probably because Apple's been trying to drag everyone else down with it, with the Dro...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2010
Sprint this morning announced its second-quarter earnings, and more than a few investors likely had to be picked up off the floor after learning that the carrier had a net gain in subscribers for the ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 28, 2010
Now that you have your shiny new Droid X (and maybe even a Vibrant or Captivate?) in hand, you want some games. And you don't want to waste money on bad games, you want the best. IGN has been doi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 28, 2010
If you were awake and paying attention late last night, you probably saw a few people talking about some pictures of Froyo on the Droid X. We were awake, too (we never sleep), and discussing how...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 28, 2010
We know all you T-Mobile fans are waiting with bated breath over what's going to be the carrier's first HSPA+ phone for its updated network. One train of thought is that it'll be the as-yet-una...
