Review
by Kyle Gibb
Aug 24, 2010
Before switching to Android, Galcon easily was my favorite game on the iPod Touch. The developer has been hard at work and has finally released a full port of the game for Android. To play, you...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 24, 2010
Android travel app Flightview -- read our initial review -- just announced an upgrade, adding a trio of improvements. They are: Manage Travel Itineraries - with the updated My Trips feature, use...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 24, 2010
Dell this morning announced the available of its first Android smartphone (that's not a MID), the Aero. The 3.5-inch device (Gorilla Glass at an, erm, interesting 360x640 resolution) runs a pre-Ecla...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Aug 24, 2010
Samsung has released an official teaser for the Samsung Galaxy Tab (that name's now official), a 7-inch tablet. The cryptic 20-second teaser, erm, teases: HD video playback 7...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Aug 24, 2010
The Motorola Flipout, which we first showed you with AT&T branding in late June, is available in some parts of the world and is already being put through its paces. The basic specs: 2.8-...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2010
It's another browser war, this time with Windows Phone 7 thrown into the mix. Last time we talked about web browser speed, we saw a bunch of numbers and science, but this time the folks at Pocke...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Aug 24, 2010
Samsung's Galaxy Tab has shown up in more pictures, giving us some more looks at the rumored Android tablet. Yesterday, we reported on a video which showed the device out in the wild in Australia.&nbs...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2010
Late last night we noticed that Twitter for Android (the "official" Android Twitter app) was updated to 1.0.3 without a changelog. (Seriously? Changelogs should be mandatory in the Market li...
Article
by Adam Sawyer
Aug 23, 2010
Corning today announced that its Gorilla Glass -- an ultra durable alkali-aluminosilicate that can withstand the most uber of scratches – is engineered into all Samsung Galaxy S phones. The c...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Aug 23, 2010
Google Earth for Android has been updated to version 1.1, which allows users to explore the oceans in great detail. Now, you are able to zoom in underneath the surface and explore the terrain that mak...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
So help us, we're not even going to try to avoid the whole "epic" thing when it comes to the Sprint Epic 4G. It just is. After the break, check out one of the latest commercials (and be sur...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 23, 2010
Mellisa Thompson, of Salford, England, has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest texter, using Swype on a Samsung Galaxy S with a time of 25.94 seconds. The previous record of 3...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
I might have just found my perfect Android travel app. Worldmate is now in beta for Android, and it pretty much combines every feature I need in an app to keep me pointed in the right direction ...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
It took half a year, but, finally, the HTC Desire has come to America. Announced at Mobile World Congress in February 2010, the Desire -- codenamed the Bravo -- brought an all-new interface -- ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
Aaron La, the developer behind Advanced Task Manager, has opened his books and gives us some interesting insight into the Android Market, profitability and his own opinions of the market.We'll let Aa...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
Somewhere in a crowded Sydney, Australia, train station, a man uses a handheld device. But not just any device. It's a tablet. And it's not just any tablet. It is, according to Electronista, the ...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued by what Windows Phone 7 will be bringing to the proverbial smartphone table in a few short months. And so when we ran across the Zune Home launcher...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 23, 2010
We've been talking about the Notion Ink Adam for a good while now, and finally we have some news about pricing and release dates. In case you haven't been keeping tabs on this one, the Adam is a...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 22, 2010
In the realm of GSM smartphones, there's a phenomenon known as "SIM unlocked," which is the ability to use any SIM card in a phone, meaning you can easily swap from carrier to car...
Article
by Jared DiPane
Aug 22, 2010
If you own a Motorola Droid 2, you may already have been prompted to install this OTA update, but that doesn't mean you don't want to know what it fixed. This minor update (version 2.2.20.en.US, for t...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 22, 2010
A car plows through traffic on the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City, and the Evo 4G is there to capture the aftermath. It's a hell of a story, and Jerzyiroc tells it in the Android Central Forums."L...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 22, 2010
This shouldn't come as much of a surprise, as the Motorola Devour already is listed as end-of-life, but now it officially won't be getting an upgrade to Android 2.1. In happier news, the Backflip is ...
Article
by Andrew Melnizek
Aug 21, 2010
Heidi Klum and her fellow cohorts on Lifetime's "Project Runway" were spotted this week using the HTC Magic -- or better known as the myTouch 3G here in the U.S. We're not quite people of fa...
Article
by Sean Brunett
Aug 21, 2010
A leaked version of 2.2 for the Droid X emerged recently, and a good many of us have given it a shot. (You can watch our own hands-on here.) But, understandably, a good many of you are waiting for the...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Aug 21, 2010
Anyone who browses the Android Market from their phone knows one universal truth: it's a mess. Outside of search, there really is no easy way to find great apps that might be floating just under...
Article
by Ross Lovelace
Aug 21, 2010
Looks like a good many of us had problems with the Android Market overnight, either seeing limited connectivity or just flat-out not being able to do anything. Lots of variables get thrown into ...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 20, 2010
A worthy successor to the phone that launched 1,000 Androids
Without question, the the Motorola Droid -- and Verizon's marketing blitz behind it -- is what really put the Android smartphone on the ...
Article
by Android Central
Aug 20, 2010
You guys and gals have been kicking so much arse in our forums lately, we decided it was time to clean up our act a bit to keep up. And so, we did. Now, when you visit forum.androidcentral.com, you'l...
Article
by Dallin Hampton
Aug 20, 2010
The Sanyno Zio from Kyocera is the first Android phone available to Cricket Wireless customers. The Zio features a 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen, 3G web browsing, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a 3.2-megapixel came...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 20, 2010
Sony Ericsson has announced earlier this month that the X10 Mini, and the X10 Mini Pro will soon be available in new colors. The Mini, (right) will be available with a gold shell, while the Mini...
