Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Chris is fluent in all mobile languages. Having been a member of the Smartphone Experts community now for nearly three years, you can often find him here on Android Central over at CrackBerry and sometimes even at iMore. If you find Chris wondering around your local neighborhood, please point him towards the nearest electrical outlet and toss him a can of Full Throttle energy drink.
We've been onto MetroPCS' plans for a new 4G LTE phone for a while now and it appears it'll be arriving to customers shortly. The previously outed Samsung Forte is now the Samsung Galaxy Indulge. Android 2.2 is loaded on the horizontal, Swype-enabled QWERTY and it is powered by a 1GHz Hummingbird processor and 3MP camera. Listed at $399.99 with no contract this could be a great device...
If you love food as much as I do you'll know that finding great restaurants is often times a tough task. For that we have plenty of Android apps out there to help filter out the good from the bad. One of the most respected names in that area is Zagat and just in time for Valentines day they have made some changes to their Zagat to go app for Android. Aside from the complete UI overhaul...
Are you a Dell Streak owner who is rather bored with the current state of your lil' tablet? Well, it looks as though you may soon be able to toss a little Honeycomb into the mix. Yes, much like the Nook Color the Dell Streak now has a port of Honeycomb in the works for it. It is only fair to note though, the port is not complete as of yet. No downloads are available but the fact it is...
Having now wrapped up their XOOM commercial it looks as though Motorola has moved onto other devices in their stable. The Motorola Droid Bionic is seemingly what we are looking at above and it has now crossed the hands of the FCC seeking approval. Although it doesn't state it specifically it does have dual-band Wi-Fi and since that it one of the features of the Droid Bionic shared with...
Moto Xoom at Best Buy Feb 24, with $799 price tag Sony Ericsson Xperia Play official -- officially coming at Feb. 13 MWC event Hands-on with the HTC Inspire 4G Android Market webstore now online! BlackBerry in Indonesia - A day in the electronics malls of Jakarta! (video...
TGIF! Been chaotic around here for Android news this week, and next week's Sprint event is coming up, erm, next week! If you happened to miss out on the podcast be sure to get caught up over the weekend. Also, take some time to hit up the forums today, tomorrow, whenever and don't be afraid to ask some questions of you have some problems that need sorting out.Android News Forums -...
Despite having taken some wind out of the Motorola Atrix 4G's sales with its recently announced pricing, AT&T is still doing its marketing push. The latest comes to us courtesy of the AT&T YouTube channel, where they walk us through one minute of Motorola Atrix 4G goodness. When all is said and done, we're still certain the device is a great addition to the AT&T lineup, but...
While there are quite a few torrent clients and torrent remote control apps in the Android Market, Bittorrent has never directly released an application to interface with your µTorrent installation. That is, until now. The official µTorrent remote app has just been released to the Android Market and is available for download. Keeping in mind, it's not a full blown client but rather a...
Now this is awesome! Samsung Galaxy Tab owners can finally get their hands on a CyanogenMod 7 build for their devices courtesy of Technomancer over at XDA-Developers. While the build is still rather buggy, most basic functions do indeed work. You may not want to make it your everyday ROM as of yet but considering the progress being put towards it being a stable build is happening rather...
Some surprises today with the announcement from AT&T regarding the Atrix 4G and dock pricing, plus our HTC Inspire 4G hands on. Lots of discussion happening in the forums for both those devices. Think the Atrix 4G pricing is a little crazy? Let us know in the forums.General Help and How To Forums - Phone choices on VerizonMotorola Atrix 4G Forums - Webtop dock will be $300/$500?!...
What a day thus far. New goodies to play around with, new things to look forward too. Google has clearly been hard at work when it comes to Honeycomb and we can't wait to see it's release. Did you miss out on today's event? If so, hit up the Android Central forums to get caught up and discuss more.Android News Forums - New Android Market webstore now onlineHTC Inspire 4G Forums - Where...
As we've been tuned into the Google live event, something that many folks have been waiting a long time for has now become reality. Yes, the Android Market is now online for purchases straight from you desktop web browser. You can check out the Android Market webstore now although it does not seem fully enabled as of yet as most folks cannot login. Some of the features added to the...
As we get set for the Honeycomb event today we figured we'd share this awesome new live wallpaper with you all since, this event is the reason it was created. Honeycomb wall is a new live wallpaper that is now available for download in the Android Market which adds an embedded calendar and clock to your home screen as well as plenty of honeycomb bees that fly around. If you opt for the...
Groundhog Day is just about here, and while it may not be the best way to predict how the remainder of winter may go it is indeed, a tradition that many take part in every year. The folks at Iconosys have whipped up a little app for the occasion that basically just serves as a reminder to reach out to your friends and family more often. "We need all the reasons we can to reach out to...
Everybody fired up for tomorrows event? We certainly are. Should be interesting to see what Google off tomorrow. Looking around there is lots of rumors popping up as to what it may be but nothing totally locked down. Guess we'll just have to wait for the live blog tomorrow to find out. In the meantime, feel free to hop on in the forums and strike up some conversation.Android News Forums...
While it's not really much of a bargaining tool, Rogers has announced the launch of their "exclusive" Samsung Galaxy Tab in white. We won't knock the huffing too much because the white tab really is rather sexy looking, but come on; us Canadians see enough white during the winter months. (That, and it looks just like Sprint's Tab.) Surely Rogers could have suggested something of a...
Sadly, the weekend is over. But that means we are now closer to the Android 3.0 Honeycomb event Google snuck in on us. February is turning out to be a busy month and we're not even there yet. We've got a ton of predictions and rumors happening in the forums surrounding those events so join us in there to talk about them and more won't you?Android News Forums - Your Androids dirty lil'...
Are you a TweetDeck user who finds yourself talking just a little too much for that limited 140 character count on Twitter? It's OK; don't take my harsh words above to heart. TweetDeck knows you're not the only out there doing it and as such, have introduced their latest addition to TweetDeck. v1.0.7 is now available in the Android Market and includes support for the new Deck.ly service...
HTC Thunderbolt poised for Feb. 14 at Best Buy Android 3.0 SDK preview: 2D, 3D graphics and dual-core support in Honeycomb! What's new in Android 3.0 Honeycomb Exclusive: CDMA BlackBerry Roadmap 2011 PlayBook and QNX-based BlackBerry Smartphones to run Android Apps too...
What a week. Android news has been hopping and as we head on into the weekend make sure you folks check out whatever it is that you may have missed out on. We've got some contests happening that will need to be closed down soon plus, hit up the Android Central podcast if you've not had a chance to do so as of yet. Make sure you jump on into the forums as well at some point this weekend...