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.
The weekend is upon us once again, finally. Lots of exciting stuff has gone down this week so be sure to click back and catch up on anything you may have missed. Especially the podcast, it was pretty awesome. Be sure to hit up the forums and check out what's happening. Hope you all have a great weekend! Android News Forums - Dual Core devices vs. your battery life Rumored...
We've had a few run ins with the Samsung Gem in the past. Looking destined for Verizon, then outted by Best Buy, which was later retracted. This time around though, Samsung is giving the little guy all the love by having posted the SCH-i100 Gem right up on their website. Of course, in doing so they also laid out all the specs for those who somehow might still be interested in this...
Look, we know some of you out there are excited over the Notion Ink Adam actually shipping to customers. We also know that Notion Ink is pretty darn excited about it as well. So much so in fact, they even decided to do an un-boxing of their own product. Which oddly enough, isn't really all that uncommon these days. It seems more and more manufacturers are actually picking up on this...
We've covered Trapster a few times here in the past but they seem to of have had a run in with some hackers as of late. Recently Trapster has been sending e-mails out to users letting them know hackers may have comprised the Trapster database:"The Trapster team has recently learned that our website has been the targetof a hacking attempt, and it is possible that your email address and...
If you're still rather ticked off at Motorola today and swearing to never purchase their devices again maybe some of these HTC devices might make you feel a little better about the whole situation. A whole lineup of HTC device renders has now appeared on the scene but the only thing concrete about all of these devices combined is the fact that nothing about them is for certain....
Awesome day for news if you're a T-Mobile user. Froyo for the Vibrant, the new Galaxy S 4G and a new Sidekick? Maybe now we can get the rest of the US carriers onboard to release Froyo since T-Mobile is starting it off. Hit up the forums if you're looking to discuss more about the days news or if you just want to talk Android in general. Vibrant users, let's hear it.T-Mobile Vibrant...
Let's get the obvious out of the way first. This phone is not real, it is a render and is simply a concept design by Kristian Ulrich Larsen. Now that that has been covered, let us now say -- this thing looks pretty awesome. The idea behind it is rather fitting and all too true of how we view today's devices as well: The phone has 3 screens that can be transformed in different ways...
It's something users have been wanting for quite some time now and yes; Google has finally made your dreams come true. You can now port your own, already existing number to Google Voice. The service will set you back $20 though but if you're a hardcore Google Voice user that's a rather small price to pay. Please do remember, porting your number to Google is just the same as quitting...
Picture sharing apps have become all the rage and now it's an all out war between PicPlz and Instagram. While Instagram has not found its way into the Android Market yet, PicPlz however has. If you're a user of PicPlz you might have been a little down in the dumps to hear the iOS version got cleaned up while the Android version remained untouched. That has changed now, as the latest...
Halfway through the week and we're now starting to get more Mobile World Congress information flowing in. Exciting stuff. Phil has his travel plans all worked out so come time for MWC we'll be ready to rock and roll as usual when it comes to conferences. You'll definitely want to ride it out along with us. In the meantime, hit up some of the newer and busier threads from today:Android...
Nuance maker of the awesome Dragon Dictation speech recognition suite of applications has opened the doors to their software for developers. Through their Nuance Mobile Developer Program they are now offering access to the Dragon SDK. This given access will allow developers to put the same core functions into their apps that are found within the Dragon Dictation speech and search...
Here is a little tidbit of interesting albeit disappointing news. Seems as though Google has mysteriously pulled the recently launched Kongregate Arcade from the Android Market. According to an email sent to JoyStiq, Kongregate is working with Google to get the situation sorted out as soon as possible: As reported earlier today, the Kongregate Arcade app was launched on the Android...
Customization options really are one of the finer, loved points of Android. Being an Android user allows for a wide variation of customization options. Some like the multitude of different applications which change the look and feel of your device while others like to dig deeper and change everything by loading up custom ROMS. Since many folks here love ROMS, hop on into the forums and...
Notion Ink -- the company many felt was never going to be able to produce that tablet that it had been promising for a a year now -- has seemingly laid some of the rumors to rest. Having now received blessing from the FCC, Notion Ink is ready to ship their first batch of Adam tablets and they have posted up the pictures of their fully stocked warehouse to prove it. As noted on their...
What happens when you take some of the hottest flash based games off the web and jam them into a storefront like experience? You end up with the newly released Kongregate Arcade app for Android. Available now in the Android Market, Kongregate Arcade looks to be a "one stop shop" for your gaming needs. As noted in their press release: "In creating the Kongregate Arcade, we wanted to...
Hey, folks, hope you all had a great weekend. Another fun filled week of Android goodness is already off to a great start. Plenty of things happening in the forums right now. Also, if you're just starting out with Android and have some general questions and concerns remember our Help and How To forums is a great place to start. Don't be afraid to post whatever questions or concerns you...
Motorola reportedly to ship 700,000-800,000 Xoom tablets in first quarter of 2011 HTC EVO Shift 4G review Life isn't fair; neither are OS updates -- why a recent study doesn't predict the future BlackBerry 6.1 Application Platform Announced at DevCon Asia! More images of the...
Let's first off start by saying we have no idea what, exactly the recently announced Motorola i886 is running other then to say it's some form Android. With that out of the way, what you're looking at is apparently some sort of frankendroid built by Motorola and destined for Sprints iDen network. It has very few "normal" Android apps built into it and as noted by Phone Scoop's in-store...
Friday already? Feels like this week flew by with everything that was going on. If you've not had a chance yet to listen to the podcast, maybe this weekend you can set aside some time do so. We'll of course be here all weekend making sure we keep the news flowing for ya so grab yourself a seat and join us in the forums won't you? We've opened a few new ones up. More specifically, the...
.If you're an Alltel customer, chances are you haven't really been feeling the Android love from them. But that's not to say they aren't working on correcting that for you. Aside from the HTC Desire and Wildfire that is already available from Alltel customers can now pick up the LG Axis. The LG Axis sports 3.2-inch touchscreen, QWERTY sliding keyboard, a 3MP camera with Auto-Focus and...