Far be it from us to scoff at that hideously square Motorola Android phone -- possibly called the Twist -- that made the rounds over the weekend, but, well, it was pretty bad. But just because it's bad doesn't mean it might not exist, and Android France snagged what appears to be specs of the blockish Motoblur device. Size is listed at 67x67mm, and just less than 16mm thick, with a 2.8-...
Might Google be working on an Android-based tablet? The New York Times says yes (and there's really no reason for anybody to think that Google doesn't have a host of new products being tested underground somewhere), reporting that Google CEO Eric Schmidt was blabbing about it recently.[Schmidt] told friends at a recent party in Los Angeles about the new device, which would exclusively...
The Motorola Devour (video hands-on) came at a tough point in the smartphone world. It's the first Android device from Moto and Verizon to come after the wildly popular Droid. And while we pretty much knew from the get-go that we weren't looking at a Droid 2 -- the smaller screen was an early giveaway -- that didn't really seem to lower expectations. In some ways, Moto met them. In...
So Verizon has some "journey" that it's beginning on Monday. While we're all waiting on the HTC Incredible to be announced any day now, we're not quite sure it fits the "it's new, it's unique" line that Big Red's touting here. Instead, it's quite possible that it's referring to the fabled Microsoft "Project Pink" that's also rumored to be announced then, and that certainly would match...
In case you hadn't noticed yet, Google Earth is once again available on the Motorola Droid with Android 2.1. (It was missing for some people after the update, and there for others. Why? We dunno.) Anyhoo, we decided to have a little fun with it and put it side by side against the Google Nexus One (also running Android 2.1, natch) to see which phone better ran the hefty app -- it still...
Remember that update for the Motorola Cliq that was being tested a week or so ago? It's now available for all to download. No, it's not an update to Android 2.1 or anything, but there are a slew of improvements, which we'll list after the break. In the and while you're reading, get to updating, m'kay? [Motorola] Thanks to everybody who sent this in. Relocated “End Call” Button: The “...
The Nexus One car dock has arrived, and we've mounted it in our venerable Honda Accord for a quick spin around the block, and for a few photos in the garage. (More on that in a bit.) Join us after the break as we see what all the hubbub's about, and whether the Nexus One car dock is worth the $55 you'll have to shell out for it. The hardware The dock is a basic ball-and-socket pivot...
The HTC Incredible's manual has made it into the hands of Phandroid, and there's not much surprising inside. It appears to be, for all intents and purposes, pretty much the same as the HTC Desire we saw at Mobile World Congress in February. The design has changed, slightly -- Verizon's known for going a bit more blocky than what HTC originally produces -- but otherwise you pretty much...
Phil and Mickey are back to talk Droid 2.1 fallout, where the heck is the Verizon Nexus One (and the Incredible), as well as the rest of the week's Android news.
Ready for some more device rumors? The latest comes from Engadget, which says June 13 is the likely Sprint Evo 4G launch date -- don't worry about it being a Sunday, that's normal for Sprint -- though a week earlier is in the running, too.Another question they may be answering is how much extra access to Sprint's WiMax network may cost, and it's looking to be between $10 and $20. While...
In one of the grandest smartphone news events that nobody saw, Motorola today launched OCNN -- the Ocho Cinco News Network -- all Chad Johnson (we don't care what he changed his name to) all the time. So when the million-follower Twitterer (hey, that's what they said, never mind it's only 826,000) is tweeting platitudes, what he had for breakfast, or how he's planning on actually...
It's that time of week again, where we share with you our favorite Android applications. Join us after the break! Casey Chan - Yelp It's simple really, I like to eat. As such, I like to discover new places to eat and there's few better ways to do that than through Yelp. Yelp is especially helpful because it uses your location to determine its listings, which is doubly important if...
Update: And it's now available for $55 plus shipping at google.com/phone. [via official Nexus One blog]Original: One piece of the Nexus One puzzle that's been missing for a bit has been the car dock, which we saw teased in the making-of videos back in early February. But now it has a proper place in Google's Nexus One help articles. And from it we learn:The dock has a built-in speaker...
That blurry little feller you see? Reportedly it's the Samsung Moment 2 -- SPH-M910, for those of you into such things. Not too much to go on, other than it has Android 2.1 and TouchWiz 3.0 -- before you groan, that's the same version as is on the Galaxy S. Also, there's no Super AMOLED screen. For that matter, it's not said whether it's regular ol' AMOLED, normal OLED, LED, unleaded or...
No, folks, we weren't kidding when I said I was giving away my original Nexus One. And to prove it, we're giving you a sneak peak at the first batch of contest entries. (And, no, there's nothing wrong with it, and I don't know about any super secret Nexus One that's coming out.) Oh, so now you want to enter? OK. Go here and read up on the particulars. You have until the end of the month...
Let's talk Bluetooth headsets for a second, shall we? They're not exactly everybody's favorite thing to use, but they're a must-have in the car if you want to stay safe and legal. After the break, we take a look at the Motorola Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset. The tech We first got a look at the HX1 back at CES. It features a "CrystalTalk" dual-microphone system that helps cancel out...
Look, we're just gonna come out and say it: It hasn't been announced yet, but the HTC Incredible is coming to Verizon. This should not be news to anybody. We've already seen it on video with a Verizon-branded ROM. We've seen it in Verizon's system not once, but twice. It's in the CelleBrite system. It's basically the worst-kept secret Verizon has these days. And above, we see activation...
Yeah, we wrote that headline with our tongue firmly planted in our cheek -- Motorola today took to Twitter and Facebook to confirm that the Android 2.1 update indeed is being pushed out to the Droid in stages. Or, you can skip the wait and update manually with handy how-to instructions, follow along with our step-by-step video, or get more help in the forums. Oh, and here's Moto's...
HTC's February press event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was a double coming-out party -- it brought us the new version of the Sense user interface, and it also brought us the HTC Legend. The Legend is the follow-up to the venerable HTC Hero, which was the first Android phone to feature Sense. After the break, we take a look at the Legend and its slick new hardware revision....
Tinfoil hats on, everybody! It appears that the Android 2.1 update that the Motorola Droid is in the midst of receiving tweaked the code a tad and changed the way graphics are processed, with a slower frame rate as a result. We haven't noticed too great a decrease, but the numbers don't lie, we suppose. Check out developer Phil Issler's video after the break, and sound off if your Droid...