Kurt resides in sunny Southern California and when he's not tinkering around on one of his HTC EVO phones, you'll find him mountain biking in the surrounding hills. He started customizing the software of his phones with the Palm Pre and Homebrew community and has been hooked on it ever since, continuing over with his switch to Android and the EVO 4G. With a love for bleeding edge technology and countless hours spent waiting in line for the next big device to be released, it's a wonder how he doesn't have four separate lines on the big four carriers in the U.S. You can find all of Kurt's posts here.
Voting for the 2012 Webby Awards has come to a close and the winners have been announced. A few of our favorite Android apps inlcuding Google Wallet, SwiftKey X, and Evernote all brought home awards. Last month, we mentioned how close Google Wallet and SwiftKey were in the Experimental & Innovation category. It turns out Google Wallet prevailed and was handed the Webby Award for...
It's been a glorious past week for EVO 3D owners. It started off with HTC releasing the kernel source followed up by unrevoked and AlphaRev releasing their Revolutionary tool to obtain S-OFF and install a custom recovery. They call it a "developer preview" as it's meant for developers and power users alike to get started hacking away on the month old device. Although their site...
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Here's something to whet the appetites of EVO 3D and Sensation 4G owners alike, an overclock to 1.7GHz! Michael Huang, the developer of SetCPU, posted this picture to Twitter of the EVO 3D running his application and clocked at 1728MHz. Yes, the EVO 3D is still S-ON and still only has temporary root (no custom ROMs or kernels) but this was accomplished with a loadable kernel module...
Calling all Angry Birds players! If you've "3 starred" all the levels in Angry Birds Rio, you have some more work to do. Amazon has released an update via their Appstore for Android bringing the current version to 1.2.0. Well what's new in this update? A whole new episode! It's time to Samba! 15 all-new levels New bird type So start flinging those birds, especially the new one...
Google recently sent out an e-mail informing those who have integrated their Google Voice number with their Sprint phone number that there has been a change to their account. In the Sprint and Google partnership, privacy and security have been given close attention, and that's a trend that's continuing with the change -- the automatic enabling of your voicemail PIN. This change was...
Google released the first update to their new Music app today bringing it up to version 3.0.1. In this rendition, the ability to delete songs stored on the SD card was added and it brought about some bug fixes as well. Our tipster, Adam, is reporting that the new update has eliminated some force closes users were experiencing on some custom Gingerbread ROMs.As you should know, this...
In documents made available today from the FCC, it's been revealed that HTC has submitted a request to modify the back cover of the Thunderbolt to allow for wireless charging. Bringing the convenience of this from an OEM could prove to be a great step in the right direction for HTC. We already know LG plans on implementing this and with the Palm Pre approaching it's 2nd birthday,...
Well, folks, if you're itching to get your hands on the Sense 3.0-touting EVO 3D like most of us with EVO 4Gs are, you can now have a taste of Sense 3.0 that you can download and install on your rooted EVO 4G. You have to be running a Sense 2.1-based Gingerbread ROM, then download and install the .apk file, reboot your phone, and voila! A beautiful new Sense lockscreen awaits. It...
Apparently Cinco de Mayo isn't just a day for celebration and drinking, phone manufacturers like to join in on the fun, too. Sony Ericsson announced a new addition to its Xperia line of phones, the Xperia Acro, the Japanese cousin to the SE Xperia Arc.In a press release, Sony Ericsson told us its new phone would have Android 2.3 on board, huzzah! It's always a good sign to see...
Electronic Arts Inc. will be adding Australian-based developer Firemint Pty Ltd. to its list of studios. Firemint, if you've been out of the mobile gaming loop lately, is the genius behind the game Flight Control, among others. Although financial details remain under wraps, we do know the nearly 60 people employed at Firemint will still operate out of Melbourne with their aim to keep...
Set to roll out in phases, a software update for Android's candy bar with a keyboard, the Motorola Droid Pro, released late this week adds data encryption of contents stored on the microSD card and the phone itself along with a slew of other enhancements. Amongst the changes, Exchange ActiveSync received a healthy update to it's policies, email, and calendar, plus some bug fixes. ...
Following the news last week that Best Buy had put it's pre-order page up for the Gingerbread-rocking Sprint Samsung Nexus S 4G, some of you will be glad to know that the official ordering page is now up, albeit without an ETA. The $199.99 new two-year contract or upgrade price holds true and but if you're looking to buy this pure Google experience outright, expect to pony up almost...
Fascinate owners rejoice! At last, the only one of the U.S. Samsung Galaxy S phones still stuck on Eclair is now getting... Froyo! Verizon Wireless announced this morning that it will begin the update process tomorrow, April 21, available as a manual update (i500.ED01) with step-by-step instructions from the Fascinate's support site. This update will bring a lot of welcomed Froyo...
Sony Ericsson posted their first-quarter earnings for 2011 earlier today and despite lower sales figures, their outlook is positive. Total revenue dropped 19% year-over-year to 1,145 million Euros (~$1.64 billion USD) down from 1,405 million Euros. However, the average selling price for devices increased from 134 to 141 Euros (~$202 USD). This increase was due to a move away from...