Android News, Reviews and Phones
Updated Opera browsers to show off mobile payments and social networks at Barcelona 18 Feb 2012, 23:05 13
First released at MWC in 2010, Opera's Android browsers appear to be getting some major plastic surgery...
HTC patent infringement claim against Apple dismissed by ITC 18 Feb 2012, 22:15 26
HTC, despite purchasing S3 for $300 million to gain control of the firm's patents, is now 0 for 2 against...
Notion Ink releases Adam ICS Beta ROM, but it's a bit raw 18 Feb 2012, 17:42 4
Notion Ink CEO Rohan Shravan has been keeping everyone up to speed on the development process for the...
Saving Yello hands-on 18 Feb 2012, 16:58
So what do you get when you place those tempered birds from Angry Birds with a lonesome goldfish looking...
Samsung Galaxy S III resolution may have been leaked 18 Feb 2012, 16:37 49
A leaked User Agent Profile (UAProf) is one of the least reliable sources of accurate information about...
Huawei drops some teaser pics of the Ascend D1 Q 18 Feb 2012, 15:15 6
n its efforts to keep the hype up, Huawei’s marketing team dropped a set of teaser images via China’s...
March Madness not free this year for streaming on mobile devices 18 Feb 2012, 02:20 3
Last year, many with the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad were able to catch the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament...
Motorola DROID X marks the spot for new Motorola soak test 17 Feb 2012, 23:48 7
Motorola is sending out requests for those with a Motorola DROID X to participate in a soak test of software...
Flash storage to blame for sluggish smartphone performance says study 17 Feb 2012, 22:49 22
The Georgia Institute of Technology says that the type and brand of microSD card used on your smartphone...
Eric Schmidt planning to sell $1.45B of his Google stock 17 Feb 2012, 19:47 15
The sheer amount of money involved here is absurd, and frankly it depresses us just a bit. The Wall Street...
HTC announces the Thunderbolt, Rhyme, and Incredible 2 to get ICS update 17 Feb 2012, 15:04 30
HTC took to Facebook today to announce that three of their popular Verizon handsets would receive a helping...
Specs leak for rumored Asus Transformer TF300T tablet 17 Feb 2012, 14:04 4
If the Asus Eee Pad Transformer is TF101 and the Asus Transformer Prime is TF201, what is the Asus TF300T?...
HP CEO: ZOMG, Android to be closed after Motorola purchase! 17 Feb 2012, 10:36 47
HP CEO Meg Whitman decided to open up the "Android will be closed!" line in an attempt to explain why...
Samsung Galaxy S Advance Preview 17 Feb 2012, 09:35
SkyDrive integration coming with Sense 4.0, reveals HTC One X ROM ported to the Sensation 17 Feb 2012, 09:07 2
That leaked ROM from the HTC One X the other day? Why, it got ported to the Sensation, of course, in...
Quad-core Motorola Atrix 3 concept sounds too good with 3300mAh battery, HD screen and 2GB of RAM 17 Feb 2012, 06:48 50
The Atrix 3 concept is mocked up with a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and 10MP camera with dual LED flash....
Motorola DROID 4 vs Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 17 Feb 2012, 05:21
GIGABYTE GSmart G1355 17 Feb 2012
GIGABYTE GSmart G1355 is another affordable Android device that combines dual-SIM functionality with...
WebMobi takes making smartphone apps to a dummy level 17 Feb 2012, 03:54
WebMobi is a solution for those who wish to make a simple, yet functional mobile application for Android,...
Google Drive cloud storage up for some users, seems integrated with other Google services 17 Feb 2012, 03:42 4
The service is said to take on the myriad of cloud storage solutions that everyone is outing these days,...
Amazon Kindle Fire 2 might start shipping as early as May 17 Feb 2012, 03:09 4
The Amazon Kindle Fire 2 could start shipping in May or June of 2012, according to sources in the component...
Google filed for patent on Notification Bar in 2009, patent still pending 17 Feb 2012, 02:58 61
There are many Android fans out there wondering why Google hasn't taken Apple to court for the addition...
HTC One X rumored with on-screen buttons only, more specs leak 17 Feb 2012, 02:30 17
The latest spill about it says that it won't have any buttons but the power/lock and the volume keys...
Google patent filing for unlocking system revealed 16 Feb 2012, 22:45 26
With a German court ruling that Motorola had infringed on Apple's "slide-to-unlock" patent, Google has...
Apple iPhone 4S was the biggest competitor for the Apple iPad 2 in holiday quarter 16 Feb 2012, 18:57 26
The Apple iPad 2's biggest competition in the holiday quarter was none other than its stablemate, the...
Skype, Swype get Android updates 16 Feb 2012, 17:17 5
The latest update for Skype has been released on the Android Market and it brings a new calling interface...
Why it won't be Jelly Bean released this summer 16 Feb 2012, 13:36 30
It looks as though an article like this is going to have to become a yearly staple for us, because this...
Samsung Stratosphere getting BOGO'd at Verizon with new $99 contract price 16 Feb 2012, 12:49 6
Verizon's first LTE enabled phone that has a physical QWERTY keyboard, the Samsung Stratosphere, is not...
Fujitsu to enter Android tablet market in Q2, release Transformer competitor in Q3 16 Feb 2012, 12:42 1
Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu has shown off a road map that includes Android tablets and "Transformer-like"...
China to take its time approving Googerola deal 16 Feb 2012, 10:34 16
China may be in no hurry to approve the Google-Motorola deal ahead of its March 20th headline, instead...
Google Maps for Android receives a minor update that brings improved battery performance and bug fixes 16 Feb 2012, 10:21 10
Getting even more love than ever, Google Maps for Android is seeing yet another software update – though,...
AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note LTE won't support T-Mobile's AWS for HSPA+ 16 Feb 2012, 09:36 24
AT&T’s humongous Samsung Galaxy Note LTE with its 5.3-inch screen is the perfect beast of a phone for...
HTC unlocking bootloaders on older devices, now 58 HTC phones in total are set free 16 Feb 2012, 07:53 4
After leaks showed that HTC is readying a big comeback at MWC in less than two weeks with three new phones,...
HTC coming back big at MWC with three phones: HTC One V, HTC One X, and HTC One S 16 Feb 2012, 07:11 34
HTC is coming back big at MWC in less than two weeks with three new phones: the HTC One X, HTC One S,...
Is the LG Optimus LTE coming to Europe? MWC 2012 invitation suggests so 16 Feb 2012, 06:54
The LG Optimus LTE, or at least a variant of the smartphone, may be coming to the European market in...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) vs Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus: spot the difference 16 Feb 2012, 05:55 19
Announced just a couple of days back, the ever so amusingly named Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) was introduced...
Select HTC Sensation and Sensation XE owners get an early taste of Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense UI 16 Feb 2012, 03:49 3
An early preview of Android 4.0 with Sense UI will be released to a few hundred HTC Sensation and Sensation...
HTC opens up the bootloader on more devices including the HTC DROID ERIS 16 Feb 2012, 02:40 3
HTC continues to unlock the bootloader on some of its older devices as the latest list includes the HTC...
Sony's Ericsson stake buyout a done deal, phones will be branded just Sony and part of the "four-screen" strategy 16 Feb 2012, 02:36 2
Sony announced it had completed entirely the Ericsson stake buyout paperwork, and the Sony Ericsson joint-venture...
Is Android 5.0 Jelly Bean ready for a Summer launch? 16 Feb 2012, 01:12 49
According to DigiTimes, Google wants to beat Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 by rolling out Android 5.0...
Apple expands current suit against Samsung to include Samsung Galaxy Players and others 16 Feb 2012, 00:14 19
While focusing on the Samsung GALAXY Nexus with its latest lawsuit filing against Samsung, Apple is adding...
What's a Motorola DROID BIONIC sans microSD card? $99 on contract 15 Feb 2012, 22:47 16
Remember when the Motorola DROID BIONIC was the next big thing for Verizon? The long wait, the hype,...
Comic shows what happens when Mr. iPhone meets Mr. Note 15 Feb 2012, 21:34 63
Need a laugh? Check out this comic strip adventure of what happened when Mr. iPhone meets Mr. Note; of...
Asus Transformer ICS update delayed to as late as March 15 Feb 2012, 21:00 3
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer was supposed to get updated this very month to Android 4.0 and according...
Android 4.0 users soon to get streaming video from Time Warner Cable 15 Feb 2012, 16:10 5
Good news for Android owners who are subscribers to Time Warner Cable as a tweet is telling us that streaming...
The Personal Data Trade, and Apple's new permission requirement 15 Feb 2012, 15:57 14
First of all, let's just get the blatant question out of the way: why weren't apps required before to...
HTC Endeavor, HTC Ville get christened with official names 15 Feb 2012, 12:14 33
The here-to-fore unrevealed branding of the HTC Ville and HTC Endeavor have leaked out, according to...
Motorola adds more phones to ICS upgrade list 15 Feb 2012, 11:49 63
Motorola updated its list of upcoming updates, adding several recent phones to the list for pending ICS...
Cornerstone splits your tablet screen to allow work with three apps at a time, might get into CM9 15 Feb 2012, 09:34 8
There is a drawer for two apps on the right-hand side of the screen, which can be called at any time...
Motorola giving away 20 Droid 4 handsets in exchange for your Androidified picture 15 Feb 2012, 09:20 5
Well, who said Valentine’s Day does not come for robots? It has come for Android, and if you or your...
Acer squeezes out a small profit in Q4 2011 15 Feb 2012, 09:05
Acer has been undergoing a lengthy transformation process of switching its focus to mobile devices. The...
TheO is a foam ball to put your smartphone in, throw it around 15 Feb 2012, 08:41 8
The 2012 Toy Fare in New York might seem like the last place where you find smartphone related stuff,...
Is a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 about to be unveiled at MWC? 15 Feb 2012, 08:32 26
A device known as the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has been mentioned, supposedly by accident, on Samsung's...
Gigabyte GSmart G1355 unveiled: affordable dual-SIM Android with 4.3-inch display 15 Feb 2012, 06:49 2
Here’s another affordable Android device that combines dual-SIM functionality with a huge 4.3-inch screen...
Samsung Galaxy Note LTE Review 15 Feb 2012, 06:32
The quad-core LG X3 scores crazy on the new Quadrant, coming with 2000mAh battery to feed a 4.7" HD display 15 Feb 2012, 05:51 39
It looks like the LG X3 will be one of the monster phones for this year, as insiders have leaked its...
Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos unveiled, arrives along with two dual-SIM Androids in India 15 Feb 2012, 05:21 1
The Samsung Galaxy Ace stands right between the mid and low-range Android segments, and this along with...
App Store beats Android Market in new submissions three to one now due to fragmentation 15 Feb 2012, 04:25 19
Apple's iOS application store has beat the Android Market shop in new submissions in January more than...
32GB GSM Galaxy Nexus nixed by Samsung, white and silver 16GB versions arriving on Verizon 15 Feb 2012, 03:48 13
It's not the first time Samsung will be doing it, but the purported GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy...
Motorola DROID 3 could be close to an update 15 Feb 2012, 02:15 2
The developer community has come across a pair of new builds for the Motorola DROID 3, both if which...








