Android fragmentation my ass! And everything works too — except wifi, bluetooth, data, hardware acceleration, camera, audio, rotation and presumably a lot of other things; but hey man, Honeycomb on a phone! Just finished flashing it, hitting reboot now… c’mon, gimme a sweet splash screen, most important thing’s the splash… Okay I got ANDROID in … Read more
Seems we Nexus S owners are still lagging behind the N1 a little bit in terms of getting our CyanogenMod release candidates zero day but an NS (Crespo) CM7 RC3 just hit the mirrors. If you’re into changelogs, I managed to find one detailed to the nightlies. If you clicked here looking for some Simmons … Read more
As it stands today, on the day of review and the precipice of its launch, the Play is looking out on a pretty barren gaming landscape. The Android titles up for grabs are not exclusive to the device and don’t necessarily benefit all that greatly from its unique control scheme, whereas the catalog of classic … Read more
Sammy is wanting to move some devices it appears and now would be a great time to score a Samsung Fascinate (Galaxy S Device) or a Samsung Galaxy Tab Android powered 7 inch tablet. I had a long opportunity to play with the Samsung Galaxy Tab and I really liked the device. It is not … Read more
AT&T just announced some revamped prices for the Spring. These are in store and online and require a new two year contract but there’s no mail in rebate: Samsung Captivate™ – $99.99 The Android™ 2.2 powered Samsung Captivate with 4” Super AMOLED display brings users a fully integrated entertainment, messaging and social networking experience packaged … Read more
Hot off the presses, it turns out the rumors were true. It’s interesting to note how they go about this. You’ll need the app to run in a sandbox in the Playbook for security. Also, you won’t be accessing the Android market. “Developers will simply repackage, code sign and submit their BlackBerry Java and Android … Read more
Walt Mossberg reviewed the Verizon Thunderbolt which runs on LTE/4G and putting everything else aside – those are some sick data rates. Here are his own words: I have been trying out the ThunderBolt and I have found it to be a speed demon. Simply put, when used on Verizon’s LTE network—which isn’t yet available … Read more
David has already posted on the AT&T HD7s and got us all excited about the first Windows 4.3inch screen device since, well since never as AT&T passed on the HTC HD2 that was home run for T-Mobile. That Epic Fail and the lack of a decent Android device forced many to consider the Apple iPhone … Read more
If you’ve been reading up on the AT&T-T-Mobile merger you probably heard that at the heart of this merger is AT&T getting lots of cell phone towers (and the bands that go with it). Turns out that between regulatory constraints, time and money it’s not so easy to just blanket a neighborhood with cell coverage … Read more
Google Voice and Sprint team up to provide deeper integration and added functionality. Sprint will be allowing customers to use their current Sprint mobile numbers as their Google Voice number. No longer will there be a need to tell everyone that you’ve got a new number when switching to Google Voice. This will benefit users … Read more
I’ve been running Android 2.2 for some time now on my HTC Aria, but have never liked the Voice Dialer that has come with the ROMs I’ve used (primarily the Liberated Aria Froyo Series from Attn!). The iPhone’s voice command is much better, as is, believe it or not, the old Windows Mobile 6.5! As … Read more
If you’re reading our site you probably have heard of Koushik Dutta for his Windows Mobile APIs or his Android exploits. Well Sony reached out to him in connection with a software engineer job at Sony and he informed them that he couldn’t work for Sony because of the legal actions they’ve brought against George … Read more