Google and Android – Page 137

T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling comes to Android

October 7, 2025October 7, 2010 by Doug Smith

T-Mobile has already had Wifi calling for their Nokia and BlackBerry devices but have announced today that they would be bringing to some Android devices as well. Starting “around” the Holidays, TMO says that it will be available on the T-Mobile myTouch and the Motorola DEFY with MOTOBLUR. T-Mobile states that they have over 40 … Read more

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is Now Available on Android

April 7, 2016October 7, 2010 by David K

Like the title states, it’s true. It’s $7.99 in the Android Market and includes: Rock This Way– Pass through 18 challenging achievements to top the leader boards and become the best rocker in the world Full Blast- Enjoy full length songs and superior high quality controls Tune In- Experience the new epic look designed for … Read more

Motorola S10-HD BT Headset Announced – Great For Gyms

April 7, 2016October 6, 2010 by David K

I have to start by telling you I own the Motorola S9 which is now two generations behind the newly released S10-HD and I still like it a lot. Like the S9, the S10-HD features a style and weight that’s perfect for working out in. They have a solid fit that go behind your neck … Read more

Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Crackle Launches First Full-Length Movie and Television Service for Android

October 7, 2025October 6, 2010 by David K

Wow that’s a long title but I wanted to get that out of the way. Crackle lets Android users stream full-length, unedited movies and television series over wifi and 3G. They also have some original series. The Crackle app is available as a free download offering access to the network’s roster of original programming and … Read more

Verizon and Motorola Unveil CITRUS

April 7, 2016October 6, 2010 by Kristofer Brozio

Umm so now we have phones being named after fruit? I have to wonder who comes up with the names for phones, seriously though naming a phone after a fruit? I can see it now. “What kind of phone do you have?” “I’ve got the Citrus!” “You’ve got an orange?” “No I’ve got the Motorola Citrus” “I didn’t know Motorola was into fruits and vegetables!” Yeah I can see that conversation going many ways, and not any of them very good for the guy who owns the phone…

Droid Pro is Coming to Verizon

April 7, 2016October 6, 2010 by Kristofer Brozio

It’s nice to see a ‘professional’ phone coming that uses the Android operating system. Most of the phones out there today aren’t exactly business oriented, but this the Droid Pro is. It’s got a 1ghz CPU along with a nice qwerty keyboard and it even comes with 2gigs ram inside and 2gig externally. There’s no word on price but somehow I don’t think it will be cheap..

John Gruber likes Windows Phone 7, not so much Android

October 7, 2025October 6, 2010 by Ramon Trotman

John Gruber is a well known advocate of apple’s much loved iOS platform, some even say fan boy. No matter what you call him, his thoughts in the mobile world carries a great deal of weight. John spoke about his impressions with Windows Phone 7 on his Podcast. Much to everyone’s surprise, he had very … Read more

The Wolfram|Alpha App for Android Has Landed

October 7, 2025October 6, 2010 by David K

If you have Android and know what Wolfram Alpha is get ready to part with $2 since the app is now available for Android users (1.6 and higher) and it even includes voice search. “The app puts Wolfram|Alpha’s growing repository of curated data, including over ten trillion data elements, and its library of tens of … Read more

Droid Pro Announced – Froyo In A Blackberry Style

April 7, 2016October 5, 2010 by David K

I saw the press release and just kept doing a double take. Yup, that’s a full QWERTY keyboard right there and it’s not sliding out. I sort of appreciate it after seeing such an extreme move away from physical keyboards. So what does it offer? 3.1” screen; 1ghz processor; 4gb memory (2gb internal, 2gb removable) … Read more

HTC EVO Awarded Popular Mechanic’s Breakthrough Award

April 7, 2016October 5, 2010 by David K

Popular Mechanic gives out awards for cell phones? Go figure. Anyway, today they’ve announced that a (there’s more than one winner for different categories) Breakthrough Award was given to the HTC EVO. “Breakthrough Awards recognizing the innovators and products poised to change the world in the fields of technology, medicine, aviation, environmental engineering and more. … Read more

Android 1.5/1.6 on More Than 25% Of Android Phones

April 7, 2016October 4, 2010 by David K

So Google’s numbers reveal that it’s starting to push out more and more 2.x phones. of course, a lot of that is new phones which tend to be using those builds (but not always). Of course, there are over a quarter of all users still on 1.5 or 1.6 which means you have some compatibility … Read more

R2D2 Droid 2 Wallpapers Find Their Way To XDA

October 7, 2025September 30, 2010 by David K

Been eyeing those Droid 2 R2D2 wallpapers? Over at XDA there’s a thread containing the static wallpapers and the following live wallpapers: Millennium Falcon Asteroid Field, Jump to Light Speed, Interactive R2D2 and Space Slug. Now all you need is a copy of Star Wars in 3D to do it right.