Google and Android

Not everything peachy in EVO land?

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By now, the name EVO should ring a great many bells when mentioned. As sprint’s new knight in shining armor (excuse yourself Mr. Palm Pre,) and HTC’s latest piece of cutting edge technology, this device is nothing short of amazing! Or is it?

Michael Arrington over at Tech Crunch has a few points to be made against the device. This article caught my attention for more than a few reasons, but of all these reasons, the one that stood out was a dozy! This was coming from an Android user, one who embraced the platform with open arms! hmmmmm.

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Verizon Wireless LG Ally Get Reviewed

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Our good friend Kristofer over at Test Freaks just posted a review that I thought some of you might want to have a look at. If you are a Verizon Customer looking for a Android device then the Ally might be on your list to check out and Kristofer puts it to the test:

“Today for review I’ve got another phone for you, this time one for the Verizon network, it’s the LG Ally, an Android based phone that they’re calling a superphone. The Ally is running the newer version of Android, and for the most part it seems similar to other versions, but it does seem much snappier and quicker, but it could be the hardware in the phone that helps that along. I’ve enjoyed my time with this phone, it has a nice sized full QWERTY keyboard, yes it’s slider, but the buttons are nice to type on for whatever you’re doing be texting or sending an email. I’m surprised with the battery life, it’s very good, my experience with Android based phones and battery life hasn’t been a good one, but the LG Ally can last a couple days without recharging it. The Ally also features a decent 3.2Mp camera that even has a macro mode, so read on to learn more about a fairly decent phone from Verizon and LG… “

I am not sure that I would call the Ally a “superphone” when there are devices like the Verizon HTC Incredible available with some stronger hardware features, but Kristofer does a great review and is a good read. So head on over to Test Freaks and check it out if you are in the market for a new Verizon Android Device. Jump after the break for the specs on the Ally;

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Motorola Milestone Coming To Cellular South

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Cellular South Customer will be getting their first taste of some High Powered Android devices this year when it releases the Motorola Milestone. The Milestone:

  • The world’s thinnest QWERTY keyboard.
  • The largest hi-res Android screen (3.7" widescreen display).
  • Android 2.1, featuring voice recognition,
    GPS (with turn-by-turn navigation), 3D wallpapers.
  • Google™ Mobile Services built-in, including Google Maps™,
    Google Talk™, GMail™, and YouTube™.
  • Quick and easy access to tens of thousands of apps
    via Android Market™.

    • Cellular South, which is the nations largest Privately held wireless carrier is jumping on the Android Wagon with both feet with the Milestone. Pretty safe bet with all the success it’s Motorola Droid cousin is having. Pricing or release date has yet to be determined but we will keep you posted. Press release after the break:

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      Sprint HTC EV0 4G Breaks Sales Records

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      The folks at Sprint are probably smiling this morning after having a record breaking weekend with the Sprint HTC EVO 4G. Record sales and product outages have been reported for Sprint Customers wanting to get their hands on this device:

      The record pace of HTC EVO 4G sales led to temporary shortages of the device at some of the 22,000 sales locations across the United States, including Sprint retail stores, national retail partners including RadioShack, Best Buy and Walmart, and indirect dealers. Sprint and HTC are diligently working around the clock to increase inventory in all sales channels. Additional shipments are arriving in retail stores on a regular basis with many stores seeing daily deliveries.

      It is really good to see high end smartphone devices getting this much attention. If you remember the T-Mobile was also, and still is running on great sales and product shortages. So be patient for those of you still waiting and for those of you sproting your new EVO, drop us a comment and let us know first hand what you think!

      Got a press release after the break from Spring on their record weekend.

       

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      Verizon Promo Video On Smartphones

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      I thought some of you might like to check this out. Verizon just posted a Promo Video on YouTube about all their current Smartphones. Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Palm, and Android all get a turn. I was really surprised to see Windows Mobile, but a large amount of the focus went to the Kin Device that … Read more

      Rooted Evo 4G Users Get Unlimited Wifi/Bluetooth Tether App

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      Evo 4G users can finally save themselves another $30 per month from having to pay for Sprint’s hotsopt app because some awesome developers, Harald Mue and Andrew Robinson, developed a new app called “Android-Wifi-Tether”. This app will basically allow Evo 4G users to enjoy unlimited free WiFi/Bluetooth tethering. Downlaod the app here but make sure … Read more

      Dell Streak rooted already.

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      While Simmons was looking for kool-aid over at Androidcentral.com he stumbled on this bit of news.  Seems one of the guys over at MoDaCo has already rooted the sucker, allowing for all that awesome under-the-hood access and my personal favorite: removing all the ads in Android.  Now we just need someone who can figure out how the hell to … Read more

      Droid Does Froyo

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      Congratulations Droid owners, you are now (unofficially) invited to the Android 2.2 Froyo party thanks to P3Droid of MyDroidWorld. In case you never got the memo, with Froyo you may calculate a lot more megaflops per second, screw around with Flash 10.1/AIR, much faster javascripting, autoupdate your tushy off, better Exchange integration, wifi hostpot and USB … Read more

      Mobility Digest Review: Wirefly HTC HD2 Vs. HTC Evo 4G Comparison

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      Wirefly, the internet’s #1 authorized retailer of cell phones and cell phone plans did a comparison review between the two best phones, hardware wise, on the market right now. Watch the video below.

      More details from the review, including comparison  chart and prices after the break or head over to wirefly directly.

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