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MyTouch 3G HD? First HSPA+ Phone for T-Mobile?

Well, that is the rumor at least. According to AndroidCentral, the above image is of a new phone for T-Mobile being called the “MyTouch 3G HD”. This device is also being rumored to possibly be the new HSPA+ phone that has been talked about lately as the HTC Vision/Blaze/Vangaurd. They are also saying that it does resemble the silhouette that …

How To: Root the Motorola Droid X

I. Before You Begin 1. This will root your device so you can use root required applications (like WiFi Tether etc). This will NOT allow you to flash custom ROMs, yet… II. Root the Phone 1. Download the Root .zip file DroidXRoot.zip 2. On your phone, go to Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging > and make sure …

Dell Says “No Plans to Support T-Mobile’s 3G Network At This Time”

So Dell has announced that they are ready to start pre-selling the Dell Streak tomorrow from Dell.com/Streak. While this is great new for AT&T users, for which the Streak will have full support for their 3G network, but they also announced that “At this point, we do not have plans for supporting T-Mobile’s 3G network; Dell Streak will not be …

How To: Load a Custom ROM on the HTC Incredible

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root the HTC Incredible (Unrevoked Method) procedure before doing this one. II. Loading a Custom ROM 1. Head over to our HTC Incredible ROMs section and choose a ROM you want to try. Download it and save it to your computer (do NOT extract it, leave it as a …

How To: Root the HTC Incredible (Unrevoked Method)

I. Before You Begin 1. This is the easiest method available to root. 2. This method will also flash a custom recovery image so you can start flashing ROMs immediately. 3. On your computer, go to Start > Control Panel > Programs > and Uninstall HTC Sync if it is installed before you continue. II. Root and Flash a Custom …

GIVEAWAY: Android Collectible Figurines (Forum Round)

Here is our round 2 giveaway for the Android Collectible Figurines! What better way to tell the rest of the office/household/world how much you love Android than with an Official Android Collectible Figurine! These little guys are 3″ tall made out of high quality vinyl and come in a sealed, blind box. There are a bunch of different versions of …

T-Mobile Officially Now Has the Largest Network with 4G Speeds

So just a little interesting tidbit of info. T-Mobile today just announced (relatively quietly) that their new HSPA+ 21mbps network now covers more than 85 million people and that pushes them past Sprint’s current WiMax coverage. What does that mean? Well, that T-Mobile is now the largest network with 4G speeds. Now, we say 4G speeds because HSPA+ is technically …

How To: Load a Custom ROM on the HTC Evo 4G

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root the HTC Evo 4G (Unrevoked Method) procedure before doing this one. 2. If the ROM you want to use requires NAND to be unlocked (like Cyanogen’s ROM), please do our How To Unlock NAND on the HTC Evo 4G procedure, then come back to this one to …

How To: Unlock NAND on the HTC Evo 4G

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST do our How To Root the HTC Evo 4G procedure, then come to this one to unlock NAND. 2. You would unlock your NAND to load certain custom ROMs (like Cyanogen’s). II. Setup ADB 1. Do our How To Setup ADB procedure. Once you can see your device’s serial number at the end …

How To: Root the HTC Evo 4G (Unrevoked Method)

Blurry Pictures and Videos of a New Verizon Droid Phone?

A Chinese site, HiAPK.com, have come across what seems to be some blurry shots of a new Droid device they believe is headed to Verizon here in the States. There is no way to confirm if this is a real device (the sheer blurriness of the photos and the super shady video might suggest its a fake to be honest. …

Windows Phone 7 Collection of Full Previews

Windows Phone 7 is still a few months away from any hardware coming to consumers but that doesn’t mean some sites aren’t getting prototypes to show off. Here is a collection of Windows Phone 7 previews/videos for you to check out all in one place. Please keep in mind that these are preview (not intended for retail sale units) and …

Droid 2 Official Images Surface

Thanks to an Engadget reader who decided to go searching through the Droid Does website’s source code, we have what very well might be the first official images of the Motorola A955 aka the Droid 2 for Verizon (even though we’ve seen some other fuzzy, leaked shots before). Engadget is also reporting that the device is slated for August this …

GIVEAWAY: Win an Android Collectible! (CLOSED)

What better way to tell the rest of the office/household/world how much you love Android than with an Official Android Collectible Figurine! These little guys are 3″ tall made out of high quality vinyl and come in a sealed, blind box. There are a bunch of different versions of the Androids to get, but since the boxes are sealed and …

Motorola Continues to Block Custom ROMs

So the original Motorola Droid is apparently going to be the last device without a digitally signed bootloader from Motorola. What does that mean? Well, it means that there is no flashing of custom recovery images and no easy way of flashing custom ROMs like the majority of Android devices. In a blog post on the Motorola Dev website, they …

Windows Phone 7 Beta Developer Tools Released, How To Get a Developer Phone

So any developers excited? Anyone ready to convert their Android/iPhone apps to the Windows Phone 7 arena and hopefully get there quick enough for their app that may be lost in the larger marketplaces to shine in the early days of the fledgling OS? Well, if you fall into that category or you just want to try you hand at …

Google Unveils Android App Inventor, Create Android Apps without Writing Code

Have an idea for an Android app but never learned how to write code? Or perhaps you are proficient in writing code but just too darn lazy to make that app you were thinking about? Well, Google wants to help. App inventor is a web-based program that you can use to make Android apps. It reminds me a bit of …

How To: Patch the HTC Tattoo to See All Market Apps

So because of the Tattoo’s unique resolution (240×320) a lot of the apps in the market don’t show up. This is because the majority are made for 320×480 or higher resolution screens. The thing is though, that even if an app is made for 320×480 Android will automatically scale it down to 240×320, so with a simple patch to tell …

T-Mobile’s First HSPA+ Phone Coming in September?

For those unaware, T-Mobile is in the process of rolling out their HSPA+ 3G network, this network upgrade already covers 25 markets and 75 million people in the US with plans to cover 185 million people by the end of the year. The main benefit of this network is that it will increase the speeds of all their current 3G …

Android 2.2 Nexus One vs iOS 4 Apple iPhone 4: Browser Speed Test

Engadget has put together a little test showing the speed differences between the iPhone 4 and the Nexus One’s browsers. The first test was done with Flash enabled on the Nexus One and the second test was done with it disabled (to make it fair since, as we all know, the iPhone doesn’t support Flash). Take a look at the …

Hummingbird Chipset vs Snapdragon Chipset

Samsung loves to talk about how their 1ghz Hummingbird chipset blows similar 1ghz processor chipsets out of the water (like the Snapdragon). Well, someone with a Samsung Galaxy S (running a Hummingbird chipset) and an HTC Desire (running a 1ghz Snapdragon chipset) decided to put that to the test by running Quake on both devices. Take a look at the …

T-Mobile’s HSPA+ to Get Even Faster by 2011?

According to TmoNews, the above picture was taken at a T-Mobile manager meeting held in Seattle last week. It would seem that T-Mobile has plans to double their up and coming HSPA+ network from 21mbps to 42mbps which would allow them to not have to switch to a new 4G technology to compete with Verizon’s LTE network due out at …

LG Launching “Optimus” Series of Phones, “One” and “Chic” To Be First. “Prime” Nowhere to Be Seen…

So not all the phones in LG’s new “Optimus” series will be Android, but at least the first two will. And not just any Android, LG says Android 2.2 will be on the phones at launch (not that amazing of a feat depending on how late these phones come out, considering rumors have Gingerbread scheduled for October, so we’ll see). …

HTC Vision New Specs?

So the old rumors might be dispelled with these new ones (or they could both be wrong and have some totally other features… oh, rumors). But regardless here are the latest rumors surround what seems to be HTC’s first high end Android phone with QWERTY keyboard (about time). 3.7″ Capacitive Touchscreen 1ghz Snapdragon Processor Slide out 4 row QWERTY keyboard …

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