If it’s a wallet-friendly droid phone you are looking for on US Cellular, the Samsung Gem should fit the bill perfectly.  After being adopted by Alltel, the Gem is now available on US Cellular, going for a mere $29.99 with a new contract.  The feature set befits the light price tag and includes: 3.2 inch multitouch display 800MHz processor US Cellular network support with CDMA Rev. A 3G of up to 3.1Mbps Android 2.1 Eclair […]

As if its dual-core Cortex A9 1GHz processor wasn’t powerful enough, news has now come in that Samsung’s announced pack leader, the Galaxy S II, will be further upgraded to 1.2GHz, again with dual cores.  The stepup would not only make it the leader in the Samsung camp but also among the other Android smartphones with ARM Cortex processors.  This important bit of info was revealed due to a slipup by Samsung on its Estonian

We had it marked down for the 20th of April on our calendars, but it looks like we will see the Optimus G2X released well before that date (at least according to Android Central).  Android Central has received a snapshot revealing the rebranded-for-T-Mobile Optimus 2x scheduled for a release on April 15th although the exact price seems to have been left out. The same snapshot also reveals that the LG G-Slate with its 3D display

Google has released version 5.3 of Google Maps into the Market today. Some of the new features include: See your location history for Latitude (which includes things like how much time spent at home, work, out, etc. if you set those locations up). Check in at home, work, etc. Add your own aspects about places you rate (so you can add “service quality” to a restaurant and then rate that specifically). Head to the Market

Don’t get us wrong, we like the uberfast downloads that LTE/4G networks allow and equally love the HTC Thunderbolt, but with its 1400mAH battery, the device just doesn’t last for more than about 2 hours if under constant use. Viable solutions could include an extra battery pack but a better option would the ability to switch off 4G and surf the 3G waves for a while, a fair tradeoff for longer lasting battery life. Enter

A few days back, Three UK had announced that it will starting pushing out Gingerbread Android 2.3 update to the HTC Desire, most probably in late April/early May.   The UK carrier seems to be in a really good mood nowadays as once again, they have announced on Twitter that yet another device on their network, the Galaxy S, will be getting the 2.3 update OTA in “a couple of weeks.”  That is no more specific

With only a few hours to go before the official launch event, it seems like Boost Mobile just couldn’t wait to show off the newest acquisition for its network – the Galaxy Prevail.  This low-end smartphone from Samsung has been exposed on its official site and while it brings nothing special to write home about, it definitely suits the $179.99 price tag it wears.  The Galaxy Prevail features: CDMA radio for Boost Mobile’s CDMA network

The app may be designed for the tablet version of Android, but it seems to play nice with smaller displays too.  Apparently, a writer over at TechFrom10 was fortuitous enough to somehow get a test market on to his phone and with a  little more digging, unearthed the 3.0.336 music player embedded.  The app brings a “Recent” section that is complete with album previews and features a revamped UI with a currently non-working streaming music

There were already rumors doing the rounds in February about Sony’s foray into the Android tablet market, but this latest update from the company’s own top exec seems to add further truth to the hearsay.  Howard Stringer, Sony’s CEO, has gone on the record to Nikkei that not only is there such a device but it will be released before the summer runs out.  As for its specs, the CEO didn’t reveal much but the

While Samsung and Google have been mum on release of Android 3.0 to the popular 7-inch tablet, developer Spacemoose1 over at XDA seems hard at work to actually get the thing on to the tablet.  The efforts have already paid off to some extent and there is now a working, albeit unstable, release of the Honeycomb for the CDMA version of this device.  The only functional components as of now are its base system and

Three UK has recently announced that it will be pushing out the Android 2.3 update for the HTC Desire very soon, most likely before this month is up or in early May.  The UK carrier has announced the same on Twitter, saying: Yes there is, it’s coming in for testing on Monday, so end of April early May is the plan. That’s all well and good for Three UK users, but what about the other