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CyanogenMod drops support for the Samsung Vibrant due to 911 problems

When the Vibrant was released last year on T-Mobile, the smartphone was adopted widely and sat at the top of the line when it came to choosing a fully featured Android device.  Needless to say, the developer realm converged on this Galaxy S variant and dished out ROMs to make […]

Adobe Flash Player for Android updated; fixes various security issues

Adobe’s long-term goals may be set on HTML5 rather than Flash for Android, but the company has continued to work on the platform to fix what they can before they move on.  They have just released an update for the Android Flash app, which brings the version number up to

Video: Android 4.0 on the Motorola Xoom

A video posted on GoogleMobile’s YouTube channel is all the proof some need to assume that the Ice-Cream Sandwich update for the Motorola’s Pure Google Experience tablet, Xoom, is in the oven.  The video, intended to showcase Android 4.0’s prowess to display Google Images on a tablet, is clearly using

T-Mobile Amaze 4G getting an update to add WiFi calling and Google Music

This dual-cored beast released a couple of months back is still a little too young to receive ICS 4.0 but the update released now still adds some pretty vital features.  Like WiFi calling, for example, which should enable users to switch seamlessly between GSM and WiFi hotspots and the addition

Minor update en route for the Samsung Epic 4G Touch

It’s not Ice-Cream Sandwich – that will remain a no-go for some more time – but the Sprint variant of the Galaxy S2 is getting a fix to solve an issue with sudden signal drops.  The update, labeled S:D710.0.5S.EK02, is already on its way to devices across the country and

AT&T Captivate Glide now rooted

If any of our readers have been itching for some custom ROM action on their QWERTY device called the Captivate Glide on AT&T, you should know that the device is now rootable and ready to take on some custom ROMs once they start appearing.  The same goes for the Rogers

Nokia N900 gets an early build of Ice-Cream Sandwich OS

Nokia may be reluctant to start bedding with Google for its OS needs, but efforts are being made to get their yesteryear flagship dev phone, the N900, to at least have a one-night stand with Google’s latest issue, Ice-Cream Sandwich.  A developer going by the name of Drunkdebugger seems to

CyanogenMod 9 brings Android 4.0 to the Samsung Nexus S

The Nexus S is next in line only to the famed Galaxy Nexus but does that mean you shouldn’t get some custom ROM action on the side until then? Hell no, according to Koush, of the CyanogenMod Team who has just busted out a ROM based on the Ice-Cream Sandwich

HTC HD2 gets an Android 4.0 port, currently in beta

This handset should have been dead and buried by now, but the HD2 seems to be more resilient than we thought.  The aging device, initially outed with Windows Mobile OS, has been through many phases, mostly during its latter years, ultimately making its jump on to the Android bandwagon which

Telus 4G Samsung Galaxy SII X to get Android 4.0 some time in 2012

The announcement really doesn’t narrow the time frame down but now that the official endorsement is out, customers using the Telus version of the Galaxy S II who loathe rooting, hacking and flashing can sleep in peace knowing that Telus has things covered when it comes to the next update. 

LG Optimus 3D Gingerbread update now live

Just as we reported earlier this month, the LG’s 3D droid, Optimus 3D, is currently getting its fix of the Gingerbread update. That was the good news. The bad news is that other than the features that the base OS brings, LG has not added in the extras it had