The Galaxy S II is gaining popularity overshadowing its predecessor, but that doesn’t mean the Galaxy S (model code: I9000) has lived away its full life. The yesteryear bestseller from Samsung has been getting the necessary attention it deserves and to that end, walked away with Gingerbread 2.3.3 last month. […]
The 5000 lucky people who went home with this device now have another reason to celebrate, with the release of Honeycomb 3.1 for the freebie edition of the Samsung tablet. The procedure to procure the update seems pretty straightforward if you haven’t already rooted it: Open the settings menu, and
The feature is already available when accessing the Market from an Android device, but this would definitely help those accustomed installing apps from the desktop browser. The Market now determines whether an app is compatible with any of your devices (assuming you have more than one Android device), before you
If asked about the one thing that could be called as pervasive across all major platforms right now, we would say Angry Birds, and I am sure many of our readers will agree with this statement. The irate flightless birds are currently trying to rescue their eggs on the iOS,
For a device that is almost two years old – which is a ripe old age in mobile years – the HTC HD2 still seems to be doing very well, thank you. The devs have been at it and have churned out an umpteen number of Windows Mobile 6.5 ROMs,
At least one of the two Sony debutants in the tablet arena are likely to turn up on AT&T at some point in the very near future, if the recent FCC filing is to be believed. And it may not be the S2, the other dual-screened tablet, but the S1
It may not be the fix-all solution that most of the BlackBerry tablet owners are waiting on, but this update definitely paves the way for the PlayBook to get there eventually. Weighing in at 312MB, the update brings the OS version up to v1.0.5.2304 and brings a few enhancements to
If you don’t like the current crop of WP7 handsets (HTC Surround, Samsung Focus and LG Quantum) available on AT&T as of now, here’s another one that might entice you. The HD7S (just the HD7 on Tmo) has now joined the AT&T camp and is ready to be snapped up
The update will bring the version number of the OS to 2.00.405.3 and is only 25MB in size. Don’t expect any perceptible changes as it is solely aimed at “improving system performance,” but you can sleep in peace at night as your HTC tablet will be a tad bit better
If you have been biding your time to get a dual-cored, top-of-the-line, LTE-capable Android smartphone, the time has come to take the plunge. The Motorola Atrix 4G is now up for your grubby hands to play with at just $100, which is a steal considering the impressive spec sheet that
We can’t help but praise Sammy for taking this daring step which none of the other manufacters have ever taken. The company has shipped it’s new, high-flying Galaxy S II to a member of the CyanogenMod Team, AtinM, with the explicit purpose of getting a custom build of CM7 out
This QWERTY droid has been on Verizon’s rosters for almost seven months now, but Sprint users can have a go at it too starting today. The Motorola XPRT (Droid Pro on VZW) is now available on Sprint for $129.99 with a two-year contract and like its Verizon counterpart, the XPRT
There are launchers and apps available that actually emulate the WP7 homescreen and the lock screen in a limited way, but this one here is free and fresh off the grill from XDA member lucas.scott. Instead of the normal swipe to unlock, with WP7 lock, you will have to fling
Cellular South, the regional CDMA carrier, has now picked up the Milestone X, more popularly known as the Droid X for Verizon. The network provider is offering the device for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and needs interested customers to sign a new two-year agreement. A data plan with
In many instances, a single-core 1GHz processor would be more than enough for your average Android device – be it running a heavy-duty game or watching a HD movie. But for the ones who want to test the limits of their smartphones, we will always have the devs to aid
