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HTC Flyer now available in Europe, Honeycomb update to follow soon

HTC’s debutant in the tablet section, the Flyer, has officially been outed in Europe today.  Interested customers can walk into a relevant store anywhere in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and other countries to get one starting this day.  The tablet will be available in 3G and […]

HTC Desire HD and Incredible S getting Gingerbread on May 16

In three short days, the Incredible S and the HTC Desire HD will be getting what has been long expected – some delicious Gingerbread of the 2.3.3 variety.  Although there was talk about the update being released last week, it wasn’t really and this time, HTC itself has come out

Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets rooted the easy way

At the recent Google I/O event, 5000 lucky winners got to walk away with a shiny new, yet-to-be-released Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets, limited versions at that.  It seems that the device has gained root access already, a feat performed by Birdman and his cohorts over at AllDroid. The procedure

Samsung Galaxy S II to go for free on Orange UK

The dual-cored device is available with several UK retailers (unlocked and otherwise) but if you looking to snag it for free, you might want to hold off a bit longer.  The Galaxy S II has recently been added to the “Coming Soon” section of the Orange UK website and apart

T-Mobile G2/HTC Desire Z on track for a Gingerbread update

Although the exact date of the rollout is not specified, with the HTC Incredible S and Desire HD already getting their share of the Android 2.3 update, the Desire Z (going by T-Mobile G2 here in the USA) should get what it deserves pretty soon. TMonews just uncovered a flyer

Samsung Exhibit 4G for T-Mobile whizzes through the FCC

Numbered as SGH-T759, the Samsung Exhibit 4G pulled in for a quick visit recently to the FCC and left, but not before we could glean a few specs – and a few live pics courtesy TmoNews.  The display looks like it could be 3.7-inch sAMOLED and there are dual cameras

Demo: BlackBerry PlayBook plays nice with Android apps

Was the PlayBook a hit or something that RIM wants to forget and move on to greener pastures? Many would say that the device could have been better and a lot of nags (no native IM or email app, on a BlackBerry device, isn’t that crazy?) could have been avoided

CyanogenMod popularity fortified – CM7 now runs on 200,000 devices

If you have an Android device and if you have rooted, flashed or abused it in any other sort of warranty-voiding capers, I am sure you would have heard about CyanogenMod and their awesome mods.  A quick look at our ROMs section will reveal how popular their mods are and

Sony Ericsson announces the Xperia Mini and Mini Pro

Sony Ericsson has recently announced its newest additions to the Xperia line – the Mini and Mini Pro.  Small and compact seem to be the keywords here, which is evident both in the “mini” moniker attached their names and the actual size of the devices, and should appeal to many

Gingerbread on its way for the HTC Incredible S and Desire HD

The day is here and after a lot of teasing, the Gingerbread update is riding the air waves right now to the HTC Incredible S and Desire HD handsets around the world (sans US where they are known as the Droid Incredible 2 and the Inspire 4G).  The build numbers

HTC myTouch 4G gets an unofficial Gingerbread treat

The spate of leaked ROMs continues and now the official Gingerbread ROM for the 6-month-old T-Mobile myTouch 4G has surfaced.  The ROM is based on 2.3.3 and features something that has long been incorporated in other Cyanogenmod builds – quick access to toggle various connectivity options.  Other than that, there

Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 and 5.0 get their official badges

Both the Galaxy S 4.0 and 5.0 are billed as media players, with the only difference between them being the display size with 4.0 obviously measuring in at 4 inches and the 5.0 going a bit bigger at 5 inches.  Other than that, the devices are similar to Samsung’s yesteryear

T-Mobile G2x and Optimus 2x now bumped up to Gingerbread via Cyanogenmod 7

The T-Mobile and the international versions of the Android smartphone need not wait at T-Mobile/LG’s mercy any longer as the Cyanogenmod7 ROM has been ported on to both the variants of the LG Optimus 2x.  The development is still in the “nightly” so you have the options either waiting for

Motorola Atrix/Atrix 4G getting updated to Gingerbread soon

While the device is capable of blowing away its competitors in terms of sheer hardware power, the Atrix is flawed in one single aspect – no Gingerbread out of the box.  But the company seems to be doing the needful, according to Andrew Morley, VP of International Marketing, who thus