David Cogen

David opened a cell phone store on his college campus and started TheUnlockr.com as a personal tech blog back in 2009 along side. He gets an unnatural excitement out of showing others new things about their tech that they might not have known. Reach out to him on the following social networks and say hi.

New N900 Hack: Use Your PS3 Controller to Play Games on Your N900

  So add another hack to the list for the N900. Apparently a Polish developer has now made it possible for you to use your PS3 controller to control games on your N900. Not sure of the real world functionality of this (means you’d be carrying around a PS3 controller), […]

HTC Scorpion, 1.5Ghz and Android 2.2?

So noone is sure how real this may be, but apparently some devs did some ROM searching and found some interesting information inside a particular ROM: # begin build properties # autogenerated by buildinfo.sh ro.build.id=FRE65C ro.build.display.id=htc_scorpion-userdebug 2.2 FRE65C eng.xxxxx.20100206 test-keys ro.build.version.incremental=26741 ro.build.version.sdk=8 ro.build.version.codename=REL ro.build.version.release=2.2 ro.build.date=Sat Feb 6 13:42:06 CST 2010

How To: Run Android on Your Windows Mobile Phone

  So you have a Windows Mobile device and you would like to try out Android on it? No problem thanks to the guys over at XDADevelopers. I. Before You Begin 1. Right now, this ONLY works on the following HTC phones: HD (Blackstone) Touch Diamond Touch Pro (and Fuze)

Verizon’s HTC Incredible Surfaces

PocketNow released pictures and a video of the new HTC Incredible (AKA the CMDA Bravo for Verizon). The specs we are being told are as follows: Snapdragon 1ghz Processor 256MBs of RAM Android 2.1 with Sense UI Optical Mouse Pointer Dual LED Flash 3.7″ AMOLED screen (WVGA) The phone was

How To Backup and Restore Your Android Phone

Weary of rooting your device? Maybe you just want to try that new experimental ROM? There can be many reason to be worry about messing with your phone, but with all the built in back up features rooting provides you, its never been easier to just hit “restart” and try

Multitouch and Android 2.1 coming to all Android Phone Manufacturers Soon

Following the Nexus One update for pinch zooming, called Android 2.1-Update 1, Google has announced that they will be releasing this same update to all of the manufacturers of Android devices shortly. Now, this doesn’t mean that you can expect the update on your G1 within a week etc. it

Nexus One Update Announced, OTA Begins Today (Updated 02.03.10)

Earlier HTC Tweeted: “Here is a rundown on the coming software update for the Nexus One. It’s rolling out OTA starting today.” Apparently this update will include the following features: Google Goggles Integration New version of Google Maps Pinch to Zoom functionality in maps, gallery, and browser! (This is a

Mac OS X 10.3 Running on an N900?

  So score another point for the geekiness of the N900 (I mean that in the best way possible). For a phone with a very limited user base, it sure has a lot of programmers tinkering with it. And thank goodness for that. Apparently, with Android and Windows 3 able

Motorola Shadow Pics and Specs (Is this the Nexus 2?)

Now, if these rumors are true, this might be the next Android phone to beat… 4.3″ Capacitive Screen (854 x 480 pixels) HDMI Port 8MP Camera (capable of 1080P Recording) QWERTY Keyboard Android 2.1 OR HIGHER (maybe Froyo?) Here are the pics floating around the internet: So the rumor is

Samsung Galaxy 2 Leak

So when will more snapdragon phones come out you ask? Well, seems Samsung is about to join the ranks. The Samsung Galaxy 2 had some photos leak onto the internet recently and it’s specs as well: 1GHz Snapdragon 3.7 inch AMOLED Capacitive Screen 5 MP Camera 32GB of Internal Memory

Mozilla Firefox Fennec coming to Android in February?

Ok, so if it is one thing I miss from the Nokia N900 that my Nexus One doesn’t have (or any other phone for that matter) is a good desktop-like browser. The browser on the N900 is hands down the best I’ve used on a mobile device (but I won’t

Motorola Confirms Their Google Direct-to-Consumer Phone

Motorola’s co-CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed that they will be making at least one Android phone for Google to sell at Google.com/phone. He did not deny or confirm whether the name Nexus would be used on the new device but the rumors right now are that the next phone to hit

Android Got Game

  Someone decided to take the time to put together 50 Android games and show them off on a Motorola Droid. We would like to thank that person. Not just because we get to see that the Android OS can handle some nice games with ease, but because now we

Motorola Zeppelin Pics

TmoNews was sent pictures of the new Motorola mid-range Android phone, the Zeppelin. The Zeppelin is supposedly headed to T-Mobile US and has the following specs: 3.2″ HVGA Touchscreen 5.0MP Camera GPS, BlueTooth, WiFi Android and MotoBLUR Seems like another CLIQ to me… when will we see some hardcore Android