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.

T-Mobile HSPA+ 42Mbps Data Stick Speed Test

  At the T-Mobile booth at CTIA, T-Mobile told us they had a brand new data stick that runs on their newly launched 42mbps. So of course, first thing we asked was, “Can we do a speed test?” To which T-Mobile happily replied, “Of course!”. Check out the video above

Nokia Press Event at CTIA: Nokia Astound

Nokia has announced a new device here at a press event at CTIA in Orlando. The new device is being pitched as the device for people new to smartphones. Here are some specs: 8MP Camera 3.5″ Capacitive Screen Symbian OS Smartphone functionality at a feature phone price $79.99 2 Year

All You Need To Know About the AT&T Acquisition of T-Mobile, For Now

So if you haven’t heard yet, AT&T has officially announced that they are buying T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion (pending all regulatory hurdles, of course). For a lot of people this came out of the blue and has already caused a lot of confusion, excitement, and sheer panic.

How To Get the Xperia Arc Launcher on Your Android Device

I. Before You Begin 1. This only works on Android devices running Android 2.1 or higher. 2. This is an app so it can be uninstalled very easily. CREDIT GOES TO PHOEZIES OVER AT XDA FOR EXTRACTING AND RELEASING THE APP! IF YOU APPRECIATE HIS WORK, PLEASE HEAD OVER TO

Samsung Galaxy Tab vs Rooted Nook Color

So after rooting the Nook Color, putting Android Froyo on it, and seeing how unexpectedly well it runs I wondered, “For half the price, why would you ever buy a Galaxy Tab?”. Well let’s put them side by side and find out. Feel free to leave comments below on what

How To: Video Chat with People Using the Motorola Xoom

So you or someone you know got a Motorola Xoom and are dying to use the video chat feature? Issue is that no one else you know has a Motorola Xoom and the normal Android GTalk app doesn’t have video calling built in yet, so how do you guys video

Universal Rooting App Procedure (Z4Root) (Updated 09/08/12)

Universal Method Disclaimer: This is a universal method. Feel free to try it but if it does NOT work for you, simply head to our How To section and look for your specific phone to see if we have a different procedure for your device and try that instead. Good

TheUnlockr Weekly News – 02.25.11

Subtitles: David from TheUnlockr.com and this is the news for the week ending on february 25th 2011  First updates ab updates. AT&T has 2 new updates. Both of which are Android 2.2 Froyo updates. The first is for the Samsung Captivate which started rolling out on yesterday and has been

Android 2.3.3 Brings Simple Bluetooth File Transfer Using NFC

So I’m sure when people saw the Near Field Communications feature that was added to Android 2.3 they immediately began wondering what that could be used for in everyday life. Scanning your phone to pay for gas, groceries, etc. Well, what about being able to tap another NFC capable phone

HTC HD Mini Runs Android

Thanks to Cotulla over at XDA, the HTC HD Mini, an older Windows Mobile device, has new life as an Android phone. Of course, this is an initial release and there still are plenty of bugs but those of you with HTC HD Minis might want to give it a

Samsung Epic 4G to Receive Android 2.2 Update

Sprint and Samsung have officially announced they are bringing Android 2.2 (Froyo) to the Samsung Epic 4G on February 21st. So for those of you who haven’t rooted your Epic and are already running on Froyo, you can get the official version in a few days via an OTA update.