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.

AT&T Announces a Few Android Devices, Tablets, and 4G Network at CES

AT&T had a press conference today at CES and happened to divulge some interesting information; namely a few Android phones, some tablets, and an officially announcement of their 4G plans. So first up, the phones: HTC Inspire 4G Motorola Atrix 4G Samsung Infuse 4G 4.3″ Capacitive Touchscreen 1GB of RAM […]

ASUS Eee Pad MeMo Brings a Capacitive Stylus to the Tablet Party

So tons of tablets are being announced at CES this week, but here’s one that at least has a differentiator; a pen. ASUS is launching a 7″, 1024×600 pixel, tablet running Android 3.0 (according to ASUS) with a 1.2Ghz dual core processor and dual cameras (VGA in front, 5.0MP in

Vizio, the HDTV Maker, Dabbles in Android Phones and Tablets

So out of left field, we have Vizio (yes the TV manufacturer), coming out with a tablet and touchscreen phone both running Android. The two devices, pictured above, are set for a release date in Q2 of this year and have some decent specs. The phone has a 4″ LCD

Android Application Development 101: Getting Setup

Looking to make Android apps but don’t know where to start? Well, in this series of posts, we’ll go over the basics of making Android apps and hopefully get you on your way to making your own awesome apps! So first thing is first, how to setup the tools you’ll

MeeGo Ported to the HTC HD2

The HTC HD2 has been an amazing chameleon when it comes to operating systems. The phone launched with Windows Mobile 6.5 in late 2009 and since then hard working third party developers have ported Windows 7, Android 2.2, Android 2.3, Linux, and now there is one more OS to add

Windows Phone 7 FreeMarketplace Proof of Concept Shown

Wondering what would come of jailbreaking your Windows Phone 7 phone? Well, one developer decided to show you (and Microsoft) the dangers jailbreaking could lead to for Windows Phone 7. He created an app that allows jailbroken handsets (those jailbroken by Microsoft for developers and those unlocked via the ChevronWP7

Rage Exploit Used for Root Gets Fixed by HTC

According to Paul over at Modaco via a tweet… “Desire Z / HD users, accepting the .72 OTA will prevent you rooting with VISIONary or other ‘rage’ exploits.” So guess what ladies and gents? No more universal rooting using the Rage or Visionary method (which used the rage method) after

LinkedIn Finally Makes an Android App (Beta)

So after a very long stint of refusing to make an Android app, LinkedIn finally gets at least a beta one together. LinkedIn is a “professional social network” in where users can meet other professionals, look for jobs, make business connections, etc. and one of the big reasons I rarely

HSPA+, LTE, and WiMax Now Officially Called 4G

So after much debate and people constantly having to put 4G in quotation marks whenever it was used (otherwise a bombardment of comments would arise complaining that “4G doesn’t exist” or “[company] doesn’t have 4G, only my company does”), the ITU, or International Telecommunications Union, has declared that HSPA+, LTE,

How To: Load a Custom ROM on the Samsung Nexus S

I. Before You Begin 1. You must have done our How To Root Nexus S procedure. II. Flash a Custom ROM 1. Head over to our Nexus S ROMs section, choose a ROM you want and download it and save it to your computer. 2. Plug your phone in and

How To: Root the Samsung Nexus S (Updated 01.20.11)

I. Before You Begin 1. This will unlock your phone’s bootloader (so you can flash recoveries and ROMs), and can be undone very easily (unlike the Nexus One). 2. This WILL ERASE all your information on the phone. II. Setup ADB 1. Head to our How To Setup ADB procedure,

What a Hacker Can Do With a Kinect…

  One of the hottest gadgets this holiday season is Microsoft’s Kinect for the Xbox360 (sold out pretty much everywhere). With depth perceiving technology, Kinect scans the scene seamlessly from an infrared light, providing full-body 3D motion capture, along with facial and voice recognition capabilities. Kinect combines with the Xbox 360 to create