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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play coming to Verizon?

With the Apple iPhone 4 already on its way, Verizon might be lucky enough to play host to yet another great device, the Xperia Play.  The Android phone has already been picked up by pretty much every carrier in the UK but this is the first we have heard of […]

Samsung to release two more Galaxy phones for the German market

Of the two, the Galaxy Ace S5830 seems slightly better with a 3.5 inch HVGA display, WiFi, 5MP autofocus camera, 800MHz processor, GPS, Stereo FM and 32GB expansion (with Android 2.2 Froyo) but with a higher suggested price tag of €399.  The Ace S5830 will also come preloaded with exclusive

T-Mobile LG G-Slate Officially Announced, Specs and All

Well, it would seem T-Mobile has finally let the cat out of the bag. The new, highly anticipated, LG G-Slate, an Android 3.0 tablet, has been officially announced by T-Mobile this morning. It would also seem that the rumors about it being very 3D oriented were correct. The G-Slate will

Android Application Development 101: Setting Up a Device Emulator

  So if you are looking to make Android apps, you’re going to need to test them as you develop them, right? Well, the easiest way to do that is to use the Android SDK’s built in Emulator (also called AVD, Android Virtual Device). Here’s how to set that up.

How To: Unlock Your GSM Samsung Galaxy Tab’s Bootloader

I. Before You Begin 1. This is ONLY for GSM versions of the Galaxy Tab (uses a SIM card). 2. This is ONLY for devices that have been updated to firmware version JM* or KA* and in doing so got their bootloaders locked (they are unable to flash firmware). IF

NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 Quad-Core Chip Coming Soon?

With the first dual-core mobile devices coming out this year, when will NVIDIA up the ante again? Well, according to Mashable, how about now? NVIDIA hasn’t officially launched the Tegra 3 yet, but a few sources are saying it’s a definite. Softpedia says it should be unveiled at Mobile World

Motorola XOOM Release Date

A tipster has sent in an inventory sheet from Best Buy to Engadget and guess what was listed on there? The Motorola XOOM, the most talked about Android tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. The Motorola XOOM tablet will feature: 1 Ghz dual-core Tegra 2 processor 10.1″

New Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak Hack Coming Soon

So by now most people know about the ChevronWP7 jailbreak tool that came out a while ago and then was taken down by it’s developer as a sort of peace offering to begin talks with Microsoft about “facilitating homebrew development”. Well, it would seem that others are finally stepping up

How To: Manually Update Your Nexus S to Android 2.3.2

I. Before You Begin 1. This is for NOT ROOTED STOCK NEXUS ONES. If you are rooted then you can just flash a custom ROM based on this update as always. 2. This fixes the SMS bug as well as “other security updates”. 3. This update requires you to be