Microsoft Updates Windows Phone SDK, Now Supports 256MB Devices

Windows Phone developers were happy to hear that Microsoft released a 7.1.1 update to the Windows Phone SDK today. The update featured new perks and tools optimized for Tango devices sporting lower memory. Currently, 95% of the apps found in the Marketplace have no issue running on lower-end Windows Phones, but […]

MIUI Android 4.0 custom ROM now available for the Galaxy Nexus

If the CyanogenMod custom ROMs could be described as useful and attractive, the MIUI ROMs that I have used can only be described with one word – elegant.  The group has ROMs for almost all popular Android devices and now the Galaxy Nexus gets it due in the form of

Samsung Galaxy Note Review

“Is it a phone? Is it a tablet? It’s the best of both!” Or is it? With Samsung’s huge marketing push for their new Android powered Galaxy Note, I’m sure you’ve heard the opening line before. In our review, we take a look at the claim of it being a

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Installed on the Nokia N9

You read that correctly. You can now load Android Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nokia N9 thanks to a group of developers over at the NITDroid Forums. Not only does it work but it seems most features, besides the camera and auto-rotation, are working pretty well according to AndroidCommunity. With

HTC Vivid’s Ice Cream Sandwich Update

According to a Facebook post by HTC, the HTC Vivid is one of the first smartphones in the US to get the update to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. The update also brings some type of maintenance-blah-blah to the Beats by Dr Dre system on the phone as well,

How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Cricket ZTE Score (X500)

If you have rooted your device, the obvious next step would be to flash a custom recovery.  This will enable your device to flash custom ROMs, root/unroot your phone, wipe data (also available on the stock recovery) and many other functions that a stock recovery won’t have.  Read on to

How to Root the Cricket ZTE Score X500

The ZTE Score is a relatively unknown device that has been sitting on Cricket’s shelves for the last half year or so and due to its low-end specs, doesn’t get as much attention as other popular Android devices.  Fortunately, there is a small group of people working on improving this

How To Add Yahoo Contacts to Your Android Phone

Still have all your contacts in Yahoo? Haven’t joined the Google bandwagon yet? Eh, no big deal. Unless, of course, you might be trying to sync your contacts on your new Android device since it has no option to sync with Yahoo. So what do you do? Here’s how to