Androidland, the first store completely dedicated to the Android experience has finally launched in Melbourne, Australia. The venture, backed heavily by Google and Telstra, has been in development since early June and has left many Android enthusiasts waiting impatiently for the doors to open. Androidland aims to “educate and showcase” the […]
In an attempt to throw Clearwire a lifeline, Sprint has agreed to bail its WiMAX provider out of their current financial troubles to the hefty tune of $1.6 billion. Thanks to Sprint’s generosity, Clearwire will now be able to make their $237 million dollar interest payment due today. Clearwire’s future was
Well, what do we have here? According to a screenshot posted to My Droid World, it appears that Android 4.1.0 has graced the likes of Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus. From what we can see from the screenshot the firmware update brings along a new baseband radio for the Ice Cream Sandwich packing handset. Maybe this
Just as promised, Google quietly released an OTA update for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in response to numerous European users complaining of an odd volume bug. Google determine the bug, which allowed the volume to change on its own, was a software issue and not a problem with the hardware. Reportedly, several users
The once elusive Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket has become official again, with a confirmed AT&T launch date of December 4th. Sure, it’s exciting that December 4th is only calendar days away, but what’s even better is the fact that this Skyrocket will be gracing AT&T’s 4G LTE lineup wearing
Rumors have been flying high lately surrounding an unnamed NVIDIA Tegra-3 quad-core tablet that Acer has under wraps. In a surprising statement, Acer President Jim Wong actually confirmed the recent rumors and put the speculation to rest. Wong stated that the company does indeed have plans to unleash a quad-core
Rooted your Galaxy S II and now you want to try your luck with some custom ROMs? Maybe even flash an Ice Cream Sandwich ROM and give that a go? Here’s how to do just that. I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root the
Want to root your Samsung Galaxy S II? Sick of having to search for a rooting procedure for your specific version of the Galaxy S II? Here’s how to root all of them and flash a custom recovery image as well.I. Before You Begin 1. This SHOULDN’T erase content on
Futuremark, the umbrella company to 3DMark and PCMark, has announced its plans to bring its popular benchmarking software to the Android platform. Dubbed ‘3DMark for Android’ (how original), the software will enable Android users full access to industry-standard testing tools for all of the handsets in Google’s lineup. 3DMark for Android
If skull crushing hand-to-hand combat is your thing, then get ready for the launch of Infinity Blade 2 for the App Store. The predecessor to the original Infinity Blade is reported to run smoothly on the original iPad, iPhone 3GS / 4, but houses unique optimizations for the A5 chip found in
It’s all about cloud storage these days, and Box.net plans to stand out by offering an impressive 50GB of cloud storage to all Sony Ericsson Xperia and LG Android handset owners. Reportedly, the company’s plan leaked out ahead of schedule with their official blog stating that they were “working to provide
Need to send your Samsung Galaxy S II back in for warranty reasons or maybe you just want to start over with a stock device. Here’s the quickest way to unroot the device and get it back to fully stock. I. Before You Begin. 1. This will erase everything off
Despite the Samsung Galaxy Nexus shipping without Google Wallet support (a NFC based payment service) the reliable and predictably impatient developer community has us covered in the form of an unofficial hack. Specifically, developers from MoDaCo have already released a hack which will breathe some Google Wallet life into the Android
Even though most Nokia N9 users are still waiting for the PR1.1 update, one user was able to play around with Nokia’s latest goods in the form of the PR1.2 update. Judging by the various screen shots, PR1.2 offers a variety of camera and imaging enhancements. With PR1.2 the camera option displays all
According to a recently leaked Verizon document, Droid fans may have another reason to celebrate in the form of a white Droid RAZR. The screenshot, which was grabbed by Droid Life, appears to come from Verizon’s internal management system and outlines the unconfirmed white version of the already popular Droid
