Android Gingerbread Makes its First Appearance on Nexus S
Google has officially launched the new Samsung Nexus S and this is a moment to celebrate for the company because they seem to have yet another winner on their hands. The previous Nexus One was a huge success for the company as its debut and it seems to have followed up that winning design with [...]
Android 2.3 Gingerbread released
The long awaited Gingerbread release is out, along with a plethora of user and developer oriented features: Better user interface (UI): Colors and interfaces across the OS are more consistent and the overall background color is now black instead of white. Multitouch keyboard: The keyboard has been enhanced to allow faster, more accurate touch typing [...]
Creative On the Verge of Releasing Android tablets
Recently, Creative has announced the grand release of a pair of slates- ZiiO Pure Wireless Entertainment Tablets and a handheld media player known as the Zen Touch 2 Wireless Entertainment Device. What sets these new gadgets apart from the previous lot from Creative is that they all are equipped with the Google Android mobile operating [...]
Android all set to dominate the Smartphone arena by 2014
Recent studies by Canalys and NPD Group have found that the Google Android operating system has surpassed its competition in the United States. Canalys has stated that the Google Android platform was common to 43.6 percent of all the smartphones traded in the US during the third quarter of this year, which was followed by [...]
WD NAS servers now support Android phones
On 2nd November, Western Digital released the smartest of all its offerings, the WD Photos Viewer app for Android based smartphones. It works in the same way as the iPhone app, and this Android app offers you access to all the photos stored on your WD home NAS servers and also in My Book Live, [...]
New Android phones from T-Mobile
T-Mobile is bringing four new sub-$100 phones to the market during the holiday season: T-Mobile Comet: Also known as the Hauwei Ideos, available Nov. 3 for $9.99 after $50 rebate and two-year contract. LG Optimus T: Available Nov. 3 for $29.99 after $50 rebate and contract. Motorola Charm: $49.99 after $50 rebate and contract. Motorola [...]
Motorola Droid 2 Update
Verizon and Motorola pushes out first Droid 2 update. The update reveals a number of improvements: Improved battery life Heightened proximity sensor accuracy to enable faster screen response View the Weather widget in both landscape and portrait orientation. Simpler setup, improved user interactions, and better notifications for Visual Voice Mail. Background Email Sync during display [...]
The PlayStation Phone
Sony’s new Android powered Playstation Phone has appeared in some pictures. According to Engadget it’s still a prototype. Here are the rumored specs: Android 3 (Gingerbread) Custom Sony marketplace to buy games designed for a device like this 1GHz Qualcomm MSM 8655 (200MHz faster than the G2, but the same new architecture, apparently) 512MB of [...]
Android Market crossed the 100,000 apps mark
According to a tweet from a Android Developer Twitter account Google’s Android Market eclipsed the 100,000 app milestone today. Of course, Apple’s still holding down the lead in terms of sheer numbers with close to 300,000, but there’s no question that the Android Market has nearly everything you could want. Apple still has a considerable [...]
The Droid X is looking like an amazing phone
With a massive 4.3″ screen, 1 Ghz processor and 512MB of RAM, the Droid X is looking like a beast! Throw in an 8 megapixel camera capable of 720p video recording, HDMI output, a huge 1570mAh battery and 8GB of built-in app storage, and it’s even more impressive. The only downside is that it will [...]
