Archive for the ‘Android’ Category

iPhone 3G Running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread

And yes, porting Operating System from one cellphone to another is yet more possible as we have now got Android Gingerbread 2.3 – the latest Android OS running on iPhone 3G and not only that, when we talk about Android running on iPhone, we mean dual boot. Start your phone, select your OS and enjoy.


Nook Color, The Details

Barnes and Noble has gone ahead of Amazon by being the first to release the colored ebook reader (aside from Sony, but that’s a different story).  The first Barnes and Noble Nook reader was released in 2009 and was based on the eInk technology.  Barnes and Noble differentiated the Nook from Amazon’s Kindle by adding [...]


AT&T Releases Cheapest Plan for the Samsung Galaxy Tab

AT&T Officially Launches the Galaxy Tab. AT&T today gave it’s final pricing on the Samsung Galaxy Tab.  The Galaxy Tab will be priced at $649 and will be available on November 21.  This is very interesting news since AT&T has given the cheapest price for the Galaxy Tab, beating it’s competitors, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon.


Viewsonic Enters the Tablet World with the Viewpad 7

As if the world of tablet PCs is not crowded enough, Viewsonic has entered the tablet PC foray with it’s own Viewpad 7.  According to Viewsonic’s American team, the company will begin it’s US Tablet invasion with the introduction of the Viewpad 7 in November.  The Viewpad will run on the Snapdragon processor, on top [...]


Samsung Launches the Latest Galaxy S Continuum Phone

Samsung has officially launched it’s latest mobile phone, the Galaxy S Continuum Phone.  The Continuum runs on Android 2.1 (Eclair) platform.  The one thing that sets the Continuum apart from other phones is that it now has a smaller dedicated screen for live ticker display.  The Continuum has 2 screens, the bigger main 3.4 inch [...]


Samsung’s Flagship Phone Coming February Next Year

No, it’s not the Nexus S, according to a presentation slide presumably from Samsung, they will be releasing their flagship phone by February of 2011.  According to the presentation, the phone will have a 4.5 inch WGA sAMOLED2 screen.  We’re not sure yet what sAMOLED2 means but the most logical definition is…  Super AMOLED 2, [...]


Samsung Galaxy Tab, Will it Beat the iPad?

The Samsung Galaxy Tab has been released and is making the buzz on the web these past few days.  It’s aimed to directly compete against the Apple iPad, how does it fair?


Get Your Android Phone Notifications on Your PC/MAC

Android Notifier is a brilliant app for Android users, as it allows you to receive and send SMS, MMS, Calls and acknowledge other notifications directly from your machine, may it be PC, MAC or a linux driven computer. All you need is to install Android Notifier on your phone and computer, and you have yourself [...]


How to Update Nexus One on Android 2.2.1 Manually [Guide]

Nexus One users are getting Over the Air (OTA) update for their mobile phones, some have received it already while some haven’t. If you think you can wait for your number in the long queue then here is what you can do to manually upgrade your Nexus One to Android 2.2.1


Android users click more Mobile ads than iOS users

Here’s something that the folks over at Cupertino  might not like, it seems that the users of iOS devices are not likely to be  as ad savvy as their Android counterparts. People using phones that run the Android OS click on ads 81 percent more often than people on the iPhone, according to online ad [...]


Viewsonic to join tablet with 10″ Android, Windows device

Chalk up another one to join the tablet frenzy sparked off by the runaway success of the iPad. Tablets are going to be big this year. At least, so hopes Best Buy, which will be making slates a focus this holiday season, according to an interview with Forbes. We don’t know all that much about [...]


Toshiba “smart pad” slate pictured, detailed

Add Toshiba to the list of challengers hoping to dethrone the iPad. Notebook Italia has posted pictures and details about an upcoming, Android-powered slate Toshiba reportedly unveiled at a press conference in Australia.


New Dell Thunder prototype

The much rumored Dell smartphone, the follow up to the recently released Dell Aero, the Dell Thunder, has finally landed on the front steps of engadget.


Google out of Nexus One phones

It seems the nexus one is an unexpected hit with the Developers community! The phone that Google designed to be the flagship Android Device, has turned into a flagship development device! Google scrapped its plan to sell the Nexus One through its own store in July, six months after trying to rewrite the phone market’s [...]


Chrome to Phone introduced for Android

Remember that press conference Google had planned for yesterday. Well, as promised the new announcements have been updated on the official Google blog. here is the official line on the new Chrome to Phone feature: Ever wanted a way to quickly and easily send links and other information from your desktop or laptop to your [...]


How to Download the Beta Version of TweetDeck for Android

Tweetdeck without a doubt is one of the most favorite social networking desktop client available and now it has become better as they have launched their service on Android platform. They have already launched this product for iPhone users and now it has arrived for the Android users.


Google:New Android Feature to be announced today

Google confirmed that the company will announce a new Android feature today, August 12, at an event in San Francisco. Much mystery surrounds this sudden call for a press conference by Google, as many of the features of the Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ are known and already much documented. Could this be a surprise that Google [...]


HP WebOS tablet coming in q1 2011

We have heard rumors of HP’s entry into the tablet market, with a slew of devices, covering Microsoft, Android and its own WebOS platforms, in a bid to unseat the iPad from the tablet king crown. But to date, the release schedules have been rather sketchy.


Motorolla Droid 2 officially available from 13th, via Verizon

After Dell announced there new smartphone on AT&T, verizon and motorolla now followed it up with another major announcement to launch the new Motorolla Droid 2 phone from tomorrow in the US.


Dell Streak, officially released in the US, $299 via AT&T, $549 without contract

The iPads fight with the competition starts here, Dell has finally decided to launch the Dell streak in the US from the 13th of august. Many believe that this first foray into the world of smartphones by Dell marks the first real challenge to the success of the iPad so far in the US. The [...]