Archive for August, 2009
Motorola Sholes Android phone tipped for October Verizon launch
What looks set to be Verizon Wireless’ first Android handset, the Motorola Sholes, has been tipped for a release in late October. The Motorola Sholes Android smartphone is expected to have a full touchscreen display that slides aside to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. The leaked Verizon roadmap does not, unfortunately, have pricing details for [...]
Rock On Music Player (Version 1.4.7)
RockOn is a music player for Android. It has a nice all-graphic UI interface making it the player of choice if you prefer browsing your music library by album art. The main features are: * Cool album art navigation UI * Location-aware concert info of your library's artists (uses Last.FM API). * One of the most effective album art [...]
Anti-Android Sentiment And My Refusal To Rant
Last week I spiraled into what I admit was little more than an Android fanboy rant, provoked by an article suggesting Microsoft was much more worried about Apple than Android in regards to competition for Windows Mobile. Criticisms of the rant included the following quotes: “Lame” “you are acting like a little child that is [...]
Motorola Android Event: September 10th In San Francisco!
Mark it on your calendars folks… on September 10th Motorola is holding an Android related event in San Francisco that could be one of the most epic announcements of 2009: If you didn’t know, Motorola has FOUR Android Phones churning in the rumor mill: Motorola Sholes Motorola Morrison Motorola Calgary Motorola Heron At least one of [...]
Motorola Android event on September 10th: AC will be there
Motorola have given Android Community and our sibling-site SlashGear a heads-up to save September 10th for what certainly looks to be an Android announcement. The event, to be held in San Francisco, would seem to be in aid of launching Motorola’s first Android smartphones, potentially the much-leaked Morrison and Sholes. There are no [...]
Win a Year of TeleNav GPS!
It’s contest time! We had so much fun with our last giveaway that we’re ready to do it all over again. It’s an easy one to enter – If you have an Android handset, then you’re halfway there! Same rules as last time… Starting today and running through August 31st, readers can enter for a chance to win a 1 year [...]
Official: Motorola’s Coming Out Party is Next Month
We’ve waited long enough to hear something from Motorola. Yes, there have been plenty of rumors and leaks so far, but nothing official. No conferences, no events, no press releases…nothing. Until now. Motorola has something cooked up* for September 10th in San Francisco. They’re sending out invitations right now. Although [...]
BlackBerry Hero: Curve, Bold and Tour Get Sense Theme
So you’re an Android lover who is unfortunate enough to be stuck with a BlackBerry until your contact runs its course or until an Android device of your liking hits your preferred carrier. We feel for you… we really do. And chances are that your time will come this holiday season. But if you can’t wait that long and you’ve [...]
Asus Android netbook may be on hold
Just when we thought that Android was set to make its way into all sorts of devices from PMPs to netbooks, the OS hits a bit of a roadblock. Android is apparently stumbling ahead of a launch on netbook computers. Asus was eyeing entering into the Android market with a netbook that would run the open source OS. PC World reports that the Android [...]
Rhapsody app for Android coming
Before I switched to a device that didn’t support Rhapsody, I loved the service. If they could get it to work on my iPhone, I would subscribe again. Apparently, an iPhone app has been submitted for Rhapsody and an application for Android devices is in the works. That would mean that Android fans could use Rhapsody’s to go service where [...]
