Archive for August, 2010
LG Unveils the Optimus Pad (Sort Of)
Hold on a second. If LG takes a page from Motorola and Verizon’s book, there is a good chance we could be seeing an Optimus Prime Pad a la the R2-Droid2. Why, you might ask? Because LG has unveiled that their upcoming Android tablet will be known as the LG Optimus Pad. OK, the Optimus name isn’t exactly new when associated with [...]
Samsung Mobile Experience Event September 16th, What’s Being Shown?
Samsung’s got another one of their “experience” events coming up in the middle of the month, and this time we know Android will be on hand. We know they’re about to unveil the Samsung Galaxy Tab in a couple of days at IFA in Berlin, so what other new device could it be? For starters, we could just be seeing the Samsung [...]
First Official Pics of the T-Mobile G2 Leak
In case the early shots of the T-Mobile G2 didn’t paint quite a clear enough picture of the upcoming HSPA+ handset, the official take has now leaked providing a bit more detail. Next to the EPIC 4G, the G2 is looking like the way to go if you fancy a full QWERTY keyboard in your future. From everything we have heard the specs don’t [...]
LG Optimus Pad Unveiled
Tablets, Tablets, and more Android tablets. For all those that think Android tablets will not succeed, the companies are having a completely different train of thought. This time it is LG giving us some limited information on an upcoming tablet called the Optimus Pad. Yes, the name Optimus did make us think of Transformers also, which is kind of [...]
ViewSonic Viewpad 7 Officially Announced
Yes, it is another Android tablet announced. This time it is ViewSonic, with another in the 7 inch category. The tablet has phone functionality with it’s built in GSM/3G modem, but we are pretty sure that we do not want to hold a 7 inch slate up to our head. Surely, this is in direct competition with the Galaxy Tab and the iPad, not the [...]
First Look: “Official” G2 Pictures Leaked
We're less than a month away from the rumored G2 launch (Sept. 29) so we're not surprised by the recent spate of leaks. This time around, we're being treated what's billed as the first "official" images of the T-Mobile handset. CellPhoneSignal has been passed three pictures of the device with carrier branding, in various angles. As a recap, [...]
Droid Landing is Back With R2D2 Noises, New Droid 2 Scavenger Hunt Nearing?
The DroidLanding twitter account may have died down following their national scavenger hunt campaign that had many scrambling about for a free Motorola Droid X, but the account has finally tweeted again. We know they’ve refocused the account for the R2D2 Edition of the Motorola Droid 2, but we still don’t know their exact plans for [...]
T-Mobile G2 Official Pics
Here is a bit of news that will brighten up some T-Mobile users. Some official pics of the G2. What has us puzzled is that the pics are showing Vanilla Android running on the phone but the site is mentioning HTC Sense. We sure need another Vanilla device, with the way that every Android device is being skinned these days. The device will [...]
Droid Incredible 2.2 Update Still Rolling Out: What About the Droid X?
There have been rumors that the Droid Incredible 2.2 update had been stalled over the weekend. It appears that information was incorrect and, the update is still rolling out to several individuals. Verizon is hoping to have all the OTA updates rolled out by 9/3 so sit tight. If you are tired of waiting you can manually install the update with the [...]
Take a Closer Look at the Portrait Slider Motorola XT300 [VIDEO]
![Take a Closer Look at the Portrait Slider Motorola XT300 [VIDEO]](http://www.theandroider.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/f41f6_imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F08%2F31%2Fcloser-portrait-slider-motorola-xt300-video%2F&source=AndroidGuys&style=normal&service=bit.ly "Take a Closer Look at the Portrait Slider Motorola XT300 [VIDEO]")
Remember the mini Droid slider that emerged in late July? It's back, but this time, it's in much clearer form. Hit the jump for a few images and videos of the device in the wild, showing a very MOTOBLUR-ish UI. Thanks to Mobiflip.de, we know know that this little fella has a BACKTRACK pad (Backflip, Charm) and runs Android 2.1 under the [...]
