Archive for January, 2011
Android Toys Series 2 Tiny Preview
It was merely a year ago when the folks at DYZPlastic put out their first series of officially licensed Android toys, all of them designed by a dude named Andrew Bell, a guy also known as “Monsters in My Head.” This time around it appears that more than just one designer will be involved in the design of these little lovely robots. So [...]
Samsung Backtracks on Galaxy Tab Sales Figures – Shipments, Not Sales
It appears that sales figures reported on Samsung’s Android tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab, aren’t what they seemed to be. Instead, the numbers being reported up to this point were not the sales figures in regards to end users, but amount shipped to retailers and carriers. Numbers previously reported had been around the 1 million point [...]
Samsung Galaxy Player Pre-Order Starts February 4, Launch Mid-Month
It appears that a pre-order date has been set for the Samsung Galaxy Player, aka the Samsung equivalent of, you guessed it, the iPod Touch. This device is based on the Samsung Galaxy S line of phones and will feature a 4-inch Super LCD screen, 1GHz CPU, 3.2 megapixel camera, front facing video camera, T-DMB, GPS, HD video playback, Wifi, [...]
Google IO 2011 : Key Developers Being Sent Early Registration Invites
It appears that “Key Developers” are being sent emails today that note they’ve been selected as such, this email denoting them as able to register for Google IO 2011 earlier than everyone else. This mail has apparently been sent out just a short while ago today, and word on the street is that, strangely, Google may have done this [...]
Why Apple Fears Honeycomb
Unless you miraculously found a way to live under a rock on the moon for the past 25 years, you’ve had a pretty good chance of seeing the Apple Macintosh 1984 commercial , the one directed by Ridley Scott, the one with the woman running through hallways of automatons ultimately to toss a hammer through a screen, smashing an image of Big [...]
Tune into the Monday Night Podcast! Episode #83 Now with Video!
Today is Monday, which means tonight is the AndroidGuys Weekly podcast. Like we do every* week, we'll be getting together to take a look at some of the more recent news in the Android universe. Tonight is a special night for us as it's the first time we'll be transitioning to a video broadcast as well as audio. That's right, the longest [...]
Motorola i1Q en route to Nextel?
Our Spanish-speaking friends at Groupo Android have brought us some new images on the Motorola i1Q that is allegedly heading to Nextel. The post, (as translated from Spanish) says: Hi, I'm new to the forum, and would like to show you all the new Motorola with Android 2.1 for Netxtel, model i1Q. It doesn't have a very strong processor, like [...]
New Phone Already Feeling Old? You Can Thank Android’s Short Manufacturing Cycle
We all know the feeling. A new Android handset starts to be rumored. Eventually pictures and FCC filings for the device begin to leak out. Based on speculation it is called the next big thing, and when it finally launches it sells out in mass quantitates. A few weeks later a new Android handset shows up at the rumor mill, and the cycle starts [...]
HTC Inspire 4G Guide, Demo, Tutorials Uncovered
Are you twiddling your thumbs, waiting for the HTC Inspire 4G to officially drop so you can pick it up? Members on our Inspire 4G Forums aren’t settling for thumb-twiddling… they’re scavenging around the web picking apart any piece of Inspire 4G goodness they can find. And check out the gem they found courtesy of Radio [...]
Xperia Arc’s ANT+ Technology Will Integrate With Fitness Products [VIDEO]
![Xperia Arc’s ANT+ Technology Will Integrate With Fitness Products [VIDEO]](http://www.theandroider.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/71fe9_sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-ant-plus-150x150.png "Xperia Arc’s ANT+ Technology Will Integrate With Fitness Products [VIDEO]")
Sony Ericsson just took to YouTube with a video detailing ANT+ – a communication standard used to communicate with all sorts of fitness products such as pedometers, heart rate monitors, and more. It’s software based – so all of their products will get it sooner or later – and enables you to look at your vitals on your [...]
