Archive for May, 2011
Hands-On with Gigabyte’s GSmart Lineup of Android Phones at Computex
Gigabyte was at Computex showing off not one, but three new Android handsets in their GSmart lineup, all of which aim to bring a full Android experience at a low price, starting in the mid-$200 range. The GSmart G1310, G1315, and G1317D all run Android 2.2 and feature dual-SIM support. The handsets don’t look all that bad either, as you can [...]
Facebook Beta Testing Big v1.6 Update to Android App
Facebook for Android has been a work in progress since it first came to the platform, and the team behind the app will be the first to admit it. They recently reached out to the Reddit community for suggestions on how they could improve the user experience on Android devices, and they got plenty of feedback. Sifting through nearly 1000 comments, [...]
ViewSonic unveils dual-boot ViewPad 10Pro, dual-core ViewPad 7x
ViewSonic has all sorts of goodies for us at Computex this time around, including new tablets galore. The company unveiled their 10-inch, dual-booting Windows 7/Android 2.2 ViewPad 10Pro along with their 7-inch, dual-core ViewPad 7x with Honeycomb. Actually, dual-boot might be the wrong term for the ViewPad 10Pro. The 1.5GHz Intel Oak Trail tablet [...]
Hack adds 1080p 24Mbit/s recording to Samsung Galaxy S II
The Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone has sold very well for the company with a over a million units sold in Korea alone since it launched. The smartphone is certainly popular and a new hack has surfaced that will make the SII record even better video that it is capable of from the factory. The hack comes by way of modder hyperX and adds some notable [...]
Deal Alert: HTC Thunderbolt for $99 Until June 12!
According to Droid-Life, Verizon Wireless is holding a private sale for some devices, including the HTC Thunderbolt for $99. Suposedly you are invited to this "Private Sale" via email or text message, and then you can shop for some discounted phones. In case you didn't know, the HTC Thunderbolt normally runs about $250 from Verizon with a new [...]
Samsung Galaxy S2 Passes 1 Million Units Sold!
Samsung announced recently that their newly-released Galaxy S2 has surpassed 1 million units sold. I personally have not seen or used this phonemyself, but it look hot! Obviously hot enough where it has sold 1 million units since April 29th. Do a bit of math, 1 million units sold from April 29th to May 30th means that there was a Samsung Galaxy [...]
Some Lucky Droid Pro Users Receiving Android 2.3.3 Update
Over the weekend we only expected the Motorola Droid X to start receiving Gingerbread in small doses, but reports have come in from at least a few Droid Pro owners with evidence that an Android 2.3.3 update is headed to the BlackBerry-esque phone as well. Whether the update comes as part of a wider rollout or as a test build that somehow escaped [...]
HTC EVO 3D Launching in Late June, According to Latest Sprint Playbook
Sprint’s latest edition of their Playbook magazine for employees is shedding new light on when we might see the HTC EVO 3D Though rumors had placed the device at the beginning of June, it is looking more likely that the handset will launch during the fourth week of the month. Still, no firm date is provided. Nothing is official until a [...]
Intel Announces Ultrabook, Demos Honeycomb Android Tablet at Computex
As competitors like ARM and NVIDIA aim for the smartphone sweet spot, Intel is still aggressively protecting their traditional PC market share. They see huge opportunities in the mobile realm but at Computex the company announced a more directly related product line: Ultrabooks. The company trademarked the name and expects a huge percentage [...]
AT&T’s Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Updated to Android 2.1
You might not even remember that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 ever launched on AT&T, and a big reason why is that the phone hit the scene pretty late sporting a rather outdated version of Android. Today, the X10 can be upgraded to something a bit newer as the Android 2.1 update has been made available. This is the Android 2.1 update that X10 [...]
