Archive for December, 2011
Amazon Offering $100 Gift Cards for Users Purchasing Select Hotspot Devices From Sprint and Verizon
Amazon Wireless is offering users who buy select 4G hotspot-capable devices a $100 gift card upon activating their phones with the hotspot feature enabled on their plans. Some of the devices they’re offering up are the DROID Bionic and HTC Thunderbolt from Verizon plus the Motorola Photon 4G and Samsung Epic 4G Touch from Sprint. They [...]
Samsung Epic 4G, LG Optimus 3D and More Gain CM7 Support
Some new devices have finally been added to CyanogenMod’s list of supported devices. We’ve got the Samsung EPIC 4G and LG Optimus 3D as notable additions. We’re also seeing support for the LG Optimus Black, Optimus Hub and Optimus Pro. These devices are on the list for CM7, of course, though we don’t expect all of [...]
Verizon Gives Us Insight Into What’s Going On With These December LTE Outages
This month, Verizon and their consumers have suffered through three different LTE outages, one lasting as long as half a day. Up until now we haven’t really gotten word from Verizon regarding what exactly is going on, just quick statements from them confirming there were outages and that service is restored. After the third time we [...]
Motorola ATRIX and DROID Bionic fastboot files now available
Just yesterday, we saw fastboot files for the Motorola DROID RAZR leak into existence over on XDA Developers and DROIDRZR.com. Now, two other Motorola devices have been graced with another generous leak of fastboot files – the ATRIX, and DROID Bionic. As a recap, I’ll note that fastboot files can be used to let a user flash stock [...]
SiriusXM’s latest portable radio player runs Android
SiriusXM is great to have when you’re in the mood to listening to some music but sick of the same playlists you’ve got lined up in your library. But why not do it in style with their new portable media player, the Lynx? It runs Android OS, and is bound to have some exclusive applications included that are absent in their previous [...]
Verizon had three mass network outages this December, and here’s why
It’s no surprise Verizon has the fastest and most developed 4G LTE network in the US, but consistently terming them most reliable would be an overstatement for the month of December. And frankly, three mass network outages can cause some serious communication issues for both work and leisure. Heck, many families are now doing away with a [...]
Motorola DROID XYBOARD tablets get a $50 price cut
When I reviewed the Motorola DROID XYBOARD a couple of weeks ago, I was impressed with just about everything – except the ridiculous on-contract price. Verizon seems to have gotten the message (possibly after some less than stellar sales) and have lowered the contract price for both the 10.1-inch and 8.2-inch models by $50 each. [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A700 Shows Up In Russia – On Its Way To CES 2012 With A 1920×1200 Display
A pair of Acer Iconia Tabs showed up in Russia today and since we know just about all there is to know on the more affordable A200, we wanted to focus on the higher powered, more premium A700 model. The Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core toting Acer Iconia Tab A700 will be arriving at CES 2012 next month (where the entire Phandroid team will be on-hand) and [...]
Android Overload: Google Hits Oracle Hard In Fight Over Android, Android Still Dominating Market Share and More
Hello again, everyone. You seem to have found yourself in the Android Overload. This is the place where we stash all the important Android/mobile related news from throughout our day — the ones that didn’t make it onto our front page — for you guys to give the final once over. Because we like our readers to be well learned, take a [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A700 sends photos from Russia with love
Just yesterday Acer chief Stan Shih teased us with talk of some premium hardware for 2012, and one of the best examples is the rumored Iconia Tab A700. The flagship device has only been spotted in a couple of documents so far, but the rumored specs are enough to make us want a look at it something bad. Russian tech site NoMobile.ru beat us to the [...]
