September 2009 Archives

Carriers

Sprint announces new “Any Mobile, Anytime” calling plan

Now that Sprint has officially announced the upcoming availability of the HTC Hero I guess now is as good a time as any to begin posting news that will affect those who decide to go with Sprint as a carrier. Fortuna…

Android Phones

Use Oprah’s promo code, get a T-Mobile myTouch 3G for $99

I have never watched an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, however I am happy to hear that the myTouch 3G was featured (the episode is scheduled to air on September 10). I would imagine that anyone else who was cons…

Android

Android Market adds new categories for themes, comics, health, and sports

See, Google does listen. The Android Market has updated to include four new categories: Comics, Health, Sports, and Themes. Aside from giving developers and users a more specific classification options, th…

Free apps

Pandora app now available in U.S. Android Market #androidapps

Music-streaming/recommendation service Pandora has released its Android client into the U.S. Android Market. Highly-popular on the iPhone and Palm Pre, the Android version of Pandora is now available to s…

Android OS

HTC Tattoo phone will have trouble displaying current Android apps

Will the budget level HTC Tattoo still be appealing if it can’t load most existing Android apps? The Tattoo has a 2.8 inch screen with a QVGA display (240 x 320). The problem is that other Android devices tend to…

Android Hacks

My Android phone is rooted: now what?

The one-click root method inspired quite a few Android device owners to root their phone. Sadly, not all root functions are as easy to implement as the one-click method. Some of the hacks and features that inter…

Android Hacks

How to Understand Android root terms and procedures

Be sure to read our introductory article before proceeding. So you took the plunge and rooted your Android phone. Congrats. Now get to work understanding what that means. First things first: realize that Andr…

Android Hacks

How to update your rooted Android phone with CM Updater

The one-click root method encouraged plenty of novice Android users to embrace the more advanced features of Android. Thankfully, updating the CyanogenMod is just as easy. If you used the one-click root meth…

Android Hacks

How to create a 2nd partition to install Android apps on an SD card

If you’ve rooted your Android phone, it may have been because you wanted to free up space and install apps on your SD card. Certain ROM’s have this feature built into, so all a user has to do is create a…

Android Hacks

How to install themes on your rooted Android phone

If you’ve rooted your Android phone, you may be interested in applying themes. Unlike the ones seen in home screen replacement apps, root themes are typically full-scale: notifications, keyboards, d…

Lifestyle

UPDATED: Official Facebook Android app now in Android Market

UPDATE: Yesterday, there were some questions about about whether this was the real Facebook app. Despite the Gmail address associated with the app and the Facebook app page saying that this was not created by F…

HTC

HTC announces Tattoo (aka Click) as next Android phone with Sense UI

The next HTC device tapped to run Android and the Sense UI will be the HTC Tattoo, previously seen as the HTC Click. I just received notice in my email inbox that the company plans to bring “broad personaliz…

Carriers

T-Mobile and Orange agree to form a joint venture in UK

Orange and T-Mobile are the third and fourth largest carriers in the United Kingdom, but the two divisions of parent company France Telecom and Deustche Telekom will undertake a joint venture to make their new…

LG

LG Etna Android phone spotted at IFA

Remember LG? You know, the South Korean electronics giant that has been quiet on the Android front? They’re not going to be quiet much longer. Take a look at the LG Etna Android, LG’s upcoming Andro…

Android

Android Market has 10,000 apps, many of which don’t appeal to users

The Android Market has crossed the 10,000 apps threshold. Though there were 5,000 apps listed as recently as May 2009, Androlib.com reports that the Market’s app and game total has since risen to 10,078. Acc…

Android Apps and News

Malware Bullcrap

Motorola Xyboard

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Toshiba Thrive 7 Review

GTV Cable

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Carriers

Sprint announces new “Any Mobile, Anytime” calling plan

Android Phones

Use Oprah’s promo code, get a T-Mobile myTouch 3G for $99

Android

Android Market adds new categories for themes, comics, health, and sports

Free apps

Pandora app now available in U.S. Android Market #androidapps

Android OS

HTC Tattoo phone will have trouble displaying current Android apps

Android Hacks

My Android phone is rooted: now what?

Android Hacks

How to Understand Android root terms and procedures

Android Hacks

How to update your rooted Android phone with CM Updater

Android Hacks

How to create a 2nd partition to install Android apps on an SD card

Android Hacks

How to install themes on your rooted Android phone

Lifestyle

UPDATED: Official Facebook Android app now in Android Market

HTC

HTC announces Tattoo (aka Click) as next Android phone with Sense UI

Carriers

T-Mobile and Orange agree to form a joint venture in UK

LG

LG Etna Android phone spotted at IFA

Android

Android Market has 10,000 apps, many of which don’t appeal to users

Android App Reviews

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