August 2010 Archives

Firmware updates

When will your Motorola get Eclair or Froyo? Find out here

Motorola has thrilled some and chilled others with the recent changes made to its update schedule. Motorola Droid X owners were happy to hear that they would have Android 2.2 by the end of the summer, which is a ve…

Android Apps

Android Apps Alert #30: Chat up a storm, think ’til morn edition

Every week, Androinica.com attempts to highlight the best Android Apps. Using tips from the #androidapps tag on Twitter and recommendations to @androinica, we try to find something you may have missed. This…

Lifestyle

Facebook Places is available on the FB Touch website. Here’s a screenshot tour.

Facebook launched its new Places feature because it wanted to give users a chance to discover where their friends are, discover what’s around them, and let others know their location. Sure, we were alre…

Android Apps

AppBrain now listing popular apps according to nation, demographics

Android users come from all walks of life, but there are times when some would prefer the option to see what other users like him or her are most interested in. A Justin Bieber icon pack may be popular because teena…

Android App Reviews

Grab all the 8-bit Computer Nostalgia You Can Handle with Frodo C64 [App Reviews]

The iconic 8-bit Commodore C64 was manufactured for an impressive 12 years between 1982 and 1994, and it’s the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. It featured 64KB of RAM, a 1MHz process…

HTC

T-Mobile G2 spy shots emerge

We saw a glimpse of what we though the HTC Vision would be, and then we got official word from T-Mobile USA that it’s next big Android device would be the G2. Now we get our first look at the device T-Mobile has…

Carriers

Vodafone UK: Android 2.2 update for HTC Desire starts on Monday

Let’s try this again. It’s been a long wait with some bumps and bruises along the way, but Vodafone says it’s finally going to have the Android 2.2 update for HTC Desire users next week. Begin…

Android Devices

Dish Network surveying customers about Google TV, reveal likely prices

How much do you want Google TV and how much would you be willing to pay to get it? That’s the question that Dish Network is posing to its customers in a survey sent out to subscribers recently. Dish is gearing…

Android News

New mobile phone payment system may replace your wallet

Just yesterday, we highlighted all of the things that your Android phone can replace. Next year, we may be able to add “Wallet” to that list. Bank of America and Visa are testing contact-less payme…

HTC

Is Verizon replacing defective phones with Droid 2 and Incredibles?

Imagine being frustrated with a defective Motorola Droid or Droid Eris, only to have a Verizon sales rep offer a Droid 2 or Droid Incredible as a replacement. That’s not a bad deal, and it’s exactly…

Android

Nexus One dev phone stock already depleted; how many developers are there?

Google announced that it would stop selling the Nexus One directly, then revealed that it would continue to make the device available as a dev phone for people interested in building Android apps. It was a smart…

Android

Android’s nuclear zombie apocalypse

Several months ago, I put on my fortune-telling hat and reassured Android fans that OS fragmentation would not doom the system. My points back then were: 1) Android 2.1 would be made available to a wide variet…

Android App Reviews

9 Ways to Make Android automatic with Tasker

Tasker is the ultimate Android app. It creates profiles to automatically change settings, delivers shortcuts, helps manage daily activities, and automates many of the mundane tasks that you attempt to perf…

Android App Reviews

PingChat! is like BBM for Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone

Over the past week, several family members have marveled at my phone and then asked me what’s my BBM. Then I explain to them that BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) only works on BlackBerry phones, not Android. P…

Android Apps

Everything Your Android Phone Can Replace: 45 Gadgets With a Total Weight of 110 Pounds

Everybody knows that thanks to technological convergence, smartphones have made many of the gadgets we used to have separately redundant. But have you ever thought of how many these gadgets actually are, and…

Android Apps and News

Malware Bullcrap

Motorola Xyboard

Apps Alert #86

Toshiba Thrive 7 Review

GTV Cable

Tablet Size

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Firmware updates

When will your Motorola get Eclair or Froyo? Find out here

Android Apps

Android Apps Alert #30: Chat up a storm, think ’til morn edition

Lifestyle

Facebook Places is available on the FB Touch website. Here’s a screenshot tour.

Android Apps

AppBrain now listing popular apps according to nation, demographics

Android App Reviews

Grab all the 8-bit Computer Nostalgia You Can Handle with Frodo C64 [App Reviews]

HTC

T-Mobile G2 spy shots emerge

Carriers

Vodafone UK: Android 2.2 update for HTC Desire starts on Monday

Android Devices

Dish Network surveying customers about Google TV, reveal likely prices

Android News

New mobile phone payment system may replace your wallet

HTC

Is Verizon replacing defective phones with Droid 2 and Incredibles?

Android

Nexus One dev phone stock already depleted; how many developers are there?

Android

Android’s nuclear zombie apocalypse

Android App Reviews

9 Ways to Make Android automatic with Tasker

Android App Reviews

PingChat! is like BBM for Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone

Android Apps

Everything Your Android Phone Can Replace: 45 Gadgets With a Total Weight of 110 Pounds

Android App Reviews

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