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Android Marketplace reaches 20,000 apps, with no signs of slowing down

With all those rumors swirling around that the Android Market was losing developers, I was beginning to think the Market would whittle away before it ever even got a chance. But according to Androlib, I may have been to hasty in that assumption. As it turns out, the Android Market is growing quite well. In [...]

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Sprint and HTC confirm Android 2.0 update for HTC Hero and Samsung Moment

Well, the time’s finally here. We have finally received word, officially, as to when a release for the next big update for Google’s Android will come. But, it’s not all flower pedals and butterflies, as the update has only been confirmed for one demographic of non DROID users: Sprint. That’s right. As of about 4PM Central [...]

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Motorola MILESTONE sells out in record time

Considering the release the Motorola DROID had here in the States, and the buzz that’s been generated by Google’s first Android 2.0 device, this probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Though, we can imagine why eXpansys is pretty surprised (and thrilled). Motorola has a hit on their hands, and just like the RAZR [...]

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Rumor Mill: Motorola Motus ready to flip onto AT&T

No FCC filings this time, just pure rumor mill. Remember the Motorola Motus? We showed it off a few weeks back. It’s the one with that crazy, flip-out keyboard shot with that amazingly bad blurry cam. While initial reports had the device going to T-Mobile, it looks like some specs have caused a stir in [...]

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Acer Liquid A1 passes through FCC, comes out with AT&T 3G for the trouble

We know of a few readers out there who will be pretty excited to hear about this, so we’re glad that they might be getting a shot to officially play with Acer’s first shot into the Android smartphone market. We’re just excited to get another phone with the OS, especially one with a 1 GHz [...]

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T-Mobile now offers customers ability to pay for Android apps with their bill

It’s been a little bit more than a rumor for some time now that T-Mobile was planning on giving its customers this ability, and it looks like the update has begun rolling out. And apparently T-Mobile likes to do things all sneaky-like, because the update began last night, without any kind of warning or indication. Much [...]

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Rumor Mill: Dell set to unveil Android-based internet tablet at CES 2010

A little competition never hurt anyone, right? Let’s hope that’s the idea here, because it looks like we’ve got another contender within the growing internet tablet marketplace. The Archos 5 just became available at Radio Shacks near you; the JooJoo (previously known as the CrunchPad) is set to start pre-orders tomorrow; and let’s not forget [...]

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Samsung Galaxy goes up for sale in Canada via Bell

Looks like patrons of the Canadian variety have something to look forward to today: the Samsung Galaxy is available for purchase. It’s being offered by Bell, and as usual there’s a small heaping of price plans to go along with it, depending on the length of time you’re willing to sign over to the company. The [...]

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Motorola MILESTONE goes up for sale, UK customers rejoice

Looks like Android 2.0 finally made it overseas. The MILESTONE, the brother to the DROID, has finally become available for purchase via Expansys. The retailer has an exclusive right to sell the device throughout December, so for right now this is the only way to  get the phone, if you’ve been chomping at the bit [...]

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Acer’s Android-based A1 Liquid now shipping in the UK

If you haven’t seen our discussion regarding Android’s presence in Europe, you should. It’s a surprise to us, as Android fans, that our Google-created OS isn’t raking in the fans over there across the pond, but let’s face it: there’s stiff competition, from entrenched companies who aren’t just going to back down to Google’s presence. But [...]

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