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Well, guys, the contest for winning LogMeIn’s Ignition app for Android has now come to a close. Thanks to all those that submitted responses in our forum thread, and to all those that responded incorrectly… sorry, folks, but your entries wont be considered. Lots of entries came in on the app! Looks like everyone is excited [...]For more informati […]

Remember Motorola’s release of the “No Jacket Required” ad, taking a stab at Apple’s Antenna deisgn problem? Well now, they have released a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section to their site, along with specifications on their antenna design. A few of the highlights in the FAQ: Q: When Motorola is designing a new phone, how does [ […]

Who isn’t getting Froyo? Well, it looks like unlocked HTC Desire’s in Europe are no longer in the ignore list, as there is now an official press release that states that they will be getting the long awaited 2.2 update. The upgrade is set to include: 720P Video Recording HTC Sense Updates App Share Improved Keyboard HTC’s new phone features […]

Awhile back, we did a review and giveaway of WaveSecure, an app that allows you to remotelyloss and theft of your Android device. Now, tenCube, maker of WaveSecure, is set to be acquired by McAfee. According to the official announcement on McAfee’s website, they say that the acquirement is set to: Further establish itself as the leader in mobile [...]F […]

According to an article over at engadget, they have received official word from Verizon that Froyo will be headed to the original Motorola Droid next week. It’s entirely possible that this could be a hasty response to HTC’s notice that the Evo will also be getting 2.2 (officially) on 8/3, but however it came about, [...]For more information on An […]

Adding to an impressive stable of phones and carriers, Motorola will be releasing the M511 (known as the FlipOut in Europe) onto Chinese carriers by the end of this month. In other words, today. The M511 will run Android 2.1 with MotoBlur, and will offer a full QWERY keyboard to perfectly complement its social network integration, which [...]For more informa […]

Is today source code release day? Well not really but it sure seems like it considering Samsung released their Captivate source code today as well. Truth be told, Motorola actually released the source code two days ago, just nobody noticed, lol. Anyway, if you’d like to crawl through what makes the Droid X tick, then hit [...]For more information on An […]

Developers anxious for the full open source coding of the Samsung Captivate were joyous today as they received the following message in their inboxes: Dear _____________, You can download the source code of SGH-I897 on this site in Mobile Category, SGH-I897 model. Thank you. Short, sweet, and to the point. This is excellent news for those intrepid ROM develo […]

Another one bites the dust! The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini & Mini Pro have been rooted.  We’ll skip right to the goodies and give you the instructions: You will need ADB from Android SDK and USB drivers for X10 mini (part of Sony Ericsson PC Companion). Enable USB debugging on the phone in Settings>Applications>Development and connect the […]

Despite some pretty harsh claims against the company, Huawei has moved forward with it’s business, andis now officially launching two Android phones. The U8300: and the U8500: There is very little known about the specification of these two devices, other than that they are both 3G enabled and have Qualcomm chips.. Independantly, the 8300 is capable of […]

Supersized panoramic photos of cities are the flavor of the season. After Prague and Dubai, it’s the turn of Budapest to get a detailed online photo that you can zoom in and out of and play around with–almost like Google Earth. The photo shot over four days has 70-gigapixels. If the finished picture is ever printed, [...]

Someday humans and computers will meld to create cyborgs. But instead of waiting for it, Martin Magnusson, a Swedish researcher and entrepreneur, has taken the first step and created a wearable computer that can be slung across the body. Magnusson has hacked a pair of head-mounted display glasses and combined it with a homebrewed machine based [...]

HTC’s Evo 4G phone will become the first device (after Google’s Nexus One) to get an upgrade to Android 2.2 Froyo, the latest version of the Android operating system. Sprint will begin pushing out the upgrade to Evo users starting Tuesday, August 3. All Evo users will have Android 2.2 by the middle of the month, [...]

The FridgePad is billed as the “ultimate fridge magnet”. I’d say it’s probably the ultimate anything. Think about it. Even with my obviously awesome “Waterproof, Kitchen-Proof iPad Case” (a ziploc bag), your iPad still gets in harms way in the kitchen. The FridgePad fixes this by mounting the iPad up where nature intended: […]

You will not be surprised that the porn industry is all over the iPhone 4 like a bad case of the clap. The latest business opportunity is, almost inevitably, FaceTime, although it probably won’t actually be called Face Time. In the U.K., the ever-accurate Daily Mail reports that “video-sex chat services [...] are hiring workers through [...]

Somebody needs to make an iPhone game-pad already. The iPhone is great for games and all, but for old-school platformers and beat-’em-ups like Streetfighter IV, nothing beats having some real buttons to mash. Enter the gPod, a be-buttoned case into which you slide the iPhone. It has a d-pad, four control buttons along with [...]

The BottleBob Bottle Cap Punch is a gimmick, a gee-gaw, a single-purpose uni-tasking tchotchke. But despite this, what it does is pretty awesome. It cuts holes in the metal caps of soda-bottles so, when you insert a regular plastic straw, it looks like you somehow punched that thing right through it, you old tough-guy you. The [...]

On Monday we took a look at computational rephotography, a technique for making a new photo exactly match the point-of-view of an old photo. Today we take a look at a gallery of photos showing rephotography in action. The pictures have been put together by Russian whizz Sergey Larenkov and posted on his Livejournal (yes, Livejournal [...]

Just days after updating the hardware Kindle with a smaller, cheaper model, Amazon has updated the Kindle app for iOS devices and it remains the same size and the same price (free). This release brings something for everyone in the form of iOS4 compatibility and general improvements. There are a few dull but worthy additions: fast [...]

Few engineering projects have the scope, costs or risks involved in building a new bridge. San Francisco Bay Area residents got a peek at what's involved, when builders place the first segment of a tower that will soon hold up a brand-new span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Wired captured photos of the event, as well as many inside photos of the new b […]

If you have an HTC EVO 4G, then you need to head on over to the Sprint Site, and download yourself some Froyo. That is, unless you’re already rooted and using Android 2.2, then you probably don’t want to do that. In any event, this post is for everyone who might actually be interested in [...]

There’s a serious flurry of Android 2.2 related news breaking right now, and especially through the last few days. It’s pretty obvious to everyone that every carrier and manufacturer out there is taking the update seriously, and considering the hassles they all went through with Android 2.0, and 2.1, that’s to be expected. Now, though, [... […]

We just told you that Samsung has a tablet coming out. Furthermore, we divulged that the company plans on releasing it in the third quarter of this year. And, from what we already know about it (it’s the Galaxy Tab, mind you), we are pretty excited about it. Not to be left in the wind, [...]

When we originally saw this report, we thought, just for a moment, that it was going to say the third quarter of 2011. Imagine our surprise, and relief, that it actually means this year. Which means that it’s in the coming months, folks — not a year. But, hearing about a Samsung-manufactured tablet isn’t exactly [...]

Want more Motorola MOTOBLUR-drenched handsets? How about one that’s already been showcased around these parts? Well, good. Because here’s the M511, or better known ’round here as the FlipOut. And, it’s a welcomed addition to the already strong Motorola Android lineage within China right now, like the Backflip and XT800. And while the […]

The Android Market is exploding. It just seems like weeks ago that we were talking about it reaching only 60,000 apps. Oh, wait. That was only weeks ago. So, yes, we can safely say that the Android Market is exploding, and it’s only going to get better. Today, Google can mark off another milestone, as [...]

Well, fancy that. Thanks to some keen eyes, and due to someone out there not despising Motorola for putting that eFuse in their device, we got word that Motorola has actually released the source code for the Droid X. Just like the Samsung Captivate for AT&T, this will go along way for the developers out [...]

One of the best reasons to root your Android device, is to get your hands on some wired and wireless tethering options. It’s one of the greatest features of Android, and probably why all the carriers out there want to charge us for it (we’re lookin’ at you, Verizon). But, that’s not stopping Samsung from [...]

It’s the end of July, and August is literally right around the corner. One of the things we’re looking forward to the most is the Droid 2, and finally getting some official photography taken of the device. Plus, our hands-on time (that should be obvious). The release date of the device has been one of [...]

Samsung, unlike Motorola, apparently wants you to have fun with your device, outside the normal restrictions. They have already released the source code for the international version of the Galaxy S, and now it looks like they want to do one better. They’ve just released the source code for the Samsung Captivate — the version [...]

iOS 4.0 (iPhone 4.0) is announced. iPhone iPad Business meetup will invite a group of experts to share their view of iOS. Sponsor: PayPal Agenda: 6PM Food and networking 6:30PM Introduction 6:40PM Speakers and demo. Moderator: Tony Wasserman Tony Wasserman is Professor of Software Management Practice at Carnegie Mellon West, and the Executive Director of [.. […]

Source: svcwireless.org The mobile revolution is here and now.  With iPhone 4.0 and iPad, Apple Inc, the one time moribund and diminutive competitor to the Wintel alliance, owes the phenomenal success to its ubiquitous AppStore that hosts close to a quarter million mobile apps with billions of download to date.  With the iPad/GPad, Google/Apple TV, [...]

From Android Top Gun Training Camp Marko Gargenta, Marakana Marko Gargenta has been programming in Java even before it was named Java. His background is in very large enterprise web application development but he’s also had a fair-share of UI experience having rewritten the entire AWT into lightweight components before Java Swing ever came out. [...]

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 For more information:http://www.androidcentral.com We love Twitter clients. That’s no secret around here. And the free Seesmic Twitter client for Android just got an update. It’s a biggie, and likely enough to return it to my regular Twitter rotation. First up (and foremost for me) is the ability to access multiple Twitter accounts. (Note to any […]

I’m happy to announce that we’ll be hosting a very special Android Developer Lab at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on Wednesday, February 17th as part of the inaugural App Planet event. There will be technical presentations throughout the day and a developer lounge where you can talk to Android team members and meet [...]

This was a battle in the making and now it’s here. Go head to head with iPhone users on your Android device to see who is the best. Ok, it’s just a game called Home-run Battle 3D. With the growing popularity of Android there are now more and more company that will make games and [...]

Apple today released iPhone OS 3.1.3 for all iPhone and iPod touch models, addressing several specific bugs as well as offering fixes for a handful of security issues. This update for the iPhone and iPod touch contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following: - Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS - [...]

http://www.ghacks.net The biggest feature in Google Chrome 4 was without doubt the built in extension engine that allowed Chrome users to easily install and use extensions. What the developers forgot to mention in the release announcement was that Greasemonkey userscript support was also added to the web browser. Userscripts are small scripts that change ele […]

http://news.cnet.com/ Sales of cell phones around the world rebounded in the fourth quarter, indicating that the recession may be over for the beleaguered mobile handset market, according to figures compiled by market research firms. Global handset shipments were up 10 percent to 324.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to 293.8 million [.. […]