Archive | October, 2009

Eris Docs Reveal Date and Price

It was rumored, but now we might have some more solid info. Leaked documents that explain the Droid Eris will be available Nov 6th at $99. Again, this Android phone has almost identical specs to that of the Hero for Sprint. It’s got a standard 528Mhz Qualcomm processor, 320×480 screen and like Sprint’s Hero Android [...]

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Android Oct 2009

Where is Android? It was born just over a year ago. In the tech world, that’s decades ago. It was just a newborn at 1.0 and a toddler at 1.5, maybe losing training wheels at 1.6. So at 2.0, where is Android? We’ve seen some great improvements, and reports are 2.0 is a huge leap [...]

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Sony Ericsson Tease Video

Sony Ericsson is expected to announce the X3, an custom Android powered phone, on Nov 3rd.  They have a nice teaser site up and running and now they have a beautiful video to go with it.  I have to admit, this is a stunning and sexy phone.  So much so, I originally labeled my image [...]

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Droid Review at Engadget

I would love to be able to post up here a full review of the Motorola Droid.  Unfortunately for me and you (mostly me), I did not get a Droid to review.  Instead I’m forced to read from afar and help my readers find the reviews they are looking for.  Engadget has just posted up [...]

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Sprint’s Android Plans

Sprint’s Android Plans

David Owens, a Sprint executive, had a little virtual chat yesterday with customers via Sprint’s web site covering some details on their plans forward with Android, Blackberry and Windows phones. There is some very good news in the reports: Google Android OS updates are coming for the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment. While he didn’t [...]

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G1 gets along with Android 2.0

Or maybe it should be Android 2.0 loves the G1.  Either way, Akira Harada has ported the Android 2.0 OS onto a T-Mobile G1 already.  He decided it was too long of a wait for anything official, which I’m glad.  This is excellent news and hopefully we’ll see much more of this to come.  Some [...]

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LG Eve Specs – Pics and Video

LG’s first Android powered smartphone, the LG Eve looks like a nice phone in it’s own right.  Rumor has it, the US won’t see this device, but Canada may.  Eh?  The Eve has a 3″ touchscreen and packs a 5 line QWERTY keyboard.  It also has a 5MP camera with flash and from what I [...]

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Moto Droid Docks are $30

Moto Droid Docks are $30

The two docking accessories for the Motorola Droid, the Car Dock and the Multimedia Station run $3o each.  A quick reminder of what the docks are about: Driving Directions One of the most interesting new features is a beta version of the Google Maps Navigation application which will be preloaded on the device. The Maps [...]

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HTC says Android for HD2 Not Happening

HTC’s CEO Peter Chou said yesterday in an interview with Forbes magazine that while it would technically be possible to put Android onto the HD2, they won’t do it because of a commitment with Windows Mobile.  I can understand supporting a company you’ve been working with for 13 years and not wanting to step on [...]

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Better Picture of Droid Eris

We’ve already seen some rumors of the second Droid coming to Verizon Wireless’s whole collection of Droids.  It’s to be the HTC built Droid Eris, which seems to be a slightly altered HTC Hero.  This one has some softkeys as well as a couple hardkeys and a trackball.  The initial photos/images seemed to make it [...]

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