All sources point towards Google making an announcement about additional services for Google Music, most likely the ability to purchase music and keep it in the cloud. You can watch it live at youtube.com/android at 2:00pm PST. In the teaser image sent with the invitation, it appears T-Mobile may be a part of this announcement. [...]
HTC Thunderbolt new Verizon Release Date
Word around the internet is that the Thunderbolt, you know, that Verizon LTE beast, will be released on March 21st. The rumors floating around suggest there was an issue with the LTE communication and/or battery life which may or may not have been linked. Verizon stated that when their 4G phones are released, there will [...]
Android 2.3.3 SDK Released
Google continues to move forward with the Android platform, with the recent release of a minor update, 2.3.3. With this latest release, Android continues to build on the NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities already present with 2.3. Posted via the Android Developer’s Blog, it was pointed out that this is a small feature release update [...]
What does the Verizon iPhone mean for Android?
Unless you are living under a rock or totally not into technology news, you’ve learned that Verizon announced they will carry the iPhone 4 on their CDMA 3G network started Feb 10th of this year, just a littler under one month from now. That’s all fine for Verizon and Apple, but what does that mean [...]
Android Phones – Dual Camera Usage
There seems to be a recurring theme at CES 2011. Android phones with “dual” components. Dual-core processors and dual cameras, one front and one rear. Let’s focus on the latter dual, cameras. While front-facing cameras have been available on phones in other parts of the world for years, it’s only recently becoming popular in the [...]
Gingerbread is now Open Source to All
As I write this post, Gingerbread, Android 2.3, is being pushed into the Android Open Source Project. This means that within the next few hours you too can download your very own copy of Gingerbread for use on your AOSP phone, which incedently shouldn’t be a Nexus S. According to Mr. Queru of Google, trying [...]
Google CR-48 Review
Well hello there! It’s been quite a while since I wrote for The Droids, and there’s a good reason for that. I bid Android adieu when the iPhone 4 came out, and as I said to Benjamin before I left, I’ll probably be back for version 3.0. I absolutely love Android and miss many of [...]
Android 2.3 SDK/NDK Available – Developers Hungry for Gingerbread
Google has just released the SDK and NDK for application developers for Android 2.3, Gingerbread. It looks like a majority of the enhancements are focused to try and help game developers create better games for the Android platform. Other APIs and enhancements look to support some of the features just announced for the Nexus S, [...]
Gingerbread to be 32bit Windows for “No more banding, no more dithering”
The slide says it all. This is good news for all those who are tired of banding on their gradients. Look forward to a little more smoothy goodness in graphics. UPDATED.
Android 3.0 via 7-Inch Tab
In a short and sweet message, Android 3.0, dubbed Honeycomb, is said to be introduced via a Motorola built 7-inch tablet currently called the MOTOPAD according to mobile-review.com. This is via their twitter account and they offer no other details or sources other than what they tweeted, so take that as you want to. It [...]
