You all knew it was coming. When Sprint and HTC released the Android 2.2 update for the EVO 4G, it successfully removed root access to all those users looking to get a little more out of their ‘Droid. Well fret no more users, once again the good people of XDA Developers have found a way [...]
EVO 4G OTA Update for Early Adopters
Were you one of the adventure seekers who installed the unofficial “.3″ Android 2.2 update to your EVO 4G? If so, Sprint and HTC are here to bail you out with an OTA update that will pull all your unofficial updates into the official update world bringing you from Android 2.2 version 3.26.651.3 to version [...]
Android 2.2 Released for EVO 4G
Sprint and HTC have gone and made a great move by getting Android 2.2 out to all the EVO 4G owners ahead of the rest of the group of Android phones still awaiting the 2.2 update. That is, all but the Nexus One. Starting Aug 1st, users can manually update their EVO 4G or wait [...]
Evo 4G in Stock Online, Some Retailers
The Evo 4G ordering page at Sprint.com states they have Evos in stock again. Get ‘em while you can. I called some local Sprint stores and they are still taking waiting lists, some a few orders deep. I was in a local Wal-Mart and saw two Evo 4G phones in their inventory case on Tuesday [...]
Evo 4G Sets Sales Record at Sprint
“…the total number of HTC EVO 4G devices sold on launch day was three times the number of Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre devices sold over their first three days on the market combined.” – Sprint PR That pretty much sums up how excited Sprint is over the latest Android super phone released to the [...]
Qik is Slow with Evo 4G Slamming the Servers
Qik is having a little issue with supporting the record breaking number of Evo 4Gs sold over the weekend. Qik had anticipated an increase in traffic through it’s servers, but to put it in their words, “It truly is beyond what we had imagined.” There was a little issue with getting the Qik app on [...]
Evo 4G Day – Let the Sprint 4G Party Begin
Today is the first day the Evo 4G goes on sale. We’ve seen a number of twitter reports of people standing in line, sometimes 40+ people deep to get their hands on the Evo 4G. I personally know of at least one person who’s probably going to trade in their Hero for a 4G-ro. Also, [...]
Sprint Skips Nexus One Also – CDMA Nexus One Dead
Following closely on the heels of Verizon’s lack of Nexus One support, Sprint will skip the N1 and push for users to get the Evo 4G instead. I find the news a little sad actually. The Nexus One was more than just a hardware piece, it was an idea of a Google backed phone, with [...]
May to Give Android a Boost
It is looking like the month of May, 2010 should be providing Google’s Android OS a little kick. Not that it really needed one, considering the rate at which Android apps are being released to the market or the shear number of Android handsets/devices on the market to date. Unofficially, the Android market now boasts [...]
Android Weekend Wrap Up
Let’s see what happened over the weekend in the world of Android. There was some huge buzz about a Google Android party going on, which turned out to be just an annual BBQ party and not the Froyo 2.2 excitement many had speculated. I noticed AndroidCentral even went so far as to remove their original [...]
