No, that is not Phandroid’s own Rob Jackson wearing Google’s augmented reality HUD glasses. That’s Google co-founder Sergey Brin who was spotted at a “Dining in the Dark” charity event, leisurely strolling about with the prototype Project Glass glasses, stopping to pose for pictures with attendees. This is the first time we’ve been given a [...]
Samsung took a moment to clear the air on all the “3D on Galaxy S III” rumors that have been flying around. According to a representative speaking to Engadget, Samsung has “no immediate plans” to include 3D on any of their smartphones. They acknowledge that they continue to explore new technology, which would lead us [...]
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When it comes to the HTC One X, there’s no surprise that the entire tech world is going ape-nuts over it. Arguably the best Android device to date, there’s no question HTC has struck gold on that one. And it’s not just the One X — the One S has been receiving its fair share [...]
Oh, will you look at that. Seems a certain dual-camera’d device made a cameo appearance in HTC’s latest behind the scenes video for the HTC EVO 4G LTE. Let’s just call it the “EVO 3D 4G LTE” for kicks (even if the original dropped the “4G” moniker). A prototype shell of that device was briefly [...]
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The Google Play Store received a silent update today. Version 3.5.16 should find its way to you in the coming days and reportedly fixes a few issues some users were having with 3.5.15 like force closes and/or disappearing purchased apps. I checked my Galaxy Nexus and sure enough it was updated although Gingerbread running devices [...]
Rumors of an affordable Google tablet have been running rampant now more than ever. They detail a plan of Google teaming up with ASUS to provide a tablet that will be powerful, yet will cost just about $250. It was due in May. Well, new rumors, courtesy of The Verge‘s sources, say otherwise. The tablet [...]
Sega has just announced that they’ll soon be releasing Football Manager Handheld 2012 for Android. A once-iOS exclusive, Football Manager Handheld allows users to take control of clubs in leagues from 12 different countries, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and Wales. You can control club transfers, influence training [...]
The Amazon Kindle Fire is receiving an upgrade to firmware 6.3 tonight. Before we go any further, let me just inform you that the upgrade has already been rooted. You can find more details on that in this XDA thread. That said, this new update does break the previous root method and the following changes [...]
The 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 has made a pitstop at the FCC as it rolls towards launch. The HSPA+ version, model number GT-P5100, has been given the approval of the federal commission, flashing its 850 and 1900MHz support along the way. Also put through the paces were the Tab 2′s 802.11n and Bluetooth 3.0 [...]
Ever since the early days of Android its users have been stereotyped as folks who aren’t too keen on paying for their software. The myth has been kept afloat by a plethora of ad-supported titles available via the official Google Play Store (once the Android Market) and a handful of developer horror stories lauding the [...]
As a long time gamer, I’ve owned just about every system under the sun, played video games across every OS, every platform — I’ve never been one to discriminate. One of the pitfalls from cross platform gaming is playing on your Android phone then moving to something like your iPad and not being able to [...]
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Back in the 80′s, there was this Saturday morning TV show I used to watch as a kid that was accompanied by an amazing toy line. It was called Dino Riders and it combined 2 of my most favorite things in the world at the time (which embarrassingly, hasn’t changed much today): dinosaurs and science [...]
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While we’ve already caught wind of a nice Panasonic smartphone set to be shown off at Mobile World Congress, the Eluga, we apparently have more to look forward to then that. That’s the word of Pocket-Lint, anyway, who claims to have gathered information regarding a couple more devices headed straight for Barcelona. One of those [...]
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Finding and flashing different boot animations is a bit of a pastime for us flashing fanatics, and I think I speak for everyone when I say we can’t wait to see this new CyanogenMod 9 boot animation each time we load our phones up. A bit of the old with a new, energetic flare. Boy, [...]
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The Samsung Ruby Smart, a rugged smartphone for those whose lifestyles aren’t friendly to traditional smartphones, was supposed to launch on AT&T a few days ago. The thing is, it didn’t. It seems AT&T still has it on their mind, though, as new press shots of the smartphone have leaked, courtesy of PocketNow. The device [...]
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It’s not everyday you’re able to find high-quality Android branded cases on the cheap but tonight may be your lucky night. Cruzer Lite’s “Androidified” soft gel cases are finally in stock (I had it marked on my calendar) and available via Amazon.com. These guys feature everybody’s favorite Bug Droid (I call him Andy) branded along [...]
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Much of the Android world are still waiting for the anticipated stable release of CyanogenMod 9, the Android 4.0 based custom ROM that has everyone excited. Unfortunately these things take time but the CyanogenMod team are generous, often giving us early looks at their wares for those who want a preview or for those who [...]
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Google Music, while awesome in that you can store all your music in the cloud and stream onto any device, is inherently flawed. Music, whether streamed from the cloud or store offline can only be played using the Google Music application and nothing else. But what if you wanted to listen to some of that [...]
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Something you may not know about me; I love mimosas. They’re refreshing, you can get a little buzz off ‘em, heck- they’re even borderline good for you. Well, mimosas are about to sound a whole lot more fun now that Nvidia and ZTE are teaming up to introduce the world’s first phone powered by nothing [...]
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We’re not sure what’s going on this year but all sorts of OEMs are announcing their wares ahead of Mobile World Congress. Samsung is the latest, though what they have to show off isn’t nearly as exciting as the Galaxy S III we once thought we’d see. Still, any new announcement are good announcements. They’ve [...]
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