Motorola Makes Announcement on Facebook About the Droid and Android 2.1
Motorola announced today via their Facebook page that Verizon Droid users can expect to see an OS update to Android 2.1 this week.
Motorola Hi all– we know you are frustrated with the lack of details regarding Android software upgrades and we sincerely apologize for not being able to share info sooner. We’re happy to relay [...]
HTC Incredible for Verizon: Photos and Video Leaked
The folks over at PocketNow were slipped a few pictures and video of the HTC Incredible. Obviously the Incredible is still in production as it’s watermarked with HTC’s confidential identification info.
Here are some specs that were picked up:
Running Android 2.1 with HTC Sense
Snapdragon CPU (and is described as “fast, really fast”)
256MB of RAM
3.5-3.7″ WVGA screen, [...]
Apple Threatens App Availability if Mention of Android Isn’t Removed
The Apple vs Google battle continues, it appears that Apple’s animosity toward Google has spilled over into Apple’s iPhone App Store approval process. Apple asked a developer to delete mention Google’s Android in an application’s description.
In an email to Tim Novikoff the developer of “Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab,” Apple wrote:
“it would be appropriate to remove [...]
Verizon Welcomes Motorola Devour to the Android Family
Today via press release Verizon Wireless announced the addition of the Motorola Devour to their Android line-up. They really haven’t told us anything about the device we don’t already know.
One downside: Reports suggest the Devour will ship with Android 1.6 rather than the more recent Android 2.1 release that debuted on the Nexus One [...]
T-Mobile UK in Talks with Google to Land Nexus One
It seems that Google’s Nexus One might appear on the T-Mobile network in the UK, according to a loose-lipped tweet by Robin O’Kelly, head of corporate affairs at T-Mobile.
O’Kelly tweeted, “T-mobile in talks to range Nexus one also. Happy landing.”
He then followed that up with the confirmation, “We’re talking to Google re nexus and hope we can come [...]
Motorola announced today via their Facebook page that Verizon Droid users can expect to see an OS update to Android 2.1 this week.
MotorolaHi all– we know you are frustrated with the lack of details regarding Android software upgrades and we sincerely apologize for not being able to share info sooner.We’re happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade to DROID will start to roll out this week, and we will have more information to share on other device upgrades later this week as well. Thanks for your patience and continued support.
Stay alert for the updated and let us know what you think of the changes. Wonder which other device Motorola plans to upgrade.
Earlier we told you about Flash Of Genius: SAT Vocab, the app that Apple threatened to pull from the Apple Store if the developer Tim Novikoff didn’t remove “Finalist in Google’s Android Developer’s Challenge” from the apps description. Over the weekend we had a chance to chat with Tim about his company and his app.
Flash of Genius LLC was founded by Tim a Cornell graduate student. Tim taught at Stuyvesant, the elite public high school in New York City, where he drew on his contacts to bring together the team that made Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab. Former colleagues and students from Stuyvesant wrote the content, including the simple definitions and edgy sentences that keep the user amused as they study. Read more »
We’re not usually concerned when someone buys a Nexus One, but when it’s the father of Linux Linus Torvalds the guy who self admittedly hates cell phones – “they are irritating and disturb you as you work or read or whatever – and a cellphone to me is just an opportunity to be irritated wherever you are. Which is not a good thing,” – well that’s news worthy.
Torvalds has owned a number of phones, including Google’s G1 device and ”one of the early China-only Motorola Linux phones,” before he finally broke down and bought one from the company’s web store. It took Google’s addition of multi-touch capabilities to the Nexus One to make that happen. He admits that his G1 was mostly used to play games while on long flights.
Torvalds’ loving it:
But I have to admit, the Nexus One is a winner. I wasn’t enthusiastic about buying a phone on the internet sight unseen, but the day it was reported that it finally had the pinch-to-zoom thing enabled, I decided to take the plunge. I’ve wanted to have a GPS unit for my car anyway, and I thought that google navigation might finally make a phone useful.
And it does. What a difference! I no longer feel like I’m dragging a phone with me “just in case” I would need to get in touch with somebody – now I’m having a useful (and admittedly pretty good-looking) gadget instead. The fact that you can use it as a phone too is kind of secondary.
Google couldn’t buy better advertising than having the father of Linux espouse the virtues of the Nexus One.
The folks over at PocketNow were slipped a few pictures and video of the HTC Incredible. Obviously the Incredible is still in production as it’s watermarked with HTC’s confidential identification info.
Here are some specs that were picked up:
Running Android 2.1 with HTC Sense
Snapdragon CPU (and is described as “fast, really fast”)
256MB of RAM
3.5-3.7″ WVGA screen, described as “very vibrant”
Optical Mouse
Dual LED Flashes
No word on whether the screen is LED, OLED or AMOLED, nor how many megapixels we’ll be getting with the camera. One thing we’re almost certain of is that this is going to Verizon, check out the video and you’ll see the Verizon start-up screen.
Check out more screen shots and the video after the jump Read more »
It’s been a slow couple of days for Android news, so I decided to take a look at the benefits, if any, to signing a two year wireless contract to get your new device on the cheap.
People are under the impression that phone subsidies are a lie, while others believe they’re the greatest thing since the invention of the cell phone. Let’s take a look at the true cost of subsidizing your new device by signing that new two year agreement. Read more »
First we had the Droid and it’s manly man reference, not to mention they called the iPhone a digitally clueless beauty pageant queen. Which for the record I thought was kind of funny. Now we have the Palm Pre Plus in all its housewife beauty.
Their new Palm Pre Plus commercial just might get some of the women’s rights groups up in arms. Read more »
The Motorola Cliq was $199 when it debuted a few short months ago, but right now you can get the Motorola Cliq for just $9.99 shipped with a new 2-year T-Mobile contract through WireFly. You’re limited to the titanium Cliq and you’ll be charged a $35 activation. If you’re an existing T-Mobile customer you’re out of luck, you’ll be parting with $149.99 of your hard earned cash.
However, if you’ve been thinking of jumping to T-Mobile and were eyeing an Android device now may be the time to take that leap, $140.00 is a pretty major savings.
The Cliq runs Android OS 1.5, but here’s good news: rumor has it Motorola will offer an upgrade to Android 2.0.
The Apple vs Google battle continues, it appears that Apple’s animosity toward Google has spilled over into Apple’s iPhone App Store approval process. Apple asked a developer to delete mention Google’s Android in an application’s description.
In an email to Tim Novikoff the developer of “Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab,” Apple wrote:
“it would be appropriate to remove ‘Finalist in Google’s Android Developer’s Challenge!’ from the application’s description.”
Today via press release Verizon Wireless announced the addition of the Motorola Devour to their Android line-up. They really haven’t told us anything about the device we don’t already know.
One downside: Reports suggest the Devour will ship with Android 1.6 rather than the more recent Android 2.1 release that debuted on the Nexus One or even the Android 2.0 release introduced with the Droid. Motorola has yet to confirm this.
If the Devour does ship with Android 1.6, one would imagine that a 2.1 update would be rolled out at some point in the coming months. With that said, Verizon and Motorola have yet to update any other Android handsets to 2.0 or 2.1, so it’s tough to say how long the wait might be. Read more »
It seems that Google’s Nexus One might appear on the T-Mobile network in the UK, according to a loose-lipped tweet by Robin O’Kelly, head of corporate affairs at T-Mobile.
O’Kelly tweeted, “T-mobile in talks to range Nexus one also. Happy landing.”
He then followed that up with the confirmation, “We’re talking to Google re nexus and hope we can come up with something very soon.”
Robin O'Kelly, head of corporate affairs at T-Mobile.
At the moment only Vodafone has the Nexus One on its network, as we know T-Mobile carries the Nexus One on its network here in US. So there’s every reason to believe that T-Mobile will soon offer the Nexus One in the UK once the two companies have hammered out a deal.
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