HTC Flyer hits Best Buy early, on sale now

Tweet Nick reported earlier that the official launch date for the WiFi only Flyer in the US, from Best Buy, was set for may 22nd. Well an internal Memo went out today, and it looks like the Flyer has hit the stores early, obviously Best Buy want to take advantage of the whole weekend, to move as many units as they can. Remember, this is an exclusive deal to Best Buy, and for $499 you’ll get the tablet itself, but it’ll likely set you back another $80 for the Digital Pen...

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AT&T’s HTC HD7 launch date set for June 5th

Tweet This is sort of a round about announcement, because the Windows Phone Blog, said the HTC Twitter account said AT&T said the HTC HD7s would be available for purchase on June the fifth. To all intents and purposes this is just the HD7, with a bit of a twist. It has all the same specifications, except for one, and that is what is generating the most interest in this phone. What might that difference be, well a 4.3 inch WVGA, Super LCD display. That’s a huge bump,...

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Why Apple is trademarking Thunderbolt and why Sony might be left out

Tweet Thunderbolt (formerly known as Light Peak) may have been developed by Intel, but it's Apple that's been snatching up all the trademark glory. The company first filed in November of 2010 in Jamaica, then followed up in February of this year by securing the rights to the name in Canada, before registering similar claims in Europe, China, and now the US. This raised some interesting questions about Intel's claim to be the exclusive trademark holder (see the more coverage...

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HTC Evo 3D, View 4G available for pre-order at Sprint

Tweet Sprint customers holding out for the HTC Evo 3D can now inch slightly closer to that glasses-free display -- without dropping by RadioShack. The carrier has confirmed that you can reserve the WiMAX handset by visiting a Sprint-owned retail store and plunking down $50 for a gift card. There's still no word on when you'll be able to get the device in-hand (and the 3D's exclusive carrier is mum on pricing), but, if you don't mind reserving a phone without any hint...

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HTC Flyer Hands-On and Unboxing

Tweet Hooray we finally got it! It’s the coolest little tablet this side of the sea – only it’s not just this side of the sea, it’s all over the place. The first place we saw this device, the HTC Flyer, was back at Mobile World Congress 2011 where we got but a tiny glance at what it truly held for us. Then we got a better look at its Sprint counterpart at CTIA 2011. Now we’ve got a full-fledged hands-on look of the device and we’re ready and rarin to go look at all of...

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New Details on Droid 3 Confirmed

Tweet With all the sequels coming out, one couldn’t be blamed for confusing a list of phones coming out this summer with a list of summer blockbusters. This particular upgrade happens to be the Motorola Droid 3 for Verizon. More exciting an upgrade from the Droid 2, then the 2 was from the original Droid. The third iteration is shaping up to bring the original Droid line back into the forefront of Android superphones when it is released this June. A tipster has been...

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Samsung Execs Reveal Future Plans

Tweet   A meeting last night held by Samsung executives held some gems in the form of potential new Android devices over the next year. The meeting, which was specifically to discuss ways that Samsung will be going after Apple’s market share, was not an explicitly Android event, so we can’t be absolutely sure that these will be Android devices, but the chances are good and there were some exciting things to be heard. The “biggest” announcement was that Samsung...

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Dell Streak 7 has Gingerbread Launcher Buried Under Honeycomb

Tweet While Ice Cream Sandwich may be the hero to unite the tablet and phone branches of Android that exist right now, it turns out there may have already been a less elegant fix in place. Owners of the Dell Streak 7 have confirmed that if they change certain what the screen’s pixel density is listed as in the build.prop file, they are greeted not by Honeycomb’s familiar holo theme, but a giant Gingerbread UI after a reboot. Now don’t ask me why people were changing...

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NOOKcolor Update Leaves 1GB Free for Content

Tweet For those of you that don’t know, NOOKcolor is an Android-run reader-centric tablet from Barnes & Noble, one that recently hit the news again due to it’s 1,000,000 downloads of apps in it’s first week of allowing such downloads. New purchasers of NOOKcolor might not be running through the daisies so lightly, as just 1GB of the 5GB of storage the tablet is supposed to have will be partitioned off for side-loaded content. No more Speed Racer keeping for me! All...

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TweetComb, Tablet Optimized Twitter App, Now Free in Market

Tweet We gave you a quick look at TweetComb, the first, Twitter client, optimized for tablets not too long ago. The app was definitely pretty, if not a little less intuitive than we’d have liked for it’s $2.99 price tag. Starting today though, the apps creator, Chris Stewart has made it, and another of his apps, Newsr, free to download on the Android Market. TweetComb is a great example of a tablet app, especially when such optimized apps have been a bit scarce as...

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Droid X2 Hands-On and Unboxing [video]

Tweet The war is on! It’s time for the qHD battle to begin, and it’s begun this morning with no less than a HTC Sensation taking on the DROID X2, and wouldn’t you know it, we’ve got both. Let me introduce you to the newest member of the DROID side – DROID X2! This is a Motorola device that appears at first to be ever so slightly different from the DROID X it replaces – will it be too much for those who love new specs to bear? And what about other phone comparisons? Would...

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Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY for Verizon available for pre-order now

Tweet We told you about Verizon finally getting the Xperia PLAY on their network on May 26th, and now you can beat the line (and possibly stock) by ordering it online now until May 26th for $199.99 on a two year term. It comes with 7 pre-installed PlayStation titles to get you gaming as soon as you turn it on. The titles include;Madden NFL 11 Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior Asphalt 6: Adrenaline The Sims 3 Star Battalion Crash Bandicoot Tetris Game o...

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Google Maps Now on all Mobile Browsers

Tweet So you’ve tried to access Google Maps from your web browser on your handheld device before and you’ve been miffed. They’ve told you that you’d have to access such a thing via an app that you’ve have to download, yes? Well no more, ladies and gentlemen, no more indeed. Google’s looked at their statistics (as they certainly do every single hour of every single day) and they’ve found that 40% of Google Maps usage is done from mobile devices. Because they want everyone...

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Samsung Galaxy S II vs HTC Sensation [VIDEO]

Tweet Behold the ultimate right now battle of the century. In this corner the newest and greatest dual-core device from Samsung, the next generation of the best selling series of Android smartphones in history, Samsung Galaxy S II! And in this corner, newly formed 4.3-inch round-sided king of the HTC world, blasting forth with another dual-core processor for a battle that’ll be remeniced about for centuries to come, the HTC Sensation! This war is a long time coming –...

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SwiftKey 2 [BETA] Hands-On and Review

Tweet Have yourself a look at the newest version of the most radically awesome keyboard app in existence, SwiftKey. This version features a few new elements including a brand new installer process, settings menu, and a most-excellent shortcut launcher on the keyboard itself. Our review lies beneath, as does a key to getting your own BETA copy today, and today only! Sell the excellence of a keyboard that learns as you teach it, teaching without any extra effort for more...

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LG Optimus 3D Hands-On and Unboxing

Tweet Woo look at this red hot goodness. It’s the LG Optimus 3D, an early developer version “intended for engineers” — take note of that for later. First let me comment on the box for a moment. It’s slick. One thing you can say about LG and the rest of the bigtime companies like HTC these days is that they’ve got their packaging game together. I see this box on a shelf and I instantly want to know what’s inside. Turns out what’s inside is the world’s first “Tri-Dual Technology”,...

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ABC offers new Good Morning America app

Tweet I can remember growing up each morning before school my parents would be watching Good Morning America. The news show is still on today and if you are a fan, you will want to check out the new app that goes along with the show that ABC is debuting. The app was unveiled this week and allows the app user on an Android device or the iPhone to participate with the show. Using the app the user can vote live on the buzziest stories of the day and then see the real-time...

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Geek creates Android app to propose to girlfriend

Tweet A dude from Jersey named Jon C. Hodgson wanted to propose to his girl of several years, Meghan, in a memorable way. He ruled out the things like a Jumbotron and skywriting as done already and wanted something cool. He settled on making his own app and then having it drop the big question in for him. Jon had a problem though; he didn’t know how to make an app for an Android device. He turned to App Inventor and his girls love of her HTC Incredible and Harry Potter...

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XDA To The Rescue, Netflix Running On The T-Mobile Vibrant

Tweet Well, after months and months of waiting we finally saw the highly coveted Netflix app for Android hit the market.  Unfortunately, there were only a handful of devices supported.  But as expected, upon launch, it was only a matter of time before our developing dogs at XDA caught the scent and modified a couple of apk’s for non-supported devices.  And thanks to the boys over at AndroidSPIN, they managed to get the app up and running on the T-Mobile...

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Easy hack adds Gingerbread interface to Honeycomb if you have root access

Tweet There are a bunch of Android fans out there that buy Android devices for their hackabiltiy and open nature. It seems that every time we turn around there is a new hack or mod out there to do something new and different on your Android tablet or smartphone. Many of these hacks and mods need root access to operate. If you have that root access on your Honeycomb tablet and long for a slicker looking user interface this hack might be perfect for you. If you have...

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HTC Flyer lands at Best Buy on May 22nd for $500, Magic Pen sold separately

Tweet The 16GB-equipped, 7-inch Flyer from HTC is making its way west this week. Best Buy, which gets the honor of exclusively launching the WiFi-only Android tablet in the US, has revealed Sunday as the official first day of availability for the Flyer, at a price of $500. As you'll recall, the stylus that ships in the retail box just about everywhere else will be markedly missing from the Best Buy bundle, costing an extra $80 to those who simply must have it. You'll...

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Acer Iconia Tablet is a Hit! Bad News? May Suffer From Shortages

Tweet Android tablets are all the rage these days. Just scanning through the front page at Phandroid and you will see post, after post of the Asus Transformers selling out minutes after they’re available. They’ve been harder to snag than a 1996 Tickle Me Elmo! But there’s always those who don’t feel like waiting around for their taste of Honeycomb and have moved onto Acer’s line of Iconia A500 tablets. According to Acer, you wouldn’t be alone. Acer is projecting that...

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Pizza Hut App taking orders on the go, Available in Android Market

Tweet It is a shame I didn’t know this app was released yesterday because it sure would have came in handy. I was running errands and trying to hurry and get pizza in time for the Miami vs Bulls NBA Playoff game, I had to hurry and call it in and go through all that hassle. This was just yesterday, and now Pizza Hut has released an easy, and convenient app for Android to allow just that, ordering pizza on the go right from your android phone for delivery or pickup. I...

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Panoramic Camera from HTC Sense 3.0 APK Available

Tweet Android developers are awesome. This time we’re happy to report that over at XDA francois.d.dillinger has managed to pull the camera app from Sense 3.0 and its available for you to flash on certain Sense based ROMs for phones including the EVO and MyTouch 4G. Note that since the camera is a system app its a bit more involved than just installing the apk and requires root, but for panoramic photos, it sounds worth it. As mentioned the big draw here is the ability...

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Sony Ericsson Porting its Android UI Skin to Two New Feature Phones

Tweet Sony Ericsson is going to be releasing two new feature phones in the new feature which utilize their custom UI from the Xperia Mini. The phones, the rumored to be called “txt pro” and “Mix Walkman,” both feature touch screens, and the txt pro, a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The two feature phones are set to be released sometime in the coming months as part of a competition on SE’s Facebook page which will feature the winners reviewing the phones. While neither phone...

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, and Arc getting Android 2.3.4 next week, Facebook included

Tweet From the looks of things the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and Xperia Arc are both set to be receiving the latest and greatest in Android and that is 2.3.4 They mention not only will many bug fixes be included, but what they are calling “Facebook inside Xperia” will be included as well. We are not sure what markets that have the Xperia Play will be getting the update, or if all will be getting it. The Xperia Play was originally considered Google’s Gingerbread HERO phone,...

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Leaked Official Droid Incredible Build Available to Flash

Tweet The latest build of the official Gingerbread build for the Droid Incredible, with Sense on board, leaked this morning. Now thanks to hardworking developers, a zip is rooted and ready for flashing for the root inclined among you. The build is Sense 1.0, but offers a nice bump for your Android version to 2.3.3. The zip file, available here, was put together by XDA user, TMartin03. Note that it lloks like you’ll have to download the newest radio file to flash with...

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Amazon beats Verizon, drops Droid Charge to $199

Tweet If you haven’t already ordered the amazing and blazing fast Droid Charge you might want to keep reading. Amazon has done what they’ve done many times in the past and are offering a lower price than Verizon Wireless for the brand spanking new Samsung Droid Charge. When pricing first leaked the Droid Charge was listed as $299 with a new 2 year contract when the pricing has usually been $199 for smartphones. Verizon stuck with that price for some reason, but Amazon...

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Asus Transformer in disguise at Walmart, K-Mart & Target

Tweet What do we have here, the Asus Trans-for-mer doing what those actual Transformers do best and staying in disguise. Reports have been coming in that these amazing 10.1″ 3.0 Honeycomb Android Tablets are showing up in stock all over the place, mainly online. From Walmart, K-Mart, and Target, plus I’m probably missing a few. At this time of writing they have been coming in and out of stock extremely fast. K-mart has them listed “In-Stock” as I type this so you better...

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