Google Maps 5.2 hits the Android Market
It looks like the gang from Mountain View have pushed Google Maps 5.2 to the Android Market. Aside from the standard performance improvements, the update adds the …
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Angry Birds for Android downloaded over 30 million times
Speaking at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, Rovio Mobile’s Peter Vesterbacka let it be known that his company’s wildly successful mobile …
‘Significant’ new tablet, plenty of Android devices headed to CTIA
CTIA vice president Rob Mesirow said on Thursday that a “significant” new tablet will be unveiled at the annual CTIA trade show later this month. …
comScore, Nielsen proclaim Android as U.S.’s most popular smartphone operating system
Android has already assumed its position on top of the global smartphone totem pole, and now, according to two separate analytics firm, it has seized the top …
Sam’s Club to sell Wi-Fi XOOM for $539?
The latest, cost-effective rumor surrounding the Wi-Fi Motorola XOOM is sure to pique the interest of the few penny-pinching readers. Blog Droid-Life is reporting that …
RBC: 185 million tablets sold by end of 2014, Android to dominate long-term
In a note to investors on Thursday, RBC Capital Markets General Manager Mike Abramsky reiterates the firm’s belief that the tablet market is poised to …
Exclusive: BlackBerry Messenger will launch on Android and iOS
BGR has learned from multiple trusted sources that Research In Motion is planning to bring its beloved BlackBerry Messenger app and service to Android, and …
Google ousts 21 malicious applications from Android Market, user handsets [Updated]
While investigating several Android Market applications that appeared to be duplicates, Reddit user lompolo discovered several apps that provide an extra, and definitely unwanted, service. The …
iPad 2 will have stiff competition this year, analyst thinks
In a note to investors on Tuesday, Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White became one of only a few analysts to take a minority stance on …
PC World UK tips pricing on Wi-Fi Motorola XOOM; £449 ($730)
For a very brief moment, PC World UK was displaying a pre-order advert for the Wi-Fi Motorola XOOM — complete with pricing — on its …
Sprint launches Protection App for Total Equipment Protection customers
U.S. wireless provider Sprint has announced a new mobile application available to subscribers of its Total Equipment Protection (TEP) program, titled Protection App. Protection App …
Rite of passage: Honeycomb commemorated with statue at Google HQ
Honeycomb (Android 3.0) is officially official. The gang in Mountain View have taken to the front lawn to commemorate the latest and greatest iteration of …
Motorola CEO says 7-inch tablet due this year, again
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco on Monday, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha repeated the company’s plans to …
Motorola XOOM overclocked to 1.5GHz; shreds benchmarks
So you’ve gone ahead and purchased a Motorola XOOM for a cool $800. You’ve been politely pawing at it for the last few days, playing …
BlackBerry PlayBook will support Android apps, RIM rep proclaims [video]
BGR exclusively reported in January that Research in Motion was hard at work trying to add support for Android applications to the BlackBerry PlayBook and …
HTC Desire, Desire HD, Desire Z, and Incredible S getting Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update in Q2
In a statement to blog SlashGear, HTC let it be known that it intends to bring four European handsets up to Gingerbread (Android 2.3) in …
Users reporting Gingerbread update (Android 2.3.3) causes screen discoloration on Nexus S
We’ve received a handful of tips from frustrated Nexus S owners claiming that the recently released Android 2.3.3 update has an unwelcome side effect, screen discoloration. Reports indicate that …
HTC Merge coming to ‘multiple’ North American carriers this spring; Android, CDMA world phone
Here’s one straight out of left field. In a brief press release, HTC announced that its Merge handset — a device we thought was dead …
Google video visualizes global Android activations
No platform in recent history has grown as fast as Google’s Android OS, and now Google has created a quick video to help us visualize …
AT&T: HTC Aria getting Android 2.2 (Froyo) tomorrow
Via Facebook, AT&T has made its second major Android operating system update announcement in as many days. The subject of today’s post: the HTC Aria. …
HTC ThunderBolt launch next week further supported by Best Buy store’s claim
Following our report from Thursday morning suggesting Verizon Wireless is preparing to launch the HTC ThunderBolt next week, an earlier tweet from a California Best Buy …
Downloads of Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) for Nexus S, Nexus One provided courtesy of XDA
If we know you, and we think we do, you’re not the kind of person that wants to wait two weeks to get Gingerbread (Android …
New evidence of Android apps running on BlackBerry phones emerges
Mobile app developer ShopSavvy reports that its Android application has recently been tested on multiple BlackBerry devices. BGR exclusively reported last month that RIM may be …
Froyo goes live for AT&T’s Samsung Captivate
Sprint subscribers may have just been driven further into a frenzy by Samsung’s botched Froyo update for the Epic 4G, but Galaxy S users subscribed …
Sprint pulls Samsung Epic 4G Android 2.2 (Froyo) update; data connectivity, SD card issues reported
Not a ton of good news this week for Samsung handset owners awaiting software updates. Just three days after a highly-anticipated, Android 2.2 update began …
T-Mobile raises prices on old smartphones
In a move that smacks convention right in the face with the back of its hand, T-Mobile has raised the prices of two old smartphones. Rumors …
HTC ThunderBolt may launch on March 3rd or 4th; unlimited 4G LTE data for $29.99
With February 24th upon us and no storm clouds in sight, it’s a safe bet that we won’t be seeing the ThunderBolt make its highly …
Motorola XOOM available to the masses today
The day hath cometh. The world’s first Honeycomb (Android 3.0) tablet has officially hit the streets and is ready for purchase. You can run to …
Motorola XOOM review
The Motorola XOOM isn’t the first Android tablet, but in a way it kind of is the first Android tablet. It runs Google’s latest OS …
T-Mobile launches Samsung Galaxy S 4G; $199.99 on contract
T-Mobile has finally made its latest Android smartphone available in stores and on its website — and thankfully, the “As low as $499.99” seen on …
