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My 30 Day Android Challenge…Day 26

David Beren — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:12:44 +0000

Today marks the 27th day of my Android challenge and with three days left, attempts to really integrate Android into my life have risen to another level. At this point I’m neck-deep in wading through the wonders and disappointments of the Android platform. Most notable is my sudden commitment to finding the perfect launcher/lock-screen combination which has taken up far too much of my time. Before I get into that, I ... [read full article]

Comcast/Xfinity TV Player App Arrives On Android, Good For Any Device Running Android 2.3 Or Above

David Beren — Sun, 27 May 2012 13:50:29 +0000

Let’s take a trip back in time to January 2011 and a promise from Comcast/Xfinity that Android tablet owners would be able to stream on-demand content to their tablets sometime in 2011. Fast forward to 2012 and while Comcast may have been a little overzealous in their timeframe, they did go a little further than their original promise by bringing on-demand content to any Android running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and above. Watch thousands ... [read full article]

Upcoming Release Dates For The Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note And Huawei-Based myTouch Devices

David Beren — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:48:44 +0000

Oh yeah, it’s party time with a list of upcoming release dates for T-Mobile including the two most requested devices — the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note. So let’s just right to the meat of it, but first your standard warning that all dates rumors until final confirmation comes from the T-Mobile mothership and therefore subject to change yadda yadda. Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Metallic Blue – June 20th ... [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S III Blue Pebble Color Delayed Due To Production Issues?

David Beren — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:44:33 +0000

It’s being reported by multiple sources today that Samsung is experiencing trouble with the production of their Blue Pebble color variant of the Galaxy S III. Reports are coming from various sources including Reddit, XDA-Developers, and New Zealand blog AndroidNZ.net. According to the report, Samsung had to destroy close to 600,000 back covers of the blue edition and it will push back some international shipments. We should highlight that this report doesn’t ... [read full article]

Huawei-Made myTouch For T-Mobile Passes Through FCC

David Beren — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:17:10 +0000

While the upcoming Huawei myTouch may not be the phone at their top of everyone’s want list, it did just pass through the FCC on its way to T-Mobile store shelves in the near future. The FCC filing actually provides some details surrounding/confirming the phones specs as well including a 4″ WVGA display, 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255T processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot. Pretty much all the [read full article]

Wirefly Memorial Day Sale Offers Extra $25 Discount On HTC One S

David Beren — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:59:25 +0000

Keep your eye on Wirefly.com tomorrow as they drop a nice little deal on the HTC One S for Memorial Day weekend. Beginning tomorrow, May 25th through May 28th, Wirefly is offering an extra $25 off their HTC One S pricing for T-Mobile. So what kind of pricing are you looking at — how about $125 for new activations and qualifying upgrade customers! That’s a pretty hot deal and it’s all yours ... [read full article]

“Because We May” Sale Puts A Ton Of Popular Android Games On Sale

David Beren — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:45:09 +0000

Developers are uniting this weekend and putting a number of awesome Android titles on sale this weekend and if you’re a mobile gamer, you should be excited. They have a number of my own personal favorites including World of Goo, Canabalt HD, Anomaly Warzone Earth HD, Great Little War Game, Fieldrunners and more. There is some seriously awesome content mixed in here and the deal begins today, May 24th and runs through June ... [read full article]

Android Continues March Toward World Marketshare Domination

David Beren — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:23:28 +0000

We’re checking out IDC’s newest report for the first quarter of 2012 showing Google’s Android platform continuing it’s march toward global domination as its market-share climbs to 59%, with Apple a distant second at 23%. Also of little surprise was Samsung’s 45.4% of all Android smartphone shipments worldwide. The first quarter of 2012 saw a total of 152.3 million smartphones shipped of which 89.9 million were Android smartphones, 35.1 million were iOS followed ... [read full article]

Deutsche Telekom CEO Says Merger, Not Sale Is Still An Option For US Branch

David Beren — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:10:35 +0000

Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann spoke this morning during his company’s investors call and said that a T-Mobile merger is still an option, though an outright sale is more than likely off the table. “We do not exclude any option for the T-Mobile unit in the U.S., also not a merger,” Obermann told shareholders today at an annual meeting in Cologne, Germany. “A complete sale is unlikely. You understand that I can’t say ... [read full article]

Google To Release Five Nexus Devices On November 5th To Celebrate Five Years Of Android?

David Beren — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:08:29 +0000

On the heels of a Wall Street Journal report indicating Google is prepared to announce a variety of partnerships for their exclusive Nexus lineup of smartphones — comes news that these five devices will all arrive on November 5th. Remember, remember the fifth of November. In fact, the fifth of November this year will mark Google’s five-year anniversary for Android. According to TalkAndroid, a reliable source has provided them with intel ... [read full article]