Motorola Droid X Users Report Screen Issues

by Scorpio on July 20, 2010
in Android

droid-x-preorderMotorola got a lifeline in the smartphone industry when its latest smartphone, the Droid X received a huge ovation on its release date and had overwhelming sales on its initial days of release. Online stores such as Best Buy and Verizon Wireless (the official carrier of Moto Droid X) reported stock shortages because of the huge demand of the smartphone following its launch in the US smartphone market.

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Android 2.2 Ported to HTC Deisre Via Unrevoked 3.1

by Scorpio on July 20, 2010
in Android

The wait for Android 2.2 operating system to be supported officially by HTC on its Desire smartphone through an over-the-air update is getting longer and longer by each passing second. Hackers and Linux developers are now constantly coming up with builds of Android 2.2 which can be easily ported and run efficiently on the HTC Desire before the OTA update comes flying in to Desire users.
The most recent effort in this regard has been the Unrevoked tool which can bring a custom built version of Android 2.2 on HTC Desire. The official statement about Unrevoked at its official site says the following information about the tool: “unrevoked3 is a tool to flash a custom recovery image to your Android phone. A custom recovery image allows you to perform advanced tasks on the system partition, such as flashing custom ROMs and taking a full backup of your phone (a “nandroid” backup)”.
The utility is now available for several operating system platforms which include Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7), Apple’s Mac OS X operating system, and open source flavors of Linux. What’s great about the utility that not only it ports the Android 2.2 on HTC Desire, but it also ports it efficiently on other HTC smartphones which are in line waiting for the awaiting the OTA official Android 2.2 update (only Nexus One is getting OTA update right now). The other smartphones which can have Android 2.2 through Unrevoked 3.1 are:
Sprint HTC Evo 4G (HTC Supersonic)
Droid Incredible (HTC Incredible)
HTC Desire
HTC Aria
Droid Eris
Although users of HTC Legend and Wildfire are still out of luck as this tool currently doesn’t support these two HTC smartphones. So if you’re a Wildfire or Legend users, we urge you to wait eagerly as the support might just be added soon enough.
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htc-desireThe wait for Android 2.2 operating system to be supported officially by HTC on its Desire smartphone through an over-the-air update is getting longer and longer by each passing second. Hackers and Linux developers are now constantly coming up with builds of Android 2.2 which can be easily ported and run efficiently on the HTC Desire before the OTA update comes flying in to Desire users.

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Skyfire 2.2 for Android Released

by Scorpio on July 18, 2010
in Android

skyfire-logoNo operating system, be it a desktop one or for a handheld device, can be complete without a good web browser. Recently, the Beta version of the browser SkyFire 2.2 was released Google’s Android operating system. The version number to be exact is 2.2.0.18794; the new version brings several improvements to its predecessor SkyFire 2.1.

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HTC Desire HD Specs Revealed [Rumor]

by Scorpio on July 16, 2010
in Android

clip_image002Rumors about HTC releasing another high end smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system are in the air for quite some time. It is now somewhat clear that the rumored phone, dubbed as the HTC Ace will be released under its new alias, Desire HD. Like the currently available HTC Desire, the Desire HD (or Ace as you may still want to call it) will be a high end device from HTC, with features resembling that of the HTC EVO 4G. It is also being improvised that the Desire HD might be a European version of the EVO 4G, with users enjoying everything what the EVO 4G promises to offer except the 4G connectivity.

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Motorola Droid and Motorola Devour Reaches End of Life

by Scorpio on July 16, 2010
in Android

Motorola’s smartphone manufacturing ship is slowly going down in the waters, with desperate attempts being made to save the looming giant, with the Droid X being an example. However, another corner stone has now hit Motorola with reports surfacing, yet again, that Motorola’s flagship smartphones,

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Jailbreak iOS 4.0.1 Beta with Sn0wbreeze 1.8 [Coming Soon]

by Scorpio on July 16, 2010
in Apple

There is good news for all those who were waiting for iOS 4.0.1 jailbreak. iH8Sn0w has announced that he will releasing an update Snowbreeze 1.8 which can be used to jailbreak iOS 4.0.1. However, no estimated release date has been announced yet.

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Seesmic for Android 1.4: Google Buzz Support, Photo Previews, Improved UI

by Haris on July 15, 2010
in Android

seesmic-logoSeesmic just announced the release of their updated Seesmic for Android Twitter client which is now available in the Android Market.

This update brings Google Buzz support and a long requested feature, Twitter photo previews! Other features include UI improvements and Settings menu update.

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Samsung Galaxy S Sells 300,000 Units in Korea, Expected to Get Froyo by August

by Scorpio on July 14, 2010
in Android, Gadgets

samsung-i9000Samsung has been making its way through the smartphone market by releasing good quality smartphone devices into the market pool at regular interval. Equipped with one of the latest specs for today’s handheld smart devices, the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone created waves of interests from users around the globe when it was released. The smartphone is slowly increasing its worth in the Asian market and is selling like hot cakes in Korea, Samsung’s original home country.

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Blackberry Tablet Specs Emerge

by Scorpio on July 13, 2010
in Gadgets

After the release of the innovative tablet made by Apple, the iPad, there has been a lot of fuss going on over the internet about competitors of Apple in the handheld device market coming up with similar solutions. One of the most talked about tablet, which has been on the rumor sheet since early May is the possible tablet being released by Research In Motion (RIM), makers of the popular line of smartphones known as BlackBerry.

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