February, 2011 - Android Community

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NVIDIA Tegra Android Game Wave Continues with Samurai II: Vengeance

By Chris Burns
on 24 Feb, 2011

Welcome to the new age of mobile gaming. As you know, essentially starting with that RPG/overhead game Dungeon Defenders and moving on through a couple of GLU games and so forth, these are the games that are used by the processor pushers to show how amazing the devices they power can really be. This particular game, Samurai 2: Vengeance, is another of a separate wave of games to have been developed for iOS first then brought over to Android once it was found to be popular enough. That or because Android is more difficult to develop for for a game such as this, either way, here it is now.

Dyzplastic shows more of Android Series 2 and a Surprise

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Feb, 2011

Dyzplastic Inc. is at it again showing off more of the Android Series 02 Plastic Android Collectibles that we all know, love, and are collecting. We'll us at AC are at least. If you don't know much about them you can read more about the Mini Android Collectibles and Series 01 here. Today on the DYZplastic Productions Blog they've added another preview. This is part #4 on the blog. They are showing off the model named "Blackbeard".

HTC Incredible S Pre-Orders now Shipping from carphonewarehouse

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Feb, 2011

The shiny new HTC Incredible S has started shipping for delivery starting Saturday February 26th from Carphonewarehouse online pre-orders. It is available exclusively from Carphonewarehouse and Best Buy across the UK with availability in over 800 stores starting in-store Thursday, March 3rd.

HTC ChaCha and Motorola Xoom both get lawsuits for device names

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Feb, 2011

Looks like both HTC and Motorola have lawsuits coming at them this week over the names of some recently announces devices. If you have ever heard of, or used ChaCha before then you probably could see this Lawsuit coming from the day HTC announced the ChaCha. Apparently there is a company called ChaCha that is one of those Question Answering Services. They have recently filed lawsuits for trademark infringement on HTC over the use of the ChaCha name. If you'd like to know more or see this "FaceBook Phone" in action here is our HTC ChaCha Hands-On.

Samsung Captivate Android 2.2 Froyo Update [Download] Available Now

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By Chris Burns
on 24 Feb, 2011

Samsung Captivate Android 2.2 Froyo Update [Download] Available Now

Those of you with the cup-of-beer of phones, that Samsung Captivate, will be happy to hear that the update to Android 2.2 Froyo is available now, right this second, and you can have it for yourself by just following the right link. This update is one of many that've been screamed for for what seams to be an eternity by fans of the Froyo version of the mobile OS, and now it is free unto the world. Isn't it funny to think that when smartphones were first released, people were satisfied with the same version of their operating system the entire time they had the phone? Madness!

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Hands-On [Vodafone]

By Chris Burns
on 24 Feb, 2011

Have a look with us much closer to this bigger and significantly modified version of the original Galaxy Tab, indeed a brand new monster wholly on the outside and the in. We did get the chance last week to take a peek at this device at Mobile World Congress 2011, but as our good pal Chris Davies had the opportunity, it didn't make a moment of sense not to turn another peek at the device out in the wild. This is the Vodafone-branded version of the tablet and it does not fail to impress.

HTC Thunderbolt has been Delayed again

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Feb, 2011

Verizon's HTC Thunderbolt has been under a slew of delays and bad news lately. It's a shame because it is such a great device. Today a tweet by @BestBuy129 from California confirms that the Thunderbolt has been delayed once again. Now they are saying It looks like it "may" launch on Thursday, March 4th. That still doesn't sound very convincing either. Sorry to break it to you all waiting to get yours hands on this 4G beast.

MEDIAS E-04C 7.7MM Android Phone Further Detailed

By Chris Burns
on 24 Feb, 2011

A couple days ago we saw a sort of sneak peek at a new phone from NEC called MEDIAS E-04C. It's a 7.7MM-thick Android smartphone and although it appears that it'll only be showing up in Japan, it's just too cute not to look at a bit closer. Now we've got a slew of additional details including the preorder date, which is March 4, 2011, and further confirmation that this phone is indeed 7.7MM-thin. This phone will officially be released on March 15, 2011, and it'll be running Android 2.2 Froyo.

Tech Bloggers the Focus of T-Mobiles new Ad

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Feb, 2011

We all are familiar by now with T-Mobiles pretty Brunette girl right? Carly is her name. She is the pretty face behind T-Mobile and all their ads of late. Just like T-Mobile slaps iPhone 4 on Verizon video, and many others. Looks like this time around they have changed things up. They've went from making fun of Apple, to AT&T, & Verizon, but now they are bringing Tech Bloggers into the mix.

MiTAC outs new Android tablets for CeBIT launch

By Shane McGlaun
on 24 Feb, 2011

We certainly saw a lot of Android tablets debut for the first time back during CES. The next big trade show that is set to kick off before you know it is the CeBIT show and that show will be underway next month. We are sure to see a bunch of new tablets debut at CeBIT as well and MiTAC is showing off a few of its new Android tablets ahead of the show.