September, 2011 - Android Community

HTC EVO Design 4G appears for a press shot

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Sep, 2011

The HTC EVO Design 4G is posing for a press photo today, soaked in 4G WiMAX and ready to take on the world, as long as it has unlimited data of course. Most of the details have already leaked so now we are basically waiting for an announcement and to hear when it will hit the streets on the Now Network in yellow.

HTC Thunderbolt finally getting OTA for 2.3 Gingerbread

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Sep, 2011

It seems that HTC will finally hit their time-frame for the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OTA for the HTC Thunderbolt. Although I'm not really sure if that is a fair thing to say since it was delayed in like April, then June, and now finally hitting here at the tail end of September. The updated documents and info has just went live on Verizon's support page.

ZTE T98 tablet is the first Tegra 3 tablet to surface

By Shane McGlaun
on 27 Sep, 2011

Typically, if a smartphone or tablet is running Tegra under the hood, it's the Tegra 2 flavor that we have all seen before. A new tablet has turned up in China called the ZTE T98 and it runs Tegra of a different flavor in the form of a Tegra 3 chip under the hood. The tablet is small with a 7-inch screen and a thin 11.5mm profile.

Nielsen data shows Americans are increasingly embracing Android

By Shane McGlaun
on 27 Sep, 2011

The metrics collecting cats over at Nielsen have offered up their latest insight into where the wireless mobile market is headed and what devices the people are buying today. According to the numbers collected as of August 43% of all smartphone owners have an Android device. When you dig down into the numbers Nielsen gathered another interesting metric surfaces over the last three months.

HTC throws a party on October 6 for Beats Audio phone

By Shane McGlaun
on 27 Sep, 2011

HTC has announced that it will be holding a press event on October 6 to out the new Beats Audio equipped smartphone. The event will be held in London and will include a party that is open to the public. The HTC event doesn't hint what specific smartphone will be the focus, the image is simply showing a Beats Audio headset.

LG makes the Optimus EX official

By Shane McGlaun
on 27 Sep, 2011

A few days back we caught a glimpse of some leaked press photos of the LG Optimus EX smartphone packing Android along with a few specs on the device. Today LG has gone official with the new smartphone and given up all the details on the device along with a slew of photos and specs. The Optimus EX is aimed at the high-end Android smartphone market.

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Review [Video]

By Chris Burns
on 27 Sep, 2011

Welcome back to one of the quickest and highest selling Android-based smartphone series in the Google-based mobil OS' history, here representing with the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy S II. This device is the third smartphone to be released with the Galaxy S II name attached, and it's certainly not the last, having been preceded by the original international edition Galaxy S II and the largest display-having version yet in the Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, followed here in the states by the T-Mobile version (also titled Galaxy S II), it having the same large display as the Epic 4G Touch at 4.5-inches but with a different processor than all released versions at this time. This 4.32-inch Super AMOLED Plus display-having dual-core chip toting handset is under the magnifying glass today here by yours truly at Android Community.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 hits the FCC

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Sep, 2011

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (GT-P6810) has just cleared the FCC making us even more excited to see this bad boy come to the US. Announced earlier this month we've already been able to enjoy some hands-on time with the Tab 7.7 and it sure is lovely, making us even more excited to see it clear the FCC.

Jawbone JAMBOX 2.1 Software Update now available

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Sep, 2011

Today Jawbone has released an update to the popular Bluetooth speaker system called the JAMBOX. Reviewed extensively over at our sister site SlashGear the JAMBOX brings great audio fidelity to your mobile devices, including Android. Connecting via Bluetooth this makes your Android enabled smartphone a full out audio experience and they've now updated the JAMBOX to version 2.1 bringing a few changes and sound improvements.

Samsung Officially Announces Galaxy Tab 8.9, and Galaxy Players coming in October

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Sep, 2011

Samsung has just announced full pricing and retail availability for three new Android devices today. Those being the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 as well as the Galaxy Player 5.0 and 4.0 media devices. We've seen plenty of these over the past few weeks as well as full Tab 8.9 pre-order information. Today we have full details and the Galaxy Tab 8.9 will be available starting October 2nd.