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Motorola Droid Pro Heads to Cellular South as the Milestone Plus

By Cory Gunther
on 1 Aug, 2011

The Motorola Droid Pro is a BlackBerry-ish device running on that tasty frozen Android 2.2 FroYo and we reviewed it here. Apparently Cellular South loves the business Android user idea and will be getting the Motorola Droid Pro soon and they'll be calling it the Motorola Milestone Plus.

Motorola Triumph Selling Early at Best Buy

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Jul, 2011

Remember the Motorola Triumph headed for Virgin Mobile in a few days? We had it over for a hands-on and unboxing just this week and it will be available from Virgin Mobile on July 20th. Well some reports of this off-contract 4.1" Vanilla Android 2.2 phone is actually selling early over at big blue -- yea that would be Best Buy.

LG Optimus Black Headed to a few U.S. Carriers

By Cory Gunther
on 1 Jul, 2011

We have heard about the LG Optimus Black a few times and it should even be headed to U.S Cellular here sometime in 2011. A few already have the device over in Europe but it is about time we see it here in the states. It looks to be headed to multiple carriers here in the U.S. soon.

Cincinnati Bell Helps Motorola Milestone XT720 Users Root and Upgrade to 2.2

By John Scheible
on 1 Jul, 2011

Waiting for upgrades when a new version of Android comes out can be a big pain. While many users are wondering when they'll get Gingerbread, there are still plenty of phones out there who never even got FroYo. Well Cincinnati Bell is shattering the mold with a move that is the very definition of bold. They are providing instructions and the necessary files to root your Motorola Milestone XT720, back it up with Titanium Backup, and then flash a FroYo ROM.

Archos 35 Home Connect & Smart Home Phone Hands-On by SlashGear

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Jun, 2011

The two new Tablets aren't the only thing Archos has in their hat of goodies, they are also working on a Home Connect Android device as well as what they are calling a "Smart Home Phone". The android powered unusual looking internet radio Archos Home Connect is pretty unique and can be used as a remote control and a picture viewer among other things. Then the wireless Smart Home Phone.

Awful Android Running iPhone Rip-Off Now at Sears

By John Scheible
on 16 Jun, 2011

Love Android, but want an iPhone too? Well here's your chance to get Android on a super awesome Apple design! Sears is now selling what is clearly a fake iPhone running Android 2.2. While it may have a shiny iDevice body on the outside its its guts that really make this thing shine!

Panasonic Announces its Toughbook, Professional Grade Android Tablet

By Cory Gunther
on 16 Jun, 2011

Panasonic has released many laptops and notebooks in the past bearing the "Toughbook" name but this will be a first for the company. They are going after an area of the market that has yet to be filled, this will not be a thin and pretty tablet but it will be rugged and tough that is for sure. They are calling it a "Enterprise and Business Ready" tablet geared for professional and business users that need to take their tablet out in the wild and with them everywhere in the field.

Viewsonic debuts new ViewBook 730 Android tablet

By Shane McGlaun
on 7 Jun, 2011

Viewsonic has added a new Android tablet to its line of offerings called the ViewBook 730. The tablet has a 7-inch screen and runs Android 2.2 for the operating system. The little tablet has access to Amazon Apps, YouTube and all the other places you expect an Android tablet to access. The tablet supports the playback of 1080p content on your TV or other display via HDMI output and it has Viewsonic RiteTouch technology that allows both pen writing on the tablet and touch capability.

Android 2.2 Coming to a TV Near China!

By John Scheible
on 17 May, 2011

No, this isn't Google TV. This is the work of Chinese video-tech company Geniatech. Their Android TV box runs 2.2 (FroYo) and... well it does a lot of what Google TV does, or will do at least once Google starts rolling out Honeycomb 3.1 to Google TV later this summer. In the mean time though Geniatech seems to promising a lot out of this device, even if its just promising what Google TV is promising. But hey, that's the beauty of open source.

BeBook to release 7-inch tablet this summer

By James DeRuvo
on 8 May, 2011

It looks like the success of the Barnes and Noble NOOKColor reader/homebrew tablet hasn't escaped the notice of BeBook. The eBook reader has announced that they will be jumping into the Android tablet pool with a model of their own, called the BeBook Live, and they're doing it for less than $280. Now, granted, it'll be running Android 2.2 (Froyo) out of the box and will only have a single core 1Ghz Samsung Cortex processor, but for that kinda change, it makes a very good entry level tablet for those looking to explore the Bot on a tablet level. And like other lower budget tablets, that doesn't preclude that Honeycomb won't come as an update, or, as the NookColor has proven, be cooked into it via a homebrew hack.