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HTC Legend Available for Virgin Mobile Canada

By David Junior
on 12 Jun, 2010

Seemingly out of nowhere the HTC Legend has made its way over to North America. No it’s not available here in the U.S. but it is available to our northern neighbors in Canada. If you like stylish handsets and reside in Canada, this phone may be perfect for you.

Motorola Milestone XT720 Gets A Few Upgrades

By David Junior
on 10 Jun, 2010

If you were a little disappointed about the original specs of the Motorola Milestone XT720, you weren’t alone. Those outdated mid-range specs took a little air out of the balloon. Thankfully, those Motorola will up the specs a bit for it’s re-release.

Samsung Galaxy S Promo Site – Video

By David Junior
on 8 Jun, 2010

Samsung is doing a great job with the promotion of this device. Promotional boxes were sent out a few days ago now the promo site is live. There isn’t much information on this page but there is a place for you to sign up to be notified on when it will be available and to have more information sent to you directly.

Fully Boot Android in One Second? – Video

By David Junior
on 8 Jun, 2010

This year’s Computex featured a lot of exciting new things in the world of Android. QuickBoot by Ubiquitous aims to shorten the time it takes to boot up Android to a fraction of the current time. It usually takes 30 seconds of more to for Android to boot up, this video has a device that does it in 1 second.

Verizon Bringing VCast Video to Android on Monday

By David Junior
on 5 Jun, 2010

There was a tweet sent yesterday by Philadelphia-area VZW rep Sheldon Jones, that said Verizon will be bringing its VCast Video service to their Android smart phones starting Monday. This is great news for all you Verizon Android owners. Whether you have a Devour or an Incredible, all of their Androids should receive this service.

Acer Android beTouch E120 – Video

By David Junior
on 4 Jun, 2010

Don’t be alarmed, the title is similar to the last but it isn’t the same story (not exactly). This is another Android 1.6 device by Acer that has been recently announced at this year’s Computex. This version shares a few things in common with the E130 as you will see later.

First EVO 4G Commercial – Video

By David Junior
on 2 Jun, 2010

It’s about time Sprint placed this beauty on television. The first EVO 4G commercial has just leaked and its pretty good. The theme of this ad is “first”, as we all know, the EVO is the first 4G Android device to hit the US and the first 4G phone period to be offered.

Movistar unveils the Ivy, a low-cost Android 2.1 phone with Huawei

By David Junior
on 1 Jun, 2010

While most of us wait in anticipation for the 2.1 OTA, a low-end device emerges with it preinstalled. Movistar, in partnership with Huawei, has launched a low-cost Android-powered handset called the Ivy. The Movistar IVY comes with the usual Google apps and is expected to launch shortly in Europe. .

HTC EVO 4G Teardown

By David Junior
on 1 Jun, 2010

Maybe I’m a bit odd but I love seeing a good teardown of popular handsets. Especially when it’s caught on video and at the end it gets reassembled and it still boots up. Hate to be a biz kill but there’s no video for this one, it’s just a good ole teardown of the HTC EVO 4G.

Compal 7 inch Android Tablet Running NVIDIA Tegra 2 – Video

By David Junior
on 29 May, 2010

The Compal 7 is an Android tablet that features the famed Tegra 2 chips, it was recently handled at the Netbook Summit here in San Francisco. Is it just me or is the wait for these NVIDIA Tegra 2 tablets following in the footsteps of Flash 10 for Android. It seems like we’ve been waiting on these to arrive for a year now. There have been many prototypes demonstrated with this awesome technology ad yet none of them has hit the streets yet.