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Jun

Google Reports 160,000 Android Activations Per Day; Plan For Global Domination Falling Nicely Into Place

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in News

During today's press conference held by Google, Motorola, and Verizon, Google revealed that 160,000 Android devices are being activated per day.

If the gravity of that escapes you, let me draw comparisons to the record-breaking sales of the iPhone and iPad:

Excluding the iPhone 4 launch, Apple averages approximately 246,000 phone sales per week
Mac sales are estimated to be 110,000 units per week
iPad sales are estimated to be 200,000 per week

Extrapolate the 160,000 Android device activations per day and you come up with 1,120,000 Android activations per week - that's more than twice the combined total for iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

Jun

Verizon’s New Superphone - The Droid X - Goes Official. $199, July 15th Launch, All Details Now Live

Posted by Nate Kimmey in Carriers, Devices By Manufacturer, Droid X (Shadow), Motorola, News, Verizon Wireless

There have been plenty of leaks and rumors about the Droid X for the past few weeks, but now that it has been officially revealed, it looks even better. Here are all the official specs:

The Specs

4.3” Screen (854 x 480)
720p recording
8 megapixel camera with Dual LED flash
1 GHz processor
HDMI out
Android Eclair 2.1 at launch, to be upgraded to Froyo 2.2 in “late summer”
A radically changed version of Motoblur on top
8 GB onboard memory, and ships with 16 GB micro SD card
3 microphones, one used for noise cancellation
Shipping with Swype

Price and Plans

The phone is going to run you the usual $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate, and the unlimited data plan will cost $29.99 a month, with the optional tethering plan to cost $19.99 a month for the ability to have up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices connect to the phone.

Jun

The Wait Is Over - Android 2.2 Froyo Source Out Today!!!

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Froyo 2.2, News, Nexus One (Passion)

What a day! We were hoping for this but never expected it to actually happen - Andy Rubin, VP of engineering at Google and one of the main guys behind Android, just announced that the Froyo source is going to be available today:

1:41PM Andy Rubin: "If you're a third party developer who's built an app for Android, you can talk to it from the cloud." Talking up Froyo -- it's being open-sourced as of today.

That's right - the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) is seeping through into the public source tree as we speak.

Check it out right here - http://android.git.kernel.org/?o=age

Sweet, delicious Froyo drops!

Jun

First Motorola Droid X Commercial Shows Up, Contains Lots Of Easter Eggs - Can You Find Them All?

First Motorola Droid X Commercial Shows Up, Bursting With Easter Eggs - Can You Find Them All?

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Droid X (Shadow), Motorola, News, Verizon Wireless, Videos

In preparation for the Droid 2 and Droid X launch, Verizon has put out its first commercial, in the best Droid traditions, complete with the "Droid" sound at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOnC5chCag0

Did you even notice how much information this video just provided? Besides the flashing X symbol, pointing at the model being advertised, can you spot all the other easter eggs? Switch to full screen and up the video quality to 480p to see the details better.

For the impatient ones, the list comes after the break. But don't spoil the surprise - watch the video first.

Here are the easter eggs, courtesy of KerrickLong:

0:02 - Droid Landing
0:03 - 4.3" WVGA Screen
0:04 - Buddy or Friend icons
0:05 - Droid logo
0:06 - HDMI Output
0:07 - 8MP Camera

The "Droid Landing" part, as AndroidGuys found out, actually points to a twitter account @DroidLanding which, as you can imagine, will be the driving PR force behind these phones.

Jun

Droid 2 Sneak Peak: First Impressions

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Droid 2, Motorola, News, Verizon Wireless

One of Gizmodo's readers Zack unexpectedly stumbled upon an upcoming Motorola Droid 2 at a tech show and didn't hesitate to snap some pictures and play around with this Droid successor.

Here are the main points of his review, in my favorite bullet point style, to save you some time:

about the same size as the original Droid
dark chrome overall color instead of the black
feels really nice - more curves, fewer edges
different button placement as the original, both on the outside and on the keyboard
blue coloring around the keyboard instead of gold
there is now a dedicated voice search button on the keyboard and the horrible d-pad is gone, replaced by cursor keys
no more lip on the right side with phone open
the Droid 2 name might change - Motorola reps are unsure of what it will be yet
same 5MP camera, though noticeable faster
most likely will come with vanilla Froyo - not Ninjablur
8GB internal memory, 8GB micro-SD card
1GHz processor

And here's Zack's full account if you want the original:

I am a summer intern at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) this summer and today there was a tech show on the lab.

Jun

SysAdmin Series, Article #6: Network Tools And Whois Lookups

Posted by Ian Douglas in App Reviews, Applications, Reviews, Tips & Tutorials

Last Updated: July 24th, 2011

This SysAdmin Series article will cover four of my favorite tools as a sysadmin: two for analyzing network information, and one each for doing DNS lookups and Whois lookups on domain names. As with most apps I cover in my SysAdmin Series articles, I need to fully uninstall the app and wipe all prior data before demonstrating it here for you to protect my employer in case there’s any sensitive information lurking about. As such, don’t be too worried if apps with historical data appear relatively empty.

As a teaser for this weekend’s SysAdmin Series article, I’ll be analyzing a few commercial (paid) VNC clients in the Market.

Jun

Verizon Updates The Droid Site, Offer More Details On The Droid X

Posted by John Thompson in Carriers, Devices By Manufacturer, Droid X (Shadow), Motorola, News, Verizon Wireless

We’ve been hearing a number of things about the upcoming Droid X in the past few weeks, and Verizon have now updated their Droid site, giving us a few more details about their latest and greatest device.

The page confirms three things that we already suspected of the device. Firstly, it has a 4.3” display, most likely with a resolution of 854 x 480. Originally, when you hovered over the phone, you were told that it has a “720p screen”. This has now been changed to say “Captures 720p”, undoubtedly dashing the hopes of many people who saw the original post.

Jun

AT&T To Customers: You Can Have Any Android You Want, As Long As It Sucks

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Android OS, Aria (Liberty), AT&T, Backflip, Carriers, HTC, Motorola, News

If you’ve been paying attention to the news releases regarding the HTC Aria, you know that AT&T will once again be locking down the apps users can install by restricting unofficial app downloading. If you’ve been paying attention for a while now, you also know that they did the same thing to the Motorola Backflip – the only other Android phone they offer.

Both phones already feature smaller, lower def screens, when compared to their Android brethren available on other networks. They both also have significantly slower processors than most Android phones. What gives?

Now granted, I’m no expert, but that just seems like bad business to me.

Jun

Google Wants The Next Version of Android’s UI to Blow Your (And Manufacturers') Minds

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Android OS, Gingerbread 2.3, News

Last Updated: December 3rd, 2010

Word on the street (and by “the street,” I clearly mean TechCrunch) is that the next version of Android, (Gingerbread, which is rumored to be coming in 4Q2010), will focus on refining the UI. It may seem like a waste of time, as most Android phones today run a custom UI (HTC, Motorola, etc) – but that’s just the point. By stepping up the default UI, handset makers (hopefully) won’t feel the need to layer on their UIs.

As things stand now, proprietary UIs mean handset makers have to modify the stock Android build, test the build, fix bugs, and retest before finally pushing the build out as an update in order to keep the UI.

Jun

EVO Nearly Matches Nexus One Sales Numbers, Ad Capitalization, in First Few Days of Release

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Devices By Manufacturer, Eris, EVO 4G (Supersonic), Hero, Hero (Sprint, HeroC), HTC, News, Nexus One (Passion)

Ad firm Chitika has run the numbers, and found that the HTC EVO accounts for 1.93% of android handsets, just days after the phone’s release. That may not seem too impressive at first sight, but keep in mind that:

1) The phone sold out nearly everywhere, right away. Personally, I went to 3 stores and called 2 more to try to find one on launch day, without luck. I managed to order one from Sprint, but within 2 days of launch they were reporting being sold out online as well. In other words, the sales numbers were limited by supply, not demand.