Android Police - Android News, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets » Orange http://www.androidpolice.com Looking after everything Android Thu, 24 May 2012 13:55:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 [Photoshop Fail] Is Orange Trolling Us Or Does Nokia Have An Android Phone?http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/09/photoshop-fail-is-orange-trolling-us-or-does-nokia-have-an-android-phone/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/09/photoshop-fail-is-orange-trolling-us-or-does-nokia-have-an-android-phone/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:15:00 +0000 Jaroslav Stekl http://www.androidpolice.com/?p=32856 nokia-orange-deezerI won't lie: I have no qualms about calling shenanigans on this one, especially considering the recent Nokia/Microsoft alliance. So with that said, let's proceed to examine what is, most likely, the latest entry in the Android Photoshop fail series:

nokia-orange-deezer

Indeed, it appears that Nokia and Google have overcome their differences and created an almost button-less, Deezer-running Android phone for the masses... or so says Orange. Reality, of course, begs to differ.

Source: PointGPhone (thanks, Adrian)

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]]> http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/09/photoshop-fail-is-orange-trolling-us-or-does-nokia-have-an-android-phone/feed/ 0 CyanogenMod 7 Brings Android Gingerbread Goodness To ZTE Blade/Orange San Franciscohttp://www.androidpolice.com/2011/02/16/cyanogenmod-7-brings-gingerbread-goodness-to-zte-bladeorange-san-francisco/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/02/16/cyanogenmod-7-brings-gingerbread-goodness-to-zte-bladeorange-san-francisco/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:31:10 +0000 Artem Russakovskii http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/02/16/cyanogenmod-7-brings-gingerbread-goodness-to-zte-bladeorange-san-francisco/ imageHaving your phone model supported by CyanogenMod's community is quite an honor nowadays, and for many people it's a deciding factor when picking up a new phone. CM usually stays ahead of the curve and is likely to support your phone well after manufacturers and carriers stop showing any interest.

Therefore, ZTE Blade/Orange San Francisco owners should be feeling quite ecstatic right now, as the world's largest ROM community announced its official support of this device (see Cyanogen's commit here).

Check out our ZTE Blade review: ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco Review: Two-Thirds Of A Nexus One For One-Third The Price

Download

There are no final builds just yet, but you are free to download and flash the CM7 Release Candidate from here.

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]]> http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/02/16/cyanogenmod-7-brings-gingerbread-goodness-to-zte-bladeorange-san-francisco/feed/ 22 ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco Review: Two-Thirds Of A Nexus One For One-Third The Pricehttp://www.androidpolice.com/2010/10/28/zte-blade-orange-san-francisco-review-two-thirds-of-a-nexus-one-for-one-third-the-price/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/10/28/zte-blade-orange-san-francisco-review-two-thirds-of-a-nexus-one-for-one-third-the-price/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:00:06 +0000 Brian O'Toole http://www.androidpolice.com/?p=17801 IMG_1872_wm

Introduction

Since the advent of Android in 2009, the family of devices running Google's mobile OS has grown from one handset to now hundreds and possibly thousands of unique models. In recent months, Android has seen an explosion of devices coming from lesser-known Asian manufacturers, with one of the main selling points being price. The manufacturers realized that with Android they had a readily and freely accessible operating system, a large market of potential customers, and all they had to do was put together a cheap device to capitalize on Android's continued growth. Unfortunately, these devices often cut corners where things mattered the most - poor displays, resistive touchscreens, bad build quality and a litany of other crimes against the gods of consumer electronics.

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]]> http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/10/28/zte-blade-orange-san-francisco-review-two-thirds-of-a-nexus-one-for-one-third-the-price/feed/ 45 Orange San Francisco - £99 WVGA AMOLED Phone - Unboxed On Video And Already Rootedhttp://www.androidpolice.com/2010/09/29/orange-san-francisco-99-wvga-amoled-phone-unboxed-on-video-and-already-rooted/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/09/29/orange-san-francisco-99-wvga-amoled-phone-unboxed-on-video-and-already-rooted/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:19:45 +0000 Brian O'Toole http://www.androidpolice.com/?p=15075 imageHere's a device that's been making some waves in the UK Android community. Over at MoDaCo.com, founder Paul O'Brien picked up Orange's rebranded ZTE Blade for £99 ($160) with a pre-paid SIM. Judging from his video, it seems that you get quite a lot of device for your money, including that aforementioned 3.5" AMOLED screen. Despite being burdened with a silly name and an abundance of network shovelware, the Blade/SanFran's 600 MHz CPU appears to run Android 2.1 pretty nicely.

As is his wont, Mr O'Brien has cracked the Blade right open, with root being achieved pretty much immediately, and the tantalizing prospect of an AOSP Froyo ROM hanging in the air.

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