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Oct

Real HDMI Dev Voluntarily Pulls App From Market Over Motorola Droid X Issues, Android Market Model

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Applications, Droid X (Shadow), Froyo 2.2, News, Verizon Wireless

On September 30, developer gman announced he would be pulling his popular Droid X app Real HDMI from the market. Now, it looks like that time has come and gone, as the app is no longer available for download from the Market, AppBrain, or anywhere else (as far as we can tell). He provides 3 main reasons for having done so:

Issue #1 = Droid X 2.2 is broke and I can't fix it.
There is (at least one) critical bug in the Droid X 2.2 that causes a statistical chance of the Droid X LCD Driver to crash when transitioning from HDMI ON → OFF.

Oct

Huawei Ideos Launches November 3rd Under A New Name: T-Mobile Comet [VIDEO]

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in Comet / Ideos, Huawei, News, T-Mobile, Videos

Last Updated: November 3rd, 2010

For such a small carrier (the smallest out of the four US nationals), T-Mobile's got a pretty good selection of Android smartphones - the now infamous G2 from HTC, the Samsung Vibrant, and the Motorola Charm being just a few. Well, it looks like Huawei may be adding their own phone, the Comet (previously known as the Ideos), to that heap come November 3rd, along with a 3MP camera, GPS capabilities, and the Swype keyboard out of the box. Pricing hasn't been announced just yet, but judging by the features mentioned above (especially the 3MP camera, ugh) as well as the features seen in the screenshot below, it shouldn't be too expensive.

Oct

HTC Releases Source For T-Mobile G2

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Development, G2 (Vision), News, T-Mobile

Is it that time already? Like clockwork, HTC has released the source code for the G2 - only this time, it doesn't appear that they're being very vocal about it. Instead, a few G2 enthusiasts in the #G2ROOT channel on Freenode have managed to find it while digging through HTC's site.

While we've already seen custom ROMs up and running on the G2, the source code should make ROMmers jobs a little easier. Think you'd like to take a crack at it? Hit up that source link to download it and get to work.

[Source: HTC Thanks for the tip, Mitch Z!]

Oct

Amazon Now Selling The Motorola Droid 2 For Just A Penny

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in Droid 2, Motorola, Verizon Wireless

Android smartphones you can buy for as little as a penny on a new two-year contract tend to be few and far in between, but it looks like Amazon's looking to change that. The movement started with them selling all US versions of Samsung's Galaxy S phones (save for Sprint's Epic 4G) for $0.01 on contract a few weeks back, and now they're taking the same approach with the Motorola Droid 2. Not a bad deal at all, especially now that the device has seen its first AOSP ROM. Hit up the source link to grab one of these beasties for yourself.

Oct

White Samsung Fascinate And Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Landing In Best Buy October 24

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in AT&T, Dell, Fascinate, News, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Streak, Verizon Wireless, Xperia X10 (es209ra)

Who thinks strictly black and gray phones are gloomy and boring? I do and, thankfully, so does Best Buy. A few months ago, the retailer announced an exclusive white EVO 4G, and today we got word of not 1 but 2 more white Android phones arriving on October 24: Verizon's Samsung Fascinate and AT&T's slightly outdated Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. While the exact pricing on either of these is unknown, you can head over to Best Buy today and reserve the device of your dreams with a $50 deposit. Unfortunately, there's no word on whether other outlets will be receiving these handsets - all we have to work with is the picture below.

Oct

T-Mobile myTouch 3G To Receive Android 2.2 (Froyo) Update Starting Tomorrow?

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Android OS, Froyo 2.2, myTouch 3G (Magic), T-Mobile

Well, this is interesting: TmoNews is claiming that the myTouch 3G will receive an update to Android 2.2 (Froyo) starting tomorrow. If true, the rollout will be staggered - beginning tomorrow and running until October 25. An important note, though: they provide absolutely no details on how they found this out, and the only image they use dates back to June when we heard the same damn thing.

TmoNews has a pretty decent record as update leaks go, but without any details, it's hard to know whether or not this is one to back. Still, let's hope it's true - but take it with a grain of salt.

Oct

T-Mobile HTC G2, Meet CyanogenMod: Video Of CM6.1 Booting On Cyanogen's G2

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Development, G2 (Vision), News, T-Mobile

Today, in the wee hours of the morning, Cyanogen tweeted what many people have been waiting for: video footage of CM6.1 up and running on his T-Mobile G2.

His explanation for how things work:

Basically what I'm doing is temprooting and rebooting all of userspace with CM on the sdcard. Gonna keep refining it while the really persistent and smart guys from #g2root keep working on a permanent root.

And there you have it. We wouldn't expect to see a release until a permaroot is established, but it looks like things are definitely moving along nicely. Video:

[Source: AndroidSPIN, Cyanogen Twitter]

Oct

[Breaking] T-Mobile G2 OTA Update Shows Up, Brings Native Tethering And WiFi Calling

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in G2 (Vision), HTC, News, T-Mobile

I was about to go to sleep, but, of course, when I heard of a possible G2 OTA report, and one that brings such important new features as WiFi calling, ~~otherwise known as~~ ~~UMA~~, and native tethering, I had to stay up just a bit longer.

Update: T-Mobile's implementation is not exactly UMA - it doesn't transfer your calls between WiFi and T-Mo towers.

Thanks, people in comments!

Here is what we know so far:

an OTA is indeed real and has been rolled out to some users
it's likely that T-Mobile is doing a very limited test, at least for now and at least until someone discovers a direct link to the OTA download
speaking of the direct link, it hasn't been found yet, but if you see it posted around, please drop a line in the comments
post-OTA pictures showing both native tethering and WiFi calling, as promised, can be found below, thanks to Stryf3
if you want to keep your soft root, the folks at the #g2root freenode IRC channel are warning against installing the OTA just yet
the update process itself may or may not shine some light and help figure out a permaroot process, but I have my doubts

This is a developing story - additional info may be posted if and when we find out something new.

Oct

Splurge Of Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab Info Leaks Out - November 1st Release?

Posted by Brian O'Toole in Galaxy Tab, News, Samsung, Verizon Wireless

Some interesting details about Verizon's Samsung tablet that is set to take on Apple's iPad monolith have recently come to light. Droid-Life's insiders have let them know of a possible November 1st release date for the Verizon version, to coincide with the European release. This differs from the previously rumoured release date of November 14th on Sprint, so, just like with the Galaxy S phones, we may see a staggered release schedule from the big four in America.

Droid-Life also got a chance to sneak a peek at a rough draft of the VZW Tab's user guide and noted several mentions of phone functionality and Google search.

Oct

Sanyo Zio And Samsung Transform Now Hitting Sprint Shelves

Posted by Brad Ganley in News, Samsung, Sanyo, Sprint, Transform, Zio

The first two of Sprint's latest three-phone, mid-range lineup are now arriving to various Sprint retailers, such as Best Buy, sprint.com, Wirefly.com, and others. While they aren't the powerhouses that we've gotten used to, the Sanyo Zio and the Samsung Transform are good introductory-level Android devices for people who want to dump their feature phones for smartphones without having to shell out the big bucks. They are joining the ranks of Sprint's other low-to-mid-range phones, such as the Samsung Intercept and the HTC Hero.