Archives for "January, 2012"

Posted by Dustin Earley on 30th January 2012

ClockworkMod Touch beta goes live for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S

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Android developer Koush has been working on a touch enabled version of his popular ClockworkMod Recovery for quite some time now. He posted a teaser video on Friday, January 27,  and already there’s a beta version available to download for the Galaxy Nexus and GSM Nexus S.

Announced on Google+, both versions (Verizon CDMA, international [...]

Posted by Edgar Cervantes on 30th January 2012

Rumor: T-Mobile data roamers to get limited?

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Freely roaming across the US is great, especially when data roaming is part of the deal. Until now, customers have been able to use data while roaming for free, but it’s not free for T-Mobile. They have to pay fees in order to keep you connected. According to the latest rumors this is all about [...]

Posted by Taylor Wimberly on 30th January 2012

Asus to reveal redesigned Padfone at MWC 2012

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The Asus Padfone has been a long time in the making, but we should finally see the final design at Mobile World Congress on February 27th, according to a report from Paul O’Brien of Modaco. The first of its kind innovation allows the user to dock their smartphone into a tablet docking accessory [...]

Posted by Nick Gray on 30th January 2012

A look at the first Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 benchmark scores

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When it comes to new phones, we’re all a little curious as to how they’ll perform when compared to devices currently on the market. Since Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon S4 (MSM8960) CPU with Adreno 225 GPU will be all the rage at Mobile World Congress next month, you can probably imagine our ecstasy to see the first benchmark [...]

Posted by Taylor Wimberly on 30th January 2012

AT&T Galaxy Note arrives February 19 for $299

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Previously announced at CES, AT&T has now provided a launch date for the Samsung Galaxy Note. Customers who pre-order the Galaxy Note, starting February 5, at att.com/galaxynote will receive the device by February 17. For those who wish to purchase at retail stores, it will be available February 19.

As expected, the AT&T Galaxy Note [...]

Posted by nickgray on 30th January 2012

T-Mobile puts six Android phones on the chopping block

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T-Mobile has started spring cleaning a little early this year. TmoNews has unveiled a snapshot of T-Mobile’s inventory system which shows six Android powered phones which have been designated as “Nearing EOL.” The list features phones from LG and HTC which include the HTC myTouch 4G Slide, HTC Sensation 4G, HTC Amaze 4G, LG Doubleplay, [...]

Posted by Riles on 30th January 2012

Motorola RAZR Developer Edition coming soon with unlockable bootloader

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For everyone that has been complaining about Motorola locking their bootloaders I’m sure this is going to… well let’s be honest this is probably just going to tick you off too.

Motorola has announced via their blog that a new version of the Motorola RAZR will be coming first to Europe and then [...]

Posted by Adrian Covert on 29th January 2012

Five Million Android Users Might Have Fallen Victim to Another Malware Attack

According to Symantec, 13 apps from three developers—many in the official Android Market—have been carrying malicious chunks of code called Android.Counterclank, and are suspected o…

Posted by Taylor Wimberly on 29th January 2012

Google opens registration page for first 4G LTE phone on Sprint

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If you are in the market for a new Sprint smartphone, then you might want to head over to Google’s site and register to receive more information about their Galaxy Nexus, the first 4G LTE phone on the Now Network. No release date has been provided, but Sprint’s 4G LTE network is expected to [...]

Posted by Nick Gray on 28th January 2012

Fast charging, stain resisting Sony Xperia S hits the FCC with support for AT&T 3G

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There’s no denying that the Sony Xperia S was one of our favorite Android phones at CES. The handset’s unique design certainly makes the phone stand out, but apparently Sony wasn’t ready to reveal all the handset’s secrets at this month’s trade show. According to a recent post on the company’s Facebook page, [...]