HTC Flyer Due for March, Prior to iPad 2 release

On 01/20/2011, in New and Notable, News, by Arjun Komath

DigiTimes confirmed that the first model from the HTC stable codenamed Flyer is due to begin shipping in US by March. The Flyer will run on Android 2.3 or Froyo and will be upgradeable to Android 3.0 or Honeycomb. The other two models will hit the market in the second quarter of 2011 and both [...]

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Google Android Devices, Froyo On 51.8%, Gingerbread On 0.4%

On 01/19/2011, in New and Notable, News, by Arjun Komath

Google Android 2.2 Froyo has gained 8.4% of the total number of Google-powered devices since we last took a look at the stats published by Android Developers back in December, a tad more than a month ago. According to the figures, Android 2.2 Froyo now powers 51,8% of devices while Android 2.1 Eclair is present on 35.2% [...]

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Google Offering music sync on Android 2.3

On 01/15/2011, in News, by Arjun Komath

Google will soon bring a native music syncing feature into its Android operating system, as you can see from the leaked image shown below. The image is said to be taken from a device running Android 2.3. It could also hint at an iTunes-like program from Google that would help users better manage their multimedia libraries. [...]

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Android 2.3 ported to Apple iPhone 3G

On 01/08/2011, in News, by Arjun Komath

Android 2.3 has been ported to Apple iPhone 3G, you can see a video of it here. After several weeks of work, Nick Pack and others have found a way to install the Android OS on an iPhone 3G, using the OpeniBoot software that has been used on previous ports. OpeniBoot is an open source implementation [...]

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Runs Android 2.4

On 01/08/2011, in New and Notable, News, by Arjun Komath

While most smartphones are waiting to be updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is already sporting Android 2.4 (not to be confused with Android 3.0 Honeycomb). With Android 2.3 already spotted on the ultra slim Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, it may not be too long before handsets get the update after [...]

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Android 3.0 ‘Honeycomb’ Spotted, Nexus One will get Android 2.3 update!

On 12/30/2010, in New and Notable, News, by Arjun Komath

Finally, Android 3.0 Honeycomb spotted in the air! AIR Benchmark, a website designed to test Adobe AIR performance on mobile devices, has seen pings recently from new versions of Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Both new Android OS builds were running on Nexus Ones. So, there are Nexus Ones or Nexus S in the wild, running both [...]

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Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Successor Leaked Pics, Features Android 2.3, 1 Ghz Processor & Front-facing Camera

On 12/29/2010, in New and Notable, News, by Arjun Komath

Photos of a device that seems to be the successor of the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini was spotted in the wild, even though the current model of X10 mini didn’t sell well, Sony isn’t giving up! The successor may look cute, but its a beast considering the specifications. The phone will have under the hood, a [...]

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iPhone 4 vs Google Nexus S, Who will Win ? [REVIEW]

On 12/15/2010, in News, by Arjun Komath

The much awaited Google Nexus S (Made by Samsung) was launched recently with the new android OS version 2.3 Aka Gingerbread. The first thing that came to my mind regarding the phone was, Can it compete against the Apple iPhone 4 ? As you know the predecessor Google Nexus one (by HTC) didn’t sell as they expected, Google has changed [...]

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