With the HTC EVO 4G and even the Motorola Droid getting Android 2.2 recently, we all know the Droid X is feeling a little left out. Today on Motorola’s support forum we got out first official word of an early September drop date for the update. An extra special fix is supposed to be mixed [...]

Verizon peeps have all the luck. According to a leak by IntoMobile, the Samsung Gem will be a lower-cost version of the Fascinate, running Android 2.1, when it is released sometime soon. The Gem looks not-so-vaguely like the newly-released bada phone, the Samsung Wave, on which the company installed their own awful software onto some [...]

Whew, that was a close one. Just when we thought HTC’s Nexus One was gone for good, Google’s Developer Blog has announced that the phone will still be available for Android Developers to purchase for $529. You will of course need to be a developer to be eligible to purchase a Nexus One so perhaps [...]

Watch out RIM and Apple, the little green guy is knocking on your front door to claim the title of most sold smartphone operating system in US 2nd quarter of 2010. NPD is reporting that Android had 33% of US device sales followed by RIM with 28% and Apple with 22%. NPD is crediting HTC [...]

This wasn’t unexpected, but the news is here, and it’s officially official. The Samsung Galaxy S variant that we’ve seen floating around the US in T-Mobile bands is now in Canada, and will be priced at a fairly expensive $149.95 on a 3-year term, $499.95 without one. While cheaper than the 16GB iPhone 4 by [...]

Froyo has officially hit the EVO 4G on Sprint (earlier than expected, no less!) and word has just reached us that the original Droid has started receiving the OTA update as well. Now all that’s left is the Droid X and the triumvirate of killer Android smartphones will have the latest and greatest of both [...]

Today Nielsen let loose a few smartphone-related numbers from a recent study they conducted and things don’t look good for BlackBerry’s creator, Research in Motion. The results really aren’t shocking with just 42% of current BlackBerry owners looking to replace their current device with another BlackBerry, meanwhile 21% plan to pick up an Android device [...]

Android is a phenomenon. We know this, I’ve talked about it before, but the proof is in the numbers. And Android is up over 886% since last Q2. It now owns 34% of the US smarthphone market, which isn’t a dent, since RIM only has 32%. And Apple at a staggering 21.7%. How terrible! But [...]

It’s been a scant week as far as Android news goes. We had word of Samsung’s Galaxy Spica receiving its taste of Eclair goodness, Google’s plan to make $10 billion per year with their Android platform, and yesterday GuruDaniel did an excellent review on the Otterbox Commuter case for the Nexus One. Join us after [...]

Holy $*@# this thing is tiny! Seriously! I can almost fit it in the coin slot of my jeans, and but for the slight thickness, it really looks like a kid’s toy. But rest assured, this is a phone, that can make calls, and runs Android. Android 1.6. On a 320×240″ screen. But it has [...]