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Delivering on its promise, Moto is now rolling out the Android 2.3.4 update for its Froyo-toting Atrix smartphone. The update became available last week for the Nordic regions and the Vodafone Germany variant of the device, with UK now included in the second wave of the update. Released last February, the Motorola Atrix is a fast horse, featuring dual-core 1GHz CPU, 1GB of working memory, and 16GB of onboard storage to go with its 5MP shooter. This update should definitely sweeten things until the Ice-Cream Sandwich update arrives, which is yet to be confirmed by Motorola. Source

The hordes of customers who bought the $199 dual-cored tablet must have been irked to find the less populated Amazon Appstore, but that can be changed with some effort now.  Thanks to the toils of XDA member, Jolleyboy, Kindle Fire users can now get access to the full Android Market provided the device is rooted.  Also included are the must-have apps that usually come preinstalled with any Android device including Maps, GMail, YouTube, GTalk, etc. As we said earlier, the Kindle Fire in question needs to rooted and once that is achieved, it’s only a matter of moving the Vending.apk

When Google said the much popular Nexus One was too long in the tooth to run Ice-Cream Sandwich, the news must have come as a disappointment to many users who were looking forward to running the latest and greatest Android build on their N1s.  This has been the case from many manufacturers too where devices have been doomed to stay at a certain OS version with no hope, but every time this has happened the dev community was there, waiting in the sidelines, dishing out ROMs that worked, even if not smoothly.  They have done it again and Nexus One

With a $19.99 asking price, the Express unveiled by Sprint on Friday seems like a great device to hand over to your teenage son or your aging mother as their first Android device.  The full portrait QWERTY device features a 2.6-inch display, a 3.2mpx lens on its back, 3G network support, aGPS, WiFi and WiFi hotspotting, and an ample 1500 mAh battery to keeps things running for quite a while before picking up that charger.  The handset runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, so it’s not short on supported apps either. Head over to Sprint to order but know that

The Samsung Fascinate seems to be one of the few original Galaxy S variants that have the misfortune currently of still hanging on to Froyo – courtesy of Verizon – while most other versions of the device have had Gingerbread for a while now and are looking forward to the next pastry.  That said, it seems that the carrier hasn’t forgotten the handset completely, as the device is currently being field tested with Gingerbread, which could only mean the update should be out pretty soon – or not, if the testing fails on the current build and the Big Red

With just the already available SuperOneClick method, a user from XDA Forums has blown the doors wide open for development on the $199 Amazon tablet.  The dual-core device has been successfully rooted by XDA member, death2all110, with just a few changes to an ADB ini file before using SuperOneClick. With its 7-inch IPS LCD display and dual-core CPU, the Kindle Fire is one of the cheapest tablets out there with features sitting far higher than its price – now that the device has seen root, it should gain much popularity as we should be seeing a flurry of ROMs make

Initially scheduled for an October outing, the Gingerbread update for LG’s first 3D smartphone, the Optimus 3D, has been delayed yet again to later this month – November 21st to be more specific.  The update will start rolling out initially in Europe and that too for unlocked devices only, with carrier-branded devices left to wait for some more time until the update is approved by the telcos.  Highlights of the update include improved HSPA+ speeds and 3D video editing capabilities among other tweaks. As for Ice-Cream Sandwich 4.0, LG has revealed its plans to get this to most of the

It’s time to switch over from the SDK-based ROMs and get straight to the good stuff – ROMs based on the actual Ice Cream Sandwich code.  The entire code is available for any enterprising developer via Google’s Android Open Source Project (AOSP) servers to try their hand at developing or customizing a build for any device that they would like to (assuming the device is capable of handling the rigors of Android 4.0) Now that the source code is out, we should start seeing ROMs based on this version of Android very soon.  Sammy holding out ICS for your Galaxy

The Droid RAZR, set to be unleashed today, seems to be a popular pick this season, but for those hesitant because of its $299 price tag, we have got a much better deal.  Cashing in on the 11-11-11 date, Amazon Wireless is offering this Verizon device for less than half of what the carrier is asking for, which, to nobody’s surprise, stands at $111.11. The deal is good only for today, so those interested will need to hurry and place their order on Amazon Wireless.  There is one small snag though – the device is currently not in stock and

Nokia Music, preinstalled on developer-unlocked Lumia phones, has now been ported to work on any Windows Phone device.  As you can see from the video above, the application seems quite happy running on HTC-made Trophy with no hiccups whatsoever.  The app has been hacked by Boz on the smartphonegurus forum and can now be installed on any WP7 device using the XAP installer – you can get the XAP file here. If that doesn’t sate your appetite for more Nokia-branded apps for your Windows Phone 7 device from a different manufacturer, how about Nokia Maps? Or may be the Nokia

As the dust surrounding the release of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 started settling, users began to notice that all was not cool in the land of the Apple and several issues with the shiny new OS were uncovered.  The biggest of these was the extremely annoying battery drain, which was being caused by a bug in the time zone settings enabling location tracking at all times.  Coupled with this was a serious security flaw which could open doors to stealing and destroying personal info, if cleverly hidden in a seemingly innocent app. Apple has now released the 5.0.1

A mid-range phone, the LG Gossip Pro, has what most other Android phones lack – a physical QWERTY keypad – a feature the business segment users vie for.  Canadian carrier, Fido, is now offering this device and its convenience of a physical keypad to its customers, going for a cheap $40 with a 2-year commitment. Those who don’t mind shelling out the complete price will have to pay up $250, which still sounds about right for a device with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 3MP camera, a 2.8-inch 240×320 touchscreen display and the usual suite of connectivity options.  Our Canadian users

The QWERTY-toting Samsung device released on Sprint last September has been munching on Froyo for too long – just ask its users and they’ll tell you better than us.  Anyways, Sprint is planning on changing this and if things go as planned, Epic 4G users across the country should be seeing that welcome notification asking them to update their device to Gingerbread 2.3 in a few horus.  If that doesn’t happen, they better check manually just to be sure before continuing on with Android 2.2 with a lot of grumbling. As for the next obvious step, Ice-Cream Sandwich, the Epic

HTC was a bit reticent on revealing its plans for the Ice-Cream Sandwich update when it was initially shown off, but the Taiwanese mobile giant has now revealed the first batch of devices that will be getting the update eventually.  Check the list to knowif your device figures: HTC Sensation HTC Evo 3D Sensation XL Sensation XE Rezound Evo Design 4G Amaze 4G Also in line is the HTC Vivid that went on sale today from AT&T – this still makes it a pretty short list, but HTC may be right in not doling out Android 4.0 to older devices,

People over at XDA never cease to amaze us and after taking the HTC Evo 3D on a speed drive recently, they have managed to get the Tmo version of the Samsung Galaxy II running at an amazing 1.8GHz.  A kernel called Jugs, cooked up by Romanbb at XDA, will enable any rooted T-Mobile version of the SGS2 to get there and still stay from bursting into flames – courtesy of a different type of processor than the one found in the original Galaxy S2.  Also, the kernel should be compatible with most custom ROMs available for the dual-cored device