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The QWERTY-packing droid that was announced last month is now available on Boost Mobile and it’s going for the same $229 as previously stated.  So, if you are in the market for an Android smartphone with decent specs and a full physical keypad, this might be your next choice. If you missed the specs the first time around, know that the Transform Ultra features a mid-range 1GHz CPU, a 3mpx lens coupled with a front VGA cam.  You’ll find Gingerbread 2.3 OS working its magic and also the usual connectivity options that a droid of current stature sports. The device […]

The Nexus Prime, or the Galaxy Nexus as we have now come to know it, has been delayed but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a piece of Galaxy Nexus action right now.  The boot animation for the upcoming device has been posted on MyDroidWorld and is ready to be installed on any Android device, rooted or otherwise.  Here are a few general instructions if you are rooted: Download the file and drop it on your SD card. Reboot your phone into recovery. Choose “install zip from sd card.” ”Choose zip from sd card.” Select the file you downloaded from

The Samsung Stratosphere is now official on Verizon in all its QWERTY glory.  Thanks to the unintentional treat of a full spec sheet last week, we already know that the device boasts of a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display, a 5mpx rear camera with a 1.3MP front lens, an unnamed 1GHz CPU, 4GB of onboard storage with the option to take it up to 32GB via MicroSD (4GB card bundled), WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and LTE network support.  There’s also of course the full physical QWERTY slide-out keypad and TouchWiz-skinned Android 2.3 OS. The Stratosphere will hit Verizon shelves starting October

Samsung has recently announced a firmware update for its currently reigning flagship phone, the Galaxy S II.  Though no specific date have been revealed, the update will bring two new features, which seem more related to the TouchWiz UI than the underlying Android OS itself.  After updating, users will see icons 30% bigger than previously – this will definitely eat into the available screen real estate on the 4.3-inch display, but for some users, this might be a welcome addition – it is unclear if this feature can be toggled on/off for those who don’t like though. The other new

With the Samsung Unwrapped event just around the corner, we are looking at a spate of Prime/Galaxy Nexus-related rumors and frankly some do seem credible enough.  Take the video above and the picture attached to this post for example.  Both seem to show a Nexus S-esque device with some changes – the different placement of proximity/display brightness sensors and the on-screen controls in lieu of capacitive buttons being the most obvious – and seem real enough to accept that this could indeed be the Nexus Prime. As you can see in the video, Ice-Cream Sandwich looks really delicious – there

Dubbed HTC “most affordable phone yet,” the Explorer is all set to make its mark on English soil.  The device has been picked up by Vodafone and Three – both providers will be offering the device for free on contract, but if an untethered phone is more to your liking, you can pick it up at £192 ($297 in local green). We have already seen its modest spec sheet when it came across our desk as the HTC Pico but for those tuning in late, just know that the Explorer features a 600MHz processor, 348MB RAM, a 5MP camera and

Cincinnati Bell’s arsenal just gained another device to offer to its users and it’s no Panache this time but HTC’s current flagship smartphone, the Sensation.  So if you are in the Kentucky/Indiana coverage area and subscribed to this provider, you will now have the option of picking up a top-of-the-shelf Android device at a cost of $249. To recap, the HTC Sensation comes with a 4.3 inch touchscreen display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and Android 2.3 OS dipped in Sense 3.0 to provide a better, unified user experience.  There’s still a lot more to it than what’s listed here, but

Looks like the Nexus Prime has a direct competitor even before its release and it’s called the Optimus LTE.  Number LU6200, The smartphone was recently revealed by LG and its spec sheet seems like it is based on all specs that the Nexus Prime is rumored to have, except with something better – 4G network support.  The device features a vast AH-IPS techonology-based 4.5-inch display that puts out resolutions of up 1280×720 using its resident 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM – the said AH-IPS display tech is being touted by LG as superior to the currently reigning Super AMOLED

While Apple is just starting to warm up to Flash on its devices, Android is leaps and bounds ahead.  The popular flash plug-in has now taken another small leap to version 11, thanks to Adobe’s constant work to improve its usability on the Android platform.  You will need to check the changelog for a complete breakdown of the improvements this update brings, but the only bit we can understand from it is better 2D and 3D rendering when playing content, which is what really matters to us anyways. Head over to the Market on your Android (2.2 and higher) device

While the Nexus S (and its variants) were the first to receive this update, the devs as usual have been hard at work to port this latest (and possibly the last) Gingerbread update to other devices.  And thanks to their efforts, several custom ROMs for several different devices have popped up based on this version of Gingerbread, including the Nexus One, Nexus S 4G and the ever popular Galaxy S2.  Favorite groups like Cyanogenmod and ACS already have their versions out, and if you look to some dev group for your ROM needs, it’s quite possible that they have a

The $199 Amazon Kindle Fire seems to have caused quite a flurry, with other manufacturers taking evasive action to prevent this cheap but loaded Android tablet cutting into their share of the market.  Case in point is the HTC Flyer, previously rumored to take a cut to $299 on Best Buy, to make it seem much more closer to the $199.  This piece of news has now been confirmed and the tablet is already available on Best Buy’s website for the same reduced price. With a 1.5GHz single-core processor, a 7-inch touchscreen display that supports Scribe stylus input, a 5MP

Shipped with Android 2.2, the Dell Streak 7 would have disappointed many with its smartphone-oriented OS when it was released back in March.  It seems that things are changing though, as the tablet-tailored Honeycomb 3.2 update is now on its way to 7-inched Streaks as we speak.  The update is said to have been received by many in the UK with the 3G version of the device, while the rest of the world should soon be getting it too. But all’s not well though, as some users who got it feel that the 800×480 WVGA is too low a resolution

Dell’s next Android smartphone, the Streak Pro 101DL, is scheduled for a release in January 2012 and if you think the device will be stale news by then, think again, as the handset seems equipped to take on the best of high-end smartphones even at such a later date.  The device will be powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor aided by, we think, 1GB of RAM – this kind of horsepower has only been heard of when talking about the Nexus Prime, or whatever it’s going to be called when and if it is unveiled next month.  For other features,

Samsung has unveiled a new tablet, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, showing us it hasn’t forgotten what made it a big name in the Android tablet realm initially (the 7-inch Galaxy Tab, in case you guys forgot).  Cutting a bit more fat (to 9.96mm thinness) to make space for more muscle power, the company has upgraded the yesteryear’s device to boast of a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with a gig of RAM to support that, 21Mbps HSPA+ network support, a 7-inch multitouch display now capable of 1024×600 pixel resolution and a beefy 4000mAh battery.  The basic imaging needs are taken care