Bravo/Passion/Dragon Coming to US in January

Ok, so there is a bit more news on the HTC Bravo/Passion/Dragon release dates, including the US 🙂 The rumor is that it will be called the Passion (instead of Bravo) when it hits the US shores in January of 2010. The only unconfirmed piece of info is where it is actually heading. If we were right in our speculation all along then it would be Verizon that is getting the device in January, but at this point it could be going to any of them (or multiple carriers?). The other part of release date news is that the device […]

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Huge Leak of HTC’s 2010 Line Up!

So the motherload of leaks has been opened. The poster on XDA has decided to share with the world 8 new HTC devices that are to come out within quarters 1 and 2 of 2010. From what I understand, someone got their hands on a brochure from an event where HTC presents their new devices to a manufacturer for them to look at and hopefully bid on picking up different devices (hence why in some images you will see TMobiles name, it does NOT mean that T-Mobile is getting the devices necessarily, just that this was T-Mobile’s brochure to take

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Motorola Sholes (Droid) Tablet Caught on Camera

Over at Mobile Android China, they seem to have gotten their hands on the rumored Motorola Sholes Tablet. The Sholes Tablet is looking like a UMTS/GSM device the has similar specs to the Sholes (Droid) but no physical keyboard. But they didn’t just remove the keyboard, they added somethings too: 8MP camera instead of 5MP HDMI Output Xenon Flash instead of Dual LED Wonder if the rumors of the Sholes and Sholes tablet hitting T-Mobile USA are true as well… Source via BGR

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How To: Root the Samsung Galaxy (Updated 04/05/10)

I. Before You Begin 1. Make sure your device is in USB Debugging mode (goto Settings > Applications > Development and turn it on) 2. If you are looking for the Samsung Behold 2 procedure it has been moved here. How To Root the Samsung Behold 2 II. Setup ADB and Drivers Follow this procedure to get ADB setup on your Galaxy. How To Setup ADB/Install USB Drivers III. Flash the Recovery Image 1. Download the recovery image package and extract all the contents to your AndroidSDK\tools folder (same folder as the adb program). Recovery Image (THIS FILE AS BEEN REMOVED

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Acer Liquid Officially Released!

If you haven’t heard about this phone yet, it is the first Android device from Acer. And while Acer isn’t the most prominent phone maker (to say the least) the hardware specs on this phone do deserve some attention. Snapdragon CPU underclocked to 768mhz (but we can put it to 1GHz with an overclocking program now can’t we :)) 480×800 Pixel 3.5″ Capacitive Screen 5.0MP Camera with a Flash HSDPA 7.2 and HSUPA 2.0 1900 and 2100mhz 3G frequencies (if you have AT&T or Rogers, you should be excited by the 1900mhz cause that means 3G for you!) So if

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The Google Phone

Ok, so we now have confirmation via some reliable sources that Google is indeed going to be manufacturing and selling their own branded handset. This is not Android on an HTC, LG, or whoever device, it will be Android running on a Google branded device (which might be made by one of the mentioned manufacturers but will have no manufacturer’s logos and be licensed to Google as made by Google). So before we begin, just want to refer you to a post we did back in July about How Google Could Revolutionize the Wireless Industry. Go take a look and

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Android 2.1 Spotted on an HTC Hero?

So according to a source over at BGR, someone over at a French blog has screen shots of 2.1 (no not 2.0, 2.1) running on their HTC Hero. This can’t help but raise the question as to when HTC will even release their 2.0 version for the HTC Heroes of the world (or if they will skip it and goto this mysterious 2.1). Another thing to note is how quickly Google seems to be churning out these updated OS versions. Makes you think they are betting on Android a whole lot. Does the new Google Phone have something to do

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How To: Create A Continuous Wallpaper on The Nokia N900

Not satisfied with the wallpapers that come on the phone? Don’t want a separate image for each of the homescreens? No problem. I. Find an Image and Resize It 1. First you will need to find the image you want to use. The best way to find an image that will fit is to Google Image search for the word panoramic and select Show Options then select Larger Than 8MP (you can also add another keyword to get an equirectangular image related to what you want to have as a background, like “Paris panoramic” and see what comes up). Make

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How To: Set Up The Irreco Universal Remote on Your N900

So you saw the YouTube video of the guy controlling his TV with the Nokia N900? But you’ve looked everywhere for that app and either can’t find it or found it and just can’t get it to work? Here’s something to help. I. Enable More Apps on Your N900 1. First you need to do our How To Get More Apps On Your N900 Procedure then come back to this procedure. II. Download Irreco and Start Lirc 1. Now that you have all of the repositories mentioned in our Get More Apps procedure, you can find the Irreco for the

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How To: Get More Apps on Your Nokia N900

So you finally got your hands on an N900? But when you go into the Application Manager there are a lot less apps than you thought there would be, right? Well, I’ll show you how to increase the number of apps 10x or more 🙂 I. Enabling Maemo Extras 1. On the phone goto Menu (clicking the top left of the screen, one or two times) then click More and then App. Manager. 2. Click on the title bar to bring up the menu and click on Applications Catalog and wait for them to load. 3. Scroll down and you

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Nokia N900 Still NOT Released!

Ok, so pretty much everyone is reporting that the Nokia N900 has been released and is ready to be picked up in a Flagship store near you (if near you is New York, Chicago, or London). But guess what happens when you call any of those stores, “We have no idea where people are getting their information, but we have not received so much as a tracking number for the devices arriving at our store. It is a mistake and the only thing we can do is put you on a list and we can call you when we have

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Want to Play With A Nokia N900 Right Now? Well Kinda…

So it may not be the actual device, but it sure helps to qwell the waiting for the actual phone to come out! Here is how to set up the Nokia N900 emulator so you can pretend you have your new toy 🙂 Thanks VenomRush! I. Download the Virtual Machine Program 1. Download this free Virtual Machine Application (Windows Only) VMPlayer 2. Unzip the file and then run the .exe inside to install the program (this will force you to reboot your computer one or two times). II. Download the Maemo Virtual Machine files 1.Download the files named: Maemo_PreFinal_2_Ubuntu_Intrepid_Desktop_SDK_Virtual_Image_Splitted.zip.001 &

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