In late August, Best Buy started accepting pre-orders for the Samsung Fascinate and now the device finally has an official release date: on Thursday September 9 . The Samsung Fascinate is essentially Verizon’s rendition of the popular Galaxy S, and it will join the already available Captivate (AT&T) and Vibrant (T-Mobile). As Andrew explained in a Samsung Galaxy S Comparison Chart : “The Fascinate is coming to the nation’s largest... 

Just hours before Samsung introduced its new Orion processor powerhouse yesterday, LG announced that it will ship Android phones with dual-core CPUs in Q4 this year. LG has teamed up with NVIDIA and the upcoming devices will be part of LG’s Optimus series and feature the system-on-a-chip Tegra 2 . I have always had a soft-spot for NVIDIA’s Tegra processor, but so far it has had a hard time finding its way to the market – that will... 

This is seriously impressive stuff – the guys from the unrevoked team did it again, and this version 3.2 is definitely their best release yet. Most of the credit, outside of the core unrevoked team, belongs to Sebastian Krahmer for discovering the exploit that works on all supported phones. This article mentions rooting, Nandroid, and flashing of custom ROMs. If you’re unfamiliar with some of the terms, hit up our primers here: Rooting Explained... 

This is pretty cool – looks like redditors have come together to build and track a speadsheet on upcoming tablets. So far most of the data on the sheet seems to be firmly based on established knowledge, but it’s only just begun forming – it’s likely that over time, more speculative data may be added. Still, a very neat idea and it’s cool to see people working together on something productive. … Rather than trolling. Thus far, there... 

Today we are getting a first look at the Toshiba Folio tablet, an Android based powerhouse that was announced at IFA 2010. The Folio looks like it will be another serious contender in what is, apparently, the fast growing market of Android tablets. Looking at its list of features, it should be nothing less than impressive. What features, you ask? How about these : Android 2.2 (Froyo) 10.1″ 1024×600 display Bluetooth Front facing camera... 

Well this is getting downright interesting – after some pricing confusion , rumor has it that the Samsung Galaxy Tab will sell for somewhere between $200 and $400 on contract. That’s a hell of a lot better than some of the numbers that were floating around after its official unveiling on September 2 – we’d heard upwards of $900. Even better: looks like the earlier rumor about Sprint getting the Tab may hold some water  Read More →

  The mobile industry is a very competitive, complicated, fast changing world. The name of the game, though, is simple: get your product out there, get people using it, and do it fast. Quantcast , a company that specializes in the world of internet usage trends, recently released some information showing how well the players in the mobile OS and software game are doing. The information is intriguing, to say the least. There are several things... 

As a part of our new “Behind the Apps” series, we will bring you access to developers and other mobile professionals who are helping bring forward the mobile app revolution.  If you work in the field and have something great to share or talk about we would love to hear from you. Please feel free to get in touch.  First off check out our interview with ace developers Hexage.net where we talk numbers, cow apps and the future.- Hexage , the... 

Image Credit: Modaco Score another one for the open source Android developer community over at XDA.  Some of the users over there have discovered another update to the Froyo ROM for the Nexus One, with build number FRG33.  It has been found that the ROM has some minor bugfixes and a newer version of the installed radio than in the latest official released build. A lot of users were hoping that this leaked ROM might be a Gingerbread build... 

The official app for one of the most popular and trusted tech news websites on the internet, CNET.com , has made its grand entrance into the Android Market a few days ago. The app’s layout is clean and easy to navigate, thanks to the crafty hands of Treemo Labs ‘ Ian Clifton who CNET/CBS hired to develop the project. The CNET Experience The CNET News app has a whole lot of great features that you would expect from such a popular website... 

According to HTC’s official Twitter account , Twitter and the manufacturer have ironed out the bugs that were created when Twitter changed its authorization system a few days ago and broke both Peep and Friend Stream logins: I have tested it on my EVO and can confirm that it is working properly. I’m not sure how such a major screwup could have fallen through the cracks at HTC, but let’s hope it won’t happen again.  Read More →

You Woot , right? Of course you do – everyone does. If you want to keep tabs on this Internet addiction, you should check out WootWatcher. If you’re 1 of the 3 people left who aren’t familiar with Woot, it is a family of sites which includes Shirt.Woot , Wine.Woot , Sellout.Woot , Kids.Woot , and the main site, Woot.com . Every night at 12:00 AM CST, each site puts  Read More →

Our friends over at androidswag.com have released some new must have Android items, including a deck of Cyanogen Mod cards pictured to the left!  Along with the Cyanogen cards, there is an Android wall clock, mouse pad, business card holder and a home Welcome mat. Check after the break for the gallery of new items, then head on over to AndroidSWAG to get you some awesome Android gear! Check out the gallery AndroidSWAG.com Announces New Goodies!... 

This article mentions rooting and flashing of custom ROMs. If you’re unfamiliar with some of the terms, hit up our primers here: Rooting Explained + Top 5 Benefits Of Rooting Custom ROMs Explained And Why You Want Them The Galaxy Tab: It has been hyped as the first serious Android tablet . It is now seriously rooted. Sera-Apps, the group responsible for cracking the Motorola Milestone wide-open, have been up to their antics again. This time,... 

We get an awful lot of emails from you guys wanting to share news, promote links, tips, etc.  As much as we’d love to share everything that comes across the inbox, we simply can’t.  So, we decided to start a semi-regular series of posts called “The Ticker”.  These will be items that we think are worth covering, but not necessarily in a dedicated post.  And away we go! Debating on whether or…  Read More →