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Finally Movies For Free! Courtesy Crackle.

June 21, 2011 0 Ricky

The long awaited Android app for viewing movies for free is finally here! Crackle officially announced its free app today. The catch? It’s not for everyone. Yet, Christened as Crackle – Movies & TV, this app lets you watch full-length…

Android

Motorola Announces Milestone 3 In China

June 18, 2011 0 Ricky

Motorola officially announced the Milestone 3 ‘XT883’ in China in collaboration with China Telecom. This third installment in the Milestone series will be available for purchase by this July.

Leaked / Spyshots

LG Device With Dual Screen And Slide Out Keyboard Coming Soon!

June 17, 2011 0 Ricky

Are you one of those who craves for features and functionality in a device? Ever imagined of a dual screen handset, better still a device with dual screen and even a QWERTY keyboard to go with it? Well then that…

Android

Rumor: Nexus 4G Launching This November With Android 4.0?

June 16, 2011 0 Ricky

The rumors of the next Nexus device from Google are really heating up as Q4 keeps on closing in. Just last month we had the rumor that HTC will be coming out with the next Nexus without any buttons there…

Android

Motorola Announces Photon 4G, Sprint’s First World phone

June 10, 2011 0 Ricky

Motorola announced Photon 4G their latest dual-core device just yesterday at the event organised by Motorola and Sprint. The Photon 4G will be Sprint’s first dual-core device from Motorola  and also the manufacturer’s first WiMax compatible phone.

Tech Industry News

Texas Instruments Announces Windows 8 Compatible 1.8 GHz Multi-Core Processor

June 3, 2011 0 Ricky

Just a few days back we had heard that Qualcomm will be bringing out ARM processors which will be compatible with Windows 8 and now its Texas Instrument’s turn to announce the same. TI has announced that it will be…

Android

Leaked: Motorola Xoom2, Slimline and Zaha Pics Show Up

June 2, 2011 0 Ricky

When we were busy covering Computex and all the beautiful devices revealed, Motorola  was working on its redesigned website and PocketNow managed to get a glimpse of it, which also showed pictures of multiple new devices. They managed to get…

netbook

MeeGo Comes Back To Life With ASUS EEE Pc X101

May 31, 2011 1 Ricky

When we were about to close the chapter on MeeGo, yes the Linux based Operating System earlier found to be running on tablets and phones, ASUS comes out with EEE PC X101 which is a netbook and has both windows…

Android

Gingerbread Update For Samsung Galaxy S Starts Rolling Out In India

May 31, 2011 0 Ricky

Samsung started rolling out the Gingerbread update long back in Europe but, the update was stopped and removed by Google for some reason. Now just a few weeks back the official Gingerbread again showed up in Kies. Now all the…

Android

Android 3.1 Update Leaked For ASUS EEE Pad Transformer

May 31, 2011 0 Ricky

We had heard news that ASUS EEE Pad Transformer and the Acer Iconia Tab A500 would get the 3.1 update somewhere in mid June, but the 3.1 update for the EEE pad has already been leaked and now in flashable…

Android

Google Nexus 3 Rumors, LG or HTC?

May 29, 2011 0 Ricky

There has been a lot of buzz about the Nexus 3  since the Google I/O conference last month, most of which hinted about the Next Nexus being made by LG. It would supposedly have the first 720p Hd display and…

Android

HTC Comes Back With A Bang: Will Not Lock Bootloaders

May 27, 2011 0 Ricky

One of the main reasons why HTC Android devices where a huge hit is because it was easily modable, but in the latest HTC devices like the Desire S, Incredible S, etc. came with a locked bootloader whcich allows the…

India

Google Street View Comes To India

May 26, 2011 1 Ricky

Street view was introduced in the year 2007 which enables you to explore more places using Google maps with 360 degree street-level imagery. Street view is really helpful to get in depth information about the place which you are looking…

Android

HTC Holiday Shows Up Sporting A 4.5″ Display

May 23, 2011 0 Ricky

In the latest news about leaked devices, HTC Holiday tops the list, with its system dump getting leaked just last week and this time its pics and specs have been leaked. Well HTC was the first manufacturer to bring out…

Android

Nexus 3D To have Tegra 3, Quadcore Processor?

May 20, 2011 0 Ricky

Nvidia had showcased their Tegra 3 mobile processor at the MWC on a tablet, though it was not the final product we sure came to know that it is very powerful with cutting edge graphics capabilities, 12 cores and 3D…

Android

LG XML File Leaks New Device, Nexus 3D with 720p HD Display?

May 20, 2011 0 Ricky

An XML file from LG was found by the guys at Wired View, this XML file contains information of a new unnamed LG device which is codenamed P930, the XML also contains the number of keys and screen resolution apart…

Android

Motorola Defy Gingerbread Update leaked

May 18, 2011 1 Ricky

Motorola Defy is a really good device but the only down side of this device is that its still on Android version 2.1 (Eclair), it has been many months since the device has been launched and Motorola has not provided…

Android

Motorola Droid X2 Announced, Will Launch On May 26 For $199

May 18, 2011 0 Ricky

Finally the Motorola Droid X2 is officially announced after the date was leaked last week and the specs and pics have been leaking from about 3 months now, the Droid X 2 will be launched through verizon on May 26.…

Android

[How To] Root The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

May 18, 2011 0 Ricky

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 was provided to all the 5000 developers present at the Google I/O, and the device has already been rooted within just a few days of its release. Just like the Samsung Galaxy S II this…

Android

Samsung Galaxy S II Gets Its First Custom ROM

May 18, 2011 0 Ricky

The Samsung GalaxyS II was released just a few weeks back with an unlocked bootloader, and it has been accepted by the dev community with open arms as it got rooted just two days after its release and now the…

Android

Samsung Galaxy Tab Gets Some Touchwiz 4 Love

May 18, 2011 0 Ricky

The Samsung Galaxy S II was launched just a few days ago and the developers have been working on it constantly, with the custom root and Custom ROM for the SGS 2 already done now its time to port something…

Android

Droidcam: Use your Android Phone As A WiFi Web-Cam

May 16, 2011 2 Ricky

Have you ever wanted to video call someone using skype but did not  have a web-cam or you are travelling and there is no web-cam around for a video chat with the office, well now if you have an android…

Android

HTC Comes Out With Digital Pen For The Flyer

May 16, 2011 0 Ricky

HTC is a company which always lead with its innovations in the mobile market, long back when Android was not  very popular, they brought in their very famous user  friendly HTC Sense UI. From that time they have always concentrated…

Android

[Developers] Android API For Graph And Plotting – AndroidPlot

May 16, 2011 0 Ricky

Are you a developer and looking to use dynamic and static charts in your Android apps? Then the developers at XDA have come up with AndroidPlot  which is a graphing and plotting API.

Android

Honeycomb Updated to Android 3.1

May 12, 2011 0 Ricky

It was announced just days ago at the Google I/O that Google’s tablet specific operating system Honeycomb will be upgraded to version 3.1 which packs many new features with it. The update has already started to roll out for all…

Gaming

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Reviewed

May 9, 2011 2 Ricky

Portable gaming devices have been a great hit in the market, devices like the Sony PSP, Nintendo Gameboy Advance, the Nintendo DS have all fared very well in the portable gaming device sector. There were also gaming phones like the…

Android

Guide To Root Nexus S After 2.3.4 Update

May 9, 2011 0 Ricky

Google rolled out the Android 2.3.4 update for the Nexus S and the Nexus One just a few days back. Many Nexus S users have updated their device to 2.3.4, and lost root access, well if you are one of…

Android

Nexus S Android 2.3.4 Variants, Update For Various Models

May 9, 2011 0 Ricky

Many Nexus S users in India and many other countries are facing problems updating their Nexus S to the latest Android version 2.3.4, some of them have got the OTA but it does not really update the device. The manual…

Android

Get Google Talk With Video Calling On Any Gingerbread Phone

May 6, 2011 0 Ricky

Google released the Android 2.3.4  Gingerbread update for the Nexus S and the Nexus One just a few days back, but only the Nexus S was Gtalk was updated to the latest version which also supports video calling. Many people…

Android

[Guide] Downgrade HTC Desire HD Bootloader For Modding

May 6, 2011 0 Ricky

Desire HD was recently updated, though the update did not include Gingerbread, it updated the Hboot to 1.72.405.3 which cannot be rooted nor can it be flashed with a custom recovery image. So if you are using the Desire HD …

Android

Video: Android Applications Working On The Blackberry Playbook

May 5, 2011 0 Ricky

We have been hearing about Android applications running on the Blackberry Playbook for quite some time now, but haven’t seen any demo of the Android app running on the Playbook. Android applications were shown running on the Blackberry playbook just…

Android

KillSwitch App For Android Counters The iPad 2 Smart Cover Hype

May 3, 2011 0 Ricky

Steve Jobs introduced the Smart cover along with the iPad 2 this march and all this smart cover did was, put the iPad 2 in standby when the cover was put on top of the screen. People were totally amazed…

Android

Guide To Root Acer Iconia Tab A500

May 3, 2011 2 Ricky

The Acer Iconia tab A500 was released just a few days back, it’s a 10.1” Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) powered tablet. It is a low cost android tablet priced even below the iPad. Running the latest tablet optimized version of Android,…

Android

Samsung Galaxy S II Gets Rooted!

April 30, 2011 0 Ricky

The Samsung galaxy S II was launched this week and it’s not surprising that a developer at XDA has already managed to root the device. Thanks to the developers at XDA that devices are getting rooted in about two to three…

Android

LG Optimus ME (P350) – OG Review

April 27, 2011 0 Ricky

Today we have another Android Phone with us for review it is the LG Optimus ME (P350 / Pecan), it’s the smaller version of the Optimus One with a 2.8” display, running Android 2.2.2 (Froyo), it’s a mid-range phone. The…

Android

[How To] Root the LG G2X

April 25, 2011 0 Ricky

The LG G2X is the first phone which will be shipped with Tegra zone and, not only that t-mobile is supporting developers to Mod the G2X as they have given Cyanogen a G2X for free it’s a device with great…

Android

[How To] Root Xperia Play

April 23, 2011 0 Ricky

Xperia Play was released just a few days back and just this week Sony Ericsson unlocked the bootloader of all the latest Sony Ericsson devices, and the result of that is Xperia Play getting rooted thanks to the guy at…

Android

[How To] Unlock The Bootloader Of New Sony Ericsson Devices (Xperia Play, Arc and Neo)

April 23, 2011 0 Ricky

Sony Ericsson had promised to unlock its bootloaders and finally they have answered the prayers of developers and also the rooting and custom ROM community. This procedure is very simple, we have to just fill out a form in the…

Android

Google Android Again Pops Up On The Radar For Security Issues

April 22, 2011 0 Ricky

Recently Android is showing up a lot for its security issues, just a few weeks back Android was attacked by a serious malware, but this time its not a third party which is involved, it’s Google themselves. Google and Apple…

Android

Amazon Going Green With Android Tablet?

April 22, 2011 0 Ricky

Amazon has already set its foot on the Androidsphere by introducing their own Amazon App store for Android. Later they also introduced a cloud based music player. Amazon is also the home of kindle, which was a huge hit. Just…