Feb 10, 2012 : Comments
Samsung Vibrant back on official CyanogenMod list, 911 issues fixed
Milestone
Android Market hits new milestone with 400,000 apps and nearly 100,000 developers
Well, all roads lead up and the Android Market is really moving now. After recently surpassing the 10 billion download mark, then racking over a billion downloads during the holidays, we have a new stat to cheer about. It looks like the unofficial count of apps on the market is up past 400,000 as of a few years ago. Metrics also seem to indicate that we should be... Read more » Telus acquires first Milestone, courtesy of Motorola
The Droid made quite an impact here in the States, and people across the pond gobbled up their own when the Milestone hit their neck of the woods. This all had a lot to do with the devices being the first to launch with Android 2.0, and there's nothing wrong with that. And now the Milestone has reached our neighbors to the North, setting up shop in Canada's largest... Read more » How to root your Milestone
Anything you do to your phone (or someone else's) is your responsibility and is done at your own risk. That said, here's a handy how-to in video form. If you have questions, run into trouble, need more info, etc., check out Droid Forums for a thread on 'stone rooting. This is the blog post containing the update file. Via... Read more » Milestone in Canada by the end of the month?
Motorola's muti-touchin' Milestone is known to be headed for the Canadian Telus in Q1 of 2010, but Engadget Mobile has "now heard" (no further info) that the official launch date will be January 26th. What's interesting to me about this is that the phone will run on AT&T's 3G bands, which should put this phone on the top of your list if you're an AT&T subscriber. It... Read more » 2.1 on its way to Dext, Milestone
Thanks to The::Unwired for hanging out on Motorola's Facebook page enough to catch the following post: "Attention Android lovers. The 2.0.1 update is on its way for all Milestone users. The Android 2.1 upgrade for Milestone is also on its way and will be ready in the next 2 months. We can confirm that Dext will get the Android 2.1 upgrade as well." So in... Read more » Motorola Milestone available for preorder
Those of you looking for a GSM version of Droid who also happen to have £439.99 on hand (roughly $735 USD) need to check out superetrader.co.uk. They're selling the units early and should have them in stock on December 7th. Milestone supports the following bands: WCDMA/900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900. That means no 3G for T-Mobile, but AT&T customers are... Read more » Motorola Droid / Milestone / Sholes / A855 / Tao
Specs: 600 MHz ARM + 430 MHz Image Processor; 3.7", 854 x 480 touch screen; 512 MB ROM; 256 MB RAM; 1400 mAh battery; 5MP cam with auto-focus and video; 3.5 mm audio jack; Android 2.0 (Eclair); EV-DO Rev. A, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi. Released by: Verizon on November 6th, 2009 US cost: After all is said and done, $199 from Verizon, though it can be had as low as... Read more » Milestone: Deutschland first, then Europe
BGR announced on Sunday that a GSM version of Droid would be headed to Germany (for 404.20€ or $594.93 outright) after the leak of a business guide and O2 price list. Search Google for "Motorola Milestone" four days later, and it looks like Milestone is about to explode all across Europe. (cont.) The European Milestone will differ from the American Droid in... Read more » 
