The official Twitter app, the only one usable by a lot of people at once, has been updated today, and it’s a big update. Something all Android fans should be happy about is that Twitter now follows Holo UI standards! You can now swipe through the tabs and the whole UI is now a lot more flat. I won’t lie, it looks good. It just shows how versatile Holo… Read more
Verizon customers who have wanted to buy an HTC One have been on an emotional rollercoaster. The official HTC One announcement made no mention of Verizon as a carrier, while the other three big US carriers were named. Then there were rumors of Verizon getting the One, though a few months late. Excitement built, until it was shot down by HTC itself…. Read more
There have been a few leaks of the Optimus G Pro so far, including two of the 5.5 inch variant, but today it has been made official. They talked about the design a bit, including what they call 2.5D effect curved glass in the front. We’re not quite sure what that means, but it should be interesting. The Optimus G Pro will also have a full HD display,… Read more
If you haven’t had much experience in Nexus accessories, this might sound a bit strange. But we’re shocked to see that the Nexus 4 wireless charging orb could be released only 3 months after the phone release date. Yes, accessory support for Nexus devices has been absolutely terrible. We’re six months into owning our Nexus 7 tablets and we still don’t… Read more
If you’re a Sprint Galaxy Nexus owner that hasn’t gotten impatient and gone ahead to flash unofficial versions of 4.2.1 like CM10.1 or others, then you do have something to get excited about today. Sextape Developers, and important group/entity to the Sprint-Samsung-Android community, released an official Android 4.2.1 leak for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus… Read more
The ZTE N880E was one of the first devices to be released with Android 4.1, and only weeks after 4.2 source drops, ZTE is pushing an Android 4.2 update out to the mid range device. Yes, while the Samsung Galaxy S III (one of the first devices to get 4.1 officially) is still getting 4.1 in places, and is even stuck on 4.0.4 in others, a lesser known… Read more
The HTC DROID DNA never stops getting press, it seems. But here is a good one for all the modders out there. We reported on the DROID DNA getting root, custom recovery, and a custom kernel, all thanks to the HTCdev official bootloader unlock. All before the devices launch date. Things were looking up, but out of nowhere, the bootloader becomes no longer… Read more
We had a recent spec leak for the LG Optimus Vu II, and to be honest, we weren’t impressed. But now the specs are official, and we have a little more to like. Here is what the newest block of a smartphone will come with: 2,150 mAh removable battery, a 70 mAh bump 2GB of RAM, from 1GB microSD card slot added Snapdragon S4 Plus 1.5 GHz dual… Read more
Samsung has officially confirmed that the Jelly Bean update for its flagship Galaxy S III will be arriving sometime in October. That’s actually not too long of a wait, so thank Samsung for being fairly prompt with this update. Jelly Bean leaks have been dropping like crazy, so we knew the update was almost ready for release. If you don’t have a… Read more
While we all love Canada, and apparently so does Google. They have launched an official Google Canada blog. The blog will be used to post news from Canada about Google products, since Canada was one of the first homes of an international Google office. Now they have many there, with a big team contributing a lot to products like Chrome and Gmail. Those… Read more
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