According to Boy Genius Report, there’s a rumor that the Sprint HTC Evo 4G is expected to receive a software update on June 28. This update is said to improve three things: More »

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Verizon says that the Motorola Droid is receiving Android 2.2 FroYo in July, presumably before the upcoming Droid X, which is shipping with Eclair on July 15th. More »

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The Droid X stopped being top secret when Motorola decided to provide controlled leaks all over the place. Today, Verizon confirmed much of the specs and announced that on July 15th, the X will be released for $199.99 with a 2-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. More »

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As AT&T customers angrily know, their carrier cripples their phones, and the HTC Aria is no exception. Well, eugene373 (unofficial HTC rooting guru) has applied the same HTC MyTouch 3G Slide hack on the Aria. Also, Sony’s once promising Xperia X10 has also been rooted, but instructions for the procedure are pending. More »

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AT&T got its Samsung Galaxy S variant called the Captivate, and Sprint is getting the slider version named the Galaxy S Pro, so what is poor little T-Mobile going to do without a high end Android? Samsung comes to the rescue with the Vibrant for T-Mobile. More »

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From Ziggytek: It has been a long and painful journey, but Adobe has finally given Flash 10.1 to its mobile platform partners using the following operating systems: “Android, BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Phone 7 Series, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian.” Flash 10.1 on Android requires 2.2 FroYo, which is unofficially available for Google’s Nexus One and will be run on many Android smartphones by Q4 of this year. Adobe had kept its supporters waiting, but now the “F” ball is in their courts. Let the hunt for crashes, bugs, and security holes begin. The iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch will be spared from Flash 10.1’s havoc. More »

From Ziggytek: Smartbooks will try to intellectualize the dumb and slow netbook. Toshiba’s Android 2.1 powered AC100 is a 10.1-inch (1024×600) smartbook with a muscular NVIDIA Tegra 250, which is based off the duo 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor. More »

BGR reports that some Verizon stores are closing by 4PM on Sunday, June 27th for an event that all employees must attend. No one knows what the meetings entail. The unprecedented closure for Verizon could be a company shake-up and/or the preparations for the launch(es) of the Motorola Droid 2 and/or Droid X. More »

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From Ziggytek: Nokia is also anticipating a massive hit in its global smartphone market share to Google Android handsets and Apple iPhone. Among the four main American carriers, BlackBerry has slipped from the top spot. Sprint’s top seller is the HTC Evo 4G; T-Mobile’s front-runner is the MyTouch 3G Slide; the Droid Incredible and Motorola Droid are kings of Verizon, and the iPhone 4 is obviously AT&T;’s darling now. More »

Blog Android and Me is the first to be graced with a preview of Motorola’s Droid 2, which looks like its predecessor (except for the re-worked keypad) but internally is housing a beastly 1GHz TI OMAP3630 processor (Droid has 550MHz TI OMAP343) with integrated PowerVR SGX530 graphics and 512Mb RAM (over 256Mb in the Droid). Benchmarks conducted show that the Droid 2 is substantially faster than the original, which is still one of the more powerful smartphones out there. More »

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