AT&T’s oft criticized network and having a very different design than the other Galaxy versions, the Captivate can be looked at as somewhat of the black sheep within the Samsung Galaxy S family. Well, under a week before the Captivate’s public release, it receives a video unboxing. More »

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-Ever wanted to code applications but never had the knowledge to? No worries, Google just released an App Inventor for Android.

-Shhh, you didn’t hear this from me, but there’s been words of an HTC Ace. Say hello to better features than ever, but remember, this is just a rumour. More »

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One of the most celebrated Android ROM authors, Cyanogen, does what was deemed impossible –put Android 2.2 FroYo on the the HTC Dream/G1 and Magic/MyTouch 3G. More »

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From Ziggytek: Google co-founder Larry Page accuses Steve Jobs of “rewriting history” when the Apple CEO says that Google followed Apple into the smartphone market. Page insists that Google had been developing phones long before Apple unveiled the iPhone in 2007. Although Google did buy out a small firm called Android a few years prior to the 1st generation iPhone launch, early prototypes of Android shown in late 2007 were reminiscent of BlackBerrys. More »

From Ziggytek: Woz was enthralled with his Google Nexus One when he purchased it, and although he still loves Android’s useful voice recognition, he thinks that its open source foundation (ironically) makes it too similar to Windows, an operating system that tries to do everything but staggers at doing anything well. More »

She may or may not know much or anything about the products that she sponsors, but clearly, tennis superstar Maria Sharapova’s name and face sell commodities. Sony Ericsson gets her to unbox and play with its Xperia X10 Mini Pro Android smartphone. More »

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Ever heard of Trillian? For those of you who haven’t, it’s only your average multi-client instant messaging program. In human speech, it’s all your instant messaging needs combined into one. More »

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An unseemly Dell Mini 3v smartphone has popped up on TENAA China, which has just approved the device. There is no concrete proof that the gold accentuated phone is an Android, but why would it be anything else? More »

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From Ziggytek: How mortifying is this –you, a lady, proudly purchase a “brand new” WiMAX smartphone (HTC Evo 4G) from a third-party Sprint dealer, show it off to your co-workers and friends, and they discover X-rated pornography on the device! Never would such an embarrassing fiasco occur with a Steve Jobs phone. More »

XDA Developers continue to put paid programmers from manufacturers/carriers to shame. One industrious individual has skilfully ported Android 2.2 FroYo over to the HTC Evo 4G, and Sense UI is even included! More »

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