Archive for November, 2011
CM7 Ported To The Kindle Fire
For those of you that have purchased an Amazon Kindle fire just because you wanted to strip it of it’s Amazon-ness you’re probably well aware that the Android powered tablet was rooted back on November 16th. On Monday it was reported by Theverge.com that XDA developer JackpotClavin was able to port CyanogenMod 7 to the [...]
HP Could Switch To Android For Mobile Operating System
In a very interesting interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, new HP CEO and former Ebay CEO, Meg Whitman basically wrote off 2012 and says she plans on making HP’s triumphant return in 2013. In order to do that though Whitman knows the work needs to start now. One thing that Whitman conceded to in [...]
Sonos Upgrades App For Tablets Adds Slacker So You Can Listen To TDGN: VIDEO
If you’ve been wanting an in home media system, one that’s classy and compliments the home, without having to spend thousands of dollars on a media room and installation, Sonos is the answer. Sonos offers a variety of speakers and connection solutions to pipe your music collection throughout your home. You can also use various [...]
App Spotlight: pMonitor
Many of us have loved ones that we worry about, and because of this, there are many services available that can track locations and trigger alerts whether it be homes, cars, or even a panic button. However, sometimes monitoring all of these things can just increase the amount of time it takes to react [...]
iOS Blockbuster Medieval Now Available For Android
Lovers of Legions of Medieval and Medieval HD will be thrilled to hear that the blockbuster iOS hit “Medieval” is now available for Android. This best selling tower defense game for iPhone and iOS has found its way over to Android after over 2,000,000 iOS downloads. This is a true medieval style game with archers, [...]
Fiabee Cloud Based File Aggregation Updated For Android
2011 was the year for two things in the mobile industry and those are tablets and the cloud. It seems everyone is offering a cloud based service for every possible part of our computing lives. Some companies specialize in photo clouds, while others like box.net and dropbox cover file sharing. Google and other companies offer [...]
Samsung Droid Charge Finally Getting Gingerbread Update
It almost seems silly that we’re talking about a Gingerbread update for the Samsung Droid Charge. The Droid Charge was the second 4G/LTE Android phone released on Verizon Wireless last spring. Not only that but as we all well know it’s Samsung that is the flagship OEM for Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich with the [...]
Asus Transformer Prime To U.S. Retailers December 8th
Many of us are anxiously awaiting the release of the Asus Transformer Prime. The newest tablet by Asus qualifies as a super tablet as it’s the first with Nvidias Tegra 3 quad-core processor. As we found out earlier this year the Tegra 3 chip isn’t even a quad-core processor it has 5 cores with the [...]
Unboxing & Quick Review Video: LG Double Play On T-Mobile
Anyone who’s been a fan or follower of thedroidguy for any amount of time knows we like to check out phones with unique form factors. The Kyocera Echo, the Droid Pro and the Pantech Pocket are all phones that may not have won the hearts of Android enthusiasts but were unique in their own right. [...]
Review: Our Favorite Android Tablet So Far The Lenovo Thinkpad
The Lenovo Thinkpad is our favorite Android Honeycomb tablet to date. Prior to using the Lenovo Thinkpad most everyone who follows thedroidguy knows our favorite tablet was the Toshiba Thrive. We like both tablets because they are kings of productivity when it comes to tablets. Now there are a lot of tablet owners who prefer [...]
FCC Releaes Report On AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Despite Withdrawal
The proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger came to a head over the Thanskgiving holiday weekend as AT&T and Deutsche Telekom withdrew their application for merging from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Just as many American’s were preparing for their Thanksgiving weekend, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski had requested that the merger go to an administrative hearing by the [...]
Acer A200 Outed In Promo Video
It’s not a big secret that Acer is working on a follow up to their successful A500 tablet. Their newest tablet the A200 has already shown up at the FCC’s Columbia Maryland test center along with getting BlueTooth certification. Now Acer has outed the A200 tablet in their own promotional video. The A200 is sporting [...]
Samsung Wins Appeal In Australia
Samsung has won an appeal in Australia and can now sell their Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australian stores. A three judge appeal panel in Australian court approved the appeal which was handed down by Federal Court Justice Lindsay Foster. The appeal goes back to an October 13th decision by Judge Anabelle Bennett who originally granted [...]
