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Come and Get Your Droid 2 Root

Joining the proud lineage of rooted phones, Droid 2 has officially been compromised. What took you so long, guys? As always, please proceed with extreme caution. It’s not the most complicated hack in the world, but a wrong move could do some serious damage to your phone. [XDA Developers Forum via Engadget]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Please Stop Making New Phones With Old Firmware

We’ve reached the point where buying a “new” Android phone could still mean you’re using firmware that’s 18 months old. There’s got to be a better way. Today’s release of the Android 1.5-laden Dell Aero might be the most recent (and egregious) example of a manufacturer gimping its product’s operating system, but it’s a problem…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Dell Aero Gets Official: Lightweight Phone Running Obsolete Android Is $100 On Contract

Dell’s been touting the world’s lightest Android phone since March, and today the little guy is officially hits the scene for $100 with a 2-year AT&T contract. Too bad its operating system is over a year behind. https://gizmodo.com/dell-aero-hands-on-the-lightest-android-phone-yet-5500630 The Aero used to be touted as the lightest Android phone yet, but has since been downgraded…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Intel and Nokia Ready Assault on Mobile 3D

Intel and Nokia have been sittin’ in a tree since February, when they agreed to cross-breed their mobile operating systems and form MeeGo. Now they’ve identified the next front in the mobile wars: 3D interfaces. https://gizmodo.com/intel-and-nokia-mate-their-moblin-and-maemo-platforms-5471850 Today’s announcement of the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center doesn’t come with a lot of hard details about…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Why You Should Always Carry A Cameraphone: Alligators

This photo is an urban legend come true—a real baby alligator crawling out of a New York City sewer. What makes this image especially lovely though, is that it was snapped hastily with a cameraphone. Apparently New York resident Joyce Hackett found herself driving past an intersection where a large group of people was gathered…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Virgin Mobile Bucks Trend with $40 Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plan

So there’s this trend with mobile carriers regarding unlimited data plans where they’re dropping them in lieu of tiers. Perhaps you know of it already. Virgin Mobile USA has no such plans. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-may-kill-its-unlimited-data-plans-just-like-at-5592135 Late last night, by way of the always trendy “Facebook fan page reveal,” Virgin Mobile informed the States that a $40 unlimited…

Tech News Jack Loftus

A Tedious and Personal History of 3G

Don’t tell me how many G’s your new phone has. We’ve all loved and lost so many G’s at this point. In 2002, I got my first cell phone. June was stuffy in Manhattan, and my summer internship copy-editing the New York Sun, the now-defunct right-wing newspaper, was just about to start. I swam through…

Tech News Keith Winstein - Ksplice

Here’s a Much More Realistic Facetime iPhone 4 Commercial

Click to viewThose Facetime-based iPhone 4 ads sure are shmaltzy! This one is a little closer to what people are actually experiencing with the service. And yes, that’s an older iPhone. Try to look past it. [Funny or Die]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Is Droid Pro Just the Global Droid 2?

It may not be as big a revelation as “Einhorn Is Finkle”, but still: according to Engadget, it looks as though the rumored Droid Pro is actually the Droid 2 with a GSM/HSPA radio thrown in for global calling. Given that there’s little separating Droid 2 from Droid, one can happily imagine a future in…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Next Version of Android to be Called “Honeycomb”?

It’s not quite the Häagen-Dazs we imagined, but according to “multiple sources” of TechRadar‘s, the next iteration of Android (following the upcoming Gingerbread, of course) will be named Honeycomb. Little else is known about the cavity-causing OS flavor, but knowing TechRadar‘s history of scoops, it’s sounding very solid to me. [TechRadar] https://gizmodo.com/whats-next-for-android-5544902

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Mmm…Ubiquitous Phone

These lovely Homer Simpson iPhone decals might be pictured on 3GSes, but I’m sure they’d look just as fun on an iPhone 4. $10. [Etsy via NerdApproved]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Samsung Has “Tested and Validated” GPS Functions on the Epic 4G, Is Resolving Bugs On Other Devices

There have been some complaints about the accuracy of the GPS function on some Samsung phones, but the company assures us that they’re resolving the issues and that there’s nothing to worry about when it comes to the Epic 4G: https://gizmodo.com/sprint-epic-4g-review-the-best-4g-phone-5613501 We have tested and validated both Network Assisted (indoor) and Autonomous (outdoor) GPS on…

Gadgets Rosa Golijan

How To Jailbreak an iOS 4.0.2 iPhone 3GS With PwnageTool

Updated to iOS4 and need to jailbreak your 3GS? First Redsn0w, and now PwnageTool give you the power. Here’s a simple how-to guide to get you started. The caveat: this isn’t an official release, so there may be some bugs that could damage your phone or delete some data. So proceed with caution! [Redmond Pie]…

Tech News Brian Barrett

iPhone Spy USB Stick Slurps Up Deleted Data from Any iPhone

Here’s an unsettling product: the iPhone Spy Stick. It’s a USB stick that, when plugged into an iPhone, can recover all sorts of info that you thought you deleted. Everything from texts to photos to internet history is accessible by this bad boy. Just take a look: Recover and view deleted: * Text messages *…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Nokia X3 Teaser Ad As Directed by Homer Simpson and J.J. Abrams

Nokia, in an effort to gather interest on their upcoming X3 touchscreen + keypad phone, just made an Apple-like promo video. Unfortunately, they got Homer “one transition” Simpson to direct it. Also, it’s lens-flarey. [Business Insider] And if you don’t remember what I’m talking about, here’s the dialogue from the episode where Homer keeps filming…

Tech News Jason Chen

The BlackBerry Torch’s Biggest Failure: RIM’s Ridiculous Expectations

The BlackBerry Torch only sold 150,000 units in its first three days? That’s not bad at all. The real disappointment here is how deeply RIM bought into its own hype. The hordes are proclaiming the Torch a massive failure, and they’re right—but not because of how many units they sold. 150,000 handsets is a lot…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Sprint Epic 4G Review: The Best 4G Phone

The second ever 4G phone has added pressure to be better than the first. Aldrin was better than Armstrong at punching skeptics in the face, for example. So is the Epic 4G better than the EVO? In almost every way. This is a big phone, but it’s not a heavy phone. At 4.9 x 2.54…

Reviews Jason Chen

Mouth On With Android’s Voice Actions (Verdict: It’s Great)

Voice Actions work! Really well! The video above is a good demo, showing it it navigating to Giz, sending an email, finding Starbucks and and making a self-memo. I didn’t even have to hold the phone up to my face. https://gizmodo.com/googles-one-button-voice-actions-for-android-2-2-5611377

Tech News Jason Chen

Dell Thunder Phone Appears in Leaked Video

Looking not dissimilar to the leaked photos from April, the Dell Thunder has appeared in a video sent in to Engadget. Previous leaks suggested a 4.1″ OLED screen and will run Android 2.1, which still seems the case here. https://gizmodo.com/dells-next-android-phones-flash-thunder-and-smoke-5521609 Added to the rumor-mill is the presence of an 8MP camera (complete with LED flash…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Rumor: T-Mobile’s HSPA+ Phones (HTC Vision and Desire HD) Will Appear Next Month

So many different names are being bandied about for T-Mobile’s “Project Emerald,” that it makes sense they’re readying two models. After all, we’ve heard about the HTC Desire HD and Vision, as well as the Glacier, Vanguard and G1 Blaze. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-htc-desire-hd-video-shows-larger-screen-and-dual-5607979 According to T-Mobile’s teaser site, the mobile network is working on their first-ever HSPA+…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Come and Get Your Droid 2 Root

Please Stop Making New Phones With Old Firmware

Dell Aero Gets Official: Lightweight Phone Running Obsolete Android Is $100 On Contract

Intel and Nokia Ready Assault on Mobile 3D

Why You Should Always Carry A Cameraphone: Alligators

Virgin Mobile Bucks Trend with $40 Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plan

A Tedious and Personal History of 3G

Here’s a Much More Realistic Facetime iPhone 4 Commercial

Is Droid Pro Just the Global Droid 2?

Next Version of Android to be Called “Honeycomb”?

Mmm…Ubiquitous Phone

Samsung Has “Tested and Validated” GPS Functions on the Epic 4G, Is Resolving Bugs On Other Devices

How To Jailbreak an iOS 4.0.2 iPhone 3GS With PwnageTool

iPhone Spy USB Stick Slurps Up Deleted Data from Any iPhone

Nokia X3 Teaser Ad As Directed by Homer Simpson and J.J. Abrams

The BlackBerry Torch’s Biggest Failure: RIM’s Ridiculous Expectations

Sprint Epic 4G Review: The Best 4G Phone

Mouth On With Android’s Voice Actions (Verdict: It’s Great)

Dell Thunder Phone Appears in Leaked Video

Rumor: T-Mobile’s HSPA+ Phones (HTC Vision and Desire HD) Will Appear Next Month

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