Motorola Droid gets new update — and no, it’s not Gingerbread
Good news, original Droid owners: Verizon still hasn't forgotten about you, delivering a mild update today that includes a handful of enhancements and fixes. Notably, you'll be getting updated Twitter and Gmail apps in ROM plus updated Amazon and News / Weather widgets and a bunch of improvements to the phone's built-in Exchange ActiveSync support.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: amazon, apps, engadget-mobile, getting-updated, mild-update, motorola, phone, plus-updated, twitter, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless, vzw, widgets
Dell’s Stage UI headed to Streak, also unofficially works on EVO 4G (video)
The first time the words "Stage UI" passed our lips, they were in relation to the Dell Thunder leak , but now we're hearing that Dell's custom Android user interface will actually appear alongside Android 2.2 when the update finally arrives on the five-inch Streak . We've just learned that's going to happen this winter in Japan when the Streak launches on SoftBank at the very least, as both are advertised for early December there, but we expect we'll see the updated OS even sooner in the US and Europe for obvious reasons . What's more, an unofficial build of Froyo that leaked out for the Streak last month has since been found to have Stage UI on board.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: dell, dellstreak, entry, evo4g, froyo, htc, interface, leak, panes, stageui, widgets, winter
Verizon Droid 2 R2-D2 Edition lands September 30 for $249
Just how badly do you want Star Wars branding on your Droid 2 , eh? You'd better want it bad, because Verizon has just announced that it'll be charging $249 for the privilege of owning an R2-D2 Limited Edition -- with a $100 mail-in rebate on contract, which means that you'll actually be paying $350 up front.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: breakingnews, droid 2, empire, fangirl, ford, limitededition, lucas, muster, press, slider, starwars, thursday, verizon, verizon-droid, widgets
EVO 4G’s Android 2.2 update starts trickling out tomorrow, loads of new features and fixes in store?
We're not certain that this date is going to hold -- things like this have an uncanny tendency to slip at the last possible moment -- but we're at least hopeful to see some internal Sprint communication that they're trying to get the EVO 4G updated to Froyo as soon as tomorrow, July 30. It'd be the perfect way to kick off the weekend, wouldn't it?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bunch, capture, entry, evo, exclusive, flashlight-mode, sprint, video, widgets
MeeGo for handsets makes its first appearance
As promised , Nokia and Intel have revealed the pre-alpha version of MeeGo for handsets today, supporting the Intel-powered Aava reference phone and the Nokia N900 . What's most interesting at this early stage is the UI, which appears to have taken a big Nokia-influenced step away from the Intel-designed MeeGo netbook and tablet UI -- and we're definitely detecting some hints of Android and webOS here and there.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: alpha, atom, intel-designed, keyboard, meego 1.1, meego for handsets, meegoforhandsets, nokia, notably-missing, pre-alpha, symbian, virtual, widgets
Nokia N8 video overview: Symbian^3 homescreens, messaging, email, and Flash-capable browser on show
It seems like the only question really left about the Nokia N8 , albeit the most important one, is just how it'll interface with the user and what the experience of living with it will be like. The Nokia Conversations team is now aiming to answer just that with the first of three video walkthroughs taking us on a tour of the new device and its Symbian^3 operating environment.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: adobeflash, albeit-the-most, engadget, entry, flash, look-as-quick, nokia n8, qwerty, symbian, video, walkthrough, widgets
iPhone OS 4 beta 3 brings iPod widgets to the dock
Apple may have pulled iPhone OS 4 beta 3 soon after it went live, but we're living recklessly -- and hey, is that a set of iPod controls and a screen orientation lock hiding out in the app switcher? The control is accessed by swiping to the far left, and it all does pretty much what you'd expect.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-it-went, apple, beta, iphone, iphone os 4, iphoneos4, iphoneos4beta3, new-stuff, orientation, pretty-much, widgets
The Engadget app for Android gets updated to 1.0.2 — now with more widgets!
If you're a fan of the Engadget Android app (and let's be honest, you are a fan), then we've got some good news for you today. The app has been updated with some minor fixes, and one not-so-minor addition..
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: addition, assorted-tweaks, engadget, engadget application, engadgetandroidapp, engadgetapp, fixes, more-widgets, release, widgets
Verizon posts Android 2.1 upgrade details for Droid
Chatter over the Milestone's impending Android 2.1 update has reached a rolling boil in recent days, but it's actually the Milestone's American cousin that's getting the official coverage today. That's right: Verizon's just posted details on the Droid's upgrade to Google's latest and greatest cut, and you've got the expected host of goodies including the new 3D Gallery app, voice-to-text, news and weather widgets, pinch-to-zoom support, "improved" pattern lock, and -- get this -- live wallpapers, something we'd originally thought Motorola might leave out
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: droid, engadget, entry, expected-host, milestone, pattern-lock, upgrade, verizon, widgets, zoom
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