Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Sean Brunett HTC recently announced it was going to start outfitting certain handsets with SLCD screens rather than AMOLED, due to short supply of the latter. The SLCD screens may be easier more plentiful, but do they look as nice? The people over at Howard Forums put them to a test in a video comparison, with a Nexus One sporting an AMOLED screen, an HTC Desire with S-LCD, a Moto...

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand I know everyone and their cousin gets tired of the iPhone vs. Android fanboy slugfest, but that's not what we're about this time.  Allyson, one of our pals over at TiPb, took some time to compare the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate against her iPhone 4.  Frankly, it's a refreshing break from the Mobile OS wars.  She makes plenty of good points, talks about ...

Published on Monday, July 26, 2010 by Phil Nickinson First, the good: Dell has confirmed that its 5-inch Streak mini-tablet will get Android 2.2 later this year through an over-the-air update. It will, however, still launch with Android 1.6. It will be available in black at launch, and in cherry red later. Now, the not so good: Despite previous reports, it won't support T-Mobile's 3G network. In fact, Dell s...

Published on Monday, July 26, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Twitter for Android -- the "official" Android Twitter client -- just got another update (we're at version 1.0.2 for those playing at home), and changes include the following: Is faster than the previous version Auto refresh is now added People search is fixed It's good, it's simple, but it's still not as good as other Twitter clients out ...

Published on Monday, July 26, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Kmart and Android are names you probably never though would be uttered in the same breath, but in their weekly circular the discount retailer has a 7-inch tablet, running Android 2.1 on sale for $149.99.  Before you say "meh" and click away, this one has a bit better specs than what we've seen for ultra-cheap Android tablets so far:800x480 TFT display80...

Published on Monday, July 26, 2010 by Sean Brunett A report by the Guardian states that Android smartphone sales in the UK have tripled since the beginning of the year. Now one in 10 handsets sold in the United Kingdom is running Android, and contract market share has grown by 10.2 percentage points since the first quarter.The HTC Desire and HTC Legend remain the most popular handsets in the UK, but Samsung has recent...

Published on Monday, July 26, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand If you have what it takes, Logitech needs you to be the "Host with the Most" to help roll out the Logitech Revue, the first Google TV set-top box.  What does it take you ask?  Besides having a knack for hosting awesome parties and a love of technology, they're looking for someone with:Some social media experience and networks established (including...

Published on Monday, July 26, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Google Maps just served notice to every other location-based business app out there with the introduction of "Places." A tie-in with Google Maps, it makes it super easy to find any kind of, well, place. It's location-based, so it knows where you are, it's fast, and pretty soon it's going to know what you want before you do. Here's Places in Google's own word...

Published on Monday, July 26, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Facebook sync has been borked for a few days now. That's not news to a good many of you, judging by our inbox and a slew of posts in our forums. We're still waiting to hear back from Facebook, but HTC absolutely is on the case, and while they're tracking down exactly what's going on, they've given us a possible workaround: Try adding a city and state to your cur...

Published on Monday, July 26, 2010 by Kyle Gibb  The Library of Congress has seen fit to specifically exempt rooting and jailbreaking (for the iPhone) from the DMCA. This means that it is now 100 percent legal to root to your heart's content without fear of legal action taken against you. Check out the exact wording:"Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software application...