Published on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 by Phil Nickinson The Nexus One crowd has had Android 2.1 from the get-go. The Motorola Droid just got it. Looks like the Samsung Moment could be any time now. And so we ask you the following question: What must-have feature is missing from Android 2.1?And we're gonna try (in vain) to cut this one off at the pass: Features like the 3D app drawer and five home screens are individua...

Published on Monday, April 5, 2010 by Phil Nickinson As is quickly becoming the norm at developer conferences, we're getting word that Nexus Ones and Motorola Droids are being given out in advance to developers who plan to attend the Google IO conference next month in San Francisco. (They did it last year, too.) Makes sense, as it's sort of a goodwill thing (or small-scale bribe, some might say), and it's obviously...

Published on Saturday, April 3, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Yeah, we wrote that headline with our tongue firmly planted in our cheek -- Motorola today took to Twitter and Facebook to confirm that the Android 2.1 update indeed is being pushed out to the Droid in stages. Or, you can skip the wait and update manually with handy how-to instructions, follow along with our step-by-step video, or get more help in the forums. Oh, and ...

Published on Friday, April 2, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Tinfoil hats on, everybody! It appears that the Android 2.1 update that the Motorola Droid is in the midst of receiving tweaked the code a tad and changed the way graphics are processed, with a slower frame rate as a result. We haven't noticed too great a decrease, but the numbers don't lie, we suppose. Check out developer Phil Issler's video after the break, and sou...

Published on Friday, April 2, 2010 by Phil Nickinson And now, an epic battle between the Motorola Droid and the Palm Pre Plus -- Verizon phones, both -- in the finals of Laptopmag's March Smartphone Madness tournament. The poll closes April 5, so vote early and often. And let's not let our cousins at PreCentral.net go away with bragging rights, m'kay? Vote!!!   Final Round: Which Smart Phone is Better?...

Published on Thursday, April 1, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Drop what you're doing and vote for the Motorola Droid (now with Android 2.1!) versus the BlackBerry Tour in the Final Four of Smartphone March Madness. That is all. [Laptopmag] Which smart phone is better?survey software ...

Published on Thursday, April 1, 2010 by Phil Nickinson So now that you've all updated your Motorola Droids to Android 2.1 -- what, you're waiting for it to be pushed out to your phone and not doing the manual update? Fine -- What do you think? Was it worth the wait? Was the hype all for naught? What's your favorite feature? Let's hear it, people. ... Was the Droid's 2.1 update all you'd hoped for?online surveys ...

Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Top o' the news Motorola Droid finally gets Android 2.1! How to manually update your Droid to Android 2.1 Droid 2.1 update forum thread Video: How to apply the update Hardware news Evo 4G straight from Sprint's playbook; Best Buy reportedly preselling in May Sprint Evo 4G: You ask, we answer T-Mobile testing Cliq update with 1,000 users tonight Sprint EVO 4G won't ...

Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Here's a quick look at what you get when you update your Motorola Droid at Android 2.1. ...

Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Still on the fence about manually updating your Motorola Droid to Android 2.1? No need. We'll walk you though it. ...