Published on Monday, July 12, 2010 by Phil Nickinson In a stunning turn of events not seen since the days of Adam Smith, it's come to light that there won't be an infinite number of Droid X's available at launch on Thursday, and in fact retail stores have been allocated a discrete number of phones to be sold. As for how many phones each store will have, well, you see an early example of the inventory above (via Droid L...

Published on Monday, July 12, 2010 by Phil Nickinson The Motorola Droid X (read our full review) finally comes out on Verizon this week. And to celebrate, we're giving one lucky reader a Droid X of his or her very own. To win, all you have to do is leave a post in this thread in our Droid X forum and tell us why you think the Droid X is the hottest phone of the year. We're providing the phone -- you're on your own fo...

Published on Sunday, July 11, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand WOW!  I've seen Lego docks and various phone accessories before, but Android Central Forums member triciaaz's takes the cake for sure.  It's clearly a step above and beyond your run-of-the-mill docking station, and triciaaz's HTC Droid Incredible has it's own place to call home.  Just promise to be careful watering those flowers triciaaz ;)  There'...

Published on Sunday, July 11, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand To those of you lucky enough to get your Droid X early (all 170 of you need to play the lottery this week!) Verizon has now set up the system so you can activate that monster.  As of Friday July 9, provisions were put in place to allow activation according to Verizon internal documents leaked out to DroidLife.  You can activate over the web at your MyVerizon...

Published on Friday, July 9, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand While some of us use our phones to communicate or play awesome games, there are those who take science and spare time to the next level.  Mike Partain is one of those people.  Using an off-the-shelf Lego NXT robotics kit, a Motorola Droid and a whole bucketful of ingenuity and smarts, Mike has added sensors the robotics kit was missing -- camera, GPS, and co...

Published on Friday, July 9, 2010 by Phil Nickinson It's Android contest time, boys and girls, and the folks at Seidio are offering up a whopping 20 cases. On tap for the Verizon Droid Incredible are five Innocase Rugged cases and five Innocase Active cases. And it's the same deal for the Evo 4G -- five Innocase Active cases and five Innocase Rugged cases. What do you have to do to win? Evo 4G: Follow the in...

Published on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 by Phil Nickinson The whispers are true, folks. A few lucky souls already are getting their Motorola Droid X's, more than a week before they're set to go on sale July 15. And one such person is coerulea in the Android Central Forums, whose brought us a trio of photos of his new prize. Anybody else hit the lottery today? Sing out, shout from the rooftops, and above all, post some ...

Published on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 by Jeremy Sikora  From the Forums is a great way for you, our readers, to see the hottest topics being discussed. But you must be a registered member and becoming a member is a simple process. So if you have not already already done so, head on over and register now!Many of our readers are still waiting for their HTC Droid Incredible to be shipped. Are you one of these ...

Published on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 by Phil Nickinson The wait for Android 2.2 continues, but the European Motorola Milestone apparently is in the midst of another update. MR2.5 reportedly comprises bugfixes and performance/stability improvements, which we certainly wouldn't shrug our shoulders at. Random power cycling and force closes are said to be targeted, and the alarm clock and music capabilities are said to have ...

Published on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Verizon's latest Android smartphone is one big, bad (as in good) Droid   Droid X does it bigger. Take everything you've come to know and love about Verizon's Droid line of Android smartphones -- starting with the original Motorola Droid then taking a step forward (or sideways, some might say) with the HTC Droid Eris and Droid Incredible -- and crank it up to 11. ...