Published on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 by Sean Brunett What do you get when you combine a Nexus One, a bike handlebar holder and a Wiimote? The answer is a whole lot of awesome. YouTube user baza210 made this awesome contraption and made a video demonstrating it while playing an old-school SNES ROM. See the video after the break. What makes this even better is that he is playing one of my favorite games of all time, Super...

Published on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 by Sean Brunett Ever since the onset of Apple's "Antennagate" whoopsie, iPhone competitors have been hitting back hard, probably because Apple's been trying to drag everyone else down with it, with the Droid X the most recent target of Steve Job's gnarled finger pointing.  We've previously seen an ad from Samsung that fought back, and now Motorola has joined the game ...

Published on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand If you were awake and paying attention late last night, you probably saw a few people talking about some pictures of Froyo on the Droid X.  We were awake, too (we never sleep), and discussing how easy it would be to fake some of what we saw.  Hey, you have to be a bit skeptical when you do what we do. Then we ran across what you see above.  Nobody ...

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Froyo leaks are coming out of the woodwork, and next up is the Samsung Galaxy S i9000.  Some friendly Samsung hackers in Amsterdam got ahold of the leak and are hard at work getting it ready for download.  Hopefully, they're in a quaint coffee shoppe un-watermarking and prepping things and not locked away in some harshly lit basement :)The download is schedu...

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Google has announced that it will be rolling out a copy protection mechanism for Android Market applications when used with phones running Android 1.5 or higher.  It works kind of like this:Google sets up a special licensing server, which keeps record of application purchases.Developers can use libraries provided by Google that query this server each time the app...

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Dell has announced the prices for the much anticipated Streak and Aero Android phones.  The 5-inch Streak will be $299.99 with an eligible two-year AT&T agreement, and $549.99 if bought outright.  It's normal-sized little brother, the Aero, will run you $99.99 with contract, and only $299.99 off contract. For the Streak, you will need to sign up for...

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Regional and smaller carriers are jumping on the Android train left and right it seems, and Cincinnati Bell is no exception, as it is now offering the venerable Samsung Behold II for $129.99 after rebate and with two-year agreement.  While the fact that the Behold II is possibly outdated and not nearly as desirable as it once was can't be ignored, Cinci Bell offe...

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Clicker.com has announced their Android application -- social media all about video, feature films, and television.  The premise is that you can friend people, check out their viewing habits, and share yours with them.  They've set up a huge internet portal at clicker.com, which connects in to your Facebook and/or Twitter account, and their Android app can d...

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 ...