Android News

It’s Super Bowl weekend and we, at Phandroid wanted to do a little something fun for you guys. We’re teaming up with AndroidSlide — developer of the hit Android app, Camera Zoom FX — to throw another fun filled photo contest that everyone can join in on. Since you’ll most likely be partying it up [...]

Industry insider Eldar Murtazin claims to have gotten his hands on the Samsung Galaxy S III and hasn’t been shy about dishing on his new handset, taking to Twitter to offer confirmation of previous rumors and to throw a few new ones into the pot. The Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone is likely a month out [...]

The Galaxy Nexus has direct-to-camera screen unlock and zero shutter delay. The Sony Xperia Ion (and the Xperia S, too) has “fast capture” which let’s you hold down the camera button while the phone is sleeping, instantly enabling the camera and automatically capturing. But which has the quicker camera? We put them head-to-head to find [...]

Polaroid unveiled their SC1630 Smart Camera at CES, an Android-powered device that aims to bridge the gap between point-and-shoot devices and smartphones. It’s a valiant first effort, but there is much work to be done before the SC1630 can carve out a niche for itself. Without even powering the device on we were attracted to the [...]

Earlier in the week we caught a glimpse of a 7-inch tablet set to be unveiled by ASUS at CES next week. The slate, potentially a reboot of the unreleased ASUS Eee Pad Memo, is said to sport a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and several configurations of internal storage. A newly leaked image shows it will [...]

Oh, sweet Mother Theresa, what is this? It appears that Sony Erics– Er, Sony is finally stepping up to the plate and preparing a superphone of their own, the LT28at for AT&T (I know, it stings). I originally mistook this leak for an American version of Nozomi (LT26i) — which could still very well be [...]

Our smartphones house some of our most intimate and darkest secrets. Anything from text messages, pictures, to web history — even bank account numbers could all fall easy prey to unauthorized snooping or if a user gains access to your device. Let’s pretend you lost your $ 700 Android superphone and you have one of [...]

Look! It’s Godzirra! Okay, not quite. But it is another amazing Android smartphone from Japan — this time featuring a huge 4.5-inch 1280×720 HD display. Apparently, Sharp is the Android manufacturer to beat with 25% of the market share in Japan. The Sharp AQUOS Phone 102SH is the company’s latest offering of premium Android handsets [...]

Forget those Android smartphones claiming to feature digital cameras “almost as good as a point-and-shoot.” Take a look at an actual 13MP digital camera with a full blown case of the Android OS. Besides its amazing camera, the Panasonic Lumix Phone 101P features a 4-inch qHD (960×540) resolution display and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. In case [...]

Fujitsu may be a little late to the Android party — but they’re definitely coming out swinging. Take their latest device, the Arrows Z ISW11F, from Fujitsu-Toshiba Mobile. Besides its rather unique design, the Arrows Z has all the bells and whistles to make the big Android OEM’s shut up and take notice. Oh – [...]