Android News

The BlackBerry Playbook is said to be receiving its OS 2.0 update come next month and along with some much needed new improvements (like a native email app), the update will finally give the device the long promised ability to to play Android apps and games via the BlackBerry Runtime for Android app player. Developers [...]

The folks at Sky have announced that their Sky Go application will soon be coming to Android! A launch is slated for February but no other details were given. The service itself will also be receiving more content options and channels, as well. Sky 1, Sky Living, Sky Arts and Sky Sports F1 HD are [...]

While some are wondering what’s going on with a quad-core Exynos processor of some sort, most of us know that Samsung still has yet to push the boundaries of dual-core. Their Exynos chipset series is one of the most efficient, fast and capable chipsets around and the Exynos 5250 will take things a step further. [...]

Verizon has posted the changelog for a future update to the HTC Rezound, one which should not be mistaken with the Beats Audio handset’s eventual upgrade to Android 4.0. The over-the-air update brings the Rezound’s software to version 2.01.605.11 appears to be primarily a maintenance release focused on cleaning up bugs and tweaking performance, but [...]

After a developer recently leaked to Business Insider that Microsoft would soon be bringing their Xbox Live titles to other mobile OS’s outside of WP7 — specifically, iOS and Android — we now have a more fuel to throw on top of that fire and it’s a doozy. When speaking with Forbes, a Microsoft spokesperson has [...]

If you thought manufactures weren’t sitting up in their highrises, thinking up new ways to market their products to your kids, you’d be wrong. Since it isn’t exactly legal to sell nicotine to minors (yet), Bandai has begun packaging some of their more popular line of toys (Thundercats, Ben 10) in an all new, augmented [...]

Though NVIDIA let the cat out of the bag at CES, Acer has made their Iconia Tab A510 official, pegging it for an April launch in Europe. The 10.1-inch tablet, announce at an event preceding the CeBIT show in Germany, features a Tegra 3 quad-core CPU at 1.3GHz, 1GB of RAM, and will launch with [...]

Samsung Epic 4G and 4G Touch users get ready. Sprint is getting ready to send out a new over-the-air software update for both devices set to fix a few issues plaguing both devices. First up, we have the “OG” Samsung Epic 4G who will be receiving a few bug fixes after receiving a Gingerbread update [...]

If the low-end LG Optimus One that launched contract-free on Straight Talk a few months ago didn’t quick get your Android engine revving, perhaps the mid-end LG Optimus Black or higher-end LG Optimus 2X (aka G2X) is enough to tickle your fancy? Both devices were leaked online as coming soon to Walmart’s pre-paid cellphone service [...]

We are officially back from our long and exhausting week at this year’s CES 2012 and it’s never felt better to get back into the normal grind of things. I’m sure by now you know the drill but along with our full days coverage of Android news comes the Android Overload. These are all the [...]