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Apple bashing, while sometimes fun, could be seen by some as poor taste. I can jive with that. But then there’s this. An ad spot from the Taiwanese manufacturer Action Electronics portraying the late Steve Jobs as an angelic Asian character who, set free from the confines of Apple, is finally able to choose an [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T won’t be here until February 19th (presales begin on the fifth of this month) but its source code is already available for developers to download. This will allow folks to get started on creating ROMs well before its launch but don’t expect to see a lot of that happening [...]

Last week we saw the Samsung GT-i9300 appear on Samsung’s support site only to be pulled later, a sure sign that Sammy wants to keep something secret about that specific model number. The designation is in line with Samsung’s flagship series of phones and is a likely candidate to match up with the upcoming Galaxy [...]

The Nexus site has been updated to add a sign-up page for Sprint’s version of the Galaxy Nexus. Sprint confirmed the existence of their LTE-carrying Galaxy Nexus during CES time but didn’t give much as far as a release date goes. We are inching ever closer, however, as sign-up pages usually mean that a launch [...]

When it comes to hacking and modding a device’s software, it’s always played out like an episode of Tom & Jerry. A developer will take advantage of an exploit in the software that allows them to root the device, followed by the hardware OEM who will release an update to patch up the software, and [...]

In other aftermarket keyboard news today, SwiftKey X has received an update that addresses several issues. DROID Bionic users will enjoy the fact that they’ve made improvements to voice input for that device. We also have fixes for force close issues, a better way of the app handling low memory situations and more. Make no [...]

It’s been a long time coming for the HTC Jetstream but the job has finally been done. XDA user DooMLoRD has made public a permanent root and recovery method for the HTC Jetstream meaning ROMs will be on their way. The development community was next to dead without these things and now that they’re here [...]

Greetings, Phandroids! I’m sure by now, most of you know the drill but I’ll go ahead and explain it for the noobies. You have wandered into the Android Overload. This is the place where we stash all of the top news stories from throughout our day in hopes that you guys — our loyal readers [...]

AT&T is issuing an upgrade to Android 2.3.6 for owners of the Galaxy S II (not the Skyrocket, the original). There’s not much more to add than that since this was  simple bug-fixing upgrade so be sure to grab it with no delay and, as always, don’t panic if you don’t get it right away. [...]

The app that lets you turn yourself into an Android has been updated with some new holiday elements to get yourself into the holiday spirit. Your Android alter-ego can now be dressed up in mittens, hats and scarves, decked with reindeer antlers or a Rudolph nose, and treated to a candy cane or two along [...]