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GetGlue is ready for a new year of changing the way viewers interact around their favorite movies and shows with the release of an overhauled Android app chock full of new features. While the premise remains unchanged, a new visual stream combines comments and images from check-ins to create “user generated art.” The new stream [...]

The Sony Xperia S has made the prerequisite visit to the FCC en route to a release on AT&T with all sorts of connectivity in two. The handset’s quad-band GMS/EDGE radio was put through its paces on the 850/900/1900/2100 UMTS bands along with HSPA, RFID, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and GPS. We also [...]

If you’re living here in the states and have never heard of Android OEM, ZTE — I wouldn’t hold it against you. Despite being the #4 handset maker in the world, ZTE has largely been absent in the US market but it looks like could soon change. In an interview with Reuters, ZTE’s head of [...]

In recent months HTC has made a push to play nice with the developer community that has grown up around the Android ecosystem. They have made available an official tool for unlocking the bootloaders of several of their devices, but for some the pace at which new handsets are added to the list is too [...]

What’s better than unlocking your phone with your finger? Unlocking your phone with your FACE. And now even the Nexus S will drop its lockscreen at the sight of your beautiful face. A custom ROM is necessary (of course), but the best Galaxy Nexus party trick is available for both the GSM Nexus S and [...]

Seems some crafty developers have somehow managed to get the Android Market up and running on the Blackberry Playbook, giving the dying tablet a new lease on life. Just like the failed HP TouchPad, this is all thanks to Android. If you’re familiar with root and command line interfaces, the process seems pretty simple. Install [...]

During a press preview in New York for the upcoming 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (of which Phandroid will be covering) a company called HzO showed off their water-proofing technology that could soon be making its way to a smartphone near you. The way it works is different than you might think. Rather than keep water [...]

ASUS Transformer Prime launching November 9th? We’ve got your FCC filing right here. The tablet has fallen into the hands of the Federal body under the typical confidentiality agreements. We don’t learn much more than we already knew. WiFi and Bluetooth are confirmed (but we expected that already) and there seem to be no immediate [...]

Linux distribution, Ubuntu, may soon be making its way off your desktop/laptop and into the connected device space. During the Ubuntu Developer Summit the founder of Canonical (company that funds Ubuntu development), Mark Shuttleworth, issued a challenge to the Ubuntu developer community to begin pushing beyond the traditional PC form factor and onto tablets, phones, [...]

Amongst a flurry of other announcements made by Google regarding Ice Cream Sandwich yesterday (today if you’re actually in Hong Kong or anywhere in Asia) was Android Beam. It’s an NFC-powered tool for sharing content with your friends. You can send them files, locations on maps, Android market entries from apps they’re using, websites and [...]