Pretty funny of T-Mobile, right?  Take shots at a company who just experienced more than 24 hours of down time on their brand new 4G LTE network.  Hey, I’d do the same too if I were a competing carrier.  The only thing is, T-Mobile doesn’t even have a 4G network.  That’s right, I’m pulling out the “Fake 4G” card, because when it comes to trash talking, you have to at least have something legit behind your stance…and they don’t.  And while Verizon’s outage was one of the most preposterous things I’ve ever seen from a company this large in a long time (and we are still owed an explanation), I’m just going to shake my head at T-Mo and ask that they keep trying.  Or better yet, why don’t you go sell your soul.  Oh, that’s right, you did…to AT&T.

Via:  Phandroid, Twitter

We were wondering when Verizon was going to ready this update for the HTC Thunderbolt as it has been in the works and talked about behind the scenes for weeks now.  The update is 22.28MB and will enhance connectivity to Big Red’s 3G network and also help load times for GPS updates on Google Maps.  There are some other minor bug fixes in there for SMS and such, but the connectivity is huge.

After the update, you will be on version 1.13.605.7 and your baseband will remain the same.  

Droid Life Skin | BNW Inverted | Glass Sense

We just wanted to take a quick minute to point out that the skinning engine for LauncherPro Plus widgets is taking off like crazy.  If you pop into the market and search for “launcherpro skin” you’ll run into 4 pages worth of custom goodness for your phone.  And one in particular that we’d like to point out comes from out good friend six7one, who put spiced one up with the Droid Life branding and color scheme.  Sexy pink on a Friday?  Yessir.  Other than that, we just grabbed 5 others that really stood out to us as being high quality.  Oh, and don’t forget about signals23 and his entire collection.  

Are we now taking this DROID-branding thing a little too far, or is it just me?  We saw the CommandOne Bluetooth headset grab a hold of our favorite brand name a couple of weeks ago, but it doesn’t look like Motorola plans on stopping there.  From the picture above, it appears as if they are ready to re-introduce their S10-HD Bluetooth headphones with some special packaging.  Normally priced at $79, it looks like you’ll be dropping an extra $20 for this special edition version.  Are we blaming that sweet DROID armband for the price jump, or because they are “sweat proof”?  Yes, that was sarcasm.

Cheers ___!

One of the things that’s always frustrated me about Google Tasks is that it’s mercilessly tethered to other Google services. You cannot access it by itself; it’s either present through Gmail, Google Calendar, iGoogle or throwing https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig into a Chrome application window.

This carries over to Android; while there’s no shortage of apps that support Google Tasks, finding one with polish that has Calendar functionality was pretty difficult. However, Total Agenda is fulfilling my needs beautifully; it’s useful, stylish and has replaced Google Calendar’s default app as the premier organization tool on my phone.  

Any LG Ally owners still in the wild?  If so, you should be receiving an update to Android 2.2.2 any day now.  You may also be receiving a text like the one above from Verizon which is reminding you that before you can update, you’ll need to download a special app from the market.  We’re not exactly sure why LG and Big Red are requiring an app on your phone in order for this update to go through, but that’s what is needed.

The update looks to be an SMS and other random bug fixer.  Nothing major.  

The Android 2.3.4 update for the Nexus S is available to download, although you need to know which version of the NS you have, what baseband, and what your current Android build is.  Right now, there are two builds available, but again, make sure you match up your device with the proper build below.

(All info pulled from this XDA thread.)

Currently available:

Model: i9020T, i9023
Baseband: KB1
Build: GRI40
Download

Model: i9023
Baseband: unknown (will not work with KB3)
Build: GRI54
Download

Still waiting on files for these versions to be released:

i9020A: GRI54, KB2
i9023: GRI54, KB3
i9020T: GRI54, KB3
i9020T: GRH78C, JK8
i9020T: GRH78, JK8

If you are one of the unfortunate ones like me that are waiting for yours to arrive, you’ll want to pay close attention to the XDA thread referenced at the top of the post.  It likely won’t be too long now before we’re all up on 2.3.4.