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Google Music Not Living Up To Expectations, Hoping Implementation Of Hardware Strategy Can Boost Numbers

Tim February 23, 2012 180

A recent report filed by CNET, shows that Google has had better expectations for their music service than the numbers they are seeing so far. The Google Music service has been available for only a short time, so no one close to the project is scrambling quite...

Plizy Released For Android Tablets, Videos From All Over The Web In One Convenient Location

Tim February 23, 2012 27

A new app called Plizy has launched on the Android Market. It reminds us of Pandora, if Pandora handled videos. You create channels of videos taken from around the web and they just play in random order. Create a channel for comedy and you will have College...

DROID X Update To .621 Firmware Rolling Out Now, The Mother Of All Bug Fixes

Tim February 23, 2012 78

Owners of the DROID X are reporting success when manually pulling the .621 OTA update from Motorola and Verizon. This update is the major Gingerbread bug fixer that folks have been waiting too long for. Less device crashes, general improved stability, and even...

Perfect Keyboard Goes For Half-Off In Android Market, Down To Just $1.50

Tim February 23, 2012 16

You can never have too many options and choices when it comes to Android. For keyboard fanatics, there's another name to be made aware of and it's Perfect Keyboard. It's a multi-touch keyboard that allows for a bunch of different themes, customizations, and...

Toshiba Thrive To Receive Ice Cream Sandwich By End Of Spring, Acer Iconia Begins Receiving Update Now

Tim February 22, 2012 36

It may be hard to believe, but there are devices still out there that have not received the update to Ice Cream Sandwich yet. I know, it's unbelievable. The Toshiba Thrive and the Acer Iconia tablets are just two of the devices on that list. Well, you can now...

T-Mobile Moves To Block Verizon’s Acquisition Of Additional Spectrum From Cable Companies [from AL]

Tim February 22, 2012

Verizon has been in talks with companies such as Comcast and Time Warner to acquire additional spectrum to beef up their network. The spectrum in question just so happens to be the same frequencies that T-Mobile's HSPA+ runs on, so naturally, T-Mobile is not...

Google’s Android Glasses With Built In Screen To Become Reality By This Year’s End?

Tim February 22, 2012 97

Recent reports from various sources are stating that Google has plans to release specially designed glasses for consumers by the end of this year. Shown above is a pair of Oakley Thumps with the Google logo crudely shopped onto them. Minus the logo, sources...

DROID X Update To .621 Breaks Ability To SBF Back To Earlier Firmware

Tim February 22, 2012 83

If you are a DROID X owner and enjoy rooting and flashing ROMs, then you should be immediately made aware of this new development by Motorola. If you have updated to the newest .621 firmware, flashing older versions of firmware via SBF could result in a perma-...