Monthly Archives: September 2011

Samsung Galaxy S II LTE and Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE – HD plus LTE

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/30/2011

The Samsung Galaxy S II is an awesome phone but what if you could add some more sauce on it? Yes! Samsung recently announced two new versions of the Galaxy S II – the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE and Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE and it will  hit Korea very soon. The two [...]

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HTC Explorer – midrange Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread smartphone

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/29/2011

HTC just added a new mid-range Android phone that will not hurt your pocket. Unlock Android phones are ranging from $300 to $700 and sometimes we don’t need to pay too much for our needs. This is where the HTC Explorer will serve you. After the success of the HTC Wildfire S, this new Android [...]

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Samsung – Microsoft patent sharing agreement because of Android IP issues

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/29/2011

It is now clear is to what the main reason why Samsung settled in a patent sharing agreement with Microsoft  in the Android operating system. That is Samsung is trying to be on top of the smartphone and tablet market and currently Apple is the biggest competitor as it lost its confidence with Google’s way [...]

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich running on Nexus S

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/29/2011

I am not sure how but a guy bought a Nexus S from ebay and found that the Nexus S he bought is loaded with Android 2.4 or 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Pretty cool huh! The Android 2.4/4.0 is a hybrid of Gingerbread and Honeycomb and now it is finally confirmed. Engadget was able to [...]

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CyanogenMod team up with FreeXperia development team

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/29/2011
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Good news to XPERIA users out there! Steve Kondik aka Cyanogen formally announced that in the next release of CyanogenMod (CM7) all Xperia phones will be supported. Thanks to FreeXperia team – one of the leading group in modding Sony Ericsson Xperia Android phones. Another reason to rejoice is that FreeXperia team is now part [...]

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Samsung and Microsoft patent deal over Android

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/29/2011

Microsoft and Samsung settled in a patent agreement giving Samsung access to Microsoft patent portfolio related to Android smartphone. Samsung as one of the biggest Android smartphone maker in the world and it needs some of those patent since lawsuits are very common nowadays.  Samsung in return will pay royalties to Microsoft for Tablets and [...]

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Toshiba Thrive 7 Tablet coming this November

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/29/2011

After the announcement of Arrows Z, Toshiba launched a new tablet – Toshiba Thrive 7″. The Thrive 7″ is a rock solid tablet and like other Android tablet most likely it will be powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 processor wtih 1GB of RAM. The Android operating system is Android Honeycomb 3.2 and the display resolution [...]

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TankBot – Android controlled RC Tank

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/28/2011
TankBot-DeskPet

Sometimes working all day in front of the computer is quite boring and we take a break to relax our nerves right? Well! There is a new thing I just discovered to enjoy your break time and it is called TankBot from Desk Pets. TankBot is a RC Tank and it is very small that [...]

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Google Nexus S Android 2.3.6 update now available

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/27/2011

The new Google Nexus S update is available via OTA or manual update. The new update is Android 2.3.6 (build GRK39C). The new update comes with bug fixes and security patches. The update size is around 17mb so downloading it via air would not take that long or if you want to download manually here [...]

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LG Optimus EX – officially announced, specs

By PinoyDROID | Published: 09/27/2011

After leaked photos and speculations LG Electronics finally announced their new smartphone and provided all the details about – the LG Optimus EX. The LG Optimus EX (LG-SU880/KU8800) is an high-end Android smartphone, powered by a dual core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor  at 1.2Ghz and 1GB of RAM. The internal storage is 8GIG and expandable [...]

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