HTC Promises an OS Upgrade for Verizon's Droid Eris

By Ed Hardy | 12/4/2009

The Motorola Droid gets most of the attention, but Verizon has a second Android-based smartphone, the HTC Droid Eris. This device is less expensive, but also less cutting edge. Still, HTC says it will soon release an operating system upgrade for this device that will bring at least one significant new feature.

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Pictures of Another Motorola Android-Based Tablet Phone Come to Light

By Ed Hardy | 12/4/2009

In the past few days, images and details of several future Motorola models with Google's Android OS have come out of Asia. The latest of these has a slightly unusual design, and is apparently headed for release in China.

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Motorola Droid Getting Android 2.0.1 in the Near Future

By Ed Hardy | 12/3/2009

Google has announced a small update for it's Android OS, and Motorola has promised this will be released for its flagship Motorola Droid in the next few weeks. The Droid version will include a few extra features.

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Image of Another of Motorola's Android Smartphones Emerges

By Ed Hardy | 12/3/2009

A new picture coming out of Asia gives a first glimpse at what is apparently an upcoming Android based smartphone from Motorola. Details on this are very sketchy, but it might be the rumored tablet version of the Droid.

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Motorola Droid Now Available for 40% Off

By Ed Hardy | 12/2/2009

The Motorola Droid is on a great many wish lists this holiday season. Those who are shopping for this Android-based device are probably looking for a deal, and Dell has one, offering this model for $80 off the regular price.

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New Details Emerge on the Tablet Version of the Motorola Droid

By Ed Hardy | 12/2/2009

Recently, word leaked out of Motorola that it is working on a tablet version of the Droid. Now, more information on this upcoming Android-based device has leaked out, including several pictures.

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Most Popular Smartphones of November 2009

By Ed Hardy | 12/2/2009

At the beginning of each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones and other mobile devices that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks.

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First Images of the Android-Based HTC Touch.B Come to Light

By Ed Hardy | 12/1/2009

A series of images showing an upcoming smartphone from HTC have appeared on the Web. This device resembles one of this company's Windows Mobile-based smartphones, but will supposedly run Google's Android OS instead.

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Winners of the Second Android Developer Challenge Announced

By Ed Hardy | 12/1/2009

Google has announced the applications that won its second Android Developer Challenge. This was a contest held to encourage the development apps for this company's mobile operating system.

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Google's gPhone Supposedly Confirmed

By Ed Hardy | 12/1/2009

The rumors that Google plans to release a phone under its own name continue, with the latest unconfirmed report promising that prototypes will soon be at this company's headquarters. Not surprisingly, this will supposedly run an upcoming version of the Android OS.

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HTC Hero, Samsung Moment Now Available for $70

By Ed Hardy | 11/30/2009

Sprint's launched its first two Android-based devices this fall, and thanks to the retailer Best Buy the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment are available at an especially low price: $70 for those who are switching to this carrier.

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Android 2.1 Getting Closer to Release

By Ed Hardy | 11/30/2009

When Android 2.0 was released earlier this month, those with devices running the previous version began to wonder when they would get an upgrade. That date is apparently getting close for at least one model, the HTC Hero.

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