Samsung launches the Galaxy 551, an entry-level device with a full keyboard that reminds a bit of Motorola's Milestone. However, since the Galaxy 551 is only an entry-level device, the ...
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TaintDroid reveals: many Android apps call home
TaintDroid is a project that aims to show which Android apps send information to servers. In the process, the scientists who initiated the project made interesting discoveries: of 30 Android apps, half send location data, and some programs also transmit ...
Continue readingAndroid 2.2.1 for Nexus One
Not all manufacturers have updated to Android 2.2 yet (and it will never come for some phones), but Android 2.2.1 is already available for the Nexus One. Based on the small jump in ...
Continue readingAlso T-Mobile with problems updating the HTC Desire
Not only o2 has problems with the Android 2.2 update of the HTC Desire: now it has hit T-Mobile, in Austria customers have received the English version of the Android 2.2 system, which has led to problems. T-Mobile has subsequently ...
Continue readingo2 with problems with the Android 2.2 update for the HTC Desire
o2 has started distributing Android 2.2 for the HTC Desire, which apparently did not go completely smoothly: Users reported that problems occurred, with devices with Super LCD technology in particular having problems. Thereby ...
Continue readingHTC Desire: Android 2.2 for Vodafone customers - now for real
After Vodafone already had a medium-sized PR disaster when it only offered Android 2.1 with branding instead of the Android 2.2 update that customers had hoped for, everything is supposed to be fine on Monday. Vodafone has ...
Continue readingHTC Desire: Vodafone with Android update - but not to 2.2
Vodafone had started distributing an update for the HTC Desire. The customers' joyful expectation: finally Android 2.2. But far from it: Instead of the latest version of the Android operating system, there was only an operator update, which on top of everything ...
Continue readingSamsung Galaxy S in the Hands-On-Test on PCGH.de
The Samsung Galaxy S is undisputedly one of the best-equipped Android devices. Although still equipped with Android 2.1 (an update is announced for the end of the year), it plays with a 4″ Super AMOLED touchscreen, 1 GHz processor...
Continue readingVodafone brings update to Android 2.2 for Nexus One later
Apparently, even buying a device directly from Google does not guarantee getting software updates along with the other customers: Buyers who purchased their Nexus One via Vodafone still have to ...
Continue readingGoogle deletes Android app via remote access
Until now it was more of a hypothetical possibility, but now Google has made use of it for the first time and remotely deleted an application on users' phones. Even if users with a tendency to paranoia ...
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