DROIDsmith

Overclocking my DROID = excellence… so far

Last Thursday a guy in one of my classes rooted my DROID and helped me install a custom ROM that is loosely based on Android 2.1. I was happy to get some of the new features like Google news and weather widget, pinch to zoom, voice input (so awesome), and new wallpapers and such. Something [...]

Looking for a DROID? Verizon offers buy one, get one

Looking for an Android phone for you and a friend? Well Verizon announced today that if you buy a Motorola DROID or an HTC Eris you can get a second one for free with a new two year contract. This is a great way to get yourself into an Android device (like the car salesman [...]

Adobe AIR coming to an Android near you

Adobe announced at Mobile World Congress that they will be bringing their entire Flash platform to mobile phones with the first OSs being Android and Blackberry. The Flash platform includes, according to TechCrunch, Flash, Adobe AIR, developer tools, and access to Adobe’s media servers.  It’s good to know that Adobe is finally making a move [...]

Sony Xperia X10 Mini Pro video, love that keyboard

Here is the hands on video for the Sony Xperia X10 Mini Pro (yes, the name is long) from Mobile World Congress. The first time I saw the X10 line on video it looked like the phone wasn’t going to make it. Luckily, after a couple months of improvements, it appears that the X10 line [...]

Why HipLogic for Android scares me

HipLogic, a company that creates “cloud-connected user interfaces” for phones announced on February 12th that they will be making their interface available for Android. HipLogic will provide these services for OEM manufacturers and carriers. According to HipLogic this will allow OEMs and carriers to solve their toughest challenges – “meaningful user customization.”
Yes! User customization sounds [...]

Android mini collectible coming soon

Love your Anroid phone so much that you want to show it with a purchase of the “little Android guy”? Well, you are in luck. According to MobileCrunch the company Dyzplastic has partnered with Google to produce these AWESOME figurines; 12 in all.
I checked the Dyzplastic site and there is still no word on exactly [...]

Verizon makes segregating customers look easy with the Moto Devour

I don’t understand Verizon’s obsession lately to identify their phones as boy, girl, single or otherwise. With Verizon targeting the Palm Pre to Mom’s with the latest ads and the extensive, manly beating we received from all of the masculine Moto DROID spots, it makes me think that Verizon will keep rolling down this segregated path.

Lack of Google Buzz support on earlier Android phones is making users irate

Regardless of what you think about Google Buzz (I am working on a post about my thoughts now), it is a shame that Google has left these users in the dust even though they have promised that they will support these older versions.

Motorola split deemed “innovative”, I say “fugly”

I saw this first on Engadget and am catching up on some of the details that Brighthand got a hold of. Apparently, this new phone is being deemed as “innovative” as it can slide a keyboard out from either side of the screen. From the pictures and the description it seems that it slides from [...]

Android market share doubles, let’s keep it going

comScore has released a report outlining the market penetration of the most popular mobile phone in the market today. I usually don’t care too much about these numbers but there is definitely something interesting to be seen here.
First, not surprisingly, RIM has the largest share of the market with 41% yet this is down from [...]