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- Expansys price Acer Stream at £400; due in early August
- DROID X rooted; next stop that tricky bootloader
- NOOK for Android spreads Barnes & Noble’s ereader ambitions
- Dell confirm unlocked Streak in “late July”
- AT&T Android Owners Can Now Side-Load Apps
- Samsung YP-MB2 Details Leak Again
- Motorola Milestone’s Android 2.2 Future Still Undecided
- Motorola Droid X: How to Boot Into Recovery
| Expansys price Acer Stream at £400; due in early August Posted: 22 Jul 2010 08:27 AM PDT Retailer Expansys has announced that it will be the exclusive supplier of the Acer Stream Android smartphone in the UK. Priced at £399.99 ($610) including tax, and set to go on sale come August 3rd, the Acer Stream takes on the Google Nexus One with a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera (with autofocus but no flash) and an HDMI output.
There’s also the usual mixture of triband 900/1900/2100 HSDPA/HSUPA, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS, along with DLNA media sharing, 2GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot. The Stream can record 720p HD video at 30fps, and is powered by Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. OS is Android 2.1, and it’s available to preorder now. [Thanks Tony!] ) |
| DROID X rooted; next stop that tricky bootloader Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:45 AM PDT Could it really be this simple? According to Droid X Forums the new Verizon DROID X has already been rooted, and it’s a mighty simple process from the look of it. Hot on the heals of recovery mode for the smartphone being accessed come root privileges.
Of course, just having root access is only one part of the process: right now the bootloader is still locked down tight, and Motorola’s use of eFuse tech means that third-party ROMs are still a no-go area right now. What you should be able to do, though, is get rid of any preloaded bloatware you’re not using, and all the other little hacks that root permits. Now, anyone brave enough to give it a try?
[Thanks djunio and ggrant3876!] ) |
| NOOK for Android spreads Barnes & Noble’s ereader ambitions Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:11 AM PDT Barnes & Noble has released its Android ereader app, promising synchronization with existing ebook download libraries and the ability to access the retailers more than one million titles direct from your Android smartphone. NOOK for Android is a free download for Android 1.6 phones or above, and supports various fonts and font sizes, portrait and landscape orientation reading, numerous page transition animations and the broadly-used ePub ebook format.
If you’re already using a nook standalone ereader, or B&N’s applications for PC, Mac or iPad, you can sync over your reading status to the new Android app; if you’ve read ahead on one, it’ll automatically whip you to the same place on the other platforms. It’s available now in the Android Market or at www.bn.com/nookforandroid
[via SlashGear] Press Release: Barnes & Noble Introduces NOOK™ for Android™ – An Easy-to-Use Free eReader Application for Android Devices Announcement Marks Shift to Consistent NOOK Branding Across Barnes & Noble eReading Offering New App Gives Android Users Access to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore with More than One Million Digital Titles and Personal B&N Digital Library Only Android eReader Application to Offer eBook Lending New York, New York – July 22, 2010 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today introduced NOOK for Android, a fun and easy-to-use Barnes & Noble eReading experience for those with Android-based smartphones and devices. The new application is the latest addition to Barnes & Noble's slate of free, popular eReader software and the only Android eReader application offering the ability to share eBooks with friends. The new Android app is also the first eReader software to feature Barnes & Noble's new NOOK-centric branding, leveraging the strength of the company's NOOK brand across its entire eReading offering. NOOK for Android will soon be followed by an updated NOOK for iPhone®, NOOK for iPad™, and others in the coming months. The new eReader software branding aligns with the company's current NOOK offering – NOOK 3G and NOOK Wi-Fi® eBook Readers, and the recently announced NOOKstudy™ online study platform and software solution for higher education. NOOK for Android offers those with devices using Android OS 1.6 and higher the ability to shop Barnes & Noble's expansive eBookstore of more than one million eBooks, including new releases, bestsellers and free classics, and download titles in seconds. Any customer's personal Barnes & Noble eBook library – purchased on a NOOK eBook Reader, online at BN.com or on another BN eReader-enabled device – will easily sync to their device in seconds so their library goes wherever they go. NOOK for Android offers a fun and immersive eReading experience with the ability to customize text with many font styles and sizes, an easy-to-use navigation bar, reading in landscape and portrait modes, and graphical page turns. It is also the first Android eReader application to offer digital lending. Using Barnes & Noble's unique LendMe™ technology, customers can easily share eligible eBooks for up to 14 days with friends, who can enjoy these digital titles on a NOOK eBook Reader, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch® and PC enabled with free BN eReader software. "NOOK for Android is customizable, fun and easy to use and we're excited to deliver the most-requested version of our free eReading software to the growing number of mobile customers using Android-based devices," said Douglas Gottlieb, Vice President, Digital Products for Barnes & Noble.com. "Android customers can enjoy the great NOOK eReading experience on their mobile device, including access to our vast digital catalog and their personal B&N digital library at their finger tips. And, of course, Android users can now enjoy Barnes & Noble's unique eBook lending feature to share their favorite eBooks with friends." Added Gottlieb, "With NOOK for Android, and the other renamed software to follow, customers can also easily recognize and have confidence in Barnes & Noble's NOOK brand to provide them with a fun and easy-to-use eReading experience on any device of their choosing." Key features available in NOOK for Android include: · Shop Barnes & Noble's vast eBookstore: Search, explore and browse through more than one million digital titles at www.bn.com/ebooks directly by touching Shop Books from the Library. There are more than a half-million free eBooks available and free samples are offered for all eBooks. Learn more about titles from thousands of editorial and customer reviews. Pick a current bestseller, a classic or anything in between and download it wirelessly in seconds. Those signing up for a new BN.com account when downloading the new application, will also find three Barnes & Noble Classics Series eBooks – Dracula, Little Women and Pride & Prejudice – in their libraries, along with samples of two current bestselling eBooks. NOOK for Android is now available at www.bn.com/nookforandroid. Barnes & Noble continually enhances its eReader software and will add new features to its Android offering this summer including highlights and notes, a search library and look-up feature, library grid-view and more. For more information on free BN eReader (soon to be renamed NOOK) software and apps, please visit www.bn.com/ebooks/download-reader.asp. The Barnes & Noble Digital Library Advantage |
| Dell confirm unlocked Streak in “late July” Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:09 AM PDT While rumors of a mid-July launch on AT&T for the Dell Streak seem to have amounted to nothing, Dell themselves are pushing ahead with sales of the unlocked Android tablet. Having put it up for pre-sale earlier this week, Dell has now confirmed that the Streak is set to arrive sometime later this month.
That doesn’t leave a huge window for them to push the Streak out the door; it’s July 22nd today, so they’ve basically got just over a week left. No word on pricing at this stage, but at least we know the specs: 5-inch WVGA touchscreen, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, together with a customized Android 1.6 OS and the promise of Android 2.1 due later in the year. [via MobileBurn] ) |
| AT&T Android Owners Can Now Side-Load Apps Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:05 AM PDT Bad news seems to be everywhere right now, whether it’s about Milestone perhaps not getting Froyo and now. If you are big fan of the Aria from AT&T then you probably know that the carrier has crippled the phone so that you cannot download applications from third parties; simply put, from nowhere other than the Android Market. You can see in the picture below that the option is not even present, since AT&T has taken it out completely.
However, here comes the good news. The guys from Android Central have developed a little program for Windows called the “Sideload Wonder Machine”, this app will allow you to install any .apk file you wish for to your Aria without rooting your phone. The app is available for download now. [via androidguys] ) |
| Samsung YP-MB2 Details Leak Again Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:02 AM PDT There’s lots of information about the Samsung YP-MB2 that has already leaked out; now Korean site DDaily claims to have a few more details. We do know that Samsung YP-MB2 will be similar to Samsung Galaxy, except that the camera will likely be just 3MP on the YP-MB2.
Meanwhile, pricing for the Samsung YP-MB2 is expected to be approximately 299,000 won or $250. As for now all we know about this phone is that it comes with the 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 3MP camera, 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird Processor, Digital compass, GPS, DMB, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, Android 2.1 With TouchWiz 3.0 and Android market access. We can’t wait to hear more about the sibling of our Samsung Galaxy S. [via samsunghub] ) |
| Motorola Milestone’s Android 2.2 Future Still Undecided Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:00 AM PDT Bad news for Motorola Milestone users. Apparently, Motorola are still undecided on whether or not they should bring Android 2.2 (Froyo) to the Motorola Milestone. The marketing director of the Motorola European region, James King, states that Motorola has yet to make final decision on whether they will be offering Froyo to their users.
James King himself also made quite a speech about this matter. He said that over the past few days the decision about Froyo to Milestone has been under major discussion, with his team collecting key pieces of information and views from Motorola forum community over the last month. James himself claimed that he has pushed Motorola to make a decision as soon as possible. However, this doesn’t mean that Froyo is never going to come, just that it could be further off in the future than we expected it to be. [via phandroid] ) |
| Motorola Droid X: How to Boot Into Recovery Posted: 21 Jul 2010 12:51 PM PDT Right now, there’s no telling how long it will be if the hacking community (as good as you are, you amazing folks) gets into the innards of our beloved Droid X, or if they will at all, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to boot into recovery anyway, right? Of course not! So, consider this your Public Service Announcement for today. And for the record, doing the steps below won’t brick your phone, so don’t freak out.
How to do it 1. Turn your phone off. Like we said, there’s no real reason for this right now. And by that, we mean for the general public. But hey, it can get us closer to our dreams of being able to have all the fun we want with our beastly devices, thanks to root access. So . . . How about it? [via Droid-Life] ) |
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