There’s one thing that Microsoft is doing very, very right when it comes to Windows Phone, and that’s the fact that they are very, very open with their update plans . And general hiccups aside the company has done pretty well in making sure that they stick to their guns in that process. They’ve continued their plan of action today , announcing in a VIP preview event the next version of their fledgling mobile operating system, now known as Windows Phone 7.1, or… Read the rest of this entry »

T-Mobile’s been talking up its 42Mbps network upgrades for some time , but now the 4G network upgrade has finally been rolled out to the public. Beginning today, 55 of T-Mobile’s 4G markets spread throughout the U.S. have access to (theoretical) 42Mbps network speeds. You can find the full list of 42Mbps-enabled areas below. Of course, if you’re one of the lucky folks living in one of T-Mobile’s new 42Mbps markets, you’ll need a device that can take full advantage of those high… Read the rest of this entry »

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Want to check out the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, all while mingling with other PhoneDog readers and hanging out with PhoneDog’s Aaron Baker?  This is your event.
We invite you to be among the first to try out the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 weeks ahead of its availability in stores. Get up close and personal. … Read the rest of this entry »

Interested in finding out how much you’ll be paying for that HTC EVO 3D that you pre-ordered at RadioShack? Of course you are! Thanks to a leaked flyer sent to the folks at Good and EVO, it’s been revealed that the EVO 3D will be priced at $499.99 off-contract at The Shack, while those of you willing to sign a two-year agreement can net the device for just $199.99. Those of you that are already own a member of the EVO family can save even more, as RadioShack will knock $100 off the price of the… Read the rest of this entry »

So it’s Saturday night and the world still exists. Why not celebrate by renting a movie from the Android Market ? Hopefully you’re not using a rooted device. If you are, you’ll likely be met with an error message like this one: “Failed to fetch license for [movie title] (error 49).” That’s because, as this Android Market help page explains, rooted devices are “currently unsupported due to requirements related to copyright protection.” Currently only devices running Android 3.1 can… Read the rest of this entry »

It feels like it was forever ago that the original Motorola Droid launched on Verizon’s airwaves. And while it hasn’t actually been that much time, per se, there have obviously been plenty of Android-based devices that have launched, just on Verizon’s network. And since the launch of that original Droid, Verizon’s DROID line-up has seen some pretty good successes. One of which was the 4.3-inch packing display Droid X, also from Motorola . And now that the sequel… Read the rest of this entry »

Aaron inboxes the Motorola DROID X2 , the successor to the popular DROID X.  While it looks virtually unchanged from the original, it’s rocking several improvements under the hood, including a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor (a first for Verizon’s smartphone line), 4.3-inch high-resolution qHD display, and a revamped build of Motorola’s MOTOBLUR user interface.  It’s shipping with Android 2.2, though the press release clearly states that it will be updated to Android … Read the rest of this entry »

AT&T may not be rolling out its LTE network until later this year , but today the carrier took some time to show off what that network will be capable of. Using a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna with both 700MHz and AWS frequencies, AT&T’s test yielded download speeds of around 28.87Mbps, while upload speeds hovered around the 10.4Mbps mark. According to AT&T, those are numbers that regular folk like you and I can expect to see when it flips the switch on its… Read the rest of this entry »

There’s a race going on, and much like any other high-profile race, everyone is watching this one. It’s between every manufacturer in the mobile industry, and they’re all racing to the same goal: to be the best. Some of them use different weapons in their race to the finish, but most have the same arsenal tucked away and ready to go. I’m speaking of the software, as manufacturers like Apple, HP, and Research In Motion all stick to the proprietary side of things…. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s the Android device you’ve been waiting for!  Aaron reviews the Samsung Galaxy S II , a high-end smartphone and arguably Samsung’s best phone to date.  Sporting a 1.2 GHz Exynos dual-core CPU, it offers a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, 8-megapixel camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Android 2.3 with TouchWiz 4.0, and a 1,650 mAh battery.   It’s the best Android phone available at the moment, but it’s not available in the States, so it has to be ordered at… Read the rest of this entry »