It's only been 12 long months since ESRI first announced it was working on its Android application similar to the iOS app which has been out for well over a year. I had a chance to play with it the other day and was really impressed. I loaded a local data-set from a feature class geodatabase into my ArcGIS.com cloud account. Next I signed … [Read more...]
I'm guessing the majority of us don't have the 5 phones that are compatible with the just released Netflix app. It looks like the devs over at XDA weren't pleased with that, so they decided to port the app over to a couple of our favorite smartphones: The DROID X, DROID 2, and original DROID. Just because you have these phones though, doesn't mean … [Read more...]
Things could be getting very exciting in the world of custom ROMs soon, especially for Motorola DROID X and DROID 2 owners. @nenolod, a community dev who has been working on cracking the bootloader since day one, has possibly found the key. It might be hard to believe, but when minutes later Motorola sends nenolod a C&D letter, that's a pretty … [Read more...]
So it's come to this. The once hyped about DROID 2 R2-D2 Special Edition phone has dropped to an meager $99.99. We can all remember the time when they were holding special parties and had a very elaborate giveaway contest for what they thought would be a sell-out. Unfortunately for Verizon these "limited edition" smartphones are still very much in … [Read more...]
Since Verizon has adopted their newest addition and brought the rotten fruit to a store near you people have been wondering, "is it curtains for the Droid brand family?" Well to answer that, apparently not. Sometime later this year we can expect to see upgrades on the whole Droid family. That means all of you who may want an upgraded Droid X (which … [Read more...]
Crystal Clear ROMs, which has created one of the best AOSP ROMs available for the original DROID, has finally released a beta AOSP ROM for the DROID X and DROID 2. We had heard about some AOSP news for a while, but for the most part the dev team has stayed quiet and we hadn't heard anything from them for a couple weeks. We can now see that the … [Read more...]
I hope everyone had a great turkey yesterday. I said that we wouldn't be posting anything back until Saturday, but when I heard the news I couldn't wait. MattG4542, the creator of the first ever DROID 2 ROM and a good friend of ours, just released the first ever AOSP ROM for the DROID 2, Unleashed 3.0. For anyone that doesn't know, an AOSP ROM … [Read more...]
If there is any indication to Verizon that they need to stick with the DROID brand, this would be it. Chitika, an online advertising company, has released their research on Android traffic. As you can easily see, the original DROID is still kicking butt, making up 19% of traffic for Android. Not only that, the entire DROID lineup is making up for … [Read more...]
If you've been waiting for that one perfect moment to upgrade or get a new DROID phone, you probably wont find a better time than now. For a limited time, Amazon is selling all the DROID phones for as low as $0.01. We've seen the DROID Incredible there for a while, but to also see the DROID X, DROID 2 (not Global), and DROID Pro be at those prices … [Read more...]
We talked to you a few weeks ago about how to change the boot logo on your DROID X or DROID 2, and I'm sure a lot of you read about 2 instructions and then gave up. That's why we have guys like JRummy to help make our lives easier. He has created a very simple and easy to use app which is meant to do one thing, change the boot logo of your phone. … [Read more...]
