If you didn't know this yet, once the Motorola DROID Bionic is released in just a few days it will be Verizon's premier smartphone. A leaked pdf file shows just how much Big Red wants people to get the Bionic, pitting their other LTE handsets against the dual-core beast. There aren't too many details needed to show you just how much better this … [Read more...]
Gingerbread updates are in full swing over at Verizon right now, with most phones either beginning to be released with Android 2.3 or getting some update information. Now the guys over at Phandroid have some info that an update will be hitting the HTC Thunderbolt with the very latest Gingerbread software, Android 2.3.4. This update also brings … [Read more...]
While we are still waiting for a stable Gingerbread build for the HTC Thunderbolt from our devs side, we now have an early build leaked straight from HTC. The devs over at XDA have already made a version available for flashing, but this is definitely not for daily use. All this really means is that HTC is at least starting to work on updating … [Read more...]
If you're one of those guys that really doesn't like to buy there phones online and wait, this may be something for you to look into. A writer over at GottaBeMobile told everyone that his local Best Buy gave him Amazon's downright crazy price of $130 for the HTC Thunderbolt on an upgrade. All he did was ask one of the reps in the store if they … [Read more...]
The HTC Thunderbolt is getting an update that many of you should start seeing in the next week or so. Unfortunately, this update is only rolling out in stages and cannot be pulled manually, so you'll just have to wait patiently until your TBolt gets the notification. So what exactly does this update bring? Other than an SMS and stability bug fixes, … [Read more...]
ROMs are already pretty customized, but sometimes that just isn't enough for us. We want our favorite launcher, browser, overclocked kernel, and our favorite color themed into the ROM right out of the box. With the just released Blackhole ROM 1.0, you get all those choices and more. The developer of the ROM, sonofskywalker3, describes this as "the … [Read more...]
Everyone has been very patient since our last post that told you all that Gingerbread(Android 2.3) ROMs were in the works for the HTC Thunderbolt. Finally, after weeks of waiting, CyanogenMod has released a pre-alpha version of CM 7 for any user that cannot wait any longer. Now, this is still in pre-alpha state, which means there are still many … [Read more...]
We all have been waiting for that perfect time to get the HTC Thunderbolt, the perfect time when it is still a top phone but has been around enough for the price to drop. With the release of the Samsung DROID Charge hitting Verizon stores in less than a week, it looks like that time has arrived. Amazon has recently dropped the price of the … [Read more...]
Who said that phones like the HTC Thunderbolt wouldn't be getting full Sense 3.0? Well, HTC did, but that doesn't mean that the developer community won't try to make it happen. There is currently a Work in Progress(WIP) ROM available for the Thunderbolt that is a basic port of the Sensation ROM that has been floating around for a couple of days. … [Read more...]
I want to share an ESRI/Android/Google Map business solution I came with up this week in an attempt to streamline a process needing a more efficient work flow. Background Credentials - I work for a large Government entity in the Engineers division under the umbrella of Public Works & Utilities - We are a large GIS shop running ESRI … [Read more...]
