Samsung top U.S. Handset Platform and Android top U.S. Manfacturer in Latest comScore survey

Analytical firm comScore has just released the results of its latest survey, covering 30,000 U.S. mobile phone owners above the age of 13. The survey, covering the last three months ending in March, found Samsung to be the top U.S. cell phone manufacturer with a 24.5% market share.

Samsung Galaxy S II Going Strong; 120,000 Units Sold in First 3 Days

The Samsung Galaxy S II has begun a successful run, it seems. First statistics have revealed that around 120,000 handsets have already been sold in South Korea – in just three days, that is! Now, that’s what we call amazing numbers.

Samsung Exhibit 4G for T-Mobile Caught on Camera, Passes Through FCC

Someone left a little gift for the folks at TmoNews -- spy shots featuring the Gingerbread-toting Samsung Exhibit 4G, which also just passed through the FCC as the SGH-T759.

Sony Ericsson Announces the Next Generation Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro

Sony Ericsson has just announced two new mini additions to the Xperia family – the Xperia mini and the Xperia mini pro, touting them as the smallest HD smartphones in the world. The two Mini devices feature Sony’s Mobile BRAVIA display engine and Sony Ericsson’s custom four-corner Android UI with Timescape.

Both the Sony Ericsson Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro get their power kick from 512MB RAM and 1GHz Snapdragon processors (QSD8255 for the Xperia mini and the MSM8255 for the Xperia mini pro). They also share the same 3-inch TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 480x320 pixels.

Pros And Cons Of Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung Galaxy S II is the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone. It comes with the newer Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, and an even larger screen at 4.3 inches of Super AMOLED Plus goodness. The Galaxy S II upgrades the camera to 8MP and adds an LED flash to it, together with 1080p video recording. A 1.2GHz dual-core chipset is running the show so as to deliver a fine performance without any hints of lag.

Here is our Samsung Galaxy S II review of the pros and cons :

Pros And Cons Of LG Optimus 2X

The LG Optimus 2X is the first smartphone to run on a dual-core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. It has a well-sized display measuring 4 inches, large enough for you to watch the videos you made in HD 1080p. A 1500mAh battery powers the model which will include a microSD slot to expand storage capacity. The device runs Android 2.2 with an upgrade to Android 2.3 expected eventually

Here is our LG Optimus 2X review of the pros and cons :

Bump 2.0 Now Available For Download In The Android Market

ealous of iPhone users using Bump?  Be jealous no more because Bump 2.0 has made its way across vast platforms to the Android OS.  With a revamped UI, the app allows you to transmit important photos, contacts and apps to your closest buddies with the ever popular universal cell phone gesture, the bump.

Google Releases Android App for Google I/O

Google developers and enthusiasts alike can start gearing up for this year’s Google I/O, Google’s premier convention for developers of Google software, including Android and Google Chrome, among others. With this in mind, Google has released their Google I/O app for Android, an extremely helpful tool for those attending the convention or for those that just want to follow along from home.

How to Install Google Talk with Video Chat on Your Android Phone

As with all hacks, if you choose to continue you do so at your own risk. What worked on my phone may brick yours.
1. You must have a rooted phone. 

2. Download the flashable .ZIP file from XDA-Developers to the root of your sdcard 

3. Using ROM Manager (or a similar ROM flashing utility or recovery image) flash the .ZIP from step 1. 

Guinness Records Certifies the Optimus 2X as "The World's First Dual-Core Smartphone"

You know that you’ve made an indelible mark in the industry as being a first when Guinness World Records comes out to certify something that’s argued amongst many people. Sure it’s one thing to see LG deeming their lovely Optimus 2x as the “world’s first dual-core smartphone,” but it might not be enough to convince some of the pundits out there to actually make them believe it.

Nexus One Gets Android 2.3.4 OTA Upgrade, But With No Google Talk Voice and Video

Thanks to its stock Android build, the Nexus One still is near the top of the list when it comes to receiving the latest Android updates from Google. Being a senior citizen though, some of the newer features on Google's open source OS have to be eliminated. For example, while Nexus S users received Google Talk voice and video chat with their update to Android 2.3.4, N-One users will soon get an OTA update to the same Android build minus the Google Talk features. The reason for the lack of video chat on the Nexus One is simple. The phone was launched at a time when front-facing cameras were basically non-existent.

Sony Announces S1 And Dual-Screen S2 Android Tablets

Sony's tablet design leaked out in February and we've been waiting to hear more for nearly two months. Now, finally the company announced two new Honeycomb “Sony Tablets” - the Sony S1 and S2 - at its press event in Tokyo and both are PlayStation certified. The tablets both feature the standard Wi-Fi connectivity, but what's more interesting – they are both 3G/4G “compatible” as Sony puts it and we are hopeful that means full 4G connectivity once the tablets are released this fall.

Samsung Galaxy S II vs LG Optimus 2X Benchmark Tests

The second after we learned that Samsung is developing its own dual-core chipset, hot on the heels of last year's finest - the single core Hummingbird - we were itching to benchmark its performance on a production device.

This day has finally come, so we pit the 1.2GHz dual-core Exynos chipset with ARM Mali-400 quad-core GPU, against the 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset with octo-core GeForce ULP GPU, in a titanic battle between the Samsung Galaxy S II, and the LG Optimus 2X.

Adobe Flash 10.2 for Honeycomb Goes Final

Up until now, Adobe Flash 10.2 - bringing smoother hardware accelerated video playback for HD videos on Honeycomb tablets - was in its beta stage. The new version, just released on the Market, is free and fixes the security hole uncovered earlier across all Android-running gadgets.

Samsung Galaxy S2 Launch in South Korea : How Much Better is it Than Galaxy S

The Samsung's latest Android flagship device will also launch in 120 other countries starting from early May through about 140 mobile operators worldwide.The Galaxy S2 was officially announced during MWC 2011.

Android 2.3.4 to Bring FaceTime

Video-calling has been available on Android for a while but only in its prime form - 3G video calls, which are charged by the minute by your carrier. Well, Google is about to add its own video chat feature to Android smartphones. It would work over the phone's Internet connection much like FaceTime by Apple.

LG Optimus Big Brings 4.3-inch NOVA Display and 1GHz Dual-Core Processor

What's big, mostly white, and set for a Korean launch tomorrow? That's right, the LG Optimus Big! This 4.3-inch whopper, LG's largest handset to date, touts a 1GHz dual-core processor, a slightly skinned Android 2.2 as its OS, HDMI output, a 5 megapixel camera, and 16GB of bult-in storage.

Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 8.9, More Thinner and Lighter Than the iPad 2

 Surprise, surprise! Samsung announced not one, but two tablets during their CTIA event. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 was joined by a reworked version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Both tablets run Android 3.0 Honeycomb with TouchWiz 4.0 user interface.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has a 8.9" screen (no surprise here) of WXGA resolution. It measures 230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6mm(!) and weighs just 470g with a 6000mAh battery. The rest of the features are very much like the ones on its bigger brother.

Mobiado and Aston Martin show transparent droid phone concept

Mobiado, the luxury phone maker, and Aston Martin, the luxury car maker, are in cahoots, trying to co-create phones. The first prototype they've shown is a stunning transparent Android phone. No, don't go back to read that again, check out the concept renders - they are even more mind-blowing.

Opera Mobile 11 and Opera Mini 6 launch

Today, Opera took another step forward to solidifying their place as the mobile web browsing leader with the release of the new versions of their two mobile browsers. Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 are immediately available for download on a large number of platforms. Opera Mobile 11 utilizes the full power of HTML5, Flash (where supported) and the Opera Presto browser engine, which is used in the desktop version of the Opera 11 browser.

Last night that pending release showed up on XDA forums as build I9000XXJVK. While this may not be final code as it is not being distributed via public channels yet, it is purported to be installed at service centers with warranty service.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 to get Gingerbread in Q2, Q3 2011

No - this isn't one of our April Fools Day jokes. It's the real deal, confirmed by the Sony Ericsson Product Blog and everything.
It seems that the guys over at Sony Ericsson haven't forgotten about the godfather of their Android lineup, while promoting their second wave XPERIA smartphones. Actually Rikard Skogberg, the man who unveiled this juicy information to the world, says that experience with the XPERIA Arc and XPERIA Neo phones has helped Sony Ericsson's engineers to start working on the Gingerbread update for the X10.