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Live Blogging from Miami Droid R2-D2 Event

Hey all. Brandon checking in from the Miami R2 launch event. We’ll have coverage throughout the evening.

Motorola demands leaked Droid X Froyo takedown

The Droid X

An Android 2.2 ROM for Droid X devices leaked on Friday, and Motorola is hot on the tail of the development community. Intomobile reports that cease-and-desist letters have been sent to sites hosting the leaked update. Read on for our take.

Droid 2 – it’s official, and it’s here tomorrow

droid2prefeature

Yes, it’s here! After months of speculation by just about every Droid fan, Verizon and Motorola announced the Droid 2 smartphone today. This 1-GHz Droid features a revised keyboard layout and some minor aesthetic changes, and ships with Android 2.2, mobile hotspot capability (a paid add-on, of course), as well as Flash. Swype aficionados like [...]

Original Droid not man enough for Mobile Hotspot, claims Verizon

Verizon announced on July 30th that the 2.2 Froyo OTA update would start rolling out to original Droid owners the week of August 2nd. One of the highlights of 2.2, you may remember, is the inclusion of built-in tethering tools. The service is offered for the Droid X at a cringe-worthy $20 extra a month [...]

We who are about to die salute you: fare you well, G1

G1

It is a sad day in the Android World, as we say our final farewells to the big, ugly brick that started it all: T-Mobile’s G1. The first Android device, the G1 (aka HTC Dream) was far from the polished and perfected handsets we see today; it shipped with Android 1.0 (it didn’t even have [...]

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