Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Motorola Droid 3 Preps For Verizon Stores



he Motorola Droid 3 has been eluding us since the start of the year. While other Motorola devices had made the “hunt” painless e.g. Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Droid Bionic, it’s hard to imagine why the Droid 3 has yet to surface with a firm release date.

Motorola Droid 3 appears again
Well now we come one step closer to that date as Android Central reports that they’ve caught the Motorola Droid 3 listed in Verizon’s device management pages, meaning “folks at big red are getting ready for the new slider to make it’s way into stores.”

Once again, its listing in the Verizon device management page is scarce with information. No details yet on a price, release date or even specs. So far the rumor mill suggests everything from dual-core processor to a 4-inch qHD display. As for the speculated June release date, this now certainly seems possible given the Droid 3′s listing. Other details that are a little more concrete are its 5-row keyboard which we saw courtesy of leaked images.

Nevertheless, even with such limited information we can still clearly see its key feature, the slide out QWERTY keypad. This in itself will have physical keyboard fans drooling and waiting over the phone as unfortunately Verizon doesn’t have much in the way of new keyboard equipped Android smartphones.


Zinio arrives for Android



Zinio, the popular magazine reading application that gained enormous popularity on iOS, is now available on Android. With the app, which is only available for tablets running Honeycomb, users can browse and consume their favorite magazines.

Zinio offers an enormous library, where users can purchase entire subscriptions or single issues. Their collection includes but is not limited to:

Bloomberg BusinessWeek
The Economist
Maxim
Esquire
Men’s Fitness
Macworld
PC World
PC Gamer
X-Box World
National Geographic
Consumer Reports

Facebook for Android v1.6


It started off as much maligned and then turned into pretty ok, so it’s been interesting watching the Facebook for Android app evolve since it’s inception on our phones. It would seem the next step of that evolution is nigh, as the Facebook for Android developers are seeking your (yes, you) help in beta testing v1.6 of the app.

A partial list of fixes includes:

Improved News Feed including comment liking
Pages
Video Uploads
Many bug fixes


Droid Pro getting its Gingerbread update



The rumors are true, folks. While your phone likely is still languishing with Froyo (hey, could be worse), the Motorola Droid Pro (read our full review) is getting its Gingerbread update. And why shouldn’t it? We found the Droid Pro to be a more-than capable (if a little small) 3.1-inch Android smartphone, with the front-facing QWERTY keyboard that so many of us had been wanting.

Anyhoo, back to the update. Looks like it’s Android 2.3.3 (Build number 4.5.1-110-VNS-11, if you’re into that sort of thing). You’ll have the updated version of Motorola’s Blur skin (which isn’t the worst thing in the world), as well as all the tweaks that Gingerbread can muster.
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