Android Community has been reporting that more and more Motorola Droid handsets have been getting the Android 2.2 Froyo update recently. We’re talking official updates, OTA and courtesy of Verizon Wireless, so check your device right now, if you want a software upgrade. What’s new? The usual speed and stability enhancements, with the possible...
As a response to Sprint’s release of the Froyo update for HTC EVO 4G, Verizon has just announced it’ll launch the Android 2.2 upgrade for its Motorola Droid units. The update will come this week, but no certain date was mentioned just yet. This means you’ll be getting mobile hotspot features on and 720p video capture support on your...
Motorola Droid, also known as Milestone in Europe has just landed in Korea bearing the name of Motorola QRTY. There’s also a difference from the previous versions: the hardware keyboard features Korean characters. Sadly, the handset doesn’t feature Android 2.2 from the start, like Nexus One, recently debuting in the same country with Froyo. There’s...
We’ve seen Windows 95 on the iPad, Windows XP on some ubercool smartphone out there and even Android ported to the iPhone. This time, we have a look at a blast from the past, as Windows 3.1 gets up and running on the Motorola Droid handset. We’re dealing with a port performed by Shawn McHenry for kicks, courtesy of an emulator running on...
Turn your eyes and minds away from the iPhone 4G and the iPad for a second and check this out: the Android 2.1 update for Motorola’s Droid is now available. We’ve got the full list of enhancements and improvements right after the break, courtesy of the Boy Genius Report folks. Verizon and Motorola are the ones releasing this neat update,...
Motorola Droid is the best selling Android device so far, so it would be a pity for its many owners not to be acquainted with the HTC Sense UI. Thus, we’re glad to inform you that the interface was ported to this smartphone recently, courtesy of AllDroid user Greek35T. This is an alpha release that comes with graphical glitches, the inability...
Motorola’s extremely well selling Droid handset is getting ready for an Android 2.1 upgrade via Verizon. There are many goodies included in this software, stuff like a new 3D gallery app, voice to text, weather and news widgets, plus pinch to zoom. Also, in the new software you’ll find an improved pattern lock and even live wallpapers,...
The hottest Android devices right now are undoubtedly Nexus One and Motorola Droid, both pictured recently using the Mozilla Fennec browser. The Mozilla team posted these teaser pics on their Facebook page, available right here. You can see the Fennec browser running on the Google Nexus One handset (above) and on Motorola Droid (below). We don’t...
A bunch of crazy programmers wanted to overclock the Motorola Droid handset, in order to make it faster than the Nexus One and they eventually did, as you can see below. Thus, the device’s CPU reached 1.1GHz, although the Droid usually runs at around 600MHz. It’s true that the speed of 1100 MHz was dangerous for the device, but the stable...
If the comparison between Samsung Omnia II’s AMOLED display and the one on Nokia N900 wasn’t enough, we move on to compare the screens of the hottest Android phones of the moment: Motorola Droid and Google’s Nexus One. Here’s a video showing how they work in direct sunlight: Both devices have the same screen diagonal, 3.7 inches,...
