24 Aug, 2010

Remember when Google rolled out an Android Market Server License server in order to make it difficult for pirates to swipe apps without paying for them? Well, it looks like that deterrent is very simple to crack. The cool folks at Android Police have put together a demonstration video (at the bottom of the post) which shows how the Google Android Market...

24 Aug, 2010

Remember the recently discovered and detailed exploit that found a way around Google’s new and supposedly improved security measures for installing pirated apps? While the initial announcement of a licensing server that would authenticate an app upon launch seemed like a step in the right direction, the recent news of how easily it was broken made some...

24 Aug, 2010

According to a press release from Samsung, the Galaxy S is “now DivX Certified for HD video playback at 720p resolution,” making it “the world’s first Android mobile phone that is DivX Certified for HD and the second overall DivX HD Certified phone.”. CEO of DivX, Kevin Hell, stated that he is “pleased that Samsung recognizes the importance of...

24 Aug, 2010

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics was rumored for quite some time to plan the launch of an Android-based tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and new photos with the device have just emerged into the wild, complemented by new details on its specs. The Galaxy Tab is expected to land on the market with Google’s Android 2.2 operating system on...

21 Aug, 2010

The next flavor of Google’s Android operating system is nearing its release date, and the latest reports on it suggest that we’re to see it powering a wide range of tablet PCs, including devices released by Acer or Motorola. We already learned that Motorola is readying an Android tablet, and rumors just got a little more consistency with Google...

20 Aug, 2010

That’s one small step for GAOSP, a giant leap for mankind It has been a long road the past month. The Galaxy Android Open Source Project (GAOSP) has the attention of the whole Samsung Galaxy i7500 Custom ROM Community. Since Samsung stated that the Galaxy will never get an update to Eclair or Froyo, the user of the Galaxy 7500 waiting impatiently for a...