Evan Blass

It’s 2012, Why Won’t My Home Screen Rotate?
Nearly everyone with a smartphone has experienced the same problem: you're working on something in landscape mode such as typing a text or watching a video, and you need to return to the home screen to select another app, which you'll also be using…

Why Can’t I Download a ZIP File in Android Gmail?
Android is often lauded as the most open of the platforms, and probably with good reason: it allows for the most homescreen customization, the most desktop-like browser and email experiences, and the easiest method of sideloading applications. But…

Motorola Asanti, Vanquish Tipped for AT&T, Verizon
We've gotten a bit of information on some upcoming Motorola devices, including a pair of LTE-capable, Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handsets for Verizon and AT&T. First is the Motorola Vanquish, which will be sold worldwide, and which has already been…

HTC Edge: First Quad-Core Phone Revealed (Images)
Meet the HTC Edge: reportedly the company’s first — and probably one…

Nokia 800 Windows Phone’s Three Colors Revealed
Besides adopting much of its design language from the “boutique” N9, it…

Nokia 800: First Ads (Images)
With Nokia World only a few weeks away, the anticipation is palpable…

HTC Runnymede: First Press Shot
We recently got a quick peek at the upcoming HTC Runnymede thanks…

Nokia N9 Teaser Ad Appears (Video) [Update x3]
Less than a week after we saw it unexpectedly pop up in…

HTC Bresson Is a 16-Megapixel Windows Phone 7 for T-Mobile
HTC Bresson, just revealed by This is my next as being on…

Motorola Droid X2 Specs Fully Revealed
There isn't much mystery left to Verizon's upcoming Motorola Droid X2 — a.k.a. Daytona and MB870 — and now an official spec sheet has appeared to fill in whatever blanks remained. As rumored, the X2 (that's X-squared) is a 4.3-inch, 1GHz dual-core…

Galaxy S 2, Desire HD2, Desire 2, Wildfire 2 Full Specs Leaked [Update]
Update: Expansys just pinged us with a statement claiming that “the alleged…

Legendary FPSeCE PlayStation Emulator Ported to Android
Highly-regarded Windows Mobile developer Schtruck has ported his great PlayStation emulator, FPSeCE (First PlayStation Emulator for Windows CE), to the Android platform, teasing that it will arrive in the Market "very soon." At least one other PSX …

Samsung Debuts Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Gio, Galaxy mini
Samsung has revealed four mid-range Android handsets far ahead of their Mobile World Congress debut, although complete specs were not given yet. The phones are named (and pictured from left to right) Samsung Galaxy Ace — which was already leaked…

Nokia X7 for AT&T Fully Exposed
The handset you see pictured here is said to be the unannounced…

What Was the Best Smartphone of 2010?
This is what we wait all year for, friends: the chance to pick the single best phone in all of 2010. Sure, we could break it up by category, by platform, by carrier, by something , but we'd rather pit the Droids against the iPhones against the…

Motorola’s Android Tablet Dubbed “Motorola Xoom”?
Motorola looks to be gearing up for the launch of a major product or product line known as Motorola Xoom, with the Illinois-based company having been quietly applying for trademarks on that term all over the world since mid-October. Besides the US,…

Google Nexus S Live Wallpaper Ripped, Released for All
Ripped goodies keep appearing from the Android 2.3 Gingerbread SDK and now the Gingerbread-powered Google Nexus S, with XDA member dapoharoun posting the only new live wallpaper included with this build. As the image suggests, the so-called "Nexus"…

Angry Birds Seasons for Android Hits: ‘Xmas’ Plus ‘Halloween’
Rovio has released its latest title into the Android Market, Angry Bird Seasons, which delivers the highly-anticipated Christmas Edition bundled with the older, unreleased Halloween levels — and best of all, the game is completely free. 'Christmas'…

How-To Play Angry Birds Android Without the Ads (Legally)
Angry Birds is a certified casual gaming sensation on par with Tetris and Minesweeper, which is why so many Android owners are understandably frustrated with the ad-supported title available in the Market. Since no paid version is offered as on the…

Samsung Galaxy S Found to Be First WiFi Direct-Certified Phone
The blockbuster Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S has apparently become the first smartphone certified for WiFi Direct usage, the device-to-device communication protocol based on 802.11 hardware. Searching for such products on the WiFi Alliance's…

BlackBerry Style 9670 Flip Appears in Sprint’s System?
There's not much we don't know about the BlackBerry Style 9670 full-QWERTY flip phone at this point, except definitive word on which carriers it's headed to; now a purported internal screenshot seems to confirm an earlier leaked photo we had seen,…

BlackBerry OS 6 for BlackBerry Bold 9650 Leaked
It looks like that leaked copy of BlackBerry OS 6 that we saw running on the Bold 9650 last month was the real deal, as a ROM is now available for all 9650 owners to download and install. Since this is still beta software, users should naturally…

Final XDAndroid Froyo Build for Windows Phone Released
Popular Windows Phone Android port XDAndroid has gone gold, at least in its Froyo incarnation. With the addition of several features and tweaks, XDAndroid 2.2 AOSP is now at its final version, bringing an almost perfect Android 2.2 experience to HTC…

Polaroid Debuts Larger PoGo Instant Printer, Android Editing App
Polaroid is showing off a larger version of its PoGo ink-less line of Bluetooth printers, along with an Android app which allows photogs to add text and borders to the 3-inch by 4-inch prints. Successor to the original PoGo thermal printer which…

Smartphone Throwback: the Wireless Palm Vx (Video)
Palm has seen more than its fair share of metamorphoses throughout the years: from a subsidiary of 3Com, it spun off into its own company, rebranded to PalmOne after selling its operating system to Access, subsequently bought the Palm brand back…