Cool tip that pushes your Android based phone online to see if there’s a software or firmware update available. Amplify’d from lifehacker.com How to Force Your Android Phone to Check for a System Update You’ve just read or heard that your phone is due for an update—maybe just bug fixes, or possibly a big version [...]
At around 6am EST I noticed that the Froyo Update (aka Android 2.2) was available on my Verizon Droid X. This is about 6 hours ahead of the 12pm EST delivery date that Verizon had been promising. Some of the things users have found useful in Froyo 2.2: 1. New gallery app 2. Updated camera [...]
Looks as if 1pm EST is just about the magic hour for Apple iPhone upgrades. About 30 minutes ago (at 1pm EST) the new iPhone OS – -iOS 4 – became available for download. This will work on all but the first generation iPhone and the iPad (which will get it’s own update later in [...]
The latest OS from Apple (iOS4) for their wildly popular iPhone 3, 3GS and iPod Touch devices is due for release today. Everyone wants to know what the iOS 4 release time will be so they can be first on their block to download – or at least avoid the millions who may jam Apple’s [...]
More than a few Droid users who’ve received the initial 2.0.1 Android update are reporting that the speed at which their Droid’s web browser scrolls has become “choppy”. The reports seemed to have originated at Androidforums and are now being tracked on the main Google Android Code as issue 5286 – Browser lags when scrolling [...]
