Category: Android

  • New Android 2.2 to get huge performance boost

    Typically, as an OS evolves over time, it becomes more bloated and bogs down older hardware. Most people don’t feel the effect since they eventually upgrade their hardware which gives them a significant performance boost. But things don’t seem to add up on the Android platform. With every new release, Google has managed to add…

  • DROID Eris Android 2.1 OTA update slowly trickling out to Verizon customers

    Verizon DROID Eris owners, your Android 2.1 update is here. Two days ago, we reported that Verizon was going to start releasing the OTA update for the handset on May 11th. The date has passed and a lot of Eris owners have been able to download and successfully update their phones to the latest firmware.…

  • T-Mobile working on Android 2.1 build with Espresso for the myTouch 3G

    T-Mobile working on Android 2.1 build with Espresso for the myTouch 3G

    While a few of you may be crossing your fingers, hoping that Verizon rolls out Android 2.1 for the DROID Eris today, we have some good news for T-Mobile customers who have stuck with their myTouch 3G. Techland is reporting that T-Mobile is working on an Android 2.1 update for the original myTouch 3G, which…

  • DROID Eris update scheduled to roll out May 11th

    DROID Eris update scheduled to roll out May 11th

    Here at HTC Source, we have given up on reporting any of the latest news regarding Android 2.1 updates for the HTC Hero and the DROID Eris.  All the dates we have heard have come and gone and there really has not been any credible or reliable news for a long time (or ever).  But…

  • FCC clears the Sprint HTC EVO 4G for launch

    FCC clears the Sprint HTC EVO 4G for launch

    Just in case you needed a little more convincing that the Sprint HTC EVO 4G launch is just around the corner, the handset’s FCC approval documents have finally made an appearance. The EVO 4G was files as the HTC PC36100 and comes with Sprint and Clearwire’s 2500MHz WiMax bands along with Sprint’s CDMA bands. External…

  • HTC Legend Clears FCC for North American Use?

    HTC Legend Clears FCC for North American Use?

    A new HTC phone has recently cleared the FCC. Rumor has it that this is a North American version of the HTC Legend. The original Legend had an FCC ID of PB76100, and the new device has an FCC ID of PB76110. The bands this phone will operate on are between 850 and 1900MHZ (WCDMA),…

  • Sprint rolls out HTC EVO 4G training to employees

    Sprint rolls out HTC EVO 4G training to employees

    Sprint has started rolling out the HTC EVO 4G training course to their employees.  AndroidGuys was sent a few snap shots of the training module that all Sprint employees are required to complete.  Speculation is that the Sprint HTC EVO 4G will be hitting store shelves on June 6th and we already know that THE…