Tag: "Android"

ESET Mobile Security for Android v1.0.288.223

ESET Mobile Security for Android provides award-winning protection for smartphones and tablets with built-in antispam, firewall and antitheft to keep your data safe wherever you are. It combines the robust detection of our scanning engine with advanced antispam and antitheft functionality for real-time protection on the go.

HTC Desire S S510e “Saga” Shipped ROM Collection

Factory Original ROMs for the HTC Desire S S510e Android SmartPhone.

This is the major leak of Shipped (Factory Original) ROMs, ever, for the HTC Desire S S510e Android SmartPhone.

HTC releases tool to unlock bootloaders on its devices

HTC has released a tool to unlock the bootloader in some of its Android devices, the company announced today. According to a posting on HTCDev, HTC will allow the bootloader to be unlocked on every phone it releases going forward, and will also be working backwards to make unlocking tools for phones released prior to September 2011.

The Best Backup App for Android

There are a few pretty great backup apps for Android, but our favorite has to be Titanium Backup. It requires a rooted phone, but you can backup and restore apps from Dropbox, run automatic batch backups, and even uninstall crapware.

Google: 200 million Android devices activated worldwide

Google’s Android operating system is pretty much everywhere you go in the smartphone and tablet world with a large number of devices from many different manufacturers. Today The Verge reports that during Google’s press event (where it revealed its Google Music service), the company announced that the number of Android-based device has jumped up considerably in just a few months. In May Google said that “just” 100 million Android devices had been activated worldwide. Today that number has doubled with over 200 million Android devices now officially activated.

Choose a Smartphone the Easy Way

Just five short years ago, choosing a smartphone was easy. Options were limited: you could buy a Blackberry, a Palm or a Windows CE phone. None were great choices.

Today, the mobile phone market is flooded with cellular phones. Even the geekiest among us question whether to buy an Android or an iPhone. GeekaPhone.com has a tool to make the selection process easier.

Penetrate Pro v2.11.1 for Android

Penetrate Pro calculates WEP/WPA keys for some wireless routers. This Pro version helps me further develop Penetrate and test it across more devices and android versions. Try the free version first, if you enjoy it, consider buying this one.

”Massive” security hole uncovered in HTC Android phones!

HTC device owners reportedly have reason to worry today, after it was discovered that a first-party app was leaking huge amounts of personal information.

Android Police has done some digging into a suite of logging tools, dubbed HtcLoggers, that were loaded onto a range of HTC phones in a recent update. While the exact purpose of the tools is not known, they collect a bevy of information including, but not limited to, location, user accounts, phone numbers, system logs and some SMS data.

Google acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 B

In a surprise move, Google has announced that it will be acquiring the entirety of Motorola Mobility. Larry Page, CEO of Google, announced the acquisition via the Official Google Blog, and claims that Motorola will help “supercharge Android.”

The combination of Google and Motorola will not only supercharge Android, but will also enhance competition and offer consumers accelerating innovation, greater choice, and wonderful user experiences. I am confident that these great experiences will create huge value for shareholders.