Motorola DROID Bionic gets ClockworkMod Recovery

The Motorola DROID Bionic hasn’t been out but a few short days and the developer community is already hard at work. Right away they achieved root access and now we are already seeing a custom recovery for the DROID Bionic.


Happily shown in the above image is yours truly, the Droid Bionic, running with clockworkmod recovery. Now all we need is some custom rom’s and we will all be happy right? The picture is provided by MyDroidWorld and while we don’t have any instructions for this yet, they are coming soon we were assured.
We don’t have details or instructions but they will be posted soon enough for everyone that wishes to move past the stage of rooting their Bionic. Most likely this is a bootstrap application similar to that used on the Droid X and Droid 3 but until it is released we don’t know for sure. Be sure to stay tuned for more information as things are moving along plenty quick in the world of DROID.

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HTC Flyer bootloader unlocking gets official from HTC

Just like a few other HTC devices in the recent past the HTC Flyer tablet has been added to the list of supported devices from HTC that is allowed freedom. We all know the HTC bootloader situation plenty well so I wont go into that, but it’s now appearing over at HTCdev.com/bootloader in pretty much every version.

It’s nice to see HTC continuing to add devices to the list of their unlock program but I’m sure there are more than a few users wishing they’d move along a bit faster. Currently we only have the EVO 3D, Sensation, and now the Flyer as supported for unlocking. HTC did say they’d start with new releases and make their way backwards from there so hopefully phones like the Thunderbolt, Droid Incredible 2 and more start seeing the same freedom soon.
If unlocking is your thing, use the tools at HTCdev and try out the new Honeycomb ROM and be sure to let us know how it goes.

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Sprint Officially Announces the LG Marquee for October 2nd, Angles it as a Choice for the Style Conscious Citizen

That didn’t take long, did it? After the LG Optimus Black for Sprint was outed at a recent Radio Shack event as the LG Marquee Sprint’s gone ahead and made it official with a nice looking press release. While the Marquee will draw people in due to it’s extremely bright screen, Sprint’s going with the fashion angle, collaborating with design collective MADE to launch the device in style.

Aside from its good, sleek looks, you can expect decent internals that fits this one right into that mid-range crowd. We’ve got the oft-discussed 4 inch NOVA display which LG claims is the brightest mobile phone display on the market, a 1GHz processor, Android 2.3, a 5 megapixel rear camera with a 2 megapixel front camera and more.
Availability? You can begin preordering on September 20th through September 27th. Presale customers will begin receiving their devices on the 29th, but the “official” launch isn’t slated for three days later. All of this comes to you at just $100. Read on for full press details.

LG Marquee from Sprint Celebrates the Perfect Combination of Signature Style and Cutting-Edge Technology During New York Fashion Week

 As Sprint’s first device available for advance pre-sale, customers can buy 

LG Marquee beginning on Sept. 20 at www.sprint.com/marquee for $99.99

 

TLC’s Stacy London and up-and-coming designers team up to
invite consumers to make "The Bright Choice" with a MADE Fashion Week Campaign promoting the thin, light and bright LG Marquee

New York City - Sept. 14, 2011 - Sprint (NYSE: S) and LG Mobile today announced the upcoming arrival of an Android device that perfectly pairs fashion with technology - LG Marquee Android™, exclusively from Sprint. The device will be launched in partnership with non-profit design collective MADE, formally known as M·A·C & Milk, at this year’s MADE FASHION WEEK in New York City. Keeping with the smartphone’s innovative convergence of technology and fashion, LG enlisted Stacy London of TLC’s "What Not To Wear"to act as resident style mentor to five up-and-coming MADE designers as they craft chic carrying cases for LG Marquee.

LG Marquee arrives on the Sprint Network on Sunday, Oct. 2 for just $99.99 (excludes taxes) with eligible upgrade or new two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate via reward card¹ (pricing excludes taxes). It will be the first Sprint device to be sold in advance online. Pre-sale orders begin on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and end on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at www.sprint.com/marquee. Customers who pre-order LG Marquee will begin receiving their devices on Thursday, Sept. 29 - three days before the device goes on sale.

"These days, a wireless phone is much more than just a communication device - it also echoes one’s personal style and taste," said David Owens, vice president - Product Development, Sprint. "Design has become a key factor in the purchase decision and the LG Marquee is sure to turn heads."

"LG believes fashion and technology go hand-in-hand among today’s growing contingent of style-conscious and tech-savvy consumers," said Tim O’Brien, vice president of marketing for LG Mobile. "By partnering with Sprint, MADE and Stacy London, LG effectively showcases three prominent phone features important to consumers: a sleek, thin profile, ultra light weight design and bright display."

LG Marquee is an ideal mobile device for anyone who wants superior performance without sacrificing personal style. The sleek, ultra-thin smartphone features a 4-inch NOVA display and a virtual QWERTY keyboard. Encouraging consumers to make "the bright choice," LG Marquee boasts a remarkably vivid and visible screen, even in direct sunlight.

LG Marquee ships with Android 2.3 and Mobile Hotspot capability supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously. It also offers a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera for maximum versatility in creating and sharing media and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera making your face-to-face video chatting experience even more memorable. Equipped with a 1GHz processor and Adobe Flash technology, LG Marquee makes downloading, posting, commenting, watching and playing faster and easier than ever.

The device features Sprint ID, allowing users to customize up to five screens on the device with a couple simple clicks. Sprint ID allows users to cut through the clutter of Android Market’s more than 250,000 apps by simply selecting from a variety of mobile ID packs featuring apps, ringers, wallpapers, widgets and more. Available Sprint ID packs include: Fashion and Beauty, E!, MTV Music, Green, and NASCAR Sprint Cup.

LG Marquee requires activation on a Sprint Everything Data plan for smartphones². Sprint’s Everything Data plan with Any Mobile, Anytime^SM includes unlimited web, texting and calling to and from any mobile in America while on the Sprint Network, starting at just $69.99 per month plus required $10 Premium Data add-on charge. The Mobile Hotspot option is available for an additional $29.99 per month supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously³ (pricing excludes taxes and surcharges).

Celebrating Technology and Fashion

The LG Fashion Week campaign pairs Stacy London’s impeccable style with the innovative, futuristic eye of MADE. London brings years of fashion-industry experience to her LG style mentor role and will provide each of the MADE designers with creative consulting sessions as they design fashion-forward carrying cases to showcase the clean, modern, minimalist styling of LG Marquee. Participating MADE designers include Kevork Kiledjian, Katie Gallagher, The Lake and Stars, Erickson Beamon and Christian Cota.

"Being able to give our designers yet another platform for growth and exposure is part of the DNA of MADE; and allowing our designers to interact with major brands like LG is a great learning tool for future partnerships," said Jenne Lombardo, Co-Director of MADE.

Celebrating a partnership of Sprint and LG’s rich style heritage, the campaign highlights the increasing influence of technology on today’s design community and includes a Fashion Week panel discussion and product launch reception hosted by London at Milk Studios on Thursday, Sept. 15. The MADE panel discussion, entitled "How Fashion Communicates," will be moderated by Simon Collins, dean of fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, and will take an in-depth look at five key areas where technology has altered fashion design. As part of the esteemed panel, London will provide industry insights to discussion categories including designer communication, the rise of the blogger, public access to real-time happenings, retail and the shift from print to digital media.

The chic and functional LG Marquee carrying cases created by the participating designers will debut on Sept. 15 during LG’s launch event at MADE FASHION WEEK. The event will feature individual designer stations that will display the inspiration behind each case. In addition, at the end of the evening, London will announce her top designer pick for the overall campaign.

 

 

 

 

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 52 million customers at the end of 2Q 2011 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 6 in its 2010 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.

About LG Electronics, Inc.

LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 066570.KS) is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 93,000 people working in over 120 operations around the world. With 2010 global sales of 55.8 trillion Korean won (USD 48.2 billion), LG comprises four business units - Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance, and Air Conditioning & Energy Solutions. LG is one of the world’s leading producers of flat panel TVs, mobile devices, air conditioners, washing machines, and refrigerators. LG has signed a long-term agreement to become both a Global Partner and a Technology Partner of Formula 1™. As part of this top-level association, LG acquires exclusive designations and marketing rights as the official consumer electronics, mobile phone and data processor of this global sporting event. For more information, please visit www.lg.com.

About LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company

The LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company is a leading global mobile communications and information company. With its cutting-edge technology and innovative design capabilities, LG creates handsets that provide an optimized mobile experience to customers around the world. LG is pursuing convergence technology and mobile computing products, while continuing its leadership role in mobile communication with stylish designs and smart technology. For more information, please visit http://www.lgmobilephones.com.

MADE, formerly known as M.A.C. and Milk, was born from the successful Fashion Week collaboration that started in 2008. Now in its fifth season, MADE FASHION WEEK continues to showcase outstanding design and harness the energy of New York’s creative communities. The compelling program of events - over 35 fashion shows and presentations each season, exhibitions, parties, concerts, panel discussions and an unrivaled online presence on milkmade.com - has translated to success at a retail level and in the press, as well as in the highly coveted digital arena. MADE has expanded as a year-round, dynamic platform for emerging design talent and other innovators and visionaries. MADE provides support to New York’s fashion community in a vibrant atmosphere that encourages creativity, fosters growth and challenges convention. These innovators and visionaries are now a powerful voice in the international fashion dialogue and have initiated a general shift in the industry.

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HTC Jetstream hands-on

When it comes to tablets, HTC has two. A 7-inch Gingerbread powered HTC Flyer, and the new 10-inch Honeycomb powered HTC Jetstream just announced in the US on AT&T.
Keen to see how Honeycomb works on the new 10-inch model and what it looks like in the flesh, Pocket-lint flew to Istanbul of all places, to have a play with the new tablet courtesy of Qualcomm.
In the flesh and the tablet is big, considerably bigger than the 7-inch Flyer and more akin to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 rather than keep the same design ethos.

The front is dominated by the large screen, so much so, there are no buttons to distract with the Jetstream instead using Honeycomb's on screen button options to give you control over what you can do. That said there is still just about enough room to give you a forward facing camera, as well as the respective logos of HTC and AT&T.
The WXGA HD display is bright and crisp, although by no means stand out stunning.
The sides are void of detail too with a simple power button LED light and headphone socket on the top, and a micro USB charging port at the bottom.
The rear of the device thankfully offers up more detail. There is a speaker and an 8 megapixel camera for those moments you need to take a picture.

Inside and the Snapdragon 1.5 GHz dual core processor and LTE/HSPA connectivity. It will support 1080p playback and capture.
It runs the Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) operating system and represents the first iteration of the HTC Sense user experience on Honeycomb.
Like the company's 7-inch offering, the HTC Flyer, the Jetstream will work with the company's stylus - the HTC Scribe - an optional digital pen accessory although sadly Qualcomm didn't have one to had for us to try out.
In the flesh and it's business as usual with the Jetstream offering a very friendly Sense UI interface for those that love it with the added benefit of Honeycomb and what it offers to Android tablet users too.

Like the HTC Flyer - it uses the same innards - the Jetstream was quick and responsive to our commands and requests.
On the design front, it is a touch on the heavy side, and the brushed metal casing seems out of kilt with HTC's overall design ethos, something we suspect AT&T requested on perhaps seeing the Galaxy Tab back at US phone trade show CTIA in March.
The HTC Jetstream is available in the US now, and although nothing is confirmed, is expected to make it to the UK at some point in the future.?


                                           

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The new gesture technology that could kill the touchscreen

Qualcomm has demoed a new gesture system at its Innovation Qualcomm event in Istanbul. It allows the user to control an interface without even having to touch the phone or tablet’s screen, and could spell the end of the touchscreen as we know it.
In move that anyone who has complained about smudges on their phone or tablet would be proud of, the system, which was briefly demoed by CEO Paul Jacobs on stage at the event, uses ultrasound picked up by the device's microphone to work out where your hands are.
In the demo, the CEO waved his hand over the phone, flicking through a carousel of images.
Qualcomm has said that the new technology should be in phones and tablets by the end of next year.
The technology, which Qualcomm claims is the digital sixth sense, will be embedded into the company’s chips in the future.

The CEO also demoed a new Augmented Reality app that the company has been working on, which allows people in a video shop to watch a trailer of a movie just by pointing their phone at a DVD case.
Pocket-lint is at the event and will try and get more time and details on the new features shortly.

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HTC Sensation XE first to sport Beats enhanced audio

Remember HTC’s $300 million deal with Beats Audio? Well, that union has brought about the first love child – the HTC Sensation XE, which we did talk about in the past in the form of a special edition for the HTC Sensation. It will come in a rather menacing black and red color scheme, and essentially, this is but your regular HTC Sensation, although it will come with the Beats Audio branding to boot. What can you expect if you decide to pry the case open?
Well, we start off with a 1.5GHz processor within, while the rather high capacity 1,730mAh battery would definitely be able to let you enjoy hour after hour of uninterrupted audio playback – and for watching movies, too. Up front, the 4.3″ qHD resolution display does not seem to be that hot these days in terms of real estate, but it should do the job nicely.

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Firefox Nightlies Now Available for Honeycomb Tablets

Firefox for Tablets was previewed just a few backs, and it seemed we may have to wait some time to get our hands on it. Not the case, as the first nightly builds of the Honeycomb-tailored web browser have become available. You can head over to Mozilla’s site to grab the most recent release and take a spin around the mobile web.
[Mozilla via Gizmodo]

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Opera 11.1 Now Ready For Download – Adds Honeycomb Support and Patches Security Flaw

Opera was just updated in the Android Market today. While all the normal goodies were added (bug fixes and the like) this update now officially supports Honeycomb with the new large screen compatibility mode. The update also fixed some serious security holes in regards to the older version of the app storing cache files with permissions that were not restrictive enough. This could potentially allow for malicious apps to gain access to your sensitive data stored on your device’s SD card. As for the rest of the new stuff check out the changelog below:

• Added support for font styles on Samsung Galaxy devices
• Fix for problem with text disappearing in text fields
• Fix for HTML5 <audio> tag auto-play
• Fix for mismatched RGB colors on some devices
• Fix for black screen when starting Opera Mobile on some devices
• Fix for various stability issues on certain devices
• Fix for various font issues on certain devices
• Security update fix (see below)
• Permissions: See bit.ly/opera_permissions

[Market Link]

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HTC Kingdom Could Be Headed To US Cellular As HTC Hero S

The HTC Kingdom has been leaked for awhile now, showing up in leaked ROM and images like the one above. While it was hard to peg the device to a specific U.S. release, we’ve pretty much known all the in’s and out’s as far as specs go. A 1.2GHz single-core Snapdragon will be powering this thing along with 768MB of RAM, a 4.3-inch qHD display and 5MP rear/1.3MP front facing cameras. So where’s this device headed?

Well, apparently the Kingdom could be on it’s way to Alltel Wireless as the HTC Acquire, Sprint as the HTC Evo Design 4G and now — thanks to a custom gel case that appeared online — US Cellular as the HTC Hero S. You’ll notice the gel case in question is compatible with all of those devices and although the site doesn’t specifically link the “Hero S” to US Cellular, Pocketnow is reporting that one of the tipsters has confirmed it.
[Via Pocketnow]

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