[Video] Droid 2.1 manual update, it’s real and this kid shows it off

Yesterday Verizon finally announced the official Android 2.1 update was on it’s way to the Droid and there were still plenty of skeptics (including me). This of course is understandable because of the fact that the update has been teased time and time again. Well this time it is real and you can get it yourself right now. The friendly folks over at MobileCrunch have included some detailed directions on how to get your Droid up to date. It is a fairly painless process as long as you follow the steps.

You can follow the the procedure step by step at MobileCrunch here. If you don’t want to manually update and/or are waiting for your update notification, amuse yourself with this kid’s demonstration of Android 2.1 on his Droid in the meantime.

You can download the update here.

[Via MobileCrunch]

T-Mobile’s new deal, add a line $5, still eligible for a phone upgrade

Today T-Mobile had a super fun conference call regarding their new add-a-line deal they began promoting recently. Okay it wasn’t that fun, but their example customers such as the Rastafarian Adam were a blast to watch. T-Mobile is now going to allow new and existing customers add additional lines for only $5.00 a month. Previous price was $10.00 and this is only applicable to lines 3-5. If you already have 3-5 people on a family plan you can have your rates for lines 3-5 reduced from $10.00 to $5.00 a month by extending your contract for another 2 years. This seems ridiculous in a way because usually rate changes or plan changes don’t affect your contract terms, but if you were already eligible for a subsidized phone on your T-Mo plan and you sign the new 2 year agreement, you can still upgrade your phone with a subsidy even after the new 2 year was signed. These offers only apply to the 750 and 1500 minute family plans. So if you plan on staying with T-Mobile for a while, you have one of these 2 rate plans, and want to add a new line or reduce the price of your existing lines, now is the time to do so!

[Via T-Mobile]

64 GB ZuneHD coming April 12th

Microsoft is going to sell their ZuneHD in the 64GB flavor for $350.00 and lower the price of their existing ZuneHD’s by $20 each.  The new price of the ZuneHD in the 16 and 32GB models will now be $200 and $270 respectively. Yes this means my 32GB is going to be on eBay shortly so I can finally replace my 60GB iPod 5th Gen from 2005. There isn’t much to tell here, we assume this will be running the same Tegra 1 chip and will have the same resolution as the previous versions of the ZuneHD. For the full Microsoft press release, read on after the break!

Gettin’ Fennic Wit’ It: Firefox Goes Mobile – Rough Fennic Running On Android

grainysand of XDA dev forum posted some pics of Fennic running on Android. The guys over at Android central forums posted some videos. MartinSchirr of Android Forums gets credit for port to Android and we expect a full release later this year.

[via XDA-Developers, Android Forums]

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Motorola Droid ‘FINALLY!’ getting Android 2.1 starting today

AH!!! I cannot believe I am even writing this again. I want to apologize to everyone who had their hopes brought up then just smashed down by the Motorola unorganized hammer. The update is in fact going out today. It has already hit 1,000 people and will hit another 9,000 phones tonight at midnight. If all goes smooth, then tomorrow night at midnight another 200,000 will get the update and this will continue each night until everyone’s phone is up to date. Keep an eye out on our site and on Androidcentral because they love to get the update out nice and early for you to manually install your self. We praise them for it! ^^ So keep your eyes peeled on that update icon. You will receive a notification when you can download the update. This is all similar routine Verizon follows when it comes to updating Android phones. It is finally here so we can all enjoy multi-touch, live wallpapers, and any other goodies seen in the Android 2.1 update.

Update notes after the break…

Windows Phone 7 Foursquare Full Source Code Released

Windows Phone 7 devs have a reason to rejoice this Monday as news of the Foursquare full source has been released this evening. Microsoft/Touchalitly just released the full source code of the Windows Phone 7 Series Foursquare app which was demoed over the MIX event a few weeks back. This will give devs a chance to jump all over the code and see what the code monkeys can come up for Windows Phone 7 and Foursquare.

We consider this to be an alpha release, even though everything works, but mostly because we need to clean up the code to follow standard patterns and best practices for Silverlight and Windows Phone 7. When you only have a few weeks to get the application done “Copy and Paste” become your friends. Look forward to a much cleaner release soon.

You can download the package at codeplex’s website here.

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Motorola CLIQ Owners To Get Update Tonight

Lucky are the few that will be getting the Android 2.1 update. Starting at 6 PM today, T-Mobile will be announcing to their forum community that the latest trial software  for the Cliq will be available for a short time.  Be quick though, because they are limiting the test field to 1,000 participants, who will be asked to provide feedback.  The update will update the system to 1.4.8 and fix a variety of issues, including:

* Improved battery life
* Improved software performance and stability (homescreens, widgets, less “force close” error messages)
* New manage SIM card application
* Added support of WMA and WAV media files
* Removed imeem mobile application

[via TMobNews]

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VIDEO: Windows Phone 7 OS Gets Installed on HTC HD2; Looks Great

Oh those crafty Russians. How we love it when they come up with some cool stuff. But who we really love is the guys that port over different OS’ to a new phone, in this case the Windows Phone 7 ROM onto a HTC HD2, the world’s most popular Windows phone. Tom Codon of HTCPedia has posted screenshots showing off the HTC HD2 running an early build of Windows Phone OS 7.0. I must say that the OS looks incredible on that huge screen! Hit the link for more pics and videos.

Sprint To Have Company Wide Meeting March 31st

According to MobileCrunch and others around the blogspace, Sprint is having a meeting on March 31 and people are told that this meeting is “top secret”, “mandatory”, and “company-wide.”  Could this be the announcement of the new EVO 4G by HTC? Is Sprint trying to get a head start on this June’s Tsunami of phones? Is this a possible layout guide for the entire 4G network roll-out nationwide? New calling plans related to 4G? Well, until someone contacts one of the blogs with more information, this is all we know for now.

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Confirmed: Verizon To Get iPhone

As we broke this news late last year, the Wall Street Journal today confirmed what we already knew: Verizon is getting the iPhone. A compatible with Verizon’s CDMA network iPhone is currently in the works. We knew this as testing was already being done late last year. The WSJ reports, the two iPhone models will be produced by different manufacturers:

The people briefed on the matter said one of the new iPhones is being manufactured by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., which produced Apple’s previous iPhones. The model that has CDMA capability, used by Verizon Wireless, is being manufactured by Pegatron Technology Corp., the contract manufacturing subsidiary of Taiwan’s ASUSTeK Computer Inc., said these people.

Images of new iPhone parts above provides proof that iresq does indeed have the parts for the new 4G iPhone, as we reported earlier this year. Today, a new video surfaced showing off the faceplate of the new iPhone

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UPDATE: John Gruber did mention in one of his posts regarding the WSJ report of the new iPhone:

– A4-family CPU system-on-a-chip
– 960×640 double-resolution display
– second front facing camera
– 3rd party multitasking in iPhone 4