Moto Backflip users have been stuck at Android 1.5 (Cupcake) since the device’s release. Blame Motorola’s custom skin and focus on higher-end devices. But alas, today is your day to shine. The Android 2.1 (Eclair) update is finally coming — November 9th. With it, users can expect such things as greater integration with Google services, new widgets, a total of 7 homescreens, a tweaked media gallery, and access to countless new apps that are only...

That whole Samsung/Behold II/Android 2.x drama we talked about yesterday just took a turn for the worst. Ya, Samsung pretty much hates you guys — you guys as in the one’s who picked up a Behold II with the belief Samsung was actually serious about supporting it longer than six months. Unfortunately, speculation that Sammy was cuttin’ and runnin’ has been confirmed with an official tweet and forum reply to disgruntled end users stating the highest...

You know a phone isn’t that great when it’s released with old, outdated software. Unfortunately, in the Android world the practice is all too common. What’s worse however is buying a phone with the aforementioned outdated software and promises of near future upgrades only to find out the opposite is true, that the company who swooned you with flashy advertising was lying and is unwilling to right their wrong. Samsung has a problem… According to...

Thankfully for us, Dell is terrible at keeping secrets. That’s allowed goodies such as the now official Streak to pique public interest for several weeks now with geeks around the world mulling over just what exactly Dell’s new device is. To any average user, they look at the spec sheet and see data + voice features and say: “Smartphone!” But it’s soooo much more than that… So much so in fact that Dell is politely asking we mortals...

If you want to play in the big touchscreen smartphone arena these days, one crucial feature must be included — multi-touch. Even if you think it’s not that big of a deal, just look back at web archives from countless blogs over the last few months concerning the Moto DROID in particular. One of the biggest gripes was the lack of multi-touch. Clearly it’s a deciding factor. So why then has Sony constructed a device that is 9/10 of the way there and...