Droid Incredible Shipments Resume June 22nd

May 30th, 2010 by Android Dev

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If you were a little late pulling the trigger on the Droid Incredible for Verizon, chances are you’re regretting your decision a bit. Strong demand for the phone has caused shortages, which were initially reflected by a June 16th ship date on Verizon’s website. Today it looks as if shipments were pushed back again, this time to June 22nd:

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The Motorola Droid was an absolute sensation and now, with the HTC Incredible, Verizon is becoming a main player in the Android game. It’ll be interesting to see how demand for the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint compares as the two CDMA carriers in the US are beefing up their robot arsenal.

Rather than fall into a depression that you have to wait almost a month for the Incredible, get your order on before that date slips any more!

[Thanks tipster]

Facebook SDK for Android Now Available

May 29th, 2010 by Android Dev

When they aren’t busy fighting off uproars over privacy controls, Facebook is hard at work at making its service friendlier to developers. The latest effort is the release of the Facebook SDK for Android, a new development tool that will hopefully lead to better integration with Facebook for third-party apps.

Highlights from the new SDK include:
OAuth [...]

Froyo Ported to HTC Desire

May 29th, 2010 by Android Dev

The Froyo that is floating around may not be the final build but that isn’t stopping Android modders from porting it over to different devices. Yesterday we showed you all 2.2 on an Acer Liquid and today it’s the Desire’s turn. Ahmgsk from the XDA is the mastermind behind this port.

As you can see from [...]

Samsung Galaxy S spied for AT&T

May 29th, 2010 by Android Dev

Technically the name for this device is the Samsung i897. Rumors have it, this is AT&T’s version of Galaxy S. they both share almost identical specs and looks. No launch date has been leaked yet but it looks like it’s really close to production.

The Galaxy S is expected to make its way to every major [...]

Skype Mobile Coming To Android This Year

May 29th, 2010 by Android Dev

Skype’s exclusivity deal with Verizon Wireless has left many Android owners bemoaning the absence of the VoIP app on their non-Verizon handsets, but that could all be changing soon. According to Skatter Tech’s contact with the company, Skype are planning to bring a mobile video calling app to the Android Market later in 2010, [...]