The Samsung Vibrant and Captivate are all around great phones — the Galaxy S phones in general are — except for one teensy weensy little problem. The GPS has been known to go a bit bonkers, give inaccurate location, or just plain not work from (most of the) time to (most of the) time. A software update fix was issued to help resolve the problems, but if for whatever reason your GPS is still failing you on the Galaxy S handsets from T-Mobile and AT&T, Samsung has provided some helpful tips to get you through.
Check out the guides for more info on solutions, such as the use of GPS Restore.
Guide: Samsung Vibrant
Guide: Samsung Captivate
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T-Mobile UK’s Samsung Galaxy S could be getting some Froyo loving by the end of the day if a message posted to the Samsung support forums is any indication. The reason for the uncertainty, however, seems to be in the delivery method. See, TMoUK wants to deliver the update over-the-air rather than through Samsung’s much-maligned KIES software, but it looks like they might not know if it will actually be successful.
“Our goal is to make the update process smoother and we are working to become the only mobile operator offering FOTA (Firmware over the Air) updates for the Samsung product range. The aim was and still is to have the FOTA update available at some point today. If for reasons outwith our control we are unable to have a FOTA update process fully functioning by close of play today, then we will make the update available for download via Samsung KIES tomorrow (Dec 1st).”
It looks like if for whatever reason the OTA update won’t go through, the update will be tossed up on KIES tomorrow. Either way users should be in for a treat over the next day or two. If you are on TMoUK and have the Galaxy S, be sure to drop us a line if you see the update come through!
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The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 finally received its long awaited update to Android 2.1…in most parts of the world. In the US, where the handset calls AT&T its home, the story isn’t quite the same. In fact, while many users in Europe can do all the fancy things Eclair affords, those with the X10 in the US don’t have so much as a solid timeframe for when they could receive it. Blame it on AT&T, says Sony Ericsson.
In a lengthy message posted on their Facebook page, SE does a good deal of shuffling responsibility, saying basically, “We have done all we can, we continue to work with AT&T, but ultimately they have control over when it will be released.” At fault is “especially rigorous” testing that “can take months to complete.” Oh boy, that doesn’t sound too good does it?
While we love poking fun at AT&T and their generally shoddy handling of Android, the truth is the carrier — whether it is AT&T, Verizon, or whoever — is typically the main reason for delay when new Android updates are to be had. This is much of the reason why Eric Schmidt and company want to get down to a once per year update schedule, allowing for carriers and manufacturers to better prepare and launch a single update rather than scrambling to get two or three out per device per year.
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Last week Google started spreading the word that a content rating system would go live for the Android Market shortly, and a Thanksgiving holiday later it is now ready to roll in the developer console. Nestled between copy protection and location settings is a rating system a la the ESRB letting a developer list an app as “Mature,” “Teen,” “Pre-Teen,” and “All.”
Sure, it still depends on the honesty of the developer and people’s ideas of what constitutes which rating will vary (especially when distinguishing between “Teen” and “Pre-Teen”), but Google has provided a set of guidelines that should make clear where an app should be designated. For instance, apps asking for location must be rated at least “Pre-Teen,” if the app publishes location data it must be rated at a minimum “Teen.” By estimation, this would make the latest Facebook update with Places support a “Teen” app, but I could be reading that wrong.
How strongly ratings are enforced and when they will make it to the Market front-end isn’t known just yet, but I’m sure we will be getting those answers in no time at all.
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Popular internet TV network Revision3 has finally transcended the iPhone and realized real tech people use Androids, bringing their streaming video app out of the hands of the Apple elite and into the lives of those who prefer little green robots. If you aren’t familiar, Revision3 was founded by Digg’s Kevin Rose and several other young and savvy tech people as a “television network for the internet generation.” Content revolves around technology topics and stresses new media as the new standard of broadcasting.
The app is free in the Market now. Snap it up below.
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Kobo for Android has been sitting at the bottom of the barrel in terms of eReading applications on the Android market, but that’s because their app was as closed as a dangerous manhole: it was difficult reading anything not bought from Kobo’s own store. An update to their application changes all of that , though, as they’ve made it even easier to find books, sideload them, and now support the standard ePub format. Here’s the list of changes in its entirety:
- The ability to search, add and read Internet Archive ePubs – that’s over 1.9 million eBooks!
- You can now read ebooks in the ePub format, no matter where they are purchased from
- All of the great reading features available for books from our catalogue are available on books added to the library
- We’ve made sideloading books easier and more customer friendly
Kobo doesn’t have a big name like Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble, or even Sony (later in December) and Laputa to attract an overwhelming amount of traffic, but they’ll remain competitive regardless and that’s always what we like to see. Go ahead and find the updated version in the Android market now.
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Before we could even get Zenonia 2 (which we expect to be launched sometime this December, according to earlier reports) some folks at XDA have managed to uncover a Korean version of Zenonia 3. The popular RPG series grabbed a lot of fans when it first made its way to the Android market and everyone’s been wondering when we can expect new content. We’ve contacted the folks at GAMEVIL to see what’s up, but just know that there is a part 3 and some very luck Koreans are likely already enjoying it. The game will be out for iOS in early 2011, but if we’re going based on Zenonia 2’s timeline, I wouldn’t hold my breath for an Android version around the same time. (Even though it already seems to be ready to go. Sigh.) More screenshots over at XDA.
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WinAmp has been in beta for a little while, and just as the TweetDeck team was, they”ve been moving fast to incoporate new features and eventually get to a 1.0 release. Today marks that day and you can find the final release of WinAmp for Android in the Android market now. It adds SHOUTcast support for those who were waiting on it. (And we know a lot of you were.)
The free, online streaming radio service adds over 44,000 channels of online music and talk shows right to the palm of your hand, a fine alternative to some of the subscription-based offerings currently available. Although the software version is 0.9.2, it sounds like WinAmp is just about ready to consider bringing on the final release. (And it already feels like one: there really aren’t any complaints we have save for a few features to bring it up to par with its competitors.) Go ahead and find it in the Android market today. [via TechCrunch]
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One of the biggest disappointments when we first fired up the Logitech Revue was the Netflix app. You can watch anything in your Instant Queue, but that’s it. Nothing else. Sad panda. But it looks like there’s another update in the works that brings a fully functional Netflix to Google TV.
The new build — KA1X-20101122.184803.user-b41730 — is dated Nov. 22. The last update, dated Oct. 27, started rolling out around Nov. 2, so we should be seeing this one anytime now. We’ve got video of the Netflix update and a few more pics after the break, and you can find the whole shebang at the source link. [SatelliteGuys via Android Central Forums]
Logitech Revue about to get a much-needed update to its Netflix app posted originally by Android Central
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So you’ve got the Motorola Droid X and want to show off that 4.3-inch screen. And there’s no better way to do that than with the official Droid X multimedia desktop dock. And with it you get a true multitasking dock. It syncs. It charges. It lets you watch movies, play music and shows photos in the widescreen format. It also shows the weather and time and serves as an alarm clock. And it comes with its own USB cable. The Motorola desktop dock for the Droid X is on sale now now for $39.95 from the Android Central Store. (Sponsored post)
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