Facebook tonight announced its "Places" feature, wherein it allows you to directly "check in" at any location, without the use of a third-party app to do so. And that’s fine. And it also lets your friends check in for you, wh…
Update: Version 1.3.1 is out, and Facebook says it should fix the battery issues. What’s everybody seeing?Original: The bad news: Facebook’s recent update for Android indeed is beating the crap out of your battery, as many of you have p…
Android’s official Facebook app just got a pretty major upgrade in Version 1.3.0. You’ll immediate notice the difference in the user interface, with a photo reel at the bottom that lets you quickly flip through your friends’ recent photos and videos. …
Clicker.com has announced their Android application — social media all about video, feature films, and television. The premise is that you can friend people, check out their viewing habits, and share yours with them. They’ve set up a huge …
Facebook sync has been borked for a few days now. That’s not news to a good many of you, judging by our inbox and a slew of posts in our forums. We’re still waiting to hear back from Facebook, but HTC absolutely is on the case, and while they’re track…
Just a few months ago Google added Tim Bray to their team as an Android Advocate, and today Erick Tseng has announced he will be leaving Google and Android and joining forces with Facebook. For those unaware, Erick is the senior product manager for Android at Google, a very crucial part of the Android team. It is currently unknown how Google will react, and how they will fill the position, but odds are that an opening will be posted soon to get that spot filled quickly. [Erick Tseng (Twitter) via Engadget]
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Android’s Facebook app got an update yesterday, bringing it to Version 1.2 and bringing native inbox support along with it. In exchange, you lose the option to take and upload a picture from within the main page you see above, but that’s not really a big deal given how easy it is to do from the native Android or Sense (or Motoblur or whatever) camera apps, and you can do it from the news page. We’d still like to see Facebook chat, and maybe less reliance on the mobile site, but it’s still a welcome update.
If you haven’t updated yet, take a gander in the Android Market downloads section. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
US Cellular confirmed via Facebook that the HTC Desire will be hitting their network this summer. According to US Cellular:
The worst kept secret in online history! HTC Desire with Android from U.S. Cellular, coming this summer after our rigorous testing is complete. Now have fun guessing which other Android phone we’ll launch.
This explains why the HTC Desire, currently a European exclusive, popped up in US Cellular’s rebate forms last week. US Cellular doesn’t currently have any Android phones in its product portfolio so adding the HTC Desire is a huge coup for them. Adding intrigue is their ‘other’ Android phone planned for launch. Would it be the HTC Legend? Or a non-HTC Android device?
To be honest, we’re only familiar with US Cellular through their renaming of Comiskey Park (White Sox). Any US Cellular customers out there? Are you guys interested in the Desire? [via androinica]
In a nod to the power of social networks, HTC wants Facebook users to vote on the name of its next device. The options? Jovi, Zeal, Wildfire, and Festi. No details about the device are given so we don’t know if it’s going to be an Android-powered, Windows Mobile-powered, or dumbphone-powered device or even what form factor it’ll take. But even if with all that mystery, to be able to have a little say in what the name of the next HTC device is going to be is kind of cool.
On the poll, HTC cryptically says that they’re looking for a name "that is playful and full of youth". And given that they’re hosting the survey on Facebook, we can assume it’ll deeply tie into social networking. Basically, there’s a good chance that this phone isn’t for the grown up in us. Hopefully, HTC continues this trend of customer input cause it’s pretty darn fun.
Psst, our vote is currently in last place. Which name are you voting for? [facebook]
