I’m sure many of you thought this day would never come, but all you HTC Droid Eris owners are finally getting your Android 2.1 update. Verizon announced via its VZW Support Twitter account that it has begun rolling out the over-the-air update and will continue to do so over the next couple of weeks until …

Call it a case of last but not least. Following significant changes to its post-paid pricing, Telstra has now refreshed its prepaid offerings as well, adding more data to previously lacklustre internet browsing packs. The changes to prepaid plans include bonus SMS messages for each customer recharge and a major overhaul of data pricing and allowances to each of its …

Court documents have confirmed that the exclusive deal between AT&T and Apple was for five years, a timeframe that was reported–though unconfirmed–by a USA Today report three years ago. Engadget now has put the pieces together and excerpted parts of the court documents in its own post to confirm the earlier USA Today report. The revelation would normally imply that …

New details have emerged concerning a handset we previously reported as being codenamed the Motorola Twist. According to Italian blog HDBlog.it, the phone will end up bearing the name of Motorola Flipout when it arrives in June. With nothing officially announced from the handset maker, we only have rumors to work off for now. Hardware is said to include a …

The formats are confusing and the standards don’t seem to be standard. Our simple guide unravels the mysteries of Australian digital TV. Australia’s first “free to view” digital television broadcasts began in January 2001. The roll-out has been gradual, but now all five free-to-air broadcasters (ABC, SBS, Ten, Seven and Nine) are transmitting their digital television services in all capital …

U.S. Cellular In late April, U.S. Cellular took to its Facebook page to announce the upcoming availability of the HTC Desire and teased a second Android device that would soon be joining its lineup. Now, we’ve finally learned the identity of that mystery handset: the Samsung R880, aka Samsung Acclaim. Actually, the Acclaim remains a bit of a mystery as …

Here’s another date to add to the Apple iPad UK launch rumour mill: 26 April. CNET UK has learned that a major publisher’s app team is readying its iPad app for release on that date to coincide with the much-hyped tablet’s launch. Previous rumours suggested Apple Store staff had been told not to take the day off on Saturday 24. …

What is the future of newspapers? Ask any iPad owner and they’ll probably trot out their New York Times Editors’ Choice and USA Today apps–both of which deservedly earned spots on CNET’s recent roundup of top 20 free iPad apps. Ah, but what about folks who prefer a more traditional, more local newspaper experience? What option is there for those …

The HTC Evo 4G is one step closer to launch. FCC Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve started to see increasing signs that the Sprint HTC Evo 4G might be heading toward an imminent release. There is talk of the Shack taking Evo 4G preorders later this month; Sprint has an Evo 4G event planned for Wednesday; and now, …

Apple claims to have shifted 300,000 units of the Apple iPad on the first day of sales. That includes pre-orders and deliveries to third-party retailers — including massive operations such as Best Buy — but it still means a very minimum of $150m arriving in Steve Jobs’ snug Levi’s back pocket. There’s more to come when the much-hyped multimedia tablet …