Surprisingly there was not too much to report this year at CES, certainly not as much Android related stuff as we had anticipated. The week started off with a young girl getting the little Android bot tattooed on the inside of her arm. She goes by the name “Kommodore” and ironically enough lives in Texas, […]
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With the word that the T-Mobile G1 has less than perfect battery life came several extended life batteries that offer 15-20 percent longer battery life. The 1400mAh batteries replace the standard 1150mAh that ships with the G1. One of the batteries we found is the same size as the regular battery without the need to […]
This week we learned that the Kogan Agora and Agora Pro is going to undergo a few changes before being released in a few weeks. The good changes that we can see is the tweaked directional pad, which appears to be much easier to use. The bad however is the lack of softkeys and the […]
This week was a big one as a video demonstrating the second Android-powered handset surfaced. This video basically does not show too much, just enough to stir up anticipations if nothing more. We also got a glimpse of the back of the device and the new Android logo that it possesses.
Now early adapters of the […]
American Express was offering a deal on the T-Mobile G1 that was too good to miss. For a very limited time they were offering 200 handsets for only 5 each. Needless to say they sold out pretty quickly, it looks like a few people got really lucky this holiday.
We also came across a video of […]
Recently a user by the name RyeBrye found that if you recompile the code for the synaptic screen with the excluded multi-touch portion, he could then record two separate finger presses at one time. RyeBrye has created a video that clearly demonstrates the two separate traces by two other colors.
With the recent popularity of netbooks […]
This week a G1 owner found a very odd bug in the Android OS that automatically sends all keystrokes the to root shell as commands. The end result is phones rebooting with seemingly no reason. Google recently sent out an update (RC30) to remedy the security flaw. Google later went on to explain the reason […]
This week, Verizon put out a comparison chart that outlined all the features that they offer that the T-Mobile G1 does not. The comparison was basically unfair because they are comparing the G1 to an entire service provider with many phones and many features. A young Australian consumer electronics maker started telling people that he […]
Sprint has commented on their future with Android this week. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, told the media that Android is not (yet) good enough for the Sprint name. This certainly comes as a surprise to us as Sprint is one of the founding companies of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Android Community shared an unlocking […]