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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 in today’s economy we think it would be a good idea to use Android as an operating system. Android much like Linux would cut costs even lower than Windows machines because it does not cost any money to run the operating system. Rumors are going around this week that we just might see an Android-powered netbook be the end of 2009. Lets keep our fingers crossed. PhoneFusion has finally made good on the promise to bring visual voicemail to Android users. The big surprise is the shiny new interface, which is a huge improvement upon the early versions of this service.

Opera has finally created a version on their mobile browser for Android. Opera offers many useful features such as speed dial, which is a grid of bookmarked windows that allows users to quickly navigate to their favorite page. Perhaps the most intriguing feature of Opera is the fact that instead of sending the web page to the handset and then rendering the page, Opera will render the page on their servers and then send it to your mobile device. This process is known to create faster loading times.

Apparently the browser security update that Google pushed out did not do the trick. Our users are reporting that their browsers are being “hijacked.” When trying to navigate to Yahoo.com, our users are being redirected to an antivirus download page. There is still no word from Google as to what they plan to do about the issue. Now users who have held out all this time for the white G1 wont have to any longer. In many T-Mobile locations you can now pickup the white G1. The whole device is not white however, only the chin and screen. The rest of the device including the keyboard and back casing is silver.

Back on August 20th, Google was turned down for the trademark “Android.” This has not stopped them in the least; they are now reportedly appealing this before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Google has continued to make it appear as they have the trademark by adding “Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions” to Google’s brand guidelines.

HTC has been doing so well with the sales of the T-Mobile G1 and Touch Pro that they have reportedly raised their expected shipment numbers to 1 million by the end of the year. HTC CEO Peter Chou says, “HTC was too tough for the global economic recession to weigh down.” Colorware has recently added the G1 to their list of available custom painted services.  If you just can’t live with the available colors or want to spice it up a bit it’s going to cost you. If you have yet to pick up your G1 now you can purchase the device straight from Colorware painted and all. We would not advice this as the phone does not come with any discounts.

ShopSavvy has recently figured out that certain unlocked handsets will not allow this application to work. Due to the nature of this application, there is only support for a few countries. If your SIM card does not provide the correct location information it will not appear in the Android Market. Qigi has finally given us a visual of one of the many Android-powered handsets to be released in China in 2009. Their 6i will come in an Android version and a Windows Mobile 6.1 version to satisfy just about anyone. This slick handset visually does not disappoint. This smartphone has a 2.8-inch screen and Marvell Monohans 624MHz processor.