Archive for January, 2010

I will be starting a daily/weekly post about ways to customize your phone. Todays Topic:  Bezier Live Wallpaper Depending on whether you have a Nexus One or Rooted phone running Eclair, this may apply to your phone.  I am going to show you a live wallpaper that you can download free off the market. Bezier...

Another week has gone by, and much information came our way since last time. So without further delay, here it is: Hardware News The tumor-looking Motorola Motoroi is coming to T-mobile. Sounds like T-mobile is ditching the Sidekick for the MyTouch (and this could be it – MyTouch 3g ‘Slide’). Cara...

We just received an email from Nav4All stating that they are being forced to shutdown their Tracking & Tracing in 3 days!  This is the email we received: Subject: Nav4All navigation shut down by Navteq Letter to 27,625,631 Nav4All navigation customers Dear Customers, It is with the deepest regret...

Cyanogen has just released a small update for CyanogenMOD taking it to version 4.2.14.1 to include the newset contacts app that he left out of the previous release To download 4.2.14.1 or for more information about the release, go to Cyanogen’s AndroidSPIN Developer Homepage. 

Everyone was starting to think that Cyanogen would forget all about his early roots with the T-Mobile G1 and concentrate all his efforts on the new Google Nexus One, any now he’s here to prove you wrong.  Cyanogen has just released an update for CyanogenMOD taking it to version 4.2.14. CHANGELOG —-...

Application Review By Eddie Koulak You like outdoors? Maybe mountain biking, hiking, or exploring a trail in the woods? I love the outdoors and if I don’t know my way around a new trail I need a GPS to guide me. I also love to snap photos and shoot occasional videos for memory’s sake. I also need...

OpenEclair Version 1.1 release candidate 1 is out and about and ready for download.  The release candidate currently does not have a working camera but that should be fixed real soon. No change log has been posted yet but the release was done late last night and more details will be forthcoming once...

CyaogenMOD v5.0 for Google Nexus One Beta 3 is released and available on AndroidSPIN.  Users have been testing Cyanogen’s updated ROM for the Google Nexus for a while now and this latest release, according to posts in the XDA forum are saying it’s fast and stable and almost ready for prime...

A reliable source of mine who works for T-Mobile informed me, that we would be seeing the Bravo on T-Mo soon.  No release date, or additional information was given to me.  Just that HTC plans on sending the Bravo to T-mobile at a possible $199.00 price with a 2-year contract.  The Bravo will...

Are you on T-Moible UK  and want a Milestone well it may be closer than you think. “The Android 2.0 powered Milestone phone from Motorola has now been released on T-Mobile tariffs, the high specification Motorola Milestone was first introduced SIM Free followed by an Orange launch.”- The...

SMSAwake is a 4 star Android application by Andrew Schwimmer. He is also responsible for other quality apps like SaveMMS and HideNSeek ( you know you all have that one ). SMSAwake is not a program that you run. Meaning you just download and install it and it does it’s thing. That thing being,...

OpenEclair and the members of the OpenTeam have now setup the releases in the AndroidSPIN database.  Version 1.0 is now available and an update is expected real soon according to Chris and Wes.  We are all very excited to be involved in this project and hope that more and more developers will join...

The guys over on the Nexus One Blog have a released a video unboxing and review of the new Google Nexus One Desktop Dock.  Short and sweet but to the point the video highlights the initial issues found and how to fix them. Worth the $50 for this little puppy?  Maybe!  It doesn’t look like much...

ctso is trying to change the way the developer’s of the community approach the development and release of ROMs, and it’s for the better.  The OpenEclair thread over on XDA is looking nice and organized, but that’s only the front end we see.  Let’s hope that ctso and the rest...

If you’ve been living in a cave for the past few days, you wouldn’t have heard about Apple’s new gadget the iPad.  The iPad is an Apple tablet that’s a basically an enlarged iTouch with a not-so-appealing name.  It’s packing a 9.7″ Touchscreen, weighs in at 1.5lbs...