Archive for January 21st, 2010

Not everyone has the ability to build ROMs or develop amazing apps, so others find different ways to add to the Android community. Shawn here has decided to make Android key chains, or “Andy” as he likes to call them. So I had gotten a chance today to chat with the creator of the Android...

With the recent release of the ASOP 2.1 code, Cyanogen has diligently worked on getting a new ROM out for the Nexus One. His ROM may not be out yet, but Cyanogen released an update to the Nexus One default browser as a stand-alone download over at XDA-Developers. If you choose not to flash it now, Cyanogen...

ROM Review URL: AndroidSpin DB Based off: Donut 1.6 Created By: WesGarner Download: WesGarner’s AndroidSPIN Developer Homepage First Impressions When I flash a new rom I usually wipe everything flash it and setup a timer to see boot time but by the time I could get the timer ready it was booted,...

Today Viewsonic announced the VTablet 101 in Beijing. The launch price is said to be 3000 Yuan approximately $437.60. Specs Processor: 1GHz ARM Graphics Card: NVIDIA G20 Display Size: 8.9″ 1,024 × 800 resolution Front Facing Camera 4GB Ram DDR2 Wifi And Bluethooth It is not clear when or if...

Each day brings us more news updates on war between Google and Apple. As you have read in my article before the competition between the “Big Boys” brings us things we benefit from. If you have not read my previous article on this topic please follow this link first. All caught up? Good, now...

Motorola Announces Application Store and Ecosystem Partners for China Well well, it seems that the Market application is not something that Google insists on being included in the Android OS for it’s licencees. Motorola is launching SHOP4APPS (or Zhi-Jian-Yuan, which means “Place for Apps...

Lack of Android devices? Well Motorola should fix that. We can only speculate as to what they will be and what version of android will be shipped with them, We do know the  Moto Rio should be shipped Q1 . The Android 2.0 MotoRoi will be sold by SK Telecom in Korea. Motorola said the smartphone will...

Garmin-Asus, the partnership formed by Garmin and Asustek, is finally joining the Android party. VP of Asus’ mobile device business unit announced this week that the partnership will be launching 4 to 5 smartphones this year running WinMo and Android operating systems with a global shipping target...

This is the first part in a series of application reviews, starting with the apps I have used on a day-to-day basis in the past year. Today, I’ll be reviewing Twidroid, an application made by a joint team, Zimmermann and Marban. I’ll be covering the application’s basic functionality, how well...

I don’t think this needs a whole lot of explanation, if you are in the market for a Motorola Droid, get it on Amazon.