This week brought us the Mobile World Congress, and with it, many announcements and tidbits to keep you busy playing catch up over the weekend. There were many new phones announced this week, as well as the Nexus One taking center stage on recent hacking progress. Also, a special thanks to our new writers… articles [...]
Android developer MoDaCo has just released his alpha Desire ROM for the Nexus One. This is an ALPHA ROM, not even BETA, so as MoDaCo has advised, you probably won’t want to make this your main ROM but it’ll give you an idea of what you can look forward to in the future. From the [...]
During a interview these comments were made on LG’s behalf. “Our strategy is not to make an independent mobile platform of our own at least for the next two to three years,” Scott Ahn, head of the South Korean firm’s mobile business unit, told a press round table at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in [...]
If you are an eBay fan, then good news is coming your way. The official eBay app for Android is now available in Android Market. With the new eBay app, you can check the status of your auctions, navigate with voice commands, check status updates and view or leave feedback. Not to mention the most [...]
Google has just officially launched the Google Shopper app. This is one of Google’s self developed applications. Through this application, you can buy items using voice, pictures, barcodes, or plain text. From Google: Shopper recognizes books, CDs, DVDs, and video games by their cover art, and also offers barcode scanning and voice search.” You can [...]
eXpansys, a UK retailer, has posted a price and release date for the HTC Desire and Legend. According to eXpansys , The price tag for HTC Desire is £449.99 and for HTC Legend, £399.99. After converting it, $625 and $700 respectively. The release date for both mobiles is 12th April. Yesterday, we saw the Desire [...]
As you may know that Best Buy started taking pre-orders for the new Motorola Devour 3 days ago . The price of the Motorola Devour was not announced. But now, according to the captured Best Buy price tag, you can see the price of the Motorola Devour. It will be available for $149.99 with 2-year [...]
That’s really interesting or maybe Sony Ericsson is just showing off. During a interview, Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg said that Sony Ericsson was originally offered the chance to build the Nexus One for Google, but we refused. When asked, “Why refused?” He said that “Sony Ericsson is committed to building only its own-branded hardware [...]
Persiansown over at the XDA forums has modified the nexus one kernel, which is based of cyanogens highmem kernel, to decrease the amount of power consumption without effecting the speed. At 998mhz, the Nexus One’s max speed, the voltage of the phone is only 1.225v compared to stock which is 1.275v. This kernel is stable [...]