Its been a while since the last Customization Corner but this is a good one. Do you want a nexus one but stuck in a contract? Well this issue we will be making your G1/MYT3G look and fell like a Nexus One. Requirements: Rooted G1/MyTouch3G Knowledge of how to flash ROM’s This can be done [...]

After the announcement of Flash 10.1 on the Nexus One almost everyone in the Android community got really excited (and they still are), but we still didn’t know how flash would affect the phones battery life. Well, the flash team at Adobe has decided to take it upon themselves to test the effect of flash on the Nexus. They [...]

The last time we talked about HTC Incredible, it was rumored to be heading to Verizon. Well, that rumor is now fact and camping out in Verizon’s inventory log. The exact specs are still unknown, but here’s a bit of what you can look forward to: Android 2.1 Sense UI 1gHz Snapdragon processor 3.7″ WVGA [...]

The latest Motorola Android device known as Motorola Cliq XT (also known as Motorola Quench in UK) was unveiled during the MWC last week and will be available soon in Brazil via TIM Brazil. TIM Brazil is one of the largest mobile carriers in Brazil. The Motorola Cliq XT is the first smartphone with MotoBlur [...]

For our UK fellows who are on the Vodafone network and using HTC Magic, I have good news for you. Today, Vodafone announced that HTC Magic will get an Android 2.0 update soon. Well, its not 2.0, but at least it is 2.something. No word on a release date of the update yet, But its [...]

At a media event, Phillips introduced a new portable media player known as GoGear Connect. Go Gear Connect is an Android powered device. There is no official pic of the Go Gear Connect available, but Phillips official said that the Phillips Go Gear Connect is similar to the above non-android muse device but the only [...]

From the same Swedish company that brought us the current Android UI, and possibly the next UI, TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) has been working on Recognizr. This app is still under extreme development. It is a Cascades powered prototype of an Augmented reality/ID concept. The app uses the built in camera to scan for faces, [...]

For the uninitiated JIT stands for Just-In-Time compilation. It is a method of converting bytecode into native machine code, rather than the virtual machine (In Android’s case the Dalvik VM) simply interpreting the bytecode. This, understandably, makes your phone much faster. It’s the equivalent of converting a book from Mandarin to English then reading it [...]

Increasingly the decision to go with a physical keyboard is limiting one’s options about OS, price range and specifications significantly. Out of 25 Android devices that have been released only 5 have featured physical keyboards; the iPhone does not (and most likely will never) feature a physical keyboard; and both RIM and Palm (the two OSs that almost exclusively use physical keyboards) are losing market share.

Google will introduce the sleek touchscreen phone to software developers in Hong Kong and Taiwan next week, but will not stage a similar event in Beijing as developers were originally expecting, said a source close to the company, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the situation’s sensitivity. “If Google did not have such an [...]

Do you ever wonder which mobile carrier has the best 3G network in the US? If yes then first thank PC World. They tested all 3G Networks between Dec 2009 to Jan 2010. And now the results are here. AT&T has taken the lead followed by Sprint. T-Mobile is at third and Verizon is  last [...]