Archive for February 27th, 2010

As we all know, Mozilla has been diligently working on bringing Firefox (or Fennec as it’s known on the Mobile OS’s) to the Android Operating System. Two new pictures have surfaced at the Firefox for Mobile Facebook Page of both the Droid (pictured below), and Nexus One (pictured above),...

We’ve all experienced it at one time or another. First the shock, then disbelief quickly moving to annoyance and possibly anger. Then the sad resignation. I’m talking about Android discrimination. Lack of Android acceptance seems to be everywhere I look, from public transit apps, to specialized...

Integrasco is a Norwegian consulting firm which monitors trends in social media to see what people are talking about. In their latest report entitled “The Battle of the Mobile Operating Systems”, they found Android had the most buzz in Q4 2009 with a 40% share of mentions. For 2009 they found...

While Enomther’s ROMs have many advanced features built in, not all of them are activated when you first install the ROM. Instead, Enomther gives the user the choice of controlling these options themselves. Many of the different options are now controlled using the Spareparts application. On...

Cyanogen has released another full point update to his CyanogenMod for Nexus One.  Now at version 5.0.4 the new release has lots of cool new features including 360 Degree screen rotation, Multi-Colored track ball lighting and of course it’s been sync’d with the latest source from Google. ...

Let me  just start off by saying, this is NOT the update G1 owners have been patiently waiting for. Instead, it’s a minor update exactly like the one the original myTouch 3G received earlier this month. The Android 1.6 update (DMD64) OTA is rolling out starting today, February 26th, and will...

Considering over 80% of our readers with Android phones are running an outdated version of the operating system, I think most of you will find this interesting. There has been some confusion over which phones would receive an Android 2.1 update and I am partially to blame. I authored a post way back...

Verizon will release Google’s Nexus One Android device on March 23 according to sources familiar with the matter. The Nexus One, originally released on T-Mobile in January, has passed FCC inspection for use on Verizon’s CDMA network and according to a Google worker who wishes to remain...

I Fired up this ROM today to take a quick look and initial impressions are pretty good.  I still don’t have a SIM on the T-Mobile G1 so a full test is out of the question but it seems pretty responsive and functional. Download the ROM and give it a try for yourself. In the meantime, I’ve...

KingKlick has been busy updating his Eclair based Hero ROM for the T-Mobile G1 / MyTouch3G to give you an alternative to the standard Eclair ROMs that are currently available. The latest releases fixes some of the WiFi issues and also offers video playback and MP4 support. Changelog Version 1.3 - Slowly...

First it was the Haleron, then the Entourage Edge, now the Dell Mini. It’s a tablet-stravagana! New information about the Mini 5 tablet/smartphone from Dell has been revealed on Friday thanks to a comprehensive interview. Speaking to Laptop in a Thursday article, Neeraj Choubey, the general...