February, 2010 - Android Community

JIT – now making your Donut build twice as fast.

By David Junior
on 24 Feb, 2010

is a method of converting bytecode into native machine code, rather than Android’s Dalvik VM simply interpreting the bytecode. This speeds up apps and overall performance drastically. Cyanogen’s Nexus One build Beta 3 included JIT and has set the top speed on BenchmarkPi; OpenEclair 1.0.1 included JIT and absolutely flew.

HTC Legend clears FCC, with GSM support

By Paul Fang
on 23 Feb, 2010

The HTC Legend has cleared its way past the FCC, which is always a good indication of a close release. GSM support has also been thrown in.

The Philips GoGear Connect: player in Android 2.1

By David Junior
on 23 Feb, 2010

An Android 2.1 television? It seems the evolution of Android will extend past just being on various different mobile devices such as handset and netbook. There is also rumors that our favorite OS will end up on set top boxes and DVR's. This little invention by Phillips looks really intriguing.

Better Keyboard updates to v5.0, brings better voice settings to Android phones

By David Junior
on 23 Feb, 2010

One of the new features that was introduced to Android with the release of the Nexus One and Android 2.1 was the voice to text input. This feature has now been duplicated and is available now for all Android devices. The folks over at Better Android has just released Better Keyboard V5.0.

AT&T picking up HTC Desire, Sprint grabbing HTC Hero2

By David Junior
on 23 Feb, 2010

BGR just received word from an unnamed source at HTC that states the Desire will be headed to AT&T while the Legend will land on Sprint. They also told them that Google will be looking to sell an AT&T 3G-compatible Nexus One directly through their web store, but the unit for AT&T network will be the Sense UI Desire. But unlike the current Nexus being only available via Google's phone site, there will also be an option for AT&T customers to pick this puppy up in stores.

Mystique Chapter 3 Obitus now available in Android Market

By David Junior
on 23 Feb, 2010

It been a long time coming but the guys over at Bendroid have finally released the 3rd chapter in their popular horror game. Mystique Chapter 3 Obitus is now available for download in the Android Market for only $2.99. This will surely be a hit just like the previous ones.

Vaja Google Nexus One leather case Winners Has Been Announced

By David Junior
on 23 Feb, 2010

These are some exciting times here at AndroidCommunity. Our top dog Vincent(CoFounder) of AndroidCommunity made an announcement at the beginning of the moth that he would be giving away a few Vaja Google Nexus One leather cases. Ever since then we all have been stalking the thread day and night hoping that our name will be pulled out the proverbial hat. Well it finally happened last night.

Slacker Radio 2.0 Allows Station Caching for Listening Without a Connection

By David Junior
on 23 Feb, 2010

Slacker, Inc. has finally unveiled their v2.0 of their software for Android handsets the big update in this new version is that Slacker Radio Plus. This edition allows users to cache their favorite radio stations and listen to them offline. That means you can have your music with you whether you have a data connection or not. This is great for users that has Android devices with no data plans. You can hop on WIFI, cache all your music and still have it with you while you are on the go.

Android Market Has the Highest Percentage Of Free Apps

By David Junior
on 23 Feb, 2010

At this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company Distimo presented a study on the status of the Android Market. Their results showed that Android had the highest concentration of free apps in respect to the total amount of apps available. Every month more than 3,000 applications are added to Android Market. And out of the total, 57% of applications are free.

Verizon and the Saygus VPhone with Skype?

By David Junior
on 23 Feb, 2010

It seem Verizon wants to hit the ground running after the recent announcement of a partnership with Skype. There has been reports that the two are in the process of making a VOIP capable phone. This leads us to the Saygus VPhone. This phone is capable is video chat as well as VOIP.