February, 2010 - Android Community

Official eBay App

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

eBay has long been the place to go when you want to buy, trade or find various odd things. There has been a few unofficial eBay apps on Android for awhile, now eBay themselves has released an official app to Android.

Novell (Mono/C#) is developing MonoDroid

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

This is really big for current .Net developers, Novell is working to bring C# to Android. Recently they brought C# to the iPhone in the form of MonoTouch. This will make it easier for developers to make cross platform apps as well as bring some of the existing apps that are made using MonoTouch to Android.

General Mobile’s Touch Stone: HTC HD2 Clone Running Android 2.0

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

General Mobile has been known for making knockoff's of popular smartphones and usually we just laugh at them and forget about their existence. But this is a different situation, the Touch Stone looks to bring us something we all wanted but HTC could not deliver. Thats Android on the HD2.

HTC Desire ROM brings Sense to the Nexus One

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

Another great Android modder, madoco, has gotten his hands on a copy of the Desire ROM. He managed to get it to boot and most stuff is working as it should.

Watch the entire HTC press event from MWC

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

Didn't have the time or invitation to attend this years MWC? Luckily there are a few videos of the event making their way around the net. This one is HTC's press event where they announced thier phones and demoed the upcoming Sense UI 2.1 edition.

Verizon Announces Skype Deal

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

Verizon has long been a very closed and tight gripped company. When they announced that they were entering the Android game, we all thought they were going to lock down their devices which they did not do. Now they are going even further with being more open with their network with this announcement.

Android Shipping 60,000 Units A Day

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

Its no secret that Android is picking up steam and is quickly becoming the fastest growing market among smart-phone and handsets in general. The versatility of the platform as well as the different hardware variations are really helping to aid in the growth of the OS. But 60,000 units shipped a day? This is an awesome feat and shows the popularity of Android around the world.

Nintendo DS Like Android In The Making?

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

Android is making a strong showing at this years MWC. There has been a lot of different announcements about upcoming devices running our beloved OS. This for now is just a prototype by Texas Instruments pushing the OS even further than we imagined.

Sprint Preparing Android 2.1 for Early Q2

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

This can't come soon enough for most Sprint Hero/Moment users. Since the release of the Droid every Android handset owner wanted to be a part of the Eclair family. Well, it's been months since the release of the Droid and there are only two Android devices running some version of Eclair. Sit tight Sprint customers because they are still testing 2.1 for their devices and they are getting ready to start pushing out the OTA's.

Xperia X10 On AT&T For $199 In April?

By David Junior
on 17 Feb, 2010

It seems like it has been a year since this phone was announced. We all wanted to get our hands on this beautiful piece of work and most of all, test out another custom UI dubbed Rachael. The folks over at BoyGeniusReport (BGR), are making a strong statement that this phone will be coming to AT&T this April or May.