Travel website lastminute.com have released an app for the T-Mobile G1 that flags up nearby activities on a radar-style display. nru (”near you”) takes advantage of the G1’s GPS and compass to work out where the user is, offering up a range of bars, restaurants, cinemas and cafés – among other things - that are geographically [...]
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WeatherBug brings real-time weather alerts to Android
WeatherBug has announced their new weather application for Google’s Android platform. The WeatherBug applications integrates itself with Google maps to give users GPS-enabled Severe Weather Alerts, Customized Forecasts and More from the Largest and Most Precise Weather Network in the World. This weather application is ad-supported so it will be free to G1 owners. WeatherBug delivers [...]
PocketFinder finds its way into the Android Market
Today Location Based Technologies Inc announced that Android smartphone users will now be able to download PocketFinder. This application gives users the ability to stay connected in several ways. Some of the features PocketFinder has to offer include real-time location, zone and speed alerts, instant messaging, and travel history for one low service fee. The CEO [...]
T-Mobile USA Update On T-Mobile G1 Pre-Launch Availability
Here’s the latest official response from T-Mobile pertaining to the T-Mobile G1 pre-launch availability. If you didn’t pre-order the T-Mobile G1, you are now OFFICIALLY SOL. Given the great anticipation and the heavy pre-sale demand for the T-Mobile G1 with Google, we nearly tripled the number of phones initially available for delivery on our Oct. 22 [...]
Android: Apps without borders
With Android, applications can integrate features, data from other applications and information through web API’s, as well as use all of the hardware sensors on the device such as the camera, GPS, accelerometer and the compass. This feature is entitled Applications Without Boarders. Zebra Crossing is a fantastic example of one such application. It uses an [...]
T-Mobile G1 pre-order has come to an end [Updated]
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Update: Pre-order is back up. Thanks A-Tron! We heard from our friends at T-Mobile today and here’s the official statement: “The T-Mobile G1 microsite experienced a technical glitch this morning, and is now back up and running. Since Tuesday’s announcement, we’ve experienced heavy demand for the device. A small quantity of T-Mobile G1s are still available [...]
G1 YouTube, AmazonMP3 and Settings video walkthrough
YouTube is very clean and easy to navigate. The dark interface gives a really nice touch when reading through descriptions of videos and looking through thumbnails to find what you are looking for. Video loading times seemed to be the only drawback of this application – possibly due to the WiFi and 3G networks in the [...]
Google Street View Hands On Video Demo
The G1 offers a lot of location based services including the ability to see where your friends are. Similar to Buddy Beacon the G1 can help you locate others as well as broadcast your location, however it is not limited to those who are using a specific application. It is the same with all Android [...]
G1 pre-loaded goodies: Demo Video
The G1 comes pre-loaded with many useful applications including Google Search, Maps, YouTube, Gmail, Contacts, Calendar and IM. Sing in just once with you Google account and it will automatically synchronize all of your applications. You can even protect your data with a secure “lock pattern”. A drag down status bar that holds all of your [...]
G1 GPS confirmed!
Just announced was T-mobile’s G1, the first Android handset to be released. With an open-source OS this phone is going to be one stiff competitor to the iPhone 3G. One thing that was not mentioned during the announcement was GPS, the ability to use satellites to ascertain the handset’s location. Not to worry though, HTC’s newly [...]
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