Google have released elements of Android OS 2.0 Donut to the developer community, and the changelist is already prompting excitement. Among the differences already noted are multitouch and gesture support, together with CDMA compatibility opening up the possibility of Android devices on US networks like Verizon and Sprint. There’s also improved universal search, automated backups and [...]
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HTC Hero ROM on HTC Magic [Video]
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Hot on the heels of the HTC Dream (aka T-Mobile G1) “Rosie” HTC Sense video demo comes this, HTC’s second Android device, the Magic, supposedly running the official firmware from the upcoming HTC Hero. Unlike the LeakDroid SuperHERO ROM, this Fatal1ty ROM is tipped as being almost unmodified. In fact, all they’ve apparently done is tweaked it just [...]
HTC Sense SuperHERO ROM gets video demo
If you fancy a taste of HTC Sense on your G1 or Magic, the regular “Rosie” ROM leaks have already provided a way. The LeakDroid project has been taking the Haykuro ROMs – which include the new HTC Sense UI – and developing builds for those with earlier devices. Android HDblog have been playing with the [...]
Android runs on Samsung Omnia i900
While most of us are looking toward future devices to give us our Android kicks, some people are more interested in using their existing devices with Google’s platform. Over at the MoDaCo forums they’re working on porting Android to Samsung’s Omnia and, as the screenshots here show, they’ve had some degree of success. The Omnia is [...]
HTC Hero Android build leaks: new PMP, browser & more
Firmware from the HTC Hero has leaked, and been installed on the HTC Dream (aka T-Mobile G1). The new firmware shows a refreshed GUI with hints of HTC’s own TouchFLO 3D interface incorporated, and has been liberated by Haykuro of the xdadevelopers forum. What’s so-far unknown is whether any of these visual changes will make their [...]
Android netbook gets video demo
We’ve seen netbooks running Android before, but they’re still rare enough to prod our curiosity. Over at NetbookNews they’ve been playing with an i-Buddie netbook that’s been loaded with Google’s open-source OS, and the Atom N270-based ultraportable certainly runs Android. It can’t exactly be said to run it smoothly, however, with numerous error messages popping up [...]
Multitouch hack for T-Mobile G1: Video Demo
While the hardware of the T-Mobile G1 can support multitouch, and the users certainly could deal with it, neither HTC nor Google themselves gave the smartphone the ability to recognize more than one simultaneous touch. Now that’s all changed, thanks to coder Luke Hutchison, who has put together a multitouch hack for the G1. As [...]
Android Community Week in Review – Week 1 2009
We started the week off with a hardware hack that allows users to use the T-Mobile G1 with an iPod dock and speakers. Though this hack is not pretty and only somewhat useful, it is very interesting and really gives the iPod the good old one two. Open source developers who prefer using Python to Java [...]
Regain root access of your G1 with leaked RC29 firmware
How many of you upgraded your T-Mobile G1 to the RC30 firmware only to find that you no longer had root access? A member by the name of “chavonbravo over at the XDA-developers forum has gotten his hands on the uploaded image for the RC29 firmware. The process is quite simple, simply rename the file, copy [...]
Small hack makes the iPod docks compatible with T-Mobile G1
In an effort to at least show that the iPhone has nothing on the T-Mobile G1, someone has found a way t make the G1 work with an iPhone/iPod Touch dock. This hack may not be what you expect or anything to look at really, but it does show that this is in fact possible. The [...]
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