Archive for January, 2009
First Leaked Photos of Real G2 Arrive
Looking very much like the leaked Sapphire handset in last week’s HTC ‘09 lineup, the first spyshots of the T-Mobile G2 have arrived. If the few pictures are any indication as to what we’re going to get, then expect a thinner, shinier, touch only version. The trackball looks more Sidekick than BlackBerry this time around. It [...]
T-Mobile G2 Pics Leak
Take the G1, remove the keyboard which makes it inherently thinner and give it a smooth as a baby’s butt white shell and what do you have? The HTC-made Android Dream2 which would presumably become the T-Mobile G2: awesome. Awesome. AWESOME! The same tipster who gave Giz the pics also said it will hit the market in Mid May. You mean we have [...]
Lead Android Engineer Leaves For Coupons.com
Steve Horowitz, Chief Technology Officer at Google and the lead engineer for Android, has left the company to take a position at Coupons.com. At first the move seems like getting out of a concept car to accept keys to a Geo Metro, but if you ask me the move makes sense. The foundation of Android is complete and while there is still a ton of work [...]
G1 European Launch Schedule
Last week we broke the news that the Android Market would feature geo-targeting capabilities for developers in new European countries. And since you couldn’t currently purchase an Android based phone in any of said countries, the T-Mobile G1 was presumably facing an imminent release across Europe. T-Mobile Chief Executive Hamid Akhavan [...]
Kogan Agora Now A Kloned Android
We all know about cheap, imitation knockoffs that are made in China and sold at a fraction of the price. And while they’re initially entertaining the words cheap and imitation wind up proving themselves too true to pay these kind much attention. But if imitation is the best form of flattery, then the indefinitely delayed/cancelled Kogan [...]
Avoiding memory leaks
Android applications are, at least on the T-Mobile G1, limited to 16 MB of heap. It's both a lot of memory for a phone and yet very little for what some developers want to achieve. Even if you do not plan on using all of this memory, you should use as little as possible to let other applications run without getting them killed. The more [...]
Labyrinth
( Free )The classic wooden puzzle game for the Android platform Read more @ AppVee Android Apps - Daily Android app video reviews!
AnCal (Version 1.4)
AnCal is Calendar application for mobile phones with Google Android operating system. Calendar software is often called Personal Information Manager (PIM). AnCal as a PIM software, helps individuals to keep organized everyday. AnCal stores yours appointments, tasks and notes, which you can easily add and edit. You can also set alarms for [...]
CellHut selling T-Mobile G1 without a contract for a pretty penny
CellHut is now offering the T-Mobile G1 apparently without a contract. Some of you want the regular version of the T-Mobile G1 without purchasing the unlocked developers version even with the cool graphic on the back. The “T-Mobile Google G1” as they call it wont cost you the $699.99 that is ... Read more @ Android Community
Steven Horowitz says goodbye to Google
One of the original software engineers for Google’s Android platform, Steven Horowitz, has reportedly left the Google team for a position with Coupons Inc. This company designs software for creating, distributing and tracking coupons on the move. Steven Horowitz was recruited to the Android staff by Andy Rubin back in 2006 ... Read more @ [...]
