Archive for May, 2009
HTC Dream Comes To Rogers June 2nd
Canadians will soon be enlightened by all that is Android - both the HTC Dream and HTC Magic will be coming to Rogers Wireless in the near future. Rumor has it that they’ll cost around $149.99 but release date has been a mystery. Now it appears the date is June 2nd and the phone will be the HTC Dream… at least at first. Unfortunately [...]
K9 (Version 0.114)
K9 is an experimental fork of the core android POP/IMAP client. Primarily, K9 is focused on making it easy to chew through large volumes of email. It's our hope that K9 leads to improvements in the core Android mail client. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
The vOICe (Version 0.66 beta)
Requires Cupcake! The vOICe for Android translates live camera views into sound that you hear via your phone's speaker or headset, thus targeting augmented reality for the totally blind through sensory substitution and synthetic vision. The vOICe uses pitch for height and loudness for brightness in a left to right scan of any view. Includes a [...]
Root Your Magic/Sapphire
Seems like Haykuro has done it again, folks. Thanks to a tip off from one of our Senior Members over at Android Forums, noonehereyet, it looks like you are now able to root your Magic and continue laughing at us G1 users. When you’re feeling feisty, head on over to Android-Dls for a walk through and links to the roms needed for the rooting [...]
Lightning talks at Google I/O
Google I/O is approaching, and with over ten quality talks lined up, we should all strive to be attentive, avid learners. But for the last Android session of the conference, we thought it would be fun to unwind and open up the podium for lightning talks. This is where anyone can take the stage for six minutes and talk about anything. If you've [...]
Panasonic Android Phone Could Come In 2010
You can add one more globally reputable electronics manufacturer to the Android train… Panasonic. At a press conference discussing their mobile phone plans for the Summer of 2009, Panasonic introduced 6 new phones for NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile, but it was their announcement about Android that has analysts the most excited. “We [...]
Cupcake Safety: Something Is Happening
Because of all the false alarms recently, I was hesitant to post this article so read it carefully before spreading rumors across the interwebz please. I’ve received message from numerous tipsters now that their phones are receiving Cupcake updates of some kind… both in the UK and US. Here are some of the tips: Craig writes in to tell [...]
Samsung Galaxy: The i7500 Name Everywhere?
On April 27th, 2009 Samsung made the rumors official: the Samsung i7500 would be the company’s first Android Phone. At least… that MODEL would be the first, but the name? A few days ago we learned that the Samsung i7500 would be called the Samsung Galaxy in France. How about everywhere else in the world? According to inside sources of [...]
Vopium Adds Android to its Portfolio of Applications
Vopium brings cheap, high quality calls to the G1 and HTC MagicTM Copenhagen and London, 18 May, 2009 - Vopium, the leading international mobile communications company, has today launched its award winning mobile VoIP application on the Android Market. The application follows the recent launch of Vopium on the iPhone App StoreSM and BlackBerry [...]
Updates on Acer, Sony Ericsson, and Panasonic Handsets
Add another name to the ever growing list of Androidhandset makers. Panasonic is thinking about getting in on the Android juggernaut. Speaking at a press conference on their future business strategies, Panasonic board member Keisuke Ishii said, “We are seriously considering developing an Android-based handset and entering overseas mobile [...]
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