Got yourself a T-Mobile G1 and wondering whether you’ll need to update your handset when Google Android 2.0 ships later this year? Well, fear not as it seems even the earliest Android handsets will be able to take full advantage of the update. Find out how the T-Mobile G1 got on running Google Android 2.0 after the jump…
The T-Mobile G1 Google Android has been caught on video running Google Android 2.0. However, it seems that not all is plain sailing, as you won’t find full functionality... Read Full Story
Since Google released its Android OS it has gone on to become of the most popular and stable OSs currently doing the rounds in the world of mobile phone operating systems. Devices such as the HTC Hero feature the Android OS and have shown irrefutably what the powerful operating system is capable of. However, the release of Google Android 2.0 is nearly upon us, but what can we expect from the latest version of the hottest operating system around?
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With the recent launch of Google Android G2 paving the way for other new Android phones, mobile technology specialist Mobile Distillery has launched its Celsius Android solution to optimise and port mobile applications to Android phones. This will help developers overcome inherent platform fragmentation issues they face when launching new mobile content and services to the wider market, which now also includes Android phones. In this fast-moving and rapidly expanding industry, it has... Read Full Story
Here’s some good news for you folks out there waiting for the latest news regarding the Samsung i7500 Android phone . It has just been approved by the FCC which means that its release will definitely be happening soon. From what we hear, T-Mobile will be launching this Samsung Android phone in the fall alongside another Android phone, the T-Mobile G1 v2 (currently rumored to be Motorola’s first Android phone). If the Android OS on the Samsung i7500 isn’t enough to get you excited, it’s 3.2... Read Full Story
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Google phone aims twin barrels at Apple, RIM Financial Post, Canada ReutersA prototype of the Google Android mobile phone on a workbench last year. And now they're here. Google Inc.' s vaunted mobile phones were introduced across Canada on Tuesday by Rogers Communications … The Androids have arrived. … T- Mobile to launch a second Android phone in early summer Computerworld Googly-eyed over new smart phone Canoe.ca T- Mobile : Second Android phone hitting this summer... Read Full Story
It’s always a good sign when a device-specific product release becomes the focal point of the XDA development community: it means you’ve got a winner on your hands…. Not that anyone ever doubted the intense demand for Google’s new turn-by-turn Navigation introduced exclusively on Motorola’s DROID. No more. Brave souls have now tweaked the original code to run on the original Android device, the HTC G1 running on T-Mobile. Anecdotal reports suggest that it’s working great — a good sign... Read Full Story
It’s always a good sign when a device-specific product release becomes the focal point of the XDA development community: it means you’ve got a winner on your hands…. Not that anyone ever doubted the intense demand for Google’s new turn-by-turn Navigation introduced exclusively on Motorola’s DROID. No more. Brave souls have now tweaked the original code to run on the original Android device, the HTC G1 running on T-Mobile. Anecdotal reports suggest that it’s working great — a good sign... Read Full Story
Just as we thought the plucky T-Mobile G1 was being left to languish in the ‘old phone’ drawer as the Motorola DROID grabs the world’s attention with Google Maps , a man named Akira Harada has given us all hope by porting the latest Android 2.0 update across to the original Google phone!
Whilst the update isn’t fully optimised, and the G1 does need to be “rooted” for this to work (instructions here ), the video proof shows that it is a risk many will be willing to take for Android... Read Full Story
The Archos 5 Internet Tablet has finally been launched and brings with it a whole host of features you wouldn’t normally find on a tablet. Not the least of which that the Archos 5 Internet Tablet is running the Google Android OS, making this a slighter smarter device. Check out the features of the Archos 5 Internet Tablet after the jump…
The Archos 5 Internet Tablet is here to tell you that the Google Android OS isn’t just for smartphones like the T-Mobile G1 or HTC Hero but also for other... Read Full Story
Pioneering T-Mobile G1 owners have been enjoying the spoils of Android 1.5 (or Cupcake , as it's known 'round these parts) for months now, but it looks as if that very treat will be the last taste of confectionery goodness that the smartphone gets. According to Android software engineer Dave Sparks, a time is soon coming when devs "wont be able to fit the latest [Android] release on the G1's internal flash," and yet another engineer has chimed in via Twitter to say that he "can't promise... Read Full Story
