iMAndroid » 2008 November

Opera betas for Android

One of the worlds leading internet browsing software Opera has debud on Android Mobile OS. Opera that once was claimed to be the fastest browser on the planet, is available on almost all mobile platforms. And its 4.2 version – beta release for Android shows some incredible promise. Via Gizmodo

Android’s real Challenge

Just two weeks ago we celebrated Android’s first birthday. (When google announced it as an OS last year) We saw the making of Open Handset Alliance a slew of hardware manufacturers like LG, Samsung, HTC software developers – eBay, Google itself and some hardware supporting companies. THE PAST.. Now we’ve got the HTC manufactured T-Mobile [...]

3.5mm Jack for G1

Many of my earliar posts I critiqued the lack of 3.5mm Jack (actually everyone in the world did) on G1. I just can’t live with propriety dictation. Well, HTC has been listening, not completely though.. but, oh well.. The newer T-Mobile G1s are being supplied with a 3.5mm adapter jack which is apparently inline coupled [...]

THE FAKE IDENTITY: sciphone after zzzphone

You gotta love the names they come up with! first it was the zzzPhone and now Enter DREAM G2 SciPhone. Powered by Android “HOME EDITION” ???? what tha…? Android HOME EDITION v1.0 Intelligence… haha I am absolutely tired of listing more prooooof about the fakeness…. its so apparent. check it out here.. http://mysciphone.com/G2index.asp

3rd party facebook surFaces on Android

Very intelligent I must say. fBook is the Android application which is basically a wrapper that connects to facebook’s iPhone web app with some added features like SMS to any facebook contact, Notifications from Facebook. This app can run in the background and with Notifications, its a winner. Facebook has been very weary of Android [...]

TouchScreen Keyboard out for android

The Coding God’s have been listening.. The most anticipated/requested application for Android Touch screens ( T-Mobile G1 at the moment) has been an OnScreen Keyboard. Even if  Google’s roadman includes an onscreen keyboard, our friends over at DotPhone.org have come closer. There are still some question marks over the stability of this softkey app. And [...]

G1 costs $144 Bill On Materials

G1 is worth $144 according iSuppli Corp based on its own inventory list- Mobile Handset Cost Model (MHCM). They basically disassemble the device and establish is hardware component value. Its pretty interesting how G1 is around $179 providing the Handset and T-Mobile network services. Some believe G1 unlocked gsm phone officially is around $300-$400. The [...]

Modified RC30 update [crack?]

The famed RC30 “modified” to retain the root access. Now that’s a quick action!

Desktop Sync Application for Android

CompanionLink is the software that lets you “two way” sync your T-Mobile G1. Its a desktop application that synchronizes with your T-Mobile G1 device and updates your Google Account as well, which inturn wirelessly syncs automatically with your network accessed G1. Thats what “two way” is all about. Currently syncs Contacts (including address fields!) Calendar [...]

Debian touches Android Root

Since we achieved root access thanks to XDA-Developers, Debian has been the only application thats been ported to work on Android G1 and massive shoutouts to Jay Freeman Debian is a Linux kernel Operating system. The very purpose of its existence is to give limitless access of the hardware device. It utilities the JailBreaking technique [...]

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