G1 News

You remember that slightly funky release pattern where if your part of the US wasn’t covered by T-Mobile’s 3G reception, the decided not to release the G1 in those stores?

Well, that’s over now, so rejoice in your EDGE connection and buy a T-Mobile G1 anyway!

So, go to your local T-Mobile retailer and check out what you’ve been missing! Just don’t try to download anything if you’ve got somewhere else to be…

Finally, after what has felt like an eternity there is a decent app for music lovers on the T-Mobile G1 (sorry Imeem, no offense!).

Last FM’s release on Android follows a successful launch on the App Store, and is largely the service we have grown accustomed to over the years.

The perfect playlist of tracks, artists and friends’ favourites are totally welcome to the G1, with the added allure of background playback whilst performing other functions! One over the old iPhone, there…

Source: SimplyAndroid

A new app called MemoryUp Personal is getting a lot of attention from the G1 community at the moment, for all the wrong reasons.

It seems that the app is ‘ a handy memory optimiser tool to keep your Android smartphone running faster and efficiently,’ yet does its job a bit too well and has the potential to wipe your entire handset’s memory.

With over 1,000 ratings, some G1 owners’ experiences with the app has made for pretty damning reviews!  Users like “kr33p1n” reported, “Doesn’t work at all erased my phone numbers and froze my phone,” whilst others have said it works fine but the problem is with the phone’s own hardware.

Either way, this issue raises the problem of a lack of restrictions or testing process in the Android Market. For every 10 developers allowed to exercise their freedom and create great applications, there may be one who makes an app that wipes all my data and contacts.

That is one app too many.

I haven’t decided whether or not to check this app for myself, as I have grown quite attached to the personal data on my SD card, but judging by those reviews MemoryUp is more trouble than it’s worth.

Source: Electric Pig