Just as we thought the plucky T-Mobile G1 was about to be left behind as the Motorola DROID and Android 2.0’s charms courted everyone’s attention, a man named Akira Harada has given us all hope by porting it 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 I will be willing to take for Android awesomeness.
Expect to see it on XDA Developers any time from now, and a link to it from our site about 15 minutes later.
And just like that, weeks of planning, preparation and subterfuge goes out of the window…
The new Eclair/Android 2.0 sporting DROID, known in many circles going by the name of ‘Sholes’, has finally been outed…by Motorola themselves.
A premature posting on their site leaked all the juicy details, an embarrassing error that still keeps us excited, but undoes all that great hype work ahead of November’s big reveal.
The DROID feature set is pretty impressive, although we had an idea of what we were going to be getting for some time. That sleek slider form factor is easy on the eye too.
Full specs:
- CDMA 1X 800/1900, EVDO rev. A connectivity - 550 MHz CPU
- Android 2.0 (Eclair) OS
- 3.7″ WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 widescreen; PPI 267 touchscreen display - 5mpx camera with 4x digital zoom, autofocus, image stabilization, dual LED flash and up to 24 fps; D1 (720×480) resolution video capture - full QWERTY side slide keyboard - Accelerometer, aGPS and sGPS support, proximity and ambient light sensors
- Wi-Fi b/g, Stereo Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, USB 2.0 high speed with micro USB connector, 3.5 mm headset jack - 16 GB microSD pre-installed; supports up to 32 GB microSD expandable - Webkit HTML5 support, Flash 10 (available 2010) - 1400 mAh Li Ion battery with up to 270 hrs. standby and 385 mins talk time - Dimensions: 2.4 x 4.6 x .5 in.; 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm
- Weight: 6 oz.; 169 g
Google on-board means Mail and Maps are all present and correct, as is the Android Marketplace.
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Our only two questions are:
1. What happened to the MOTOBlur interface seen on the Motorola DEXT? Not for Verizon’s tastes on the DROID?
2. When is it coming to the UK?
3. How can Lucasfilm own the word “Droid” What the heck is that about?
Quite a few interesting things shown off in the Google I/O developer’s conference, including a quick demo of what we can look forward to in the Android 2.0 “Donut” update!
It’s all about the search functionality, which is unsurprising given Google’s credentials, and offers new and easy ways to find things faster both on your phone and the web.
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