The wait is finally over. A nice little suprise for the hols, as the Android update popped out across the US and the few spots in Europe that got left behind.
Everyone should be in possession of the sweet new Android 1.5 update, and if not the US version is available on XDA Developers for download.
What do y’all think of it? An android revolution or a mere evolution of a sweet platform?
Let me know!
If you aren’t as technically savvy as a NASA control centre operator and just want Cupcake in your G1 early, it seems like you can do it without rooting your G1. I know, right? Great news!
Oddly, you do need the Blighty version of Android 1.5, but it will work okay in your US G1…provided you follow the darned instructions!
This is courtesy of bigfoot85t and Android Central, by the by, full disclosure and all that!
Being the UK version of Cupcake, you see how hobo-fabulous us guys in the UK live, without snazzy things like Voice Search and Amazon MP3. Them’s the breaks, but you know that you can upgrade to the real deal when it does come out, so worry not and enjoy early!
Google Product Search went from random curio to useful tool when I started using it on my G1, but now that they have decided to add the ability to scan barcodes, it becomes a killer app! Fine, quite of few of our British items have a bit of trouble being registered (last time I checked, cereal does not go in your hair, nor into your vehicle’s gas tank), but it makes the mobile such a more powerful tool in grabbing bargains!
Is this the end for apps like ShopSavvy? In a word, no.
Brilliantly, they complement one another! If you want to use one or the other, the choice is right there.
What a tangled web is weaved when navigating the mire of multitouch lawsuits.
Follow this:
- Palm shows off Palm Pre, chock full of lawyer baiting multitouch features that iPhone owners find familiar…
- iPhone makers Apple agree, threaten to sue pants off Palm for plagaristic Pre multitouch.
- Google breathes sigh of relief, admits that Android can do multitouch, but they flicked the switch to ‘off’, thinking that Apple might be protective of their multitouch tech.
- Chinese manufacturer Elan Microelectronics pop out of nowhere, threatening to sue pants off Apple for infringing on multitouch patents.
- Elan flicks Android multitouch switch to ‘on’, shows off ‘eFinger’ multitouch on their devices in vid below. Apple’s head explodes with rage (maybe).
Truth be told, multitouch looks pretty at home on Android! Let lawyer-battle commence!
As T-Mobile has announced their 2008 financial results, the numbers seem pretty positive on the whole, with a big pat on the back for the T-Mobile G1!
Despite a 3% fall in subscribers to 16.8 million, contract users have seen a 4.5% rise, and the G1 has been a big part of it. 20% of all new sign-ups have been to acquire the Android-powered device, and has seen success since the October 2008 launch.
“The successful launch of the T-Mobile G1 in October and the ongoing demand for mobile broadband services had a positive impact on the latter half of 2008,” said T-Mobile’s CEO Jim Hyde in a statement.
According to T-Mobile, the G1 was the network’s “best-selling launch of 2008″. They must be gutted to lose the G2 HTC Magic to Vodafone UK…
Source: AIsForAndroid
Scared of Google Latitude creeping into your phone and stealing all your stuff? Here’s a video to keep all of your secrets secret…
Courtesy of Android Authority, a hands-on impression of the new Sapphire 2.0 / T-Mobile G2, compared to the original G1.
As well as confirming the T-Mobile G2 pictures doing the rounds as real, here are the salient points picked out from the G2 feedback:
So…all pretty interesting. Is definitely an evolutionary rather than revolutionary leap, but that’s what a 2.0 is though, right? The good/bad conclusion that she reached after playing with the G2:
“…basically a G1 without the keyboard.”
Still awfully exciting to see the Android interface being beefed up with nice hardware!
Thanks to Gizmodo, we have some spy pictures of the HTC Sapphire 2.0 in the valley of the real, sans T-Mobile G1 keyboard, with sleek iPhone 3G-ish curves and a shiny back end!
Still runs Android, still has that ergonomic ‘chin’ at the bottom, and has a nice 3.2 megapixel camera (no flash??).
With the launch of the T-Mobile G2 rumoured as early as May, it’s nice to know that there are some physical handsets for HTC’s ‘09 line up floating about already!
Without a keyboard, that bad boy better come with Cupcake!
In an official statement, Korean handset manufacturer has decided to throw their Android-shaped hat into the ring by announcing a handset due for release in 2oo9, powered by Google’s open-source platform.
“We are accelerating the development process for Google phone in order to meet the specific need of local carriers,” according to an official Samsung spokesperson in a report from NewsOXY.
Samsung’s new handset will be released on the Sprint and T-Mobile networks in their respective territories, and is rumoured to feature a full touch screen interface, as is currently the style of the time!
Wait, T-Mobile? I thought they already had a love-in with HTC making the G1 and all? Does this mean that T-Mobile will be stocking rival Android-powered handsets?
It seems very likely. Despite having a good 4 or 5 months of daylight as the only Google-powered phone, competition to the T-Mobile G1 will be very real and very fierce very soon! Why risk losing so many potential sales by not stocking rival Android handsets?
Exciting times!
The Kogan Agora Pro, the next Great Android Handset from Australian entrepeneur Ruslan Kogan has been indefinitely delayed, with low resolution displays and concerns over app compatibility said to be the reasons behind the handset’s shelving.
“It now seems certain the current Agora specifications will limit its compatibility or interoperability in the near future,” said Kogan founder Ruslan Kogan in a statement.
“Since the design of the Agora, the Android community has been growing quickly … I now believe that in order to access all the Android platform has to offer, the Agora must be redesigned.”
The Kogan Agora and Agora Pro are were QWERTY keyboard-equipped handsets with a 2.5-inch QVGA (240×320-pixel) resolution display, far below the T-Mobile G1’s 3.2-inch 320×480 screen.
All of the apps currently being created are the larger display of the G1 in mind, and as such the Agora Pro would have been in danger of becoming obsolete dangerously quickly.
A new Android phone from the company is currently being developed, whilst all current pre-orders made to Kogan will be reimbursed.
A real shame as I admired the concept, the phone looked nice and could have been a fitting testament to how anyone could make a great handset off the back of Android’s open source system. Here’s hoping the Agora Pro 2.0 suffers a better fate…
Source: CNET Australia
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