Archive for October, 2008

Android Tip Calculators Compared

By Rob Jackson • Oct 29th, 2008

At the time of recording this video there were 3 Tip Calculators on the Android Market. Since then, even more have sprung up. While I tip my hat to the developers who put their best effort towards making gEZtip, Tip Calculator and SA Tip Calculator, but I found neither 3 were up to par with [...]



Asus preparing to deal the Android card in 1H 2009

By Spencer Gardner • Oct 29th, 2008

The Android vision took its next step to success with Asus announcing their intentions of releasing an Android based handset in theĀ first half of twenty-oh-nine. Given the success of the Eee PC, ASUS has a chance to attain a strong grip hold on the mobile and ultraportable markets, and if they play the Android card [...]



Android Developers Interviewed, Showcased

By Rob Jackson • Oct 29th, 2008

It appears the Android Developers Blog has a new feature where developers will discuss a bit about themselves, talk about their experience in programming for Android and showcase their applications as well. The first two folks put on the hot seat were Jeffrey Sharkey (Compare Everywhere) and Jacob Abrams (Glu Mobile), seen below in that [...]



Rumor: OpenMoko Android Phone In November?

By Rob Jackson • Oct 29th, 2008

Remember OpenMoko? They’re the folks who promised, way back when Android was just a concept, that they WOULD indeed release an Android Phone. In fact, I think they vowed they would be the FIRST but it doesn’t look like that happened.

Nevertheless, they may be the second. The AndroidGuys got a hot tip that OpenMoko is [...]



How the G1 Bridges The Gap Between Consumer-Phones and Smartphones

By Spencer Gardner • Oct 29th, 2008

I’ve always been puzzled as to how someone could live without a smartphone. To me, being able to check email, sports scores, and get my YouTube on whenever I want is simply commonplace.
That is, until I forsook my iPhone for the G1. Wait?! Can’t the G1 do YouTube, email, and sports scores (and do [...]



GoTV: Musical Video Mags For Android

By Rob Jackson • Oct 28th, 2008

GoTV currently has 4 applications on the Android Market: Es Musica, HipHop Official, Rock On Altitude, True Country. I would best describe them as Musical Video Magazines which organize video content by genre and various “feature categories” such as music videos, concerts, interviews, etc…

After taking a look at their website, it appears as though GoTV [...]



Advanced Caller ID with White Pages Application

By Rob Jackson • Oct 28th, 2008

The folks at the White Pages contacted me about their White Pages application for Android which is actually a VERY cool addition to your app collection. It uses White Pages info of over 200 million phone listings to provide additional information to your phone’s Caller ID!

I love this concept… how many times do you get [...]



DialCall: Android Phones For Old Fogies

By Rob Jackson • Oct 28th, 2008

I took a quick couple minutes to play with DialCall and show you guys exactly what it does: it turns your T-Mobile G1 (or any Android Phone) into a rotary phone. Its fun to play with for all of twelve seconds until you realize how tedious and annoying it is to use one of these [...]



Confirmed: G1 at Wal-Mart on Wednesday ($148.88)

By Rob Jackson • Oct 28th, 2008

CNN Money has now confirmed the rumors that Wal-Mart will begin selling the T-Mobile G1 at pretty hefty discount and sooner than first thought. G1s will be in-stock at Wal-Mart on WEDNESDAY and cost only $148.88 with a 2-year agreement, rebates and all that jazz.

This came directly from Wal-Mart spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien so yeah, it’s [...]



MTV Music is AMAZING… Needs Android App

By Rob Jackson • Oct 28th, 2008

We just spotted the news that MTVMusic.com has launched and if you’re a music fan (and non-athiest) you can start praising the lord(s) right now because its one of the most amazing websites on the face of the earth.

The website catalogs pretty much every video ever created and organizes it in a tremendously easy to [...]