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April, 2009 Articles

Samsung Android In June, Several More To Follow

by Rob Jackson on April 3rd, 2009

If Samsung’s silence has worried you about the prospects of a SamDroid launching anytime soon, have no fear – the silence has been broken. According to Elizabeth Woyke of Forbes.com, Samsung plans to release several Android devices this year, the first of which will come in June: Samsung plans to release several Android devices this [...]

Documents To Go Now On Android Market!

by Rob Jackson on April 2nd, 2009

Way back in December 2008 we told you all that Dataviz was coming to Android. Here we are 4 months later and we’re happy to tell you that Documents To Go by Dataviz is now on the Android Market! Why should you be so excited? I’m glad you asked. If you own a T-Mobile G1, [...]

Android Market Updates: Free/Paid Apps In New Markets

by Rob Jackson on April 2nd, 2009

With Google’s phased rollout of the Android Market we all know the routine – first come free apps and then come paid apps. Folks who are patiently waiting will be happy to know that they’ve sent out an email notifying developers of new targeting capabilities meaning consumers in those countries win too. Here is the [...]

Google Responds To G1 Tethering

by Rob Jackson on April 2nd, 2009

A few days ago, Tyler wrote an article about Google pulling the Wifi Tethering for Root Users application from the Android Market. Obviously Android has been praised for being more open and transparent in regards to how they handle applications so this was a disappointing turn of events. And even though the news isn’t great, [...]

Tethering Apps Are Back, Not With T-Mobile

by Spencer Gardner on April 2nd, 2009

Well folks, it’s here. We thought Google would permanently deem the G1′s tethering abilities to be  innocent due to its opensourceness and free-reign policy. Times have changed, however, and now it seems as though Google has hit their first “Oops! Not everything can be accepted!” roadblock. Recently, the Andwebz have been inundated by news that [...]

HTC Magic Debuts May 1st

by Tyler Miller on April 1st, 2009

Vodafone customers rejoice, as it looks like the HTC Magic, the much hyped successor to the T-Mobile G1, has its firm release date. According to the fellows over at Mobile Choice UK, May 1st is when we will be seeing the phone in the wild. Perhaps a grain of salt should be taken with this [...]

Ford, GM Announce “Android Car”

by Rob Jackson on April 1st, 2009

In a move to differentiate the struggling American Auto Industry from superior foreign powers, Ford & GM issued a joint Press Release that both companies would be working closely with another American powerhouse – Google – to create a line of “Android Cars”. Holy. Freaking. Crap. The Press Release includes no details about exact models [...]

Cupcake Orientation Animation

by Rob Jackson on April 1st, 2009

The latest build of Android was put through the paces on CTIA-eve on a Vodafone branded HTC Magic. In leiu of Joey’s Cupcake Sunday we figured we should bring you some sort of video and while it’s not much, we’ve got a 13-second video showing off Android’s new Orientation Animation: The orientation detection seems slow, [...]

Foxconn R&D Working On Motorola Android?

by Rob Jackson on April 1st, 2009

The Chinese publication Economic Daily News has quoted Foxconn Electronics sources as saying the company has formed an Android R&D team. If you’re not familiar with Foxconn, those are the manufacturers behind some of the world’s elite mobile devices and consumer electronics such as the iPhone, iPod and Mac Mini and Kindle and have also [...]