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May, 2009 Articles

Rumor: T-Mobile/HTC Netbook Coming This Year

by Rob Jackson on May 5th, 2009

According to a rumor posted by our friends at TMOtoday, HTC and T-Mobile are teaming up to produce an Android powered netbook with built in 3G connectivity. We’ve heard a TON of talk about Android Netbooks but this is the first we’re hearing about a TMO/HTC Android Netbook and the suggestion that it could launch [...]

CloneCloud: Solving The Problem With Mobile Phones

by Rob Jackson on May 5th, 2009

The problem with mobile phones is that everyone wants them to work like a regular computer despite lesser hardware specs. At least that is what Allan Knies of Berkeley thinks – and I agree. That is a problem that can be solved, if Byung-Gon Chun, Petros Maniatis and “the cloud” have anything to say about [...]

Official German Cupcake URL Leaks (For Developers)

by Rob Jackson on May 5th, 2009

Update: Official as in “from Google” not official as in “this is what will be delivered OTA”. Also it mostly contains patches from RC9 files, not the full files themselves. If you’re a German Android developer, you’ll be happy to know that an Official Google URL for the latest Cupcake update has been leaked and [...]

HTC Hero Pictures Leak (T-Mobile G3?)

by Rob Jackson on May 5th, 2009

Remember when the HTC Hero was first rumored from our 2009 HTC Roadmap article? We first got a glimpse of the bright pink Hero (pictured left)  in January and since then have heard rumors it will land on Orange UK and Sprint USA around October 11th. New, less pink pictures of the HTC Hero have [...]

Samsung Houdini, T-Mobile G1 version 2 (Bigfoot) Rumored

by Rob Jackson on May 4th, 2009

Some VERY exciting news has just leaked out via CellPhoneSignal and TMOtoday – both websites got their hands on an internal T-Mobile time-line that lists the 2009 launch timeframe for Android devices… including the previously unmentioned “Samsung Houdini”. Something is extremely fishy though… this document lists two devices not yet released: G2 – Summer launch [...]

Trent Reznor: Nobody Has An Android Phone

by Rob Jackson on May 4th, 2009

Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails (NIN) are undoubtedly musical pioneers when it comes to the digital age of entertainment profiteering – they don’t have a record label and released their last two albums (Ghosts I-IV and The Slip) under the Creative Commons License. Unlike most in the music industry… they get it. And considering [...]

Developer’s Android Market Complaints In Perspective

by Rob Jackson on May 3rd, 2009

We hear more than our fair share of complaints about the Android Market. And I admit, I do my fair share of whining. But when put in perspective that is ALL we are really doing… whining. Developers of the heralded iPhone are being screwed left and right. I just wanted to point you folks to [...]

Android Metal Detector

by Rob Jackson on May 3rd, 2009

The built-in compass on your T-Mobile G1 isn’t ONLY good for pinpoiting your location… you can also use it as a metal detector to find your keys! Unfortunately you’ll have to already know where your keys are in order to find them since this little “metal detector” app only works if you basically push your [...]

Android Trademark Lawsuit: Google, OHA Sued

by Rob Jackson on May 3rd, 2009

When I first saw the news that Google was being sued for use of the Android name I dismissed it thinking another guy was trying to get rich for free. Afterall, Android is a word in the dictionary so unless someone is using the exact same name to promote an almost identical product/service, it seems [...]

T-Mobile MyTouch 3G: New Name For Magic/G2 in USA?

by Rob Jackson on May 3rd, 2009

We all know that the HTC Magic will wash up on American shores at some point but the question of ‘under what name?’ has been often debated. We’ve thought/assumed that the name would be the T-Mobile G2 but a new screenshot of a computer displaying T-Mobile product inventory suggests otherwise. The HTC Magic might just [...]

Google Voice Contest Winners

by Rob Jackson on May 2nd, 2009

Wow – what a response! My Google Voice Review article garnered quite a bit of attention and interest, ESPECIALLY the contest where we had 30 Google Voice Invites up for grabs. Many people asked how we could be giving away “invites” when Google Voice was only accepting current Grand Central customers. Well, I worked out [...]