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Weekly Apps in Review - Episode I

By Spencer Gardner • Jan 3rd, 2009

 
This post marks the start of a new era in the Phandroid kingdom - Weekly Apps in Review (WAR). Instead of waking up each morning and sorting through the “All Applications” button sorted by “Date” in the Market (read: Every morning of the past month for yours truly), we at Phandroid are starting a WAR [...]



Application Review: DoggCatcher

By Spencer Gardner • Dec 1st, 2008

One of the things that I was a little bummed about when I got my G1 was the lack of an easy to use tool on my laptop to add media. But I found a way around that, and I’m actually pretty happy with my music management now. But I felt some sort of void [...]



G1 is now dubbed “G3.5″ - Headphones Rejoice

By Spencer Gardner • Nov 20th, 2008

It seems one of the largest gripes over the G1 has partially (if not mostly)subsided today - the G1 is now shipping with an obligatory USB to 3.5mm headphone adapter. And although it’s not the most minimalistic version that could’ve been used, I’m getting a sneaking suspicion that new G1 owners will be more than [...]



Browser Based Flash Coming to Android

By Spencer Gardner • Nov 18th, 2008

It looks like our nifty, new little OS is getting another one-up over our favorite Apple device in the coming months. Adobe has now all but announced that one of their flagship services, Flash, will be coming to an Android browser near you (let’s hope it’s very near you!). Specifically, Adobe announced forthcoming support for [...]



Debian Deviously Ported to Android, G1

By Spencer Gardner • Nov 10th, 2008

If increased functionality, more usability, and greater geekiness have any place in your mobile heart, this post is for you. Jay Freeman (a.k.a. Saurik)  has successfully ported Debian onto Android and the G1. Saurik is the guy that brought you (not us) Winterboard, Cydia, and Cycorder to the iPhone, so we know this is a [...]



Streaming Media On The Way to Android via Orb, FIVE

By Spencer Gardner • Nov 6th, 2008

User’s on our forum tipped us off about an interesting post on the Orb Forums. User’s on the forum started a thread about Orb and Android, questioning whether or not an Android App was (or would be) under production. Luckily a certain “yohan” - a member of the Orb team - confirmed the current production [...]



AndroidBoy Brings Gameboy, Honest-To-Goodness Gaming to G1

By Spencer Gardner • Nov 4th, 2008

It’s not an NES/SNES emulator. It’s not a PlayStation emulator. But it’s the next best thing: Gameboy color. And it’s coming (or has already come) to an Android device near you. AndroidBoy is a free emulator and allows its lucky owner to get their game on old school style. Although the interface and overall feel [...]



Precious G1 gutted, sacrificed: all in the name of science.

By Spencer Gardner • Oct 31st, 2008

Happy Halloween from Phandroid and AndroidForums.com! We have just the right news for you on a day like today. A teardown! We knew it would come sooner or later, and we couldn’t have chosen a more spooky time to do it. Instead of going to a haunted house tonight, you’ll get plenty of tech “scare”with the Halloween Havoc [...]



G1 Succesfully Unlocked… For A Price

By Spencer Gardner • Oct 29th, 2008

Our newest buddies over at Unlock T-Mobile G1 have brought us all some unlockin’ goodness after merely a week since the G1’s launch. Earlier, we reported that it would be just a few weeks before the G1 was unlocked. Well, if eight days means a few weeks, then we were correct.
For a fee of $22.99, you’ll [...]



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 the 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 [...]