Category: Android

  • Android Rumors: HTC Hero to launch on a U.S. carrier on October 11

    We’re know about the HTC Hero since HTC’s 2009 lineup was leaked a few months back. The only image floating around the web is of a hot pink phone, sporting a chin that looks similar to that of the T-Mobile G1. Daniel (aka atomixpaintball on xda-developers.com) has indicated that HTC and an unspecified U.S. wireless…

  • Pre-order your Vodafone HTC Magic starting tomorrow

    Rumors are starting to float around the web, indicating that Vodafone may start offering pre-orders ofthe HTC Magic starting tomorrow. Vodafone is expected to start shipping the HTC Magic on May 1, just two weeks from today. There’s still no words on the U.S. release of the handset, but many speculate that T-mobile will be…

  • HTC’s Magic Android build walkthrough

    As I mentioned yesterday, a contributor known as Haykuro on xda-developers was able to port two Android builds to the T-Mobile G1 that were intended for the HTC Magic. Yesterday, I gave you a walkthrough of the Google Android build, so today I’ll be doing the same for the HTC Android build. Flashing the HTC…

  • G1 Video Recording quality and YouTube Share feature

    Last night, one of our readers asked if I could post up a video taken with my G1 to show off the quality. It seemed like a reasonable request, so on my way to work this morning, I shot a short clip. After I was finished, I hit the "Share" button on the screen, thinking…

  • HTC Magic Android build video quality and more

    Last night, one of our readers asked if I could post up a video taken with my G1 to show off the quality. It seemed like a reasonable request, so on my way to work this morning, I shot a short clip. After I was finished, I hit the "Share" button on the screen, thinking…

  • Sapphire/Magic Android build on T-Mobile G1

    We can always count on the good people at xda-developers to come up with a good back for your HTC phone. To be honest, I’m sure not many of us would have expected them to go this far though. An Android hacker known as Haykuro managed to get his hands on two different Android builds…

  • Android 1.5 SDK unleashed to developers

    Late yesterday afternoon, the Android Developers blog lit up with a new blog post announcing that developers could now get their hands on the latest Android SDK, Android 1.5. This latest build is based on the cupcake development branch and includes APIs for the on screen soft keyboard, speech recognition, live folders, and home screen…