New rumor to prove Dell’s imminent smartphone foray is the existence of couple of prototype phones. WSJ, who reports after checking with ‘the sources familiar with the matter’ that one phone uses touchscreen interface while the other phone is said to have a sliding keyboard with the screen and a numeric keypad on the […]
Get unofficial multi-touch support on your G1
Multi-touch on G1 is very much possible but the end product was never shipped with the feature depriving many craving the multi-touch. Now a developer Luke Hutchison has posted a nifty tutorial that can make multi-touch on G1, a reality. He patched the kernel and re-flashed the firmware. If these terminologies seem alien to […]
Android Cupcake screenshots look yummy
Cupcake is the codename of in-the-works firmware for Android OS. The official availability is still a mystery but the screenshots emerged recently looks Google is putting their best effort to make platform more edible. Few notable functions are the transitions while opening and closing apps, application manager and a virtual keyboard. This build may […]
Huawei confirms Android phone, to be unveiled next month
Huawei published a list of products to be exhibited at the MWC next month which also includes a phone based on Android platform. There are no other details as Huawei deems it perfect to unwrap the device next month on the show floor. Apart from the phone, other products that will be on display […]
Is this the HTC G2?
Gizmodo has received a picture that claims to be the successor of the first Android phone, G1. Of course, this is still unconfirmed but going by the tipster’s word, the phone is scheduled to launch in mid-May. It looks like the G2 will lose the QWERTY and feature a 3.2 megapixel cam with glossy […]
HTC prepping better Touch phone than iPhone and Palm Pre
Will we see the ultimate iPhone killer this year? It seems so. Australian telecom operator, Telstra was at CES this year to have a peek at Palm’s latest offering. Though they liked the phone they weren’t amazed when compared to HTC’s unseen, unheard touch phone. Yes, a new phone from HTC which in Telstra […]
Now Android on HP 2133 Mini Note
Looks like this is just the beginning. After being ported on Asus Eee PC a few days back, some guy has taken the task in his hands to make the Android work with HP’s 2133 Mini Note. The Mini Note is based on the X86 platform but this time on a VIA processor. Expect […]
Android running on Asus Eee PC 1000H
Two enthusiasts Matthaus Krzykowski & Daniel Hartmann are showing a proof of concept of Google’s Android OS running on a netbook. With just four hours of toiling, the duo managed to get Android up and running on Asus Eee PC 1000H. The point to be taken from this concept is that Android operating system […]
Samsung Android phone coming in 2009
Samsung Electronics has confirmed that a Google Android based phone will be launched in the second quarter of next year in North America. The phone is expected come on Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile and Samsung is speeding up the development to cater to the service provider’s needs. Not much to talk about the device […]
Open Handset Alliance gets 14 new members, SE to develop Android phone
The Open Handset Alliance has seen an addition of 14 new members. The new members are AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc., Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co. Ltd, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba Corporation and Vodafone. These companies have at least made their […]