All the stories tagged with Android
Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.
Verizon Droid Eris Rooted To Android 2.1
03/16/2010, If you’re bored of your Droid Eris from Verizon running Android and are still running the stock Android 1.5 firmware, you might want to check out the latest video that shows the device being rooted to Android 2.1. Before we [...]
HTC Touch Pro3 Coming This Summer?
03/16/2010, This is still very much unconfirmed, but some folks over at the XDA-forums have mentioned that there might be a HTC Touch Pro3 shipping this summer. According to the tidbit, the device will be slimmer and smaller, but that’s about [...]
Windows Phone 7 Series Doesn’t Support Multitasking
03/15/2010, Before this, Apple’s iPhone was the main target of users and reviewers who were complaining that it did not support full multitasking, meaning you couldn’t run third-party apps in the background. Sure, you could listen to the music from the [...]
HTC Legend And HTC Desire To Hit Vodafone UK
03/15/2010, It looks like the Android scene over in the UK is going to get a lot more interesting. Aside from the recent news that Google will be introducing its Nexus One on Vodafone UK shortly, we’ve also got the announcement [...]
Amazon Kindle App For Android To Appear On Dell Streak?
03/14/2010, It seems that the upcoming Dell Streak (Mini 5) will have a few services from Amazon preinstalled, most notably, the Kindle app. A promo picture for the Streak shows “Kindle book reader applications” amongst the list of Amazon content, as [...]
Vodafone Wayfinder Falls Victim To Free Smartphone Navigation
03/13/2010, With Google offering free turn-by-turn navigation for Android devices, and Nokia following suit with its Ovi Maps, it was only a matter of time before all these free navigation services claimed a victim, and it seems that the first victim [...]
ODROID Gets The Android 2.1 Treatment
03/13/2010, You might already have caught wind of the ODROID when we mentioned it some time ago, but in case you missed it, this device by Hardkernel is described as an entertainment device with a focus on gaming. While it was [...]
Scaled Down Nexus One Heading To India?
03/12/2010, This is still firmly in the rumor bin, but word is going around that Google is working on a scaled down version of its Android-powered Nexus One for new markets such as India. There isn’t any concrete info on this [...]
Google Now Allows You To Check If Stock Is Available Nearby
03/11/2010, Have you ever been in a scenario where you google for an item online, find it at a store nearby, fight through traffic to get there, only to find out that it’s out of stock? Well, Google is looking to [...]
HTC Tattoo to get Android 2.1
03/11/2010, It does look as though Android 2.1 was specially reserved for high-end and mid-end smartphones only, but we guess not with word of the HTC Tattoo to receive Android 2.1 in due time, despite it being HTC’s most affordable Android [...]
Hott MD500 rocks to Android
03/11/2010, With the slew of tablets as well as iPad wannabes rolling out from China these days, the law of probability points toward a winner through the plethora of candidates, and perhaps one that might just edge out the iPad in [...]
Opera Mini 5 beta for Android
03/11/2010, Opera Mini 5 beta for Android has arrived at last, where you will be able to enjoy the gamut of favorite Opera features including Speed Dial, tabbed browsing, compression, speed and a smooth design, all from the comfort of your [...]
Is The Motorola Opus One The Motorola i1?
03/10/2010, Pictures of the upcoming Motorola Opus One for iDEN networks have been going around for a while now, but now a little update on the device seems to have surfaced. Apparently it could be called the i1, instead of the [...]
