First off, are you a Google Voice user? Well if not you should check it out because it’s pretty sweet. Second, Google Voice is now available for the iPhone and the Palm Pre and Pixi via a mobile web site. Now we definitely would have preferred an app like you can get on an Android device but hey, this is better than nothing right?
I wonder what AT&T thinks about this?
[via Gear Diary]
Ever wonder what 3 miniture ninjas would look like unboxing a Nexus One? Well wonder no more… It’s magical! Ninjas Unbox a Nexus One by Patrick Bovin.
[via Like Cool]
There’s been a lot of talk all over the web regarding the lack of multi-touch on the Nexus One. Whether it was due to patents or who know’s what, there’s a new little treat for you. The guys at XDA Developers (cyanogen to be exact) have created a hack to add multi-touch to the native Android browser. Redmond Pie has quik little step-by-step.
After the break here’s a quick peek at how it works after the device update.
Thanks to jerbid’s Tweet for this tip!
jerbid: Nexus One Hack Adds Multi-Touch to Android Browser http://bit.ly/7y2VTh #android Read More
Here’s one of the new phones that was announced at CES. It’s the Motorola Backflip($TBA; Q1 2010) will be the first Android phone released on AT&T. One of the things that sets this apart is it’s sporting a unique reverse flip design and the MOTOBLUR content delivery service. The design lets the screen slide up for access to a hardware keyboard, or flip around to act as a video viewing stand. Features like a 3.1-inch touch screen, 5 megapixel camera, a GPS, and Bluetooth round out the experience.
Did anyone else catch my name on the promo shot? So what if it’s a girls last name….
[via Uncrate]
Google has been keeping a theme with the code names for their Android releases. Some of these being Cupcake, Donut and the latest Eclair. (2.1 is still part of Eclair) You may also notice that they are going in alphabetical order. Well now we know the name for “F”. According to Android’s senior project manager Erick Tseng Android’s next big iteration will be known as Froyo. That’s short for “frozen yogurt” incase you were trying to figure it out like me.
Even though I’m a little bummed it was called Flan I guess I can deal with it. No news on a release date yet but we’ll let you know when we hear of one.
[via Engadget]
We’ve started seeing QR codes a lot more especially with Android and iPhone having bar code scanners. I can honestly say that I didn’t expect to see this. At least not so soon. Thanks to Terada Design a building in the city of Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, has been constructed with a QR Code facade. The QR Code links to a site which includes up to date shop information. There is also an unofficial iPhone application available that allows the building to be viewed in real-time with an overlay of Twitter feed comments located via GPS tagging from inside the building. (kinda creepy)
The video after the break shows what the building looks like and some of the augmented reality features it has. Read More
A lot of people have wanted Flash 10.1 to come to Android and recently this video surfaced showing off Adobe Flash 10.1 on a Nexus One. Sure, the games and videos are going to be great which is what I’m looking forward to but what about – you guessed it – ads? So what do you think about the ads?
[via Android Phone Fans]
Yes, the nine zeros behind the three make that 3 Billion. Even though I’m an Android guy (a WinMo convert) I still think this is an amazing benchmark for the mobile market. With over 125,000 active applications available in the U.S. store, Apple seems to be proving that variety is the spice of life, and will keep users hitting the download button — over 10.2 million times per day in the last 98 days to be exact. For a relative comparison, there are around 18,000 applications available in Android’s Market and just over 4,000 applications available for RIM’s BlackBerry. Steve Jobs was quoted as saying, “the revolutionary App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch users an experience unlike anything else available on other mobile devices, and we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon.”
I don’t say this often… Awesome job Apple!
[via Boy Genius Report]
It’s been a big week for Android with the release of the new Nexus One and it just got a lot more interesting. AT&T announced that it’s launching five new Android devices in the first half of 2010. They will be devices from Motorola, Dell and HTC. They say the Motorola phone is exclusive to them so that counts out Droid so it could be the new Backflip and Dell announced that the Mini 3 is coming to AT&T so we know that one. So that leaves HTC. Could they be some of the devices we saw in their leaked road map? AT&T says they’ll have an “exclusive” device so I’m curious if it really will be or if it will just be something re-shelled like the Hero on Sprint.
So lets hear it AT&T peeps. What do you think?
Check out the full press release after the break.
Google launched the Nexus One site today. You can currently buy the phone unlocked for $529 or setup for T-Mobile @ $179. They also show Verizon and Vodafone set for Spring releases. The site features a cool demo of the phone and shows some of the Android 2.1 (Eclair) features.
Check out the full specs and 3D Tour on the Google Nexus One site.
In the live press conference the Google team said they will also add other Android phones to their web store. Interesting… They also said in response to multi-touch, “They’ll consider it”
We’ll have updates from the press conference on our twitter feed. @freaknsweet.
[via @joomlaworks on Twitter]
