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Ever since the Android 2.3 Gingerbread SDK was released just a few short weeks ago, many an Android geek has been looking forward to what Cyanogen and his team are cooking up for the Gingerbread-flavored CyanogenMod 7. Well, it looks like the very first of the CM7 ROMs has been found, bearing the name RC0…
The Nexus S was released just last week and it’s receiving it’s already getting its first OTA update. This is a very minor update and you likely won’t notice much after installing the update, but we’re not complaining about what we hope to be the beginning of some rapid OTAs for the Nexus S. So,…
The ViewSonic G tablet is one of the few Tegra 2-toting Android tablets that you can buy at the moment, but you won’t be finding it at Staples anytime soon. Yesterday we heard that the tablet may have been pulled because of a manufacturing error, but that’s not the case. According to ViewSonic, the G…
While some handset makers will update the software to their Android phones to fix security exploits in order to stop users from gaining root access, the Nexus line is made for those who would like to do just that. According to the Android Developers blog, the availability of root is not a result of compromised…
Samsung’s own operating System, bada, is due for a 2.0 upgrade in 2011, which will host a bunch of new features. The most notable among them is near-field communications, a feature Android recently adopted for 2.3 Gingerbread, but Bada 2.0 will include a lot of other stuff, like multitasking, SDKs for Mac and Linux, FlashLite…
All you Android media junkies have a new app to stream your media content to your DLNA compatible devices, and it’s called Skifta. The app is still in beta, but should suit your needs just fine, and it will only get better as time goes on. Watch out Samsung. If you have a DNLA supported…
One of the most interesting custom ROMs for Android is undoubtedly MIUI. We’ve covered this before, but now it’s available on one more device: the T-Mobile G2 (a.k.a the HTC Desire Z). While it’s not officially supported, the G2 port performs quite well. MIUI is best described as an iOS and Android mash-up, bringing the…
While this is exciting for only so many users out there in the world, but the source code for Android 2.3 Gingerbread has been officially pushed into the AOSP (Android Open Source Project). Soon we will begin to see some solid modifications and custom ROMs for the release, and the Nexus S won’t be the…
Even if you’re not impressed with the Nexus S, you should be impressed by the enthusiast developers who have already given the handset a proper rooting, complete with a custom recovery image. At the same time, is anyone surprised that the Nexus S is already rooted and ready for custom ROMs? Unlocking the bootloader of…
After seeing what Android 2.3 brought to the table, even the very impressed likely began looking to future releases to satisfy their hunger for new features and refreshed UIs. According to a rumor, the next version of the Android OS, which was expected to be version 3.0 (codename “Honeycomb”), may actually be version 2.4. Who…