Category: Android

Nexus One Flash 10.1 Beta beats FlashLite on Desire ?

The Folks at Engadget have posted a nice video comparison between the HTC Desire running Flash Lite and the Nexus One running Flash 10.1 Beta and it looks like the Nexus One with the latest FroYo upgrade has better overall Flash performance compared to the Desire.

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Download Android 2.2 FroYo for Nexus One Now – Tested and Working

UPDATE : Information in this post might be old .  Head over here for the latest update

Google is already rolling out the Android 2.2 update for the Nexus one and few users have manged to get an OTA (Over the Air) update.  Now the manual update is available from Google’s servers and we just installed it to show you the changes in this version. We are also sharing instructions about how to get the update working on your nexus one manually Continue reading “Download Android 2.2 FroYo for Nexus One Now – Tested and Working”

Vic Gundotra the man who can win Developers for Google Android

Vic Gundotra was 21 in 1991 according to this document from Stanford  University pictured below and was then Demoing some stuff to Microsoft’s then head of Sales , Steve Ballmer who is currently the CEO.He sparked Microsoft’s change from Win32 to the .NET programming model. In fact he spent 15 years at Microsoft since then. Vic quit Microsoft to join Google back in 2007 and spent 1 year in between due to Microsoft’s non-compete clause.

Now in 2010 , he’s on stage at Google I/O – the company’s largest annual developer conference to woo developers to build applications for the Android operating system. He’s currently VP of Engineering at Google responsible for developer evangelism

Vic did make the inaugural address on the first day of the event but it was pretty short yet he managed to poke fun at competitor Apple CEO’s Late night email about HTML5. On day 2 this man was on stage for nearly an hour and he did talk about Android and the latest version – Froyo and the upcoming changes to the  Android platform and boy-o-boy he made us laugh repeatedly by criticizing Apple, Phone and the latest iPad . It was pay back time for Google against Apple who has criticized Android over Porn Continue reading “Vic Gundotra the man who can win Developers for Google Android”

Android 2.2 Froyo announced

Google has just announced the next major update to it’s Android Operating System . You might have heard of the Froyo update for a past several days. The Android 2.2 codenamed Froyo was finally announced at Google IO conference in San Francisco and Google gave away an HTC EVO 4G for Free to all attendees. Coming back to the update, it looks cool and brings some nice changes like ability to turn your phone into a WiFi Hotspot. Google is claiming Performance improvements of 2-5 times over Android 2.1 ! You can also send links from PC to open on phone with the new Android market website ! One of the coolest things we saw was the possibility to stream DRM Free music from your PC to your Phone !

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Google Voice for Android updated. Gets improved inbox syncronization and more

At the Google I/O Conference, Google announced a new version of Google Voice for Android. Along with Support for Android 2.2, Google has improved the reliability of Inbox synchronization and fixed many reported bugs in the application. Continue reading “Google Voice for Android updated. Gets improved inbox syncronization and more”

HTC Wildfire Official Photos

HTC has just launched the Wildfire for Europe and Asia and here are some official photos of the phone for your viewing pleasure. You will clearly notice in the photos that the phone looks a lot like the Nexus One and HTC Desire .The Wildfire  is expected to replace the Tattoo and will bring Android 2.1 to many users at a lower price compared to the Legend.

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HTC Wildfire a mini Desire

HTC has launched the Wildfire a Android 2.1 handset which takes design cues from Desire , Smart and Legend. The company has been coming up with some incredible names for its products and the Wildfire is the latest one. The product announcement is coming from Germany and we should have more information from HTC soon.

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NFS Shift Launching on Android soon

Android seriously lacks some nice games with hi-def graphics which are one of the main strengths of the iPhone platform. NFS shift is one of the best games we have ever played on a mobile device – iPhone. This game is going to be launched soon on the Android platform. EA Games is going to release the NFS Shift Game on the Android Market on June 4th . Continue reading “NFS Shift Launching on Android soon”

HTC Desire Tons of Pics

Here are tons of pics of the HTC Desire running on Android 2.1 . The Desire is expected to be launched in India really soon and we bring you new exclusive pics of the Phone. The Desire hasa 3.7 inch AMOLED display and a optical trackpad. It has 3 physical keys below the screen. Continue reading “HTC Desire Tons of Pics”

Google shutting down phone store , going to sell Nexus One at Retail Stores

In a blog post by Andy Rubin of Google, the company is going to shut down it’s phone store which sells the Nexus One Android Phone. They are instead going to bring the phone to Retail Stores

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