This mysterious invitation just popped up in our inbox, asking us to “come see what HTC has dreamt up 15 September”. Could this be the fabled Vision or Desire HD? More »
Android 2.0 only came out last week, but the open-source community has already ported it to the T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream, the first Android phone. Check it out… More »
The tireless tinkerers over at XDA have assembled a definitive guide to loading the Hero’s custom-baked Android build onto G1s. It’s fairly involved and a little risky, but hardly unfamiliar territory to HTC fans. [XDA, GetYourDroidOn—Thanks, Patrick!] More »
Reader Daniel loves his HTC Dream, but was a little unimpressed by the company’s reticence to actually upgrade the Android software to version 1.5 (Cupcake). So he asked Optus about it on Twitter and actually got a response: they’ll be rolling out the update in “late July”. More »
There’s a new version of TuneWiki for Android Cupcake, and it looks like a pretty solid update: The Blip feature burps your current playlist to Facebook and/or Twitter, and there’s a new Android homescreen widget for faster, more direct player access. You can also pay $US5 for no ads.
G1 owners: Some people got it already, but expect the Cupcake general public rollout to officially start next Tuesday. According to one reliable source, that will be C-Day. This goes along with T-Mobile’s previous statement about the delivery of Android’s new version:
Google has announced that Android handset owners can take advantage of barcode scanning support built into Product Search. Using the Barcode Scanner app, users can scan UPC/ISBN codes to pull up results on their browser.
