If our screenshot tour wasn’t enough to satiate your Gingerbread lust, a bunch of Android developers have already started porting the Android 2.3 SDK to various Android devices, so rooted users can play around with it now and see what’s new. More »
Not content to wait until it went official, an industrious Android user carved Yahoo’s forthcoming Yahoo! Messenger app out of a MyTouch ROM that leaked yesterday. It can do video calling over Wi-Fi and 3G, no sweat. More »
Lest your Droid fall out of date, into disrepair, and end up on a Jawa Sandcrawler, MyDroidWorld is serving up a new Android 2.2 ROM, along with full instructions, for bringing your phone up to speed. Apparently it’s got everything except for Wi-Fi, so if you’re hankering for that Froyo, it’s well worth a look. As always, proceed with caution; there’s nothing worse than a dead Droid. [MyDroidWorld via Boy Genius Report] More »
The latest Windows Phone 7 ROM has already been unlocked and has plenty of cool new stuff to check out, including call history and notifications, dialler interfaces and Office, which we caught a tantalising glimpse of last week. More »
For about $US100, you can use the Retrode to convert your SNES and Genesis games into PC and Mac emulator-ready romz. Don’t ask about the legality of it all. Ethically, it’s fine by us. [StoneAgeGamer via Crunchgear]
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/tL60j3iDgLk&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube"} ); If you’re a Nexus One owner and you have a sense of adventure—or are black-out drunk—you can now flash an alpha version of the leaked HTC Desire ROM on your phone. Speaking of Flash, this ROM has it. More »
This generation of Android phones is faster, more powerful and generally awesome-er than anything before. But for whatever reason, they don’t have one thing other smartphones take for granted: multitouch. Here’s how to fix that, and so much more. More »
HTC’s posted a nice fat package of code on their developer portal, labelled “HTC Hero Kernel Source Code”. This isn’t nearly as tantalising as it sounds, but it’s pu-ret-ay exciting nonetheless. Here’s why. More »
