http://www.toogab.com Google Android News, Discussion and More! Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:07:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignright" width="131" caption="Android Robot"][/caption] I hope everyone had a Merry Chrismahanukwanzakah, got to cover them all, T-Mobile is reportedly giving out more presents and starting to ship out new higher capacity batteries and a bigger back covers for the HTC G-1. Those that currently own the old version ... http://www.toogab.com/android-hardware/t-mobile-replacing-g-1-batteries/ In the last post about Google's 'Cupcake' firmware upgrade we saw that there would be a on-screen keyboard added.  Well there is now video evidence of the keyboard being used.  From the looks of the video the keyboard features the click and drag function like the iPhone, for when you ... http://www.toogab.com/uncategorized/more-cupcake-info-uncovered/ Samsung is hard at work developing their Android powered handset, and we can't wait to see it!  The electronics manufacturer plans to release the phone in Q2 of 2009 to the Sprint and T-Mobile networks.  Sources are saying that the phone will be similar to the Omnia, available on Verizon, ... http://www.toogab.com/android-hardware/samsung-to-release-android-smartphone/ This week many companies confirmed that they were working on new phones that support the Google Android operating system.  The two that stand out the most and have fully confirmed the devices are HTC and Sony Ericsson.  Garfield Brusewitz, spokesperson for Sony Ericsson, stated that they will be looking into ... http://www.toogab.com/uncategorized/sony-ericsson-and-htc-confirm-more-android-handsets-for-2009/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="680" caption="Kogan Agora "][/caption] If you remember my last post about Kogan we talked about the announcement made about a new Android phone available to Aussies. In that announcement they noted a detail release before Christmas, and it looks like they achieved that goal. They have ... http://www.toogab.com/android-development/kogan-android-phone-detailed/ Ok I confess. I love Colorware. I love what they do, and after having put my hands on a few of the end results... I can certainly say the finished product is top-notch. Colorware have announced that they are taking orders for T-Mobile G1 customization. If you're bored with your black, ... http://www.toogab.com/fun-stuff/colorware-offering-custom-colors-for-the-t-mobile-g1/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="179" caption="Opera Browser in the Android Platform"][/caption] Opera has been working on a mobile release of their popular web browsing software for the Android platform. They released a Beta in April to show how great the software looked on the G-1, but it was not ready for full ... http://www.toogab.com/uncategorized/opera-mini-android-market/ All the audiophiles rejoiced today as we find out that the T-Mobile G-1 is now shipping with a 3.5mm headphone adapter.  The first wave of shipments included a miniUSB headset with a microphone.  Those of you that were crossing their arms in the corner and pouting, saying 'I'm not buying ... http://www.toogab.com/uncategorized/g-1-shipping-with-35mm-adapter/ Gizmodo has found evidence that there may be hidden multi-touch on the HTC G-1. Readers have re-activated some code that was commented out in the software that allows for multi-touch. This find could allow for developers to take advantage of multi-touch in their applications. But don't get too excited, you ... http://www.toogab.com/uncategorized/multi-touch-found-on-the-g-1/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Dream G2"][/caption] Why so soon, you ask? Well it's not exactly what you think. This is the Dream G2 that is set to release in November by Sciphone in China. This is no beauty like the G-1 but it does come with the Android platform. The company ... http://www.toogab.com/uncategorized/g2-in-the-works/