Google has released Android SDK 2.1 for developers to begin making those great animated wallpapers that have made the Nexus One such a big hit at parties. Of course, this has come almost a week after the introduction of Nexus One, the first device to be running Android OS 2.1. Google isn’t making a big [...]
T-Mobile Working on Nexus One 3G Problem
T-Mobile has stated in their online support forums that they, along with Google, are investigating the 3G fluctuation or lack of 3G issue and will report back as soon as they have more information. This comes from the T-Mobile Forums, so it’s nothing too official, but just the fact someone, even if it’s just a [...]
Nexus One 3G Problems?
Well, it’s been five days since Google began taking orders for the Nexus One, and in those five days, many people have had a chance to test out the N1 on T-Mobile’s service. Unfortunately, it appears that many people are having issues with their 3G coverage with the N1. Now, sometimes it’s hard to determine [...]
Notion Ink Adam Tablet Impressing at CES
Engadget has written two articles on Notion Ink’s Adam Tablet, which is powered by Android, and can’t seem to say enough good things about it. The Adam is powered by the Tegra 2 (Tegra 250) processor from nVidia which seems to be a big hit at CES this year. But what really makes this tablet [...]
GSM HTC Hero Gets Firmware Update
Users of the popular GSM version of the HTC Hero are getting a firmware update to version 2.73.771.73. I have no idea what the really entails, and HTC is pretty mum on the details so far, but it’s a good guess that this is a minor update and nothing extra ordinary. In other words, don’t [...]
Current T-Mobile Customers Unhappy with Nexus One Prices
Current T-Mobile customers are not too happy with the whole Nexus One prices options available to them. The options are: Pay full price or some odd variation of that depending on contract. This is specifically bad for the customers who are currently no under contract, just using month to month service. T-Mobile and/or Google still [...]
T-Mobile and ICD Bring Android Vega Tablet to UK
T-Mobile and ICD have officially announced that the nVidia Tergra 250 powered, Android 2.0 running, Vega tablet will be available for those in the UK. This is a large 15″ tablet that they are dubbing the “family hub tablet”. It’s designed to be used around the house for everything from cooking instructions to twittering about [...]
Motorola BACKFLIP
Motorola announced during CES a new type of Android phone with a “reverse flip” QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard of the phone faces out when the hinged phone is closed, and behind the screen is a trackpad like feature they have dubbed backtrack. It also features Android 1.5 with MOTOBLUR and will be upgraded to Android [...]
Tiledial Makes Quick Work of Web Apps
Tiledial is a very simple idea and as ideas go, usually the most simple and basic are the best. It’s a web interface accessed through your favorite web browser that links to 15 of the most popular web interfaces for mobile devices.
New Site Rollout
Welcome back to These are the Droids. You’ll notice things around here are a little different, please excuse our mess while we work out any remaining bugs, but at this point everything should be up and running. Feel free to explore the new site and please be sure and provide any feedback via this post. [...]