Why wait for Verizon to officially push the Android 2.1 update to your Droid when you can just download and install it on your own? The Android 2.1 update can be manually installed onto your Droid without voiding any warranties or hacking your phone at all, you’ll simply use the method that Android puts in [...]
Motorola DROID – Android 2.1 Update Details
Motorola has been kind enough to post a page containing details on the update to Android 2.1 that is being pushed over the air to users this week. And the details are good. More voice control and integration with the DROID, updated 3D Gallery with pinch-to-zoom functionality. Speaking of which, pinch-to-zoom is not shared in [...]
Motorola Driod Root
DROID ROOT Well, that didn’t take too long. The mighty Droid has been conquered, er I mean rooted. Zinx Verituse over at android-devs.org has rooted the Droid and he/she want to share the joy with the world.
Droid OTA Update
A number of online forums have been abuzz this morning about an OTA update which is being pushed as I type for the Motorola Droid. Verizon even released a software update white paper outlining the changes that come with Android 2.01. Reports are the update is fairly small in size and just takes a few [...]
Motorola DROID $120 at Dell!
Well, this is a welcome surprise. As part of the inevitable pre-empting of Black Friday that seems to be the fashion this year, Dell is offering the DROID for $119.99 right now. The price comes at the expense of the standard 2-year contract, but the price cut doesn’t involve any mail-in rebates, so $119.99 is [...]
Motorola Droid Torn Apart
Phonewreck has gone and done something terrible. They took a brand new beautiful Motorola Droid and torn it all apart. And I mean, really ripped at it, as you’ll see in the photos. Much of is is glued or taped together with adhesives and the destroyer had some troubles getting it off. However, after all [...]
Verizon will offer Tethering on Droid
Verizon Wireless told gearlog that they will be offering tethering through the “Broadband Access Connect” plan. You can tether your phone as a modem and surf the internet anywhere you get Verizon signal on your laptop if you wish, however there is a catch. You are limited to 5GB/month, so I wouldn’t go and watch [...]
Droid Review at Engadget
I would love to be able to post up here a full review of the Motorola Droid. Unfortunately for me and you (mostly me), I did not get a Droid to review. Instead I’m forced to read from afar and help my readers find the reviews they are looking for. Engadget has just posted up [...]
Moto Droid Docks are $30
The two docking accessories for the Motorola Droid, the Car Dock and the Multimedia Station run $3o each. A quick reminder of what the docks are about: Driving Directions One of the most interesting new features is a beta version of the Google Maps Navigation application which will be preloaded on the device. The Maps [...]
Icon Design Guidelines Abandoned
It looks to me that Google has abandoned their own icon design guidelines for Launcher icons. I remember a while back reading through some of the original dev guidelines for UI and one particular page that I enjoyed was the Icon Design Guidelines. It has a really obscure and very detailed requirements list for creating [...]
