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HTC Acquires One & Co. to Help Design Handsets
San Francisco-based One & Co. has been purchased by G1 makers HTC. If you’ve never heard of the name One & Co., perhaps you know their work. The HTC Touch Diamond is one of the more recent products to have their mark on it. Before …
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Make Your Own AnyCut Shortcuts (Part 1 of 3)
Don’t let the cute little house icon fool you. AnyCut is pure utility and, like a lot of the V1.0′s in the marketplace, this one is pure Android. It takes advantage of Android’s great interoperability, and it will be misunderstood and under-appreciated. On the second …
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G1 for $125? You Wish
You almost had to be ready for this one in advance if you wanted to take advantage of it. American Express’ “My Wishlist” site was offering a T-Mobile G1 for $125 earlier today. Was. It seems the very limited supply of 200 has already reached …
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Techfaith Wireless and QIGI Launch China’s First Android Handset
China’s TechFaith Wireless and QIGI, a Smartphone brand in China has announced today that the i6-Goal will be the first Android-powered phone in China. The handset runs with a 624MHz CPU and features a touch-screen, a business card scanner as well as GPS functionality. We …
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Colorware Lets You Choose Your G1 Identity
Good news for those G1 fans who have already tired of their black, copper, and white handsets. Colorware has finally gone and colorized the first Android handset. At first it might seem like they have some steep prices, we’ve seen some of their work and …
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I’m Thankful
Thank you to everyone who has helped make AndroidGuys what it is. This includes everyone from our loyal readers and followers, to my fellow writers and Android enthusiasts. I’m also thankful for all of the contacts I’ve made over the last year. It’s all of …
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Google Really Wants “Android” Trademark
Not content to simply walk away, Google is going back for more. Back in August, Google was issued a refusal from the US Patent and Trade Office for trademarking “Android”. Late last week, they filed an ex parte appeal, hoping to reverse the decision. It’s …
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Rotational Forces, Part Five
Learn how to have your application’s screen be rotated just based on the position of the device, rather than based on the keyboard, in today’s episode of Building ‘Droids!
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Rotational Forces, Part Four
Learn how to prevent Android from rotating your activity’s UI, in today’s episode of Building ‘Droids!
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From Out of Nowhere Sprint’s CDMA Head Says “Peace Out”
John Garcia, Sprint’s CDMA leader has decided to leave the company. In his absence, Bill Morgan, SVP of brand management will report to Dan Hesse. The CDMA portion of Sprint accounts for 70% of their business. Garcia has been a part of their company for …
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Video Proof of the Multi-Touch on G1
Last week we ran an article on the fact that somewhere within the G1 and Android was the capability of multi-touch. The hidden feature was outed by RyeBry after digging through some code. This weekend, he’s updated his site with a proof of concept video …
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Android World Tour Continues – Next Stop, Philippines
Android is only available on one handset right now, but the interest in the operating system continues to grow. As a result of many inquiries, HTC Philippines country manager Mark Sergio said they are currently getting ready to ship the Android-based G1 handset. According to …
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PhoneFusion Listens, Makes UI Changes
A short time ago, we were contacted by Michael Manna of PhoneFusion. He was writing to let us know that his developers have come up with some changes to the user interface of their voicemail application. If you missed it, we had an article online …
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NTT DoCoMo Developing Android Handset for Next Year
Japan’s top wireless provider, NTT DoCoMo Inc. is working with partner KTF Co (South Korea) to develop a smartphone using Google’s Android software. According to the Nikkei business daily, it’s slated to happen next year. NTT DoCoMo is a founding member of the Open Handset …
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