New patent reveals Google design for slide-out, QWERTY style phone
Google’s designs for their prized Nexus line (Nexus One, Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus) have all followed the standard candybar-style. However, the latest from the rumor mill (or patent mill, as it were) is layouts for a slide out, QWERTY style device. We here at AndroidGuys …
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Canadian HTC Magic Gets Sense UI and 911 Fix
The first of 2 upgrades to the Canadian HTC Magic is officially underway. The two updates spoken about in an earlier post stated that the first of the 2 updates would be a 911 fix and the much appraised HTC Sense UI. The second which …
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Latest AdMob Report Shows Android Drinking Microsoft’s Milkshake
The latest AdMob metrics report is out today and it’s nothing we haven’t seen yet. To sum it up quickly, Android continues to grow both here in the US and abroad.  In the span of one year Android traffic (in the AdMob network) has …
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Canadians, Your Free Magic Won’t Dial 911 As Well
So after my last post, I wish to update Canadian Android’ers that the HTC Magic is experiencing the same GPS/911 problems currently affecting the HTC Dream. Rogers is letting customers know via text message that 911 emergency calls will not complete due to a bug …
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Rogers HTC Dream 911 Warning
Last night I received a text message from Rogers regarding an issue involving 911 calls. This screw up can only be described as HUGE! Rogers is informing all of their HTC Dream customers of an issue that does not allow 911 emergency calls to complete …
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Canadian Dream Owners Get Free Magics, No Joke!
Some Strings Attached… It’s true, Rogers has officially announced that all Canadian HTC Dream owners can upgrade to the HTC Magic free of charge. For background information on this story, please go here and here. The catch is that you must resign your 3-year contract …
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Canadian Dream Owners Getting Option To Switch To Magic!
Either IWMOPS (I Want My One Point Six) are some of the most persuasive and influential people I know or Rogers is one of the nicest, most customer-oriented wireless providers (Oh, that was weird, did I just use “nice” and “mobile company” in the same …
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Canadians Complained, HTC Listened
So it would appear that the “IWantMyOnePointSix” (twitter:@IWMOPS) group has had their voices heard. In the coming months, both HTC Dream and HTC Magic owners will be seeing upgrades to their current software. The updates that HTC has so far decided on are only minor …
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Canada Wants 1.6 Really Bad… Do You?
It would appear that on the 20th of December 2009 that a website going by the name of “iwantmyonepointsix.com” appeared on the streets of the world wide web. The website’s aim is described in the About section of the site which I shall reference here …
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No Donuts For Canadians (Confirmed)
Just as “Android in Canada” put it, get ready for a slap in the face my fellow igloo dwelling, beaver loving friends. While many Canadians have opted to root their device and use whatever ROM they please, it turn out the long awaited 1.6 “Donut” …
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My Impression of the G1 So Far
Vamien weighs in with his initial impressions of Android 1.0 and the T-Mobile G1 handset.
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Mobile Linux Not Supporting the Desktop Version
Just recently, we were tipped off to some exciting and somewhat disappointing news regarding the HTC Dream. I’ve been reading through everyone’s comments and many of them have been rather interesting to say the least. While going through them, something crossed my mind that I’d …
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HTC’s Android Interface
With more confirmation that HTC will be releasing their Android powered device by the end of the year, it might be time we start looking into what the devices interface will look like.
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HTC’s Android Dream
Most HTC and Android followers know the name “Dream†quite well. The device will be HTC’s first device based on Google’s Android OS and may very well be the first Android powered device to make it to market. But what is HTC’s dream for Android? …
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Sprint: Instinct $199 Price Is Not a Rebuttal To 3G iPhone
After reading our previous post Sprint Answers Apple With $199 Samsung Instinct our readers may be led to believe that the sudden $199 price announcement for the Sprint Samsung Instinct is in direct reprisal to Apple’s announcement that the iPhone 3G will sell for the …
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