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Video of the HTC EVO 4G Being Rooted

11 days before the EVO 4G launches exclusively on Sprint, and hackers have already successfully rooted the phone. Video showing their finesse after the jump. Before you start rioting over how Grack got an EVO two weeks before the big launch, I best break the bad news to you—Google was dishing them out (for free)…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Is This the Motorola Droid Shadow?

A user at HowardForums posted this shot of the set-up guide for a new, unidentified Motorola Droid in a Motorola Shadow pre-release thread. Is this our first look at the upcoming Motorola Droid Shadow? It’s been suggested that the Shadow, with a reported 8MP, 720p video-shooting camera and a 4.3″ touch screen, will be the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

How To: Try Android Froyo On Your Computer

Google’s next version of Android, 2.2 “Froyo“, is obviously a huge step, and we’ve done what we can to explain what’s so great about it. But enough reading, why not try it for yourself? https://gizmodo.com/what-is-froyo-5543853 Nexus One owners are reporting early Froyo updates already, but chances are, you don’t own a Nexus One. Any mobile…

Tech News John Herrman

Android 2.2 Already Sneaking Onto Nexus Ones

What a pleasant surprise. While Google initially suggested it’d be a few weeks before the Nexus One was graced with Android 2.2, TechCrunch’s MG Siegler went to plug in his handset last night and, lo and behold, he found an unexpected Froyo treat waiting for him. Not all Nexus One users are seeing the bump…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

What’s Next For Android?

With Froyo, Google’s latest dessert-themed update to its Android mobile OS, they added even more features users were clamoring for, like wireless syncing and hotspot support. But what about future updates? We think we’ve got it figured out. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-froyo-5543853 Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Release Date: Fall 2011 Features: -WebM video playback support -Full UI refresh -Bluetooth…

Tech News Brian Barrett and Adam Frucci

How to Give Your iPhone an Android Enema

Did you want to install Android on your iPhone after seeing that demonstration video? (No? OK…err…move along then.) Yes? Great. PC World created a step-by-step how to. The catch? There are a few… https://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-now-runs-android-5521580 • It won’t work on the iPhone 3GS • You’ll need to be running 2.0 to 3.1.2 firmware • Performance is…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Android 2.2 Will Never Come to the G1

Well, that answers that. At the Android Fireside chat at Google IO, the Android team says that Android 2.2 won’t be coming to the G1, simply because there’s not enough space for the OS to fit in the flash space. Of course, your friendly developer community will probably whip something up.

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Question of the Day: Does Froyo Make You Want to Get an Android Phone?

Since new iPhones have come out every summer for the past few years, June and July is a time when many, many cell contracts expire. Do Google’s new Android OS features make you want to switch to their team? https://gizmodo.com/whats-new-in-android-2-2-5543313 Speaking as an iPhone 3G user not entirely in love with AT&T or Apple these…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Logitech’s Google TV Box Will Have Special Powers

The unique thing about Logitech’s Google TV box—the size of a squished Apple TV, rendered in glossy black plastic—is that it’ll have the full powers of Logitech’s Harmony remotes and ecosystem. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-harmony-900-universal-remote-review-5334917 The box overall is pretty standard, with the back revealing a pair of USB ports—which could’ve saved today’s presentation—IR blasters and HDMI in…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

What Is Google TV?

Google TV was announced today. But what exactly is it? Give us two minutes. https://gizmodo.com/google-tv-combines-tv-android-and-all-of-the-internet-5543689 It’s a software platform… You know how the Nexus One is a piece of hardware by HTC that runs Android, a piece of software by Google? That’s how Google TV will work. At its heart, Google TV is a platform.…

Tech News Mark Wilson

What Is Froyo?

Google’s out with Android 2.2—codename: Froyo—and so far we’re impressed. But what is it, exactly? It’s a mobile platform… Froyo (following Google’s adorable alphabetized dessert naming convention) is the latest iteration of Android, Google’s mobile operating system. Simple enough! If you bought an Android phone recently, Froyo’s what it will eventually be running. https://gizmodo.com/htc-says-your-2010-android-phone-will-most-likely-get-5543847 …with…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Google Is Leapfrogging Apple

Google is done playing catch-up. Today they’re setting the agenda: With Android Froyo, Google TV, mobile ads and streaming media, Google isn’t just matching Apple—they’re taking the lead. The Google I/O conference has been dizzyingly dense, with announcements from nearly every corner of Google’s ever-expanding apparatus. The meatiest news comes direct from Google’s most intense…

Tech News John Herrman

HTC Says Your 2010 Android Phone Will “Most Likely” Get Froyo

There’s plenty to get excited about in Android 2.2 AKA Froyo, but HTC offered some not very surprising reassurance to people who bought their most recent handsets, including the Droid Incredible, the EVO, the Desire, or, soon, the myTouch Slide—you will probably get Froyo! Android Central reached out to HTC and got this response: https://gizmodo.com/whats-new-in-android-2-2-5543313…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Will You Be Able to Watch Hulu With Google TV?

The Hulu icon shined so brightly in the Google TV demo. Hulu, on our TVs, finally? Well, maybe. Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra answered, when pressed, that they’re only technically enabling you to watch Hulu—since any Flash content works in Google TV—but it’s still up to the Hulu whether or not they’ll do something…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Sony Sets the New Metric For Success

Following today’s Google I/O keynote, Sony CEO Howard Stringer mentioned that Sony’s Xperia X10 was dominating the iPhone in Japan. When Eric Schmidt reminded him that “Google doesn’t dominate,” Stringer responded with this, some weird opposite of a backhanded compliment. https://gizmodo.com/whats-new-in-android-2-2-5543313

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

What’s New in Android 2.2

Android 2.2 is here. We’ve been using it with Flash 10.1 and it is nicer than 2.1 in some small, but key ways. Like built-in tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot powers. Oh, and Flash. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-adobe-flash-10-1-on-a-phone-its-not-bad-5543322 Click here to view it all one page. https://gizmodo.com/android-2-2-gallery-5543323 Besides the stuff that’s visible, like the new homescreen widget and Android…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

This Is Adobe Flash 10.1 on a Phone (It’s Not Bad)

Honestly, there’s not much to say about Flash 10.1 on Android that you haven’t already seen, given how hard Adobe’s been pushing the Flash-on-phones message. There’s a few things. Why You Want It A brief recap: Flash 10.1 is the first time the complete, ungimped version of Adobe Flash will grace phones since it’s been…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Android 2.2 Is 2x to 5x Faster For Apps (Plus So Many More Features)

And to illustrate this point, below is a side-by-side of the same game on the same device, with the one running 2.2 running quite a lot faster than the one with 2.1. Live Updating Also, a number of Enterprise Exchange features. There’s also a Cloud-messaging feature, so you can, for example, send navigation directions from…

Tech News Jason Chen

Android Now Has 50,000 Applications

And of course, they have the highest usage rate, according to Admob, and are the number two overall selling smartphone right now.

Tech News Jason Chen

Why Google Made Android

“If we did not act, we faced a draconian future. Where one man, one company, one carrier was the future.” — Google

Tech News Jason Chen

Video of the HTC EVO 4G Being Rooted

Is This the Motorola Droid Shadow?

How To: Try Android Froyo On Your Computer

Android 2.2 Already Sneaking Onto Nexus Ones

What’s Next For Android?

How to Give Your iPhone an Android Enema

Android 2.2 Will Never Come to the G1

Question of the Day: Does Froyo Make You Want to Get an Android Phone?

Logitech’s Google TV Box Will Have Special Powers

What Is Google TV?

What Is Froyo?

Google Is Leapfrogging Apple

HTC Says Your 2010 Android Phone Will “Most Likely” Get Froyo

Will You Be Able to Watch Hulu With Google TV?

Sony Sets the New Metric For Success

What’s New in Android 2.2

This Is Adobe Flash 10.1 on a Phone (It’s Not Bad)

Android 2.2 Is 2x to 5x Faster For Apps (Plus So Many More Features)

Android Now Has 50,000 Applications

Why Google Made Android

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