HTC Legend & Desire Promptly Rooted

Two of the latest HTC handsets, the Desire and Legend have been promptly rooted . Paul of Modaco forums is at it again, doing his part to provide full access to Android phones. As evidenced in the photo above, he’s found his way in.  While Paul’s not done with the finishing touches, he plans to make the process public before long. Any of you guys planning on picking up one of these handsets? Rooting it? Might We Suggest… HTC Legend, Desire Headed to Vodafone UK Two of the hottest new phones to come out of Mobile World Congress last month, the HTC Legend and Desire, have been announced for Vodafone UK. Customers can register now for both handsets which are d…

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2.1 Arrives on Select Droids Today, Full Rollout Starts This Week

According to Engadget, the long awaited Android 2.1 rollout has commenced for Droid owners.  Start earlier today, 1,000 started receiving the notification that an update is available for their phone.  By the time many of you head to bed, another 9,000 will see this message as well.  After skipping Wednesday, the rollout will hit full steam and find its way to 200,000 users a day until everyone is blanketed.  We just received a picture (Thanks Kellex!) of a Droid showing 2.1 which appears to be pretty legit. Starting 03/30/2010, Verizon Wireless is pleased to announce a new software update for the DROID by Motorola. Users will be able to upgrade their software to version AP: ESE81/BP: C_01.3E.03P to receive new improvements and enhancements. – excerpt from email Might We Suggest… Developers Waste Little Time Porting Android 2.1 to Droid In a move that comes as little surprise, some crafty developers have managed to extract Android 2.1 from a Nexus One handset to port it to the Motorola Droid. Does it work? Yes and no. According to…

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Droid to See Android 2.1 Tomorrow

Starting tomorrow, the Droid is poised to join the Nexus One as the only other Android 2.1 handset on the market.  Verizon has already updated their support page with a change log of sorts (PDF) as well as instructions for updating your Droid.  Look for the rollout to start tomorrow,  March 18th at 12:00PM EST in waves of around 250,000 each.  If you don’t see it right away, just sit tight for a bit. Among the changes Droid owners can expect: Pinch-to-zoom in the browser, gallery, and Google Maps. Weather and News app/widget. Support for voice-to-text entry – tap the microphone icon on the virtual keyboard and speak. New Gallery application with 3D layout. Live Wallpapers Might We Suggest… Motorola’s Droid Update Detailed, Sorta It’s already publicly known that Motorola plans to roll out an update to the Droid which will see it pick up Android 2.1.  We’re waiting for the update to hit, literally any day now. As we wait f…

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FarmVille on Nexus One Signals Death of Productivity [VIDEO]

Taimur Asad of Redmond Pie has been playing with the HTC Desire ROM on his Nexus One these last few days.  As many of you might know, it features Adobe‘s Flash Player 10.1 as part of the build.  So what’s the best way to test out how well that works?  Log into Facebook and play FarmVille , of course.  As you’ll see in the video, it runs pretty well.  Taimur admits that prior to playing with it on the Nexus One, he hadn’t even tried out FarmVille.  That explains his hesitation and awkwardness in the clip. While it sounds great at first, games like this might not translate as well onto a 4-inch screen as we’d hoped.  If any of you play any Facebook games on a netbook, you can attest to the difference between a 10-inch screen and a full blown 19″ or larger monitor.  Still, this does help give you that quick fix not currently available on any other platform. Might We Suggest… Load HTC Desire ROM onto Your (Rooted) Nexus One Just a few days ago we reported on Paul O’Brien and his loading of the brand new HTC Desire ROM onto his rooted Nexus One.  At the time, he was keeping the ROM to himself as it appeared to have a …

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Fast-Acting Hacker Makes Nexus One More ‘Desire’-able

Paul O’Brien, f ounder of MoDaCo , has been a busy little boy.  In what feels like only a matter of hours, he’s been able to flash an unofficial ROM from the HTC Desire onto a Nexus One .  And just to prove things, he snapped a pic of it in action. According to Paul, it almost everything is operational and Adobe‘s Flash 10.1 “works well” so far.  It took a little juggling and tweaking (removing some code), but he’s been able to run it without issues. Among the items he’s confirmed to be working are, the trackball, the 4 bottom keys, proximity sensor, LED, light sensor, compass and G sensor.  Heck the camera;s face recognition and touch focus work too! As of now, he has decided not to release this ROM into the wild because of a watermark found within its walls.  Fret not though, as we can’t be that far off from the full-fledged ROM. Sit tight you rooted Nexus One owners! Might We Suggest… The Future of MotoBLUR, Sense and TouchWiz Android is on the verge of earning the moniker “the future of the mobile operating system.” Although it is still in its infancy, the Android platform currently operates on nine handsets in the U.S. Fi…

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Motorola Updates the Update Situation

Curious as to when your Motorola handset is going to get its update to Android 2.1?  Motorola recently posted a quick list of their handsets with estimated update times.  The “Droid to get 2.1 any day now” rumor still seems on track.  However, we previously heard the Cliq was rumored for March.  According to this document, it might not be until April at the earliest.  Still, it is nice to see some transparency from the company. Source: Motorola Might We Suggest… Rumor: T-Mobile Cliq to See Android 2.1 in March A Boy Genius Report tipster has informed them that the T-Mobile Cliq is slated to pick Android 2.1 sometime in March.  There’s nothing concrete to support this, however BGR’s track record for Android …

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Rumor: T-Mobile Cliq to See Android 2.1 in March

A Boy Genius Report tipster has informed them that the T-Mobile Cliq is slated to pick Android 2.1 sometime in March.  There’s nothing concrete to support this, however BGR’s track record for Android rumors seems to be pretty solid so far.  This would be the first look at how MOTOBLUR operates on Android 2.1, so we’re definitely interested.  Those of you with a Cliq will likely attest that this will be a long time coming. More on that is it develops. Might We Suggest… Motorola Zeppelin Will Dock Next Month as Cliq XT The Motorola handset we’ve recently been reporting on, the Zeppelin, will be arriving next month on T-Mobile.  A leaked T-Mobile roadmap that covers the next few months shows the Zeppelin launching Ma…

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Motorola’s Droid Update Detailed, Sorta

It’s already publicly known that Motorola plans to roll out an update to the Droid which will see it pick up Android 2.1.  We’re waiting for the update to hit, literally any day now. As we wait for the official word, we thought we’d recap what you Droid owners will be seeing.    Voice recognition for virtual keyboard. This is the feature that allows you to speak instead of typing.  Anywhere you want. Virtual/soft keyboard enhancements. 3D Gallery  – Same as Nexus One, designed by Cooliris Pinch to zoom/multi-touch for maps, browser, and gallery. News and weather widget Google Maps 4.0 with all the new stuff, like Buzz. Enhanced Music application. New tabs at the top for easier access an navigation to artists, songs, albums and playlists. Google Goggles If you head to Motorola’s FAQ page , you’ll run into somewhat of a dead-end.  Right now, it just says “There is a release coming, check back soon.”  This is different from earlier, where it fleshed out all the details.  Does this mean there’s more to the update?  Did someone jump the gun and push out the news a little to early? Any of you Verizon customers stoked about the update?  What is it that you are most looking forward to? Might We Suggest… Motorola Devour to be Droid’s Little Brother PhoneArena is reporting today that the Motorola A555 Calgary will now be named the Devour.  We did a quick check in the US Trademark Database and found that Motorola filed for a trademark on ‘Devour’…

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HTC’s Sense Adds Pinch Zooming on Android 2.1 Home Screen [VIDEO]

Ask around and you’ll find that most Android enthusiasts are fans of what HTC did with Sense UI.  Rather than pumping out stock Android handsets void of any character, they poured all kinds of things into Android.  Not only did it refresh the interface, but it added features as well.  Sense is not just a skin on top of Android. So as the plain vanilla Android experience continues to evolve and get prettier, what happens to Sense? Nick over at HTC Source happened upon a video this morning that shows Android 2.1 running with Sense on top of it.  The guy in this sideway video is running the latest release on his Hero. Where Google‘s WebOS-like cards give added function to the desktop experience, HTC gives it a slight boost.   Skip to around 6:50 into the clip below and you’ll see a pinch-to-zoom feature that pulls all 7 homescreens up with previews.  Tap the widget or screen and presto!  You’re there.  Yes, we know.  Swiping doesn’t take all that long to get from one end to the other.  It’s still nice to see HTC doing their part to push Android further. Might We Suggest… First Look at Android 2.1 Screen Shots The first few images of Android 2.1 have made their way online and we’re more than pleased to share them.  These pictures allegedly come from an HTC Hero running the newest build of Android.  We’re …

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HTC to Update Hero (EU) to 2.1 Update in March

We previously reported that the European HTC Hero could see an update from Android 1.5 to Android 2.1 at some point in February.  At the time, we were told secondhand that HTC Poland was pushing out the update.  We’ve learned today that Irish wireless provider, Meteor , has been in contact with HTC and is advising a March rollout. Just got another update on this and HTC have said they are releasing 2.1 on the Hero and we are hoping to have this availible (sic) by the end of March…This will be available via the HTC website and we are also looking at other ways to make this update easier to access for our customers. – Meteor Forum We’re still waiting to hear when Sprint plans to update their Hero or what Verizon is doing with the Droid Eris.  Last we heard, an update to 2.0 was slated for this quarter . Source: HTC Source Other Great AndroidGuys Posts November 25, 2009 — Best Buy Mobile Offering 5 Android Under $100 (22) December 17, 2009 — HTC Offering Widgets in Android Market for Sense UI Handsets (16) November 5, 2009 — By the Way, Verizon’s DROID ERIS Arrives Tomorrow at $99 (15) November 4, 2009 — Check it Out! It’s an Unboxed DROID Eris! (11) November 3, 2009 — Verizon to Charge $15 for Exchange Access on the Droid? [UPDATE] (21)

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