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Google Android Eclair Released to Developers
Google has released version 2 of its Android operating system to Android application developers. We are expecting to see a lot more synchronisation with the new Android OS. Although much is under wraps sill, we are expected there to be photo and vide...
T-Mobile & Orange To Merge Mobile Phone Businesses
News is afoot that T-Mobile and Orange are planning to merge their businesses and make a united stand against the growing competition. This could be good news for Google and its Android Mobile OS as potentially G1 and its successors could be marketed...
How to View G1 Android Files on Windows Vista
If like me, you have had trouble viewing your Android G1 files when connected to your PC by USB cable, then there is a simple solution. When I first connected my G1 it worked well, but after the last update, my Vista computer could not open, or see, ...
Nokia and Microsoft to Produce New Smartphones
Nokia and Microsoft and joining forces to produce a new range of smartphones (mobiles with internet access, email, social networking etc.). Between them they hope to strengthen their market position against the highly successful Blackberry from RIM, ...
Google Finally Annouces Chrome OS
Yes, after months weaiting for the big news to be released, Google have finally announced that the deskop / laptop / netbook operating system will be called Chrome OS, and it will be available soon. Really we all new as soon as Google released A...
Working From My Bed
Since buying my G1 Google mobile phone, I have been trying to determine how much work I can actually do using just my G1. As a way of putting my G1 to the test, today I will not only be working from home, I will be working from my bed (I also have a ...
Roundhill Labs Release wpToGo Upgrade
The second upgrade in a week is now available, wpToGo, the leading Wordpress aplication for Android mobile devices, now supports tags. Other bug fixes include force closures and blank titles. Well done Dan, project manager at Roundhill Labs. WpToGo i...
wpToGo Upgrade Available For Android
Good news for Wordpress bloggers with an Android mobile device, a new version of wpToGo has been released. The latest version allows for multiple accounts as well as photo uploading. Great work from the author who had announced that he did not have t...
How To Test a Website Before Updating Name Server Details
If you are moving a site to a new server, or building a site for a client, and wish to test it before updating the name servers, then this task is very simple to do, especially if you have a Linux PC. All you need to do is add a line in the etc/hosts...
Nokia Opens Its Doors To Skype
Nokia has announced that it is planning to offer Skype on some new mobile phones. Skype allows free Skype to Skype calls and also discounted calls on Skype Out. Customers can also have their own Skype In telephone number. Three, the UK network provid...
3G on Google’s Android - Also Known As “Web Page Not Available”
Things were going well. I was about to update yesterday’s posts to say that my 3G reception was very good today. However I have just had a series of ‘page not found’ errors, for pages that I know to not onlly be active, but on very ...
T-mobile G1 Users Still Waiting for Latitude
The UK Android population are still eagerly awaiting the latest firmware release for the T-mobile’s Google phone, the G1. The lastest software update, also know as RC33, has been rolled out over much of the USA already. Apart from improved effi...
3G very disappointing - did T-mobile trick me?
I have had my Google phone for 5 days now, and the last couple of days have been a disappointment. My internet connection has been very slow, often unusable. Wi-fi is also a waste of time outside of my home, as it is often slower than 3G or you have ...
PostBot for Android Does Not Work - No Page Header or Category
titleTesting Postbot for Googlels Android phone/title category300/category Due to the limitations of wpToGo I am now testing Postbot. I actually contacted the author of wpToGo with suggestions for improvments, and he apologised for not having the tim...
WpToGo allows quicker Wordpress blogging from Android G1 phone
I have just installed wpToGo on my G1 Google Android phone. This application is designed to allow easier blogging using mobile devices (i.e. G1) by accessing a Wordpress blog directly without the need to open the Wordpress control panel in then brows...
Android Pre-Installed Applications
OK, these are the pre-installed applications on the Android. These will be available as soon as you turn your phone on for the first time. Most are pretty basic. The most exciting applications are probably Email - i.e. the ability to set up a POP3 em...
Android Phone Applications - G1 Essentials
Seeing that I have bought and now tested my Google G1 Android phone, it is time for a more detailed look at it, and some applications that I have installed for it. I bought the G1 from T-Mobile, who are the only phone company in the UK that sells the...
G1 Test Blog
Today I finally bought myself a new phone, and opted for the Google G1 phone from T-mobile. So far I am very pleased. The keyboard is actually much easier to use than I thought it would be. My thumbs could be a little thinner, but I am typing this wi...
Google’s G1 Mobile Phone - The Future of the Mobile Internet?
Last week Google launched their first mobile phone. Named the Google G1, it is positioned to compete with Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s BlackBerry. It will be available exclusively from T-Mobile during the initial phase. The handset is the fir...
Google Android Release Day
There are signs that mobile phones are starting to account for a larger share of web search queries on mobile-phones, and the trend is growing faster that analysts predicted. Tomorrow the first “Google phone” is being released, which mean...
