Posted on T-Mobile forums, the administrator of Android forum has confirmed an upcoming firmware updates. The firmware is version 1.1 RC33, it includes several bug fixes and feature enhancements but is not the Cupcake. The updates should be available on February 15th. According to TMOnews, “This OTA will include new system enhancements such as the [...]
Opera has just announced a new Opera Mini 4.2, same version release but in final build, available for Android OS. The software can be downloaded directly from Android Market at Applications > Communication category.
Other than the HTC Android Hero, HTC seems to have a few more other Android smartphones planned for year 2009. Leaked on Gizmodo gadget blog, the HTC Sapphire (called HTC Sapphire 2.0 for T-Mobile in previous leaked) will be powered by Android OS, has the similar trackball design as T-Mobile G1 but without a hardware [...]
Today, Opera Software released the final version of its much-anticipated Opera Mini 4.2 for mobile phones. This release also marks Opera Mini’s official availability on the latest version of the Android mobile platform. A technical preview of Opera Mini was previously released for an earlier version of Android in April 2008. Opera Mini 4.2 adds more language [...]
Just few days after the root access to the T-Mobile G1′s Android OS has been found, the Android team has quickly push up the RC30 software patch to close up the security loophole. Not all T-Mobile G1 users has received the update notification yet, but some users have chose to ignore this update to put [...]
Meebo has made a post on their blog that the company has just released an instant Messaging software for the new T-Mobile G1. The software is free and can be downloaded from Android Market directly from your T-Mobile G1.
Expect to see more hacking funs on T-Mobile G1 Android smartphone soon? Member of xda-developers has found a way to telnet into the Android G1 as root user, which will gives you the permission rights to access all system files inside G1.
Reported on Commercial Times newspaper in Taiwan, HTC will only start to ship its Android G1 google smartphone in first half of 2009. For those who live in Asia, it means you might need to wait another 6 months more till you see your local service providers rolling out the Android smartphone by HTC.
While most of the T-Mobile G1 users have got notified on the new Android firmware update (version RC29) on their G1, some users have not receive the OTA update notification and choose to upgrade the firmware manually through a method discovered on xda-developers forum.
A surge in early adoption of the new G1 mobile handset — the first to incorporate Google Android mobile computing platform – indicates Apple’s iPhone may have another challenger for the title of hip mobile device, according to WebTrends.
