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No More Android Updates for the G1 Phone?

As JKOnTheRun reports, Android engineers have tweeted that T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream) phones may not be able to handle any OS updates going forward. It seems that the early G1 model has limited system memory and the current version 1.5 (aka Cupcake) update totally filled it up. There are also reports coming out of Asia (HTC is a Taiwan company) that the HTC Magic, dubbed the MyTouch 3G, will be receiving the innovative ?Sense? UI update only in Europe, but that T-Mobile models in the U.S. won?t get it. Check out more here.


Beta Version of Eye-Fi App for Android Phones Released

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I have -- no kidding -- been just waiting for a reason to tell readers about one of the coolest gadgets on the market today, the Eye-Fi series of SD cards that uploads video and photos to your computer wirelessly. Now with the release of Eye-Fi Droid 0.8 beta, I get my chance.

Eye-Fi cards take the hassle out of connecting your camera to your computer and waiting for tons pictures to upload while you just sit there. Instead, you simply swap out your camera's old SD card for the Eye-Fi wireless version and it will upload pictures automatically to a Web service like Flickr or a networked computer of your choice.



HTC Hero: The First Android Phone with a Slick, Customizable Interface

As JKOnTheRun reports, HTC--the maker of the original T-Mobile G1 Android phone, has today unveiled the HTC Hero smartphone with its new HTC Sense interface. This phone runs Android, and is a thin touch phone with no physical keyboard. The HTC Hero's claim to fame is the HTC Sense interface. It's customizable, and looks very splashy. The Hero will be available in Europe in July and in Asia later this summer. A North American version will be out later this year. There isn't any word on pricing yet, but JKOnTheRun has more details.?


Android Headlines: The Hits Just Keep Comin'

It was only back in March when I wrote this post, Why is Android Stalled? In it, I wondered why there weren't any new smartphones running on the Linux-based operating system, or any other notable news to speak of. It's amazing how quickly that has changed. There are approximately 30 new Android handsets coming from top manufacturers this year, several companies are putting Android on netbooks (a hot hardware category), and there are even new strains of Android appearing. Here are just a few of the notable Android developments from the past few days.


3 Cool New Apps for Android

We've reported several times recently on promising hardware and software development for the Android operating system. Over at JKOnTheRun, they've rounded up?a number of new Android applications that anyone with an Android phone will want to get. In the links just provided, you can find their coverage of the official USA Today for Android application for quick doses of news, sports, weather and business information, and their coverage of Flixster, which is currently the top movie-related application on the iPhone, with over 4.6 million downloads. It offers showtimes, movie information, trailers and reviews. They also like the eBuddy multi-IM client application (shown) for Android, which supports AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Yahoo! and MSN Windows Live Messenger within a single interface. All three apps are free.


Could Handwriting Recognition Become Android's Advantage?

As JKOnTheRun notes, The Android Developer's Blog has a detailed post up about soft keyboard input methods. The post includes this: The Android IMF is designed to support a variety of IMEs, including soft keyboard, hand-writing recognizers, and hard keyboard translators. Our focus, however, will be on soft keyboards, since this is the kind of input method that is currently part of the platform.? We've also noted that the new software development kit (SDK) for the next version of Android includes much better capabilities for both handwriting recognition and speech recognition. JKOnTheRun suggests that good handwriting recognition could become a big differentiator for Android devices as they compete with the iPhone and BlackBerry. Check out their thoughts.?


Android Apps Maturing: Two Useful New Ones

Today, our buddies at JKOnTheRun note that good applications for Android are starting to show up at a rapid clip. They've covered Palringo, an instant messaging application that handles virtually all major IM services, now in a free version on the Android Market. (It's shown at left.) While it costs $24.95, Wrike's ContactsCalendarSync synchronizes contacts and calendars with Microsoft Exchange servers. The G1 Android phone already handles Exchange mail using IMAP settings. Check out JKOnTheRun's thoughts on these Exchange options.


Voltanis Open Source Mobility Server Now Optimized for iPhone

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As more applications move to the cloud, it's not surprising that developers are spending a lot of time working on ways to provide mobile access to the cloud. To create applications and services for handheld devices like the iPhone and Android-based G1, they use tools like Volantis' Open Source Mobility Server, a java-based development and runtime platform.

Volantis Systems released version 5.1 of GPLv3-licensed Volantis Mobility Server (VMS) Community Edition this week. It has connectors that integrate with many popular Web sites including Picasa, Flickr, and Google Docs, with more expected to be added in future releases. The new version is optimized for the iPhone and also includes tools to create mash-up mobile applications. When looking at the future of VMS, Dave Roberts, Manager, Business Development, says thanks to the open source community, the sky's the limit.



Opera Mini 4.2 Arrives for Android, and a Peek at a Slick Android Phone

With January nearly gone, I've been somewhat surprised not to see more announcements on the software and hardware fronts for Google's Android platform. I've been using the T-Mobile G1 phone, and like it very much, but I still think next-generation Android devices running better applications will make a big difference for Android's market potential. Our sister blog JKOnTheRun is now noting a couple of significant advancements on these fronts. First, the arrival of the Opera Mini 4.2 browser for Android is great news, and the upcoming General Mobile DSTL1 Android phone looks good on the outside and on the inside.


Multi-Touch Seen Working On the G1 Android Phone

The T-Mobile G1 Android phone was missing one key ability that iPhone competitors are expected to have: multi-touch, reports JKOnTheRun.? The hardware is capable of supporting multi-touch features like the famous ?zoom pinch? but it was missing from the phone when it was released. Android is an open source platform, though, and, sure enough, a developer has tapped into the OS kernel to get multi-touch enabled. You can see video of it working here, and I expect we'll see several multi-touch Android phones arrive this year. Check out more thoughts from JKOnTheRun.


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