The recent Android 1.5 release (aka Cupcake) for the G1 and other Android devices introduced a couple of features that were fast becoming standard phone features, namely an on-screen soft keyboard and video recording. The rumors around this release started late last year with a few false predictions of it coming out in January. The [...]
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I continue to believe that mobile devices, whether they be smart phones, netbooks, the Kindle, etc… will continue to have a profound impact on our culture and how people behave and interact. I also believe technology often moves much faster than the problems they can solve. This is not a bad thing, mind you. Augmented [...]
This morning it was reported that Google has removed all tethering apps from the Android Marketplace. I can’t say I agree with the decision, but it makes sense for the carriers to restrict this ‘feature’ within Android phones. I have mentioned in almost all of my posts on tethering how unlikely it would be for [...]
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Now that the Android Marketplace has been available for a couple of months, I thought it would be a good time for a round-up of the tether apps currently available. I have mentioned in an earlier post the types of tethering available and different configuration options with your G1 phone. I also wrote about the first [...]
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I wrote an entry a couple weeks ago about how to tether your laptop to the G1 and Android to get Internet access. The method I described has you connect to the G1 over WiFi and uses an app called GWiFi. What I didn’t mention is that this also turns your G1 into a wireless [...]
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I mentioned in an earlier post the convenience of having your SMS message popup even when the screen is locked, well how about having the message spoken to you when it arrives? There is really no technical reason why it can’t come to fruition considering Android has a Text-to-Speech (TTS) app that can be downloaded [...]
It seems like there are a ton of SMS apps on the Android Marketplace, but can they all be great? I thought I would share what is working well for me and maybe that will help a small percentage of Android and G1 users find something that works for them as well.
DISCLAIMER: To be honest, I’ve [...]
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