http://www.gotandroid.comDon't have time to read 100s of online sites and blogs to catch up on the android, iphone and mobile stuff? Let gotandroid.com do that for you!en-usTue, 09 Feb 2010 21:15:40 -0800Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:15:40 -0800http://www.gotandroid.comadmin@blogvia.com180http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/rogers-announces-htc-dream-(g1)-and-magic-coming-in-june/1 It's Android time, Canadians. Mark your calendars for June 2nd as Rogers Wireless has just announced the exclusive arrival of both the HTC Dream (aka G1) and HTC Magic (aka QWERTY-less G1) next month. Details are a bit scarce for the moment but Rogers' release promises that clarification is forthcoming. For the time being, it's safe to say that at least the HTC Dream will become available on June 2nd. The HTC Magic will arrive in June as well though it is unclear if the actual launch date will ... ]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 05:48:41 GMT20090508A/rogers-announces-htc-dream-(g1)-and-magic-coming-in-june/1http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/dell-working-on-android-netbook-tweaktown/2The rumor sprang into life after BSquare announced it had ported Adobe Flash Lite 3.17 over to Android for Dell's upcoming netbooks. Funny thing though, Dell has not announced any netbooks using Android. Dell has not responded to the PR ... ... ]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 07:29:53 GMT20090508A/dell-working-on-android-netbook-tweaktown/2http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/android-market-gets-some-updates/3The Android Market Support Team have today sent out an email to Android developers informing them of a number of updates to the Android Market. The new Android Market updates include: Allowing developers to target new countries for free applications Improvements to local language support for more countries All published apps will be required to indicate a minimum SDK version in the manifest file. The full email text can be found after the jump - Thanks to everyone that sent this in! Hello, ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:03:22 GMT20090508A/android-market-gets-some-updates/3http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/palm-pre-banner-hits-best-buy-website-acts-like-total-tease/4Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Sprint Given that Sprint and Palm are no stranger to Best Buy shelves, it was only natural that the Pre would be headed that way, and it looks like a sure thing now that a bright yellow Pre banner landed on Best Buy's website. Oddly, the banner only seems to show its face under specific searches for "pre" or "palm pre," and isn't linked to any further info -- like a super-convenient launch date and price or anything special like that. What it does suggest is that Pal ... ]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 04:50:00 GMT20090508A/palm-pre-banner-hits-best-buy-website-acts-like-total-tease/4http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/ericsson-ceo-sony-would-make-logical-buyer-for-its-stake-in-sony-ericsson/5Filed under: Sony EricssonIn an interview with the Financial Times this week, Ericsson chief Carl-Henric Svanberg reiterated his earlier stance that the company can and would inject capital into its Sony Ericsson joint venture if absolutely necessary -- an overture Sony is currently making, too. More interestingly, though, he casually tossed out that Sony would be a "logical buyer" for Ericsson's share of the firm, which we suppose makes sense since... you know, they already own half of the thin ... ]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:29:00 GMT20090508A/ericsson-ceo-sony-would-make-logical-buyer-for-its-stake-in-sony-ericsson/5http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/canadas-bell-to-get-the-palm-pre-in-2h;-could-telus-follow-soon-after/6 Good news for Canadians who have been so patiently waiting for news as to which carrier will be offering the Palm Pre — Bell has announced that it will be offering Palm's first WebOS powered device some time in the second half of 2009. As one would expect, both Bell and Palm are not offering up any specific pricing details or a release time-frame other than 2H. Of particular interest in the press release is the language that Bell used as it noted that the Pre "will debut in Canada exclusi ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 08:25:00 GMT20090508A/canadas-bell-to-get-the-palm-pre-in-2h;-could-telus-follow-soon-after/6http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/apple-deals-death-blow-to-iphone-developers-with-os-30/7Some gory details have been dealt to iPhone developers hoping to launch applications according to an Apple email sent out this morning.  Starting today any App that is submitted to the App Store that isn't OS 3.0 compatible will be rejected.  With the upcoming Apple WWDC conference in June and the OS 3.0 launch shortly thereafter, Apple is pushing full throttle towards mass adoption of their latest OS update. To avoid any misinterpretation of the Apple email I have extracted the key details belo ... ]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:08:55 GMT20090508A/apple-deals-death-blow-to-iphone-developers-with-os-30/7http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/samsung-alias-unboxing-video-shows-off-magic-keypad/8 Due to hit store shelves in just a few days, a HoFo forum member managed to get her paws on the upcoming Samsung Alias 2 a few days early by sweet talking a CS rep. If you've been following coverage of this dual-flip handset, you surely already know about its unique "Magic Keypad" that uses electronic ink technology to change button labels and functions depending on which way the phone is flipped open. Now, as cool as that sounds… It's even cooler on video — so long, ModeShift. We r ... ]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:00:13 GMT20090508A/samsung-alias-unboxing-video-shows-off-magic-keypad/8http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/apple-caves-nin-app-store-update-approved-unchanged/9Filed under: Software, Apple We don't know why and we don't know how. We only know that Trent Reznor is saying that the updated iPhone NIN application has finally been approved. In his tweet Trent states the following:NEWS FLASH: Apple has approved the NIN iPhone app update. Should be live in a few hours.Whatever the reason for the turn-around -- Trent's expletive-ridden rant or the fact that the developer at one point had pulled any links to the offending "Downward Spiral" album -- let's hope t ... ]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 06:43:00 GMT20090508A/apple-caves-nin-app-store-update-approved-unchanged/9http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/twitterrific-offers-terriffic-update/10Iconfactory today released a major update to Twitterrific, their popular Twitter app for the iPhone. The latest version offers a slew of new features that include: Redesigned user interfaceNew themes and timeline layoutsSupport for multiple accountsExtended author informationSupport for Twitter searchesSupport for Twitter trendsTimeline filteringConversation threadsSupport for retweetingImproved posRead.. ... ]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 04:15:26 GMT20090508A/twitterrific-offers-terriffic-update/10http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/android-around-the-world-market-updates-from-various-countries/11 Android and The Android Market are contiuing to spread across the world, stopping off at new countries all the time.  While some are fully operating with paid apps, others are only just now offering free titles.  Here'es a quick recap of recent updates from around the world. As of today, there are free apps available in France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Portugal, Switzerland, and Ireland. Over  the next couple weeks, paid apps will arrive in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, France, and Spain. The ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 08:41:11 GMT20090508A/android-around-the-world-market-updates-from-various-countries/11http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/att-prepares-for-blackberry-curve-8900-release-early-summer/12 AT&T* today announced the early summer availability of the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone. AT&T consumer, small business and enterprise customers will enjoy new features and enhanced performance, including both Wi-Fi® and GPS, a fast next generation processor, rich multimedia capabilities and ample memory for applications offered from AT&T. With the BlackBerry Curve 8900 from AT&T, users can get a faster, richer experience surfing the Internet and accessing their social netw ... ]]>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:59:03 GMT20090508A/att-prepares-for-blackberry-curve-8900-release-early-summer/12http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/newerphonescom-blog-archive-t-mobile-usa-will-distribute/13Today T-Mobile USA confirmed that it will begin pushing the Android 1.5 update to G1s by the end of next week. The updates will be sent randomly over the air, and T-Mobile expects that all devices will be updated … (follow link to read) ... ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 13:37:30 GMT20090508A/newerphonescom-blog-archive-t-mobile-usa-will-distribute/13http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/iphone-os-30-beta-now-available/14Filed under: Handsets, Apple, iPhone OS Looks like Apple's just released iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5, a little over one week after its last revision. That's about half the time they've put between the previous updates -- seems the boys in Cupertino are really starting to churn these things out. You know the drill by now, we don't know yet what the update entails, but we'll tell you when we find out. Oh, and just like last time, it appears iTunes 8.2 is required. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in!] ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:16:00 GMT20090508A/iphone-os-30-beta-now-available/14http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/four-sexy-3g-samsungs-get-pictured-on-their-way-to-t-mobile/15 Tmonews forum user VtotheZ managed to get his hands on a whole mess of Samsung handsets that will be making their way to T-Mobile US this year. While details are limited for the time being, it certainly looks like there will be something for everyone. First up, pictured above at the top and bottom right, is the Samsung Gravity 2. Featuring dual keypads and a side-sliding form factor, this Gravity replacement will reportedly be available in pink/red and orange/graphite and out before Q4. At the ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 07:12:43 GMT20090508A/four-sexy-3g-samsungs-get-pictured-on-their-way-to-t-mobile/15http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/tipb-birthday-bash-birdhouse-twitter-notebook-give-away/16 Birdhouse isn't your 9-to-5, six-pack guzzling iPhone Twitter app. Birdhouse ($3.99 - iTunes link) your fine wine sipping special occasion iPhone Twitter app. It doesn't try to do everything; indeed it does only one thing: It crafts tweets. And it does it very, very well. The connoisseurs over at — love the name — Sandwich Dynamics have given us five (5) copies to give to you. How can you get one? Wicked obvious: See, it's TiPb's birthday. Yep, we're getting older and we're just ... ]]>Fri, 08 May 2009 04:48:33 GMT20090508A/tipb-birthday-bash-birdhouse-twitter-notebook-give-away/16http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/london-g1-phones-calling-gets-cupcake-us-will-take-crumpets/17Post from: Google And Blog London G1 Phones Calling& Gets Cupcake - US Will Take Crumpets G1 Android phones in the UK are now getting the latest CupCake release 1.5 CRB17 as of today. Earlier this week approximately 1,000 UK G1s received the test roll out before this mass release. The last release which was RC33 in US took over a month before then being provided to the UK G1 phones. Hopefully the returning wave of this CupCake update does not return the favor by taking over a month to arrive in ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:25:36 GMT20090508A/london-g1-phones-calling-gets-cupcake-us-will-take-crumpets/17http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/youtube-uploads-and-more-now-available-on-android/18If there is one thing I've always wanted, that is to be able to record and share special moments in my life, anytime, anywhere. Needless to say, I am quite excited that I can now pick up my Android-powered phone, start recording videos left and right- and then even upload them to Youtube!Video uploads is just one of several new Google mobile features and improvements in the new Android 1.5 release:YouTube: record and easily upload videos to YouTube. Picasa Web Albums: upload photos directly ... ]]>Wed, 06 May 2009 11:02:00 GMT20090508A/youtube-uploads-and-more-now-available-on-android/18http://www.gotandroid.com/20090508A/new-iphone-to-include-magnetometer-offer-compass-app/19A few Apple developers were poking around in the debugging menus and came accross a compass option. This would infer that the next generation iPhone will have a built-in mangnetometer. From the screenshots, it appears that Compass will be a full-fledged app. It's not clear if there will be compass support in Maps.These screenshots are just further mounting evidence of a new iPhone, likely to make it's debut on June 8th.