Requiem for the G1

Today saw T-Mobile finally retiring the venerable G1, forerunner to the ongoing Android revolution. I’ve been using a G1 since launch, so this is an emotional moment for me. Let’s just take a quick trip down memory lane out of respect for a solid phone.

The HTC G1 had its first peek in technical drawings back [...]

Verizon Wireless DROID X slated to receive update starting July 19th

Good news for Motorola DROID X owners as Verizon Wireless is releasing an update to the newly launched handset. The update, Version 1.13.604.MB810.Verizon.en.US/Baseband: BP_C01.09.04P, includes the following improvements and enhancements:

Improved battery charging status indicator.
Smoother transition for camera and camcorder functions.
Redesign of weather widget icons.
Faster Exchange ActiveSync® email loading.
Streamlined organization of newly downloaded applications.
Organized favorite contacts [...]

Nexus One gets yet another Android 2.2 Froyo update, FRF91

Another day, another Froyo build. Now that Android 2.2 build FRF85 — i.e. the big one that got pushed over-the-air to every Nexus One this week — is out on the prowl, Google’s taken it upon itself to release yet another update, FRF91. We’ve heard from a few tipsters that it’s also going out OTA, [...]

Oops! HTC Droid Incredible takes snapshots of sites you visit, hangs on to them after a hard reset

Thinking of selling your Droid Incredible? If you’re a mob-boss, peruser of the freaky-deaky, or someone who visits websites with sensitive data on their handset, you might want to hold off.
Turns out, the Droid Incredible is snapping shots of the sites you visit for use with the built-in Bookmarks widget. That, in itself, isn’t a [...]

PSA: The new Sprint Hero update blocks rooting.. and that might be all it does

Alongside the announcement that the EVO 4G’s first OTA update was already available, Sprint casually mentioned that an update was also available for their HTC Hero.
Sweet! Updates! Surely this patch fixes some of the issues (shorter battery life, roaming oddities, etc) that Hero owners have been having since the move to 2.1, right? Not exactly. [...]

Lovehannah says "Decent alternative to iPhone" about T-Mobile G1 Android HTC Google Smartphone Brown Cell Phone

I’m one of the earlier adapter to T-Mobile G1. After almost two years of use and if given the choice again I probably would not get the G1. Initially all was swell. Fast, open source Android platform, multitask capability. After gone through several OTA firmware updates, things started to get worse with each updates.
I’ve downloaded [...]

AT&T intros four new Quick Messaging devices, new low-end device services

First up is the Samsung Strive. Available March 21st for $19.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate (pricing reflects a limited-time AT&T promotion), the Strive features a sliding full-QWERTY keypad and a 2 megapixel camera. Second is the Samsung Sunburst. Also available on the 21st but for $39.99 after a $50 MIR, the Sunburt is a [...]

MrsGalvan says "I hated it at first but now I LOVE it!" about Palm – Pixi Cell Phone

I bought the Palm Pixi when SPRINT first brought it on to their network back in November 2009. I was absolutely excited about the thought of having a touchscreen phone that didn’t seem as intimidating as every other PDA/Smartphone I had touched. In playing with the phone for the first few days I began to [...]

The Competition: Palm webOS 1.1 Goes Live, Updates Over-the-Air

While the re-hacking of iTunes sync hogged a lot of attention yesterday, the bigger story is Palm updating the Pre to webOS 1.1.
And what were the major updates?

IT-initiated remote wipe
Required PIN with complexity
Device wipe after a certain number of failed PIN attempts
Auto-lock
Improved digital certificates

Our sibling site, PreCentral.net is also keeping an updated list of [...]