For the last month, we've been covering the excellent work by David Wang of hacking Android into the iPhone. Over at PC World, Wang has created a guide for installing Android onto the iPhone 3G, and has released all the binaries. It's currently not a perfect transplant, with the major downside that … [Read more...]
New Research Shows Apple Continues Grow In Cellphones
May 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Wow, two major reports today, all of which show Apple gaining strength in the cellphone world. New information from iSuppli shows that Apple has surpassed former partner Motorola, shipping 8.75 million handsets to the other's 8.5 million in Q1 2010. This gives Apple a 3% share of the cellphone … [Read more...]
Verizon and Google Working on iPad Competitor
May 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Perhaps that rumor about Verizon working on an ad campaign for the new iPhone weren't true as we've got news via everythingAndroid that the wireless carrier is working with Google on an Android tablet to rival the iPad. If Apple were working with Verizon on a new iPhone, what's the likelyhood that … [Read more...]
Android Surpasses iPhone Last Quarter
May 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Google has been making some serious headway in smartphone market share, with sales last quarter surpassing the iPhone. This was helped by an assortment of new Android based handsets flooding the market on all US carriers. Android will likely see a rise this quarter with popular devices like the just … [Read more...]
Found Footage: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
May 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Presented, for your enjoyment: a guitar made of two Android phones, an iPod Touch and a WinMo device. All strapped together by an artist to play "Cracklin' Rosie". See! Isn't it nice when everyone plays together? [via Gizmodo] … [Read more...]
Android Up And Running On The 3G
May 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Recently we covered a story about a hacker getting Android to work — in at least some form — on the iPhone 2G. Not content to rest on his laurels, he now has it up and running on the iPhone 3G. There have also been some substantial improvements in the functionality of the emulated OS. Says David … [Read more...]
Google Search Updated for Mobile Devices
May 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Google today took the wraps off a new look for Google Search on both the desktop and on mobile devices. When you view Google search from your iPhone, you'll now have an option to the left of the search box to refine your search. You can refine and filter by date or select results from just 'News' or … [Read more...]
How To Run Android On The iPhone
April 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
So you saw the post about Android up and running on an iPhone, and now you want to try it yourself? Got a spare iPhone 2G kicking about that you want to put it on? Well, here's a video guide for you. Illustrating the 70 odd steps first laid out here, it'll have you going from a jailbroken iPhone 2G … [Read more...]
Android on the iPhone
April 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Love the hardware of your iPhone, but fed-up with the OS? Sick of Apple's death grip on the software? The folks at Linux on the iPhone have managed the incredibly impressive feat of running Android through a Linux hack. Damn, that's very impressive! And it seems to work vaguely as it's meant to! If … [Read more...]
Jobs Says People Who Want Porn Can Go Android
April 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Another entry into the vault of pithy emails from Steve Jobs. Matthew Browning wrote complaining of Apple being the moral judge for their app store: Steve, I was converted to Apple products with the announcement of the iPhone 3G. (My friends have been trying to convince me for years.) Since then … [Read more...]
