XDA Forums member hotaru released the Gingerbread keyboard as an .apk file for all users to install and enjoy. Yep, that means you don’t have to be rooted! As you can see from the screenies above, I installed it with ease on my stock, non-rooted OG Droid running FRG83D. Download links after the break! (more…)
Year: 2010
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Custom OG DROID Friday: Christmas Theme for MIUI
Is it Friday already? Seems like this week has flown by with so much being released. “Gingershred” as I like to call it, Google Maps 5, and I just found out my new roommate is a cat?
So here we are. One week away from the pinnacle of the holiday season and I give you the Christmas Theme for MIUI by developer Frankinstine. Really puts me in the mood for Christmas presents! (more…)
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Rumor: Honeycomb is Actually Android 2.4? Will be Announced in February?
It makes sense right? Why would Google jump from version 2.3 all the way up to 3.0? Were we all thinking “Android 3.0” because it was made specifically for tablets and is expected to have a new UI? Possibly. Well, our buddy Taylor from Android and Me, heard from one of his developer pals who has been operating under the impression that 3.0 will NOT be the next version of Android to follow Gingerbread and instead will be 2.4. It’ll still be called Honeycomb, but since it will work on both phones and tablets, there was no need for it to be in its own numbering series.
Maybe 3.0 was an early number thrown out, but once Google figured out that Honeycomb could run on multiple devices they decided to to drop it back down? Or maybe it was just some random number tossed out by a blog. Who knows.
The other part of this rumor is the real exciting part though, but one that has me a little concerned. There is a chance that Eric Schmidt will announce Android 2.4 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February as one of the keynote speakers. This could be an epic unveiling, but what concerns me, is the fact that Gingerbread won’t even be released for most devices by then, which means we’ll have another version out there to drool/worry about? Can’t you just see it now? “OMG! Motorola/HTC/Samsung FAIL! We don’t even have Gingerbread yet!” Yikes.
To see Honeycomb in action, check out this video of Andy Rubin with the Droid tablet.
Via: Android and Me
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Gingerbread Source Code Released, Headed to AOSP Now
Get ready for our lovely ROM developer community to spend their entire weekend hacking away at Gingerbread (Android 2.3) source code. Googler extraordinaire Jean-Baptiste Queru is pushing it to AOSP (Android Open Source Project) now and should have it ready for all the fun in a couple of hours.
More info can be found here.
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LinkedIn App Available as Beta on Android
LinkedIn decided to join the Android game with the release of a beta app for all of you “connection” and networking addicts out there. This first release has a solid list of features and will allow you to respond to invites, view updates in your network, search people, and keep in touch with your current connections. Not bad right? Well to get the app, you have to join their special group which will provide you with instructions.
Update: You can download the application right here.
More info at the LinkedIn Blog.
Cheers to everyone who sent this in!
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Touiteur is a “Misspelling” of the Word Twitter, Asked to Change Name
At almost the same time an update was released to popular Twitter application Touiteur, the company behind it (Level Up Studio) was asked to change their name as “Touiteur” is essentially a “misspelling” of the word Twitter. Yikes. And when we say “asked”, we mean that Twitter actually asked them to change it.
Vote for the name change at this site.
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Download: Updated Google Search App from Nexus S
Why do we continue to bring you the most up to date stuff on the planet? Maybe cause we love you? Yea, we’ll leave it at that. We’ve already brought you basically everything Gingerbread offers. We might as well start having a Nexus S giveaway…keep dreaming! Again, a huge shout out to Pete Alfonso for the love!
Next up we have the updated Google Search apk which takes you to version1.1.2.79397 and is the same one that rolled out with the new Nexus S. We messed with it and didn’t see too much different, but we won’t know for sure until it gets officially released. We want to make sure our users have the most up to date everything though, so after the jump we’ll have the instructions and download link! (more…)
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DROID 2 Global Update Ready to Go, Fixes Global Calling Bugs
According to the document above which was created on December 7th, a Droid 2 Global update is ready to roll out and improve all of the global features in this 1.2GHz beast. We don’t have word as to when it’ll roll out, but for those of you running into issues while bouncing from country to country, this update should help. (more…)
