Eclair 2.1 Update 1 comes to G1/Mytouch 3G via CyanogenMod

A very well know android developer Cyanogen brings Eclair 2.1 update 1 to T Mobile G1 and MyTouch 3g. The rom is equipped with all the functionalities and the most important thing is its blazing fast. Its an experimental build right now. Everything is working in this rom. Go ahead and grab your copy of cyanogenmod Eclair 2.1 Update 1 via the official website www.cyanogenmod.com

Source: @cyanogen

Skyfire 2.0 Beta Released

Skyfire has released its first pubic beta of the Skyfire Browser for android on the Android Market. The Browser support almost all the android phones in the US. It suports the android version 1.5, 1.6, 2.0 and 2.1. I personally tried myself today and its really an awesome browser. The flash videos plays really good. Head over to Android Market and grab your copy of Skyfire 2.0 Beta for android.

Source: skyfire.com

Full Flash Support Confirmed for Froyo

In an interview with Andy Rubin, engineering vice president at Google, The New York Times Bits Blog were able to collect some very useful informations. In the talk, Andy Rubin promise to deliver full flash support with the release of Froyo. Flash player seems to be embedded with the operating system rather than allowing us to download from android market. To read the full story, go to:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/googles-andy-rubin-on-everything-android/?src=mv

Remember, Froyo is rumored to release in the Google I/O May 19-20. If this comes true, we will get to try Flash Player pretty soon!

Vodaphone UK starts Google Nexus One Pre-Order

Vodafone Uk has already started taking the pre orders for the Google Nexus One for free on a contract with monthly plan of at least GBP35. The pre order is expected to ship by May 5.

Video Somewhat Working Via Wifi In SuperEclair by XxKOLOHExX

I was just playing with supereclair to get the youtube video working via wifi. I got the video working but the the the video are playing in false colors. Hopefully i will get a fix for that soon and post...
Here is the link of my progress on getting video working via wifi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3txAzm7rT8

If you wanna try the video patch, i just uploaded the beta zip file. You can download from the link below. But, remember its in beta, so doesn't play very good.

http://rapidshare.com/files/380250628/videobeta2.zip

Android Market to Hit 50000 (Apps + Games) Frame Soon

The statistic by Androlib.com shows that the Android Market currently possess 48000 applications and games. The rate of application increase has been significanly increased over the past couple months. The number of new games and application added to the Android Market in the month of March '10 was 8636. The number is expected to rise this month. If the rate increases at current rate, Android Market is very likely to have 50000 (apps + games) within a week.

Android Powered Garminphone Coming to T-Mobile US

T-Mobile USA, is about to launch an android handset with full integration of Garmin Navigation System; the Garminphone, giving users advanced navigation features like turn by turn navigation, automatic faster rerouting, and hopefully preoaded maps. The 3.5 inch capacitive display would be sufficient for the best navigation experience as well as the 3GB internal memory is a boost. The device also features real time gas prices, weather as well as traffic conditions. The 3MP camera is an added advantage.

Facebook For Android Updated to Version 1.2

The native Facebook application for android has been updated to version 1.2 and some new features has been enabled. The new facebook application added Inbox tab for quicker management of the messages and the integrated albums viewer now supports multi touch gesture for zooming in and out. Lets hope the next version of Facebook For Android will implement Facebook Chat support.

Android Froyo Rumored Features

1. JIT Compiler - Increases the application execution 3 times faster, making the whole system fast
2. New Linux Kernel
3. Flash Player 10.1
4. New Android Market - Adds an option of automatic updates of installed applications.

Flash Player on Android

Its already been more than one and half year, the first android phone, T Mobile G1 was launched in the US. Since the lunch of the phone, Flash player has already been demonstrated in several phones and its almost close to the release. Several other options are also on works for getting flash on the android for instance Firefox Mobile or Fennec, which is most likely to have Flash Player add on as well as the famous Skyfire Browser which plays almost all sorts of videos. After waiting for so long its really great to see all the options approaching. Even the flash player may not be available for the very first android phones, the Skyfire browser will definately fulfill that need.