Nexus One, Motorola CLIQ reviews
My wife and I recently switched from AT&T to T-Mobile and we picked up some new Android-based devices. For me, the Nexus One; for her, the Motorola CLIQ. Both phones have a lot of really great...
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Hacked an iPhone car kit for the Nexus One
Even while I had my iPhone as my primary mobile device, I had been interested in a car dock of some kind that didn’t involve a suction cup to my windshield or dashboard that could power the device and...
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Reinventing myself, and my blog
In 2005 and 2006, I blogged a LOT. So did my wife. It seems that since our son was born in late 2008, neither of us has had much time for blogging any more, and I think my wife has lost interest in it...
View ArticleGoogle Car Dock — woefully under-documented
Google wanted $45 for a desktop dock, which I bought with my Nexus One. It sits on my desk, collecting dust because the Nexus One barely sits in the dock. Look at it wrong, and it falls out. Heaven...
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Nexus One car dock, User review
Huge thanks to Chris Dehghanpoor over at AndroidPolice.com for the great write-up he did regarding Google’s car dock for the Nexus One. The user comments below are helpful too, and describe how some...
View ArticleHTC Droid Incredible replaces Nexus One at Verizon
It’s no surprise that Verizon is no longer going to be supporting the Nexus One now that HTC has released the Droid Incredible. Some speculate that the “Incredible” is only a mildly upgraded Nexus One,...
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Android 2.2 Froyo Benchmarking
Now With More Speed Over lunch today, I did some benchmarking with Linpack on my own Nexus One, using a stock Android 2.1 build, and the Nexus One provided by Adobe. It was astonishing to see the...
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T-Mobile Seems Unsure of Position on Tethering Fees
TechCrunch Posts about Tethering TechCrunch reports that Android 2.2 (Froyo) will support USB and Wifi tethering, though it remains to be seen whether carriers will have an option to disable this...
View ArticleNew Froyo features announced at Google IO
Besides giving away an HTC EVO 4G to all attendees, here’s the big news announced about Android 2.2 Froyo at Google IO today: Features Announced At Google IO Just-in-Time compiler confirmed Microsoft...
View ArticleApple iOS 3 and 4 VS Android 2.1 and 2.2
When Apple announced the iPhone 4 and iOS 4 at WWDC this week, Chris D and I immediately went to work to cover the major features of Android 2.0/2.1 and Android 2.2 coming out (hopefully this month?),...
View ArticleSkype bought Qik for ~$100M – $150M
I read today that Skype made a move to buy Qik. On one hand, I'm excited, because I'm a user of both platforms. I'm also excited because as a die-hard Android fan, both platform merging into one could...
View ArticleNew Android Market client finally pushing to the Nexus S
Android Central reported tonight that the Nexus S was getting the new fancy Android App Market client. I've tried a *#*#checkin#*#* and several reboots, and I got nuthin'. Thank for getting my hopes...
View ArticleIs this another Gingerbread bug?
Tonight, I installed Google Books for the fourth time on my Samsung Nexus S. I've never manually uninstalled it. In fact, whenever I see that there's an update for it available, I go to my app dock and...
View ArticleFCC Tests New Nexus S model, i9023
I admit, like many others, I was disappointed to read that another model of the Nexus S hit the FCC, especially with the rumor that (a) it would run 2.4, and (b) possibly run on T-Mobile's 4G network....
View ArticleWell, congrats Google, Android 2.3.3 broke *every* widget on my Nexus S, even...
I'm a big fan of Android, there's never any doubting that. I especially love leaked OTA updates that I can manually download and install instead of waiting weeks for my IMEI to get through whatever...
View ArticleI should have become a tax accountant
I hate tax season... We paid Karin Langwasser's office $350 for a 15 minute tax appointment this year. (Google Place page) In the past, they handled my freelance business books, but I closed that down...
View ArticleHere’s the town I grew up in
Here's a flash movie/documentary that some guys made about the little town I grew up in, Pine Point, NWT. The town no longer exists, and this is a really great flashback....
View ArticleInstalling Gentoo on the Dell XPS15 … hopefully it’ll be a better low-power...
Updated April 26 I've been trying off and on for a few weeks, as I have free time with work and family (now with two kids), to install Gentoo on my Dell XPS15 laptop. Until recently, I had gotten the...
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