The Gingerbread source code that was recently released is currently being re-worked and ported across to various different Android devices. Oddly enough however, the Nexus One isn’t getting the love and attention either by Google or the developer world that it once was. With that said, if you just can’t wait for official Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) support from Google, one crafty Android dev by the name of Chris Soyars is your new friend. He took said code and...
The Nexus One was supposed to usher in a new era in the cellular world. Gone were the carrier’s archaic controls levied upon their consumers. Instead, choice would reign supreme. And then Google decided the whole BYOP (bring your own phone) wasn’t right for them and pulled out. HTC announced a couple of months back that they were done producing Nexus One units. And now, the final nail in the coffin is here — Google is closing down the Nexus One...
The Nexus One is to many, “the” ultimate Android device even after several other more powerful devices have been released. The reason being is that it’s Google’s one and only self branded, carrier agnostic phone. But that whole “Android” thing is getting so old, isn’t it? How about we slap some MeeGo on there, hmm? A team of developers has started with Google’s Jesus Phone as a solid base, with plans to expand to the Dell...
Video of an iPad/iPhone being cracked in an Apple store via the new Jailbreakme.com 2 update is definitely noteworthy, though not really worth an entire post. However, news of a BestBuy blocking jailbreakme.com only to have a snarky geek use his Nexus One’s hotspot feature to get around BestBuy’s block — priceless. +1 for the nerds. Video of the riveting action inside… Video Jailbreaking iPad using Nexusone at local Bestbuy Store Aug 4th 2010...
Matthew Reyes, self titled “Freelance scientific molecular evolutionary biological videographic NASA microgravitational & space education specialist”, decided to strap a couple N1s to a model rocket and have it capture the entire ride up…and down. The laws of physics don’t bend for anyone or anything. The first phone went up naked, unprotected by such physics defying contraptions like a parachute. The end result was a painful death. The...
