Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Google dishes out giant Froyo parfait (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/14/google-dishes-out-giant-froyo-parfait-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/14/google-dishes-out-giant-froyo-parfait-video/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/14/google-dishes-out-giant-froyo-parfait-video/#comments Google takes Android product codenames literally -- that's why you'll find a giant Eclair, Donut and Cupcake chilling on the GooglePlex lawn. This week, they were joined by the object tastefully pictured above. Frozen yogurt, anyone? You might not care to eat this one, as it's probably made of foam, but Engadget will likely bring you a spoonful next week when we attend Google I/O. Video after the break.

Update: And just like that the video has been set to private. Not like video of a stationary object really adds much value anyway. Nevertheless, it already arrived at the GooglePlex where it's currently hanging out -- under wraps -- with its foam siblings.

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Google dishes out giant Froyo parfait (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 01:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Notably, they're saying 2.1 is an extension of Eclair -- no Flan here, as far as we can tell. They've gone through the new integrated weather and news apps, live wallpapers, a 3D framework accessible by devs (thank goodness), and speech-to-text input.

Android 2.1 gets real on the wings of the Nexus One originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Quoth the raven, 'twas a hoax and nothing more.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Android 2.1 moves down food chain, ROM now ported to G1 (update: hoax) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidandroid 2.1Android2.1flang1google g1GoogleG1htc g1HtcG1nexusnexus oneNexusOnet-mobile g1T-mobileG1Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:39:00 EST<![CDATA[Android 2.1 ported to Droid, no one feigns surprise]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1-ported-to-droid-no-one-feigns-surprise/#commentsYou had to know this was coming. That Android 2.1 OS that's been circulating inside the Google's ultra-exclusive Nexus One has hit the internet, and thanks to some clever hackery, you can now theoretically put the update on your Droid handset. We say theoretically, of course, because it's not quite a perfect rip. DIY instructions were briefly posted on Sholes.info but have since been replaced with a curt advisory to wait for a ROM that properly preserves file system permissions, else risking some serious breaking. The original image file is still available, but don't say we didn't warn you. Separately and perhaps unrelated, a video has surfaced of the Nexus One's boot animation running on Droid -- feel free to enjoy that instead, after the break.

Gallery: Android 2.1 ported to Droid, no one feigns surprise


[Thanks, Seth and Kyle]

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Android 2.1 ported to Droid, no one feigns surprise originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2.1androidandroid 2.1Android2.1droidflangooglegoogle phoneGooglePhonemotorolamotorola droidMotorolaDroidnexusnexus oneNexusOneromverizon droidVerizonDroidMon, 14 Dec 2009 23:22:00 EST<![CDATA[Android 2.1's boot animation for the Nexus One reminds us of... something]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1s-boot-animation-for-the-nexus-one-reminds-us-of/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1s-boot-animation-for-the-nexus-one-reminds-us-of/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1s-boot-animation-for-the-nexus-one-reminds-us-of/#comments Red, green, blue, yellow. They aren't just four of the bestest shades in Roy G. Biv -- to anyone with a computer and a soul, that particular color combo is permanently etched in the brain as the unchanging constituents of the Windows logo in its many, many forms over the years; Google's logo happens to use them, true, but so far, Android's been green to the bone. Anyhow, you may have already noticed that some of the shots of the Nexus One clearly show a boot screen with a cross pattern colored thusly, and it turns out there's an Android 2.1 dump floating around that's got the animation on board. Of course, dumped ROMs have a tendency to get pulled apart like a turkey at Thanksgiving dinner in a matter of mere hours, and the animation's already found its way onto YouTube. Just because it's in a hacked Flan ROM doesn't mean you should expect to see it on every Android phone under the sun next year -- the animation portrays a nexus, of sorts, which would fit in nicely with a phone of the same name.

Seriously though, check out the wait cursor in Windows Mobile 6.5 for comparison after the break (along with a video of the Nexus One's lovely boot sequence in action).

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Android 2.1's boot animation for the Nexus One reminds us of... something originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidandroid 2.1Android2.1animationbootboot animationboot sequenceBootAnimationBootSequenceflanlogonexus oneNexusOneMon, 14 Dec 2009 20:21:00 EST<![CDATA[Giant Android eclair delivered to Google by even bigger nerds (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/giant-android-eclair-delivered-to-google-by-even-bigger-nerds-v/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/giant-android-eclair-delivered-to-google-by-even-bigger-nerds-v/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/giant-android-eclair-delivered-to-google-by-even-bigger-nerds-v/#comments By now you should be familiar with Google's confectionary codenames for its Google Android OS: version 1.5 (Cupcake), 1.6 (Donut), 2.0 (Eclair) and version x.x (Flan). What you probably didn't know is that Google honors each release by dropping a steaming hot foam facsimile onto its front lawn. Historically, the arrival of the giant Donut at the GooglePlex was followed by the 1.6 developer release of Android just a few days later. Don't get too excited though, last we heard Eclair wouldn't arrive until Q2 of 2010 for consumers. Video and another view of the nerds "gone wild" just after the break.

[Via TechCrunch]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1.62.0androidcupcakedonuteclairflangooglemobilenerdrumorThu, 15 Oct 2009 01:37:00 EST<![CDATA[Giant Android eclair delivered to Google by even bigger nerds (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/giant-android-eclair-delivered-to-google-by-even-bigger-nerds-v/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/giant-android-eclair-delivered-to-google-by-even-bigger-nerds-v/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/15/giant-android-eclair-delivered-to-google-by-even-bigger-nerds-v/#comments By now you should be familiar with Google's confectionary codenames for its Google Android OS: version 1.5 (Cupcake), 1.6 (Donut), 2.0 (Eclair) and version x.x (Flan). What you probably didn't know is that Google honors each release by dropping a steaming hot foam facsimile onto its front lawn. Historically, the arrival of the giant Donut at the GooglePlex was followed by the 1.6 developer release of Android just a few days later. Don't get too excited though, last we heard Eclair wouldn't arrive until Q2 of 2010 for consumers. Video and another view of the nerds "gone wild" just after the break.

[Via TechCrunch]

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You don't have to look far past Palm's Synergy tech for webOS and smaller-scale operations like INQ to understand that social internetworking -- an intelligent aggregation of every corner of your life -- is the wave of the mobile future, and Google's going on record saying that it understands. At a T-Mobile- and Google-sponsored event in San Francisco earlier today, Andy Rubin (you know, the Android dude) discussed upcoming releases in Android's pipeline starting with Donut, which we've already heard mentioned, but then progressing to "Eclair" and "Flan" without mentioning specific timelines. He didn't bust out any comprehensive roadmaps, but he waxed poetic about some of the social-centric possibilities -- for example, being kept abreast of a contact's Facebook photo and latest update every time they call -- and mentioned that developers will soon have additional options for charging for apps (presently, Google Checkout is the only way to handle it, but carrier billing is coming soon).

He also reiterated that the hardware pipeline for Android is staggeringly massive, with 15 to 20 phones coming this year alone. One manufacturer actually had the stones to show him eighteen Android-powered devices in a recent meeting -- sounds like a very Samsung-esque thing to do, but whether it's Samsung, HTC, or someone else, we're happy to hear once again that the Magic, Hero, Dream, and Galaxy won't be the only games in town for long.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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You don't have to look far past Palm's Synergy tech for webOS and smaller-scale operations like INQ to understand that social internetworking -- an intelligent aggregation of every corner of your life -- is the wave of the mobile future, and Google's going on record saying that it understands. At a T-Mobile- and Google-sponsored event in San Francisco earlier today, Andy Rubin (you know, the Android dude) discussed upcoming releases in Android's pipeline starting with Donut, which we've already heard mentioned, but then progressing to "Eclair" and "Flan" without mentioning specific timelines. He didn't bust out any comprehensive roadmaps, but he waxed poetic about some of the social-centric possibilities -- for example, being kept abreast of a contact's Facebook photo and latest update every time they call -- and mentioned that developers will soon have additional options for charging for apps (presently, Google Checkout is the only way to handle it, but carrier billing is coming soon).

He also reiterated that the hardware pipeline for Android is staggeringly massive, with 15 to 20 phones coming this year alone. One manufacturer actually had the stones to show him eighteen Android-powered devices in a recent meeting -- sounds like a very Samsung-esque thing to do, but whether it's Samsung, HTC, or someone else, we're happy to hear once again that the Magic, Hero, Dream, and Galaxy won't be the only games in town for long.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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