Reuters: Nexus One Available Directly Through Google Website January 5 | AndroidGuys

Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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Reuters is reporting that a source of theirs indicates a January 5th date for the Nexus One to go on sale. They’ve been advised that it will be at a “reduced price to consumers who agree to a service contract from Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA“. Are we skeptical? Sure. It’s only a couple weeks away but whatever. We thought it would be months before Google Goggles was ready and here it was rolled out days after we learned of it.

We were looking through our comments from another post and found that the always-fun Charbax dropped by with some information regarding price. We’re not sure were he heard it or how he knows, but here’s what he says…

Here’s the price: $199 unlocked in stores. $100 rebate online if you have an active and old Google account. That $100 rebate is either to buy it $99 online from Google’s online phone store, for using on Android Marketplace or for using on any Google Checkout stores. Can also be used for T-Mobile or AT&T pre-paid Data SIM card service at $29 per month, no contracts required.

Google will push full VOIP usage on these, meaning no voice/sms plans needed at any carrier. Voice calls will go through Google Voice on Data SIM cards and will provide unlimited free voice calling. And SMS is replaced by unlimited free Gtalk.

Finally, Google will provide easy roaming data services in other countries. For example, if you go to Europe, you can roam on HSDPA data networks for the same price of 20€ per month, and if you only stay in Europe for a few days you won’t need to pay for the whole month. You may not even need to change the SIM card.

And... We are back!

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Sorry about the downtime, I had switched hosts and couldnt afford the hosting due to financial problems, I'll be pushing out content soon.
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New iGoogle For Android! + Screenshots!

Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009
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Via : Official Google Blog
"This new version is faster and easier to use. It supports tabs as well as more of your favorite gadgets, including those built by third-party developers. Note that not all gadgets — like those with Flash — will work in mobile browsers.

One of our favorite new features is the in-line display of articles for feed-based gadgets. That means you can read article summaries without leaving the page. You can also rearrange gadget order or keep your favorite gadgets open for your next visit. None of these changes will mess up the layout of gadgets on your desktop computer, so feel free to play around and tune your mobile experience.

The new version of iGoogle for mobile is available in 38 languages. To try it out, go to igoogle.com in your mobile browser and tap "Try the new Mobile iGoogle". Bookmark the page or make it your home page so you can return to it quickly. Finally, please fill out our survey by clicking on the "Tell us what you think" link at the top of the new home page. We'll continue to use your feedback to make iGoogle even better."

Turn Your Android Phone into a SIP Phone Place/Recieve Free Calls with Google Voice or Use other voip Service.

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Did you know you can turn your phone into a SIP phone with sipDroid?

Sipdroid is an open-source SIP client implemented in Java. The project was based on:

• Mjsip contributing the original stack,
• initial port to Android emulator and development of a Test SIP Client by Hughes Systique Corporation.

Sipdroid can be used with Asterisk or any other sip phone system, even free systems like Gizmo, or ipKall

I have added my Gizmoproject phone number to my GoogleVoice account, GoogleVoice is currently private beta without invites, so you may want to try ipKall or another cheap voip/sip service.

The nice thing with this setup is it allows you to either use your unlimited data plan or wifi connection to make/recieve calls.

First you need to login to gizmoproject.com or create an account then find the SIP phone number to add to GoogleVoice:

1. Sign in to Google Voice.
2. Go to the Settings link at the top right of the page.
3. Click the Add/Edit Number link right above your phones, to the right of the page.
4. Click the Phones tab.
5. Click Add a new number.
6. Select Gizmo in the Phone Type drop-down menu.
7. Enter your SIP number without 1.
8. Enter a name for that phone, if you want.
9. Click Save.

Once that is done, click here to download sipdroid, and install that on your Android
SipDroid only works with cupcake/adp roms

Run SipDroid
Press Menu->Settings:

Press Server, and enter: proxy01.sipphone.com
Then enter your Gizmo login information where Username/Password are
Press Use WLAN, and Use 3g/Edge and leave the other settings alone, press back then you are ready to use Google Voice to place all call :)

Head over to https://www.google.com/voice/m/phones
Make sure gizmo is checked, then go to http://www.google.com/voice/m and input a number in quick call and press call.


Enjoy your free Sip calls without using airtime over 3g or wifi :)





Example Incoming SIP Call:

GlossSuite G1 Theme

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GlossSuite
Here is another Great theme for your Android G1
DOWNLOAD:
WITH custom lock screen
WITHOUT custom lock screen(updated March 31st)
Previous Versions:
Original Status Icons
You must have a rooted phone with a modified recovery img

Install by downloading the theme to /sdcard/update.zip
Reboot into Recovery with Home + Power and ALT+S to apply
Currently works with JF RC33, and possibly Dudes, and Cyanogen's
Developer: MoonSpoon

Howto Upgrade your Android G1 to the Latest Radio & SPL

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First you need to update your radio to the latest before applying this spl to avoid bricking your device. You also must flash one of the newer roms that support the new radio/spl which are dudes, cyanogens, or any hero rom.

This SPL is optional and optimized for hero and rogers roms, if you flash the spl make sure you have a nandroid backup or rom to reflash because you will need to do so.

The latest Radio version is 2.22.19.26I with a Baseband Version of 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I

Download the radio to /sdcard/update and download the SPL here to /sdcard/spl-signed.zip


Shutdown your phone and press Home + Power while booting to get to the recovery console, then press ALT-S to flash, once its finished and done rebooting twice, go back into the recovery console.
Press ALT+X for terminal, press Enter, then type:
mount /sdcard
cd /sdcard
mv update.zip latestradio.zip
mv spl-signed.zip update.zip
cd ..
umount /sdcard
recovery #Sends you back to the recovery screen
Press ALT+S to flash the new SPL after your successfully flashed the new Radio!

JACMan 1.62 Modified Hero ROM

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There has been allot of HTC Hero Rom modifications, this seems like it could be one of the best, one i'll definitely be flashing this baby soon.

You must install the latest Radio & Spl for this build: instructions here

Manup and Justanotherdev put alot of hard work into this (modified .xmls drawables and alot under the hood, not just moving files around) so credit us if you use our work!!!! ! And don't rip Manup456 or Justanotherdev off. Pay some respect and contact them first.

Changelog:

JACMan Hero r1.62

Changes in 1.62
1.62 is just adding back Youtube, PDF Reader, QuickOffice and Mail.apk that 1.61 was missing.
All widgets except weather. (I'm looking into why the weather widgets are having a fit) Load them from the resources if you want them. APPS2SD.apk put back in so you can use it like in 1.4. All other changes from 1.6 remain.

Changes in r1.61
outube, PDF Reader, QuickOffice and Mail.apk were removed and weather widget/app was added.Reverted to SYMLINK method for APPS2SD


Changes in r1.6
-Minor changes to the 2.6.29 Kernel
-UnionFS support but we are still going to symlink for now
-Manup456'smodified xml's drawables and graphic and .apks
-All widgets put back into /data/app_S
-modified trigger support
-Modified RAMDISK with noatime, nodirtime, EXT/EXT3 mount support
-Sensor Hardware and LED Light .so updates (still not functioning ATM)
-BT permissions fix for the Dbus "chmod 666 /dev/socket/dbus/" (a step forward BT still not working)
-Fix permissions on /data/app in update-script
-Fixed Browser downloads issue
-Fixed Flash Player issue

***NOTE***APPS2SD requires a class 6 card, class 4 (4GB cards are the worst!!!)cards have been reported more issues with slowness than anyone even those with class 2 cards.

Hero r1.5 Fully Optimized
This should not have been uploaded. APPS2SD via unionFS is broken and can't be fixed in this update, not with any easy method anyway. I've had people report it runs great, if it does that is awesome but just understand APPS2SD support via union will not work. You could go ahead and symlink everything as they wont be broken on reboot on this particular build.

Hero r1.4 Fully Optimized
-Ion Dalvik VM
-Marcus APPS2SD1 (symlink) included out of the box
-BusyBox Included
-Phone.apk fixed
-Dexopt-Wrapper Included
-Fully Optimized out of the box (.Odex'd)
-Superuser.Apk Included
-com.android.term.Apk Included (Terminal App)
-HTC IME instead of HTC CIME
-Rosie.apk and core files for a stable/fast build reside on internal memory even after APPS2SD!!!
-Data/System partition optimized
-PSCII.apk removed



Wipe Recommended

First things First!!!!

For r1.61 we are sticking with SYMLINKS for now. I put Marcus's APPS2SD.apk back in. As soon as I figure out something better that will work...easily for people you will have it. So think of this as a direct upgrade from 1.4...the unionFS support is there but isn't being used.

For r1.4 YOU NEED TO GO TO TERMINAL SU THEN "chown system.system /data/app" before you can download from the market!!!! For VK enable under Settings>Locale and Text and Reboot. Also you might as well disable auto backlight it does not work and will not work.


JACMan r1.61 SYMLINK APPS2SD - MD5:F7A5B6E9F74A2E7AEFC0A304B81CDB31
http://www.slackdev.com/justanotherdev/


r1.4 IS SYMLINK APPS2SD BUILD - MD5:3857F96C6503AE1CE1F54E5B98BD78C2
http://www.slackdev.com/justanotherdev/


Widget's/Weather.apk/Hero Audio Resources available here:
Primary Download Site


Step 1 - Install
Mount your SD card on your current ROM
Copy update.zip to the Root of you SD
Power Off the phone
Power on via Recovery Console(Home+Power)
Apply a Wipe - Alt+W
Apply Update - Alt+S
Reboot - Home+Back

Step 2 - APPS2SD: Part 1 Check for a mounted EXT2 SD card partition

If you haven't partitioned your SD card you need stop here and get that completed. Open Terminal and make sure your EXT2 partition is mounted by typing "df" or "mount". You should see you SD card mounted under /system/sd with the its appropriate attributes.

Step 2 - APPS2SD: Part 2 Run APPS2SD

Launch the included APPS2SD or download it from Marcus's tutorial for 1.6 to move apps to a EXT2 partition on your SD card. You wont get any message that its done just wait about 5 minutes and reboot. (you may see some force closes dont worry)

Step 2 - APPS2SD

Configure you SDcard per Marcus's APPS2SD tutorial and boot,use the included .apk to move everything just like 1.4

Step - 3 Enjoy!

Enjoy a COMPLETE fully optimized Hero build that runs plenty smooth for daily use

NOTE - This ROM can be run with or without APPS2SD.


Known Bugs/Issues With ALL Hero Builds(These will be looked at later):
Reboot not permited from terminal.
LED notifications not working.
Home Screen & Lock Screen wallpapers can not be set from gallery.
HTC widget for photo album and photo frame force closes.
No landscape view of home when keyboard is open.
Attach MMS force close

Tip from "buttkicker" to switch between Rosie and the Regular Launcher.apk. No Rosie UI Switcher needed[b]
Just do this on your phone.
- Go to "Settings >> Applications >> Manage applications"
- Scroll and click on "Rosie".
- Click on "Clear defaults"
- Press the home button
- Check the box for "Use by default for this action"
- Select "Home"

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