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Constant Pinging Racks up $102.85 in Roaming Charges for G1 User

Here’s an interesting story that arrived in our inbox today. One of our readers, James, decided to take a trip to the UK for almost two weeks and took his G1 with him. He knew about roaming charges and what to do to prevent them, but it seemed that wasn’t enough. Rather than [...]

Make Your Own AnyCut Shortcuts (Part 1 of 3)

Don’t let the cute little house icon fool you.  AnyCut is pure utility and, like a lot of the V1.0’s in the marketplace, this one is pure Android.  It takes advantage of Android’s great interoperability, and it will be misunderstood and under-appreciated.
On the second point, reaction will be mixed.  With AnyCut you can easily create [...]

Five App Recap: Lifestyle

Welcome to the second edition of our Android software snapshot reviews.  As we did before with the games, we’re providing quick, one paragraph reviews of Android applications we find from the Android Market.  Each of these reviews is dedicated to specific categories and the apps that are found to be associated with them.  This week, [...]

G1 for $125? You Wish

You almost had to be ready for this one in advance if you wanted to take advantage of it.  American Express’ “My Wishlist” site was offering a T-Mobile G1 for $125 earlier today.  Was.  It seems the very limited supply of 200 has already reached its end.  Not to worry completely though.  Come back at [...]

Techfaith Wireless and QIGI Launch China’s First Android Handset

China’s TechFaith Wireless and QIGI, a Smartphone brand in China has announced today that the i6-Goal will be the first Android-powered phone in China. The handset runs with a 624MHz CPU and features a touch-screen, a business card scanner as well as GPS functionality.
We are proud to launch the first Android-powered mobile phone in China. [...]

Coloraware Lets You Choose Your G1 Identity

Good news for those G1 fans who have already tired of their black, copper, and white handsets.  Colorware has finally gone and colorized the first Android handset.

At first it might seem like they have some steep prices, we’ve seen some of their work and it’s worth it.  You can start out with a small color [...]

Android on iPhone is One, Giant Step Closer

Thanks to the guys over at blog.iphone-dev.org, Android is moving ever so close to being run on the iPhone.  Yesterday saw them announcing that they’ve reverse engineered the iPhone and first generation iPods to run Linux.  The official announcement was the basis for a new Blogger site aptly called Linux on iPhone.
I’m pleased to announce [...]

I’m Thankful

Thank you to everyone who has helped make AndroidGuys what it is.  This includes everyone from our loyal readers and followers, to my fellow writers and Android enthusiasts.  I’m also thankful for all of the contacts I’ve made over the last year.  It’s all of you guys who make AndroidGuys a pleasure to run!

Podcast 001 - Interview with PhoneFusion’s Michael Manna

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of spending about a half hour with Michael Manna, the Chief Tech Evangelist of PhoneFusion.  We discussed their Visual Voicemail application which saw its release earlier this week.  Michael was a lot of fun to talk to as he brings true enthusiasm and excitement to the podcast.

LG Headed to T-Mobile?

Might fellow Open Handset Alliance members LG and T-Mobile be getting cozy?  According to Cell Phone Signal, the LG 225T was shown as an option to choose from when selecting handsets.
Today, after paying my phone bill today i noticed something unusual on T-Mobile’s phone selection. I selected a Shadow as my phone because I’ve been [...]

Google Really Wants “Android” Trademark

Not content to simply walk away, Google is going back for more.  Back in August, Google was issued a refusal from the US Patent and Trade Office for trademarking “Android”.  Late last week, they filed an ex parte appeal, hoping to reverse the decision.

It’s one thing to trademark the font or Android logo, but [...]