Mobile Phones

Well, it’s 1.36am and I thought I’d have a routine check of the Market for any new Android apps. I almost fell off my chair ….. the paid apps are finally here for the UK Android G1 fans who are on the RC9 firmware. Now, I have more time to spend looking through all the …

Enable Google Latitude and Launch Maps on ROOTED G1′s ONLY in countries that it is disabled, e.g. UK. Needs Superuser whitelist and latest firmware. If you’ve run Google Maps since last reboot, it will also need a reboot to stop the Maps app and refresh. Check out : http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.geekyouup.android.latlauncher I’ve downloaded this to my phone …

Well, after all the thoughts and ponders around if I should go root, I decided that I would! After following the real easy guide found here : http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Quick_Root I was able to obtain root, then upgrade to the custom RC9 ROM within minutes. Now that the JF Rom updater has been released into the Market, …

Well, I woke up this morning and finally got the question asked to me. “System update available, update now or later” Obviously I pressed “update now” quicker than I can type it! After about 5 – 6 minutes, the phone updated, then re-booted. However, I am deeply disappointed with the update. I honestly thought there …

T-Mobile cheekily changed there Terms & Conditions a while ago so that your voicemail was no longer free but you have to now pay 12p a minute for it! There is a way of getting around this, and at the least have the voicemail come out of your included minutes. This only applies obviously for …

Well, until we get the RC9 update here in the UK we will not be able to see what all the hype is about the new paid apps. Well now you can see them from the comfort of your PC. Visit : http://www.cyrket.com This website reads all the apps available from the Market store and …

Well if your accelerometer has just stopped working on your Android G1, then the chances are that it’s not hardware related but actually operating system related. What to do if this happens? 1) I would suggest using Astro so that you can easily backup all of your apps! You can do this by running the …

Well, a new trend of apps have just hit the market. Apps that help keep your wifi connection alive.You may have noticed that if you are connected to a WiFi connection, this will usually disconnect when the phone goes to ‘sleep’ this can be annoying especially if on reconnection he IP changes, or you are …

For those who use aTrackDog to check for app updates, does it inform you there is an update for Tunewiki? Installed : 0.91 New : 0.93 I have searched high and low and can’t find anything on this app! Can someone enlighten me?

Adobe have announced that Flash 10 will be making it’s way to the Android platform by the end of the year. In an announced at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Adobe revealed that they plan to release their first full-fledged Flash multimedia player for smartphones by the end of 2009. “We’ve made a …