Google Maps Navigation ported to G1 & MyTouch
If you own an older Android phone and were curious about Google Maps Navigation, but were afraid to ask, here’s instructions to get it running.
Cellphones
Mot Droid teardown
Our buds at iFixIt wanted to see a teardown of a new Motorola Droid, so they offered a $300 bounty to the first person who’d field strip and document the deconstruction of their Droid. Dr. Wreck answered the call. Here are the results of his investigation. Kyle, of iFixIt, writes: The phone was quite a […]
DIY Palm Touchstone car mount
This has to be the coolest car mount for any mobile device out there. Originally designed for home use, maker remington870_20ga from the everythingpre.com forums wired a stock Palm Touchstone Charging Dock to run directly off his car battery using off-the-shelf components.
Photoshop mobile app for Android
Hot on the heels of the recent release of a mobile image editing app for the iPhone, Adobe unveils its photoshop.com mobile for Android.
Compact cellphone microscope
This novel approach to cellphone microscopy from Dr. Aydogan Ozcan from the University of California, Los Angeles, foregoes bulky lenses and magnifies electronically.
iPhone 3G and 3GS unlocked with blacksn0w
Master iPhone unlocker George Hotz aka GeoHot has done it again. Apparently the current iPhone 3G/3GS baseband has been successfully cracked and new unlock code titled blacksn0w will soon become available through the blackra1n jailbreak.
Android 2.0 shoehorned onto G1/Dream
Android hacker Akia Harada has successfully ported the latest version of Android to the T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream. It’s an early build that needs optimization, but it does boot and gives those brave enough to install it a glimpse of the new Android 2.0 operating system.
