Mobile

USB host mode on Nexus One

Normally, when you connect your Android mobile to your PC you’re mounting it as a device. If you want to do it the other way around, you’re going to have to put the interface into USB host mode. Android hacker Sven Killig has got his Nexus One running in host mode and has connected all sorts of interesting devices to it. In addition to a USB keyboard, mouse, webcam, he’s also got an external monitor running X.

Mobile radios at Hamvention 2010

Mobile radios are like DIY cellphones. They can communicate across the world without the infrastructure of cellphone carriers or the internet. And sometimes, there’s a lot of satisfaction in being able to do something all by yourself. Here I am at Hamvention 2010 in Dayton, Ohio checking out all of the mobile radios. There was […]

EVO 4G rooted

Looks like the Sprint EVO 4G has been rooted. That’s close to two weeks before it’s set to launch. There aren’t many details other than the group responsible acquired their phones at Google I/O and have yet to publish their methods.