Google Play Music is, arguably, pretty revolutionary.  Long story short of what it is : iTunes but completely in the cloud.  I think the Music webapp is nicely laid out, it’s very fast and fluid, and the addition of the “Google Play” Market where you can just add whatever songs instantly to your library after purchasing them (no download required) is very nice. As great as Google Music is as a web service, the real […]

This post has been sitting in my drafts as “6 months in” for, well, six months.  So I ordered my Nexus One on January 5th, 2010.  It’s now been a year; and what a year it has been.  I was reading over some of my old posts about the Nexus One a few weeks back and I was surprised by how future proof I thought the phone would be…  I’m not upset with where I […]

The Nexus One.  Fast.  Sleek. Light.  Durable.  I purchased the Nexus one the day I could and received it two days later.  And yes, I paid $530 for it. Upon taking it out of the box, I was immediately amazed by how thin it is.  It’s so sleek and fits in the hand so nicely.  Every edge is gracefully curved and the screen is HUGE and gorgeous.  The light up trackball is also a nice […]

I’m torn.  $530 is a lot of money.  And yes, I realize that the $530 is a rumor, but I believe it’s accurate.  I just got my G1 working better…applied a RAM hack after re-flashing Cyanogen’s and going into spare parts and disabling lock home screen to memory – this was killing my phone (IMO).  It’s actually pretty usable (the past few weeks it’s been horribly slow).  So my dilemma is whether the Nexus One […]

Which Googler do I have to bribe to get an invite to get the Nexus One right when it launches?  According to Engadget, only a few “invitees” will be selected at launch to have the phone…probably app developers.  I want one.  I realize that I can probably just wait a month or two for it to be available to the “general public”, but I’m a very impatient person, and I don’t feel like getting this […]

The Nexus One.  Beauty.  This is the Android phone many have been waiting for.  Pictured left, it is the true “Google Phone”, AKA “Nexus One”.  Granted, what I’m about to say is all based on rumors, but a lot of it is probably true.  I’m going to compare this a lot to the iPhone, but that’s because that’s the only true competition this phone has. I’ve been waiting for an Android phone with a big […]

For those of you who have an Android phone are using the (amazing) program Locale to automatically toggle frequently used settings: So I just successfully figured out how to backup and restore all Locale (THE PROGRAM) settings/preferences/profiles/etc. TO BACKUP: adb pull /data/data/edu.mit.locale /locale TO RESTORE (after wipe): adb push /locale /data/data/edu.mit.locale Please don’t ask how to setup ADB…SEARCH XDA-Developers if you have problems with that. I take no responsibility if this messes up your phone […]

I can’t even begin to describe how much I am looking forward to the Cupcake Update.  For those of you that don’t know, Google/T-Mobile is releasing a MAJOR update for the Android platform (more specifically the T-Mobile G1.  This update is nicknamed “Cupcake” (because of all the goodies it will bring), and has been rumored to be released since the dawn of 2009. Recently the image above has appeared on T-Mobile Germany’s website, stating “Software […]

Giz Explains: All the Smartphone Mobile App Stores That article (click above) is a very good comparison of all the major smartphone platforms’ application stores/markets.  They all have their pros and cons, but I know from experience that both Google’s App Market and iPhone’s App Store are both great for searching/browsing/buying software.

Did I ever mention that I now have a T-Mobile G1 phone?  No, I guess I didn’t. Anyways, I switched to this phone after using an AT&T Tilt for serveral months.  I had been putting custom ROM’s on that…and I rooted my Android phone, so I guess I’m just a phone junkie all around… (thinking back, I messed with my RAZR a lot too). Anyway, to get to the point, ANDROID IS AMAZING.  There.  I […]