Google Android School » featured

Droid Eris: Buy One for $99 & Get One Free!

Douglas — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:14:26 +0000

Verizon is currently running a promotion until December 7th on the Droid Eris. If you buy one for $99 you can get the second one free! Both will be for 2-year contract upgrades or new lines of service and require data plan.

Verizon DROID Pretty Commercial

Douglas — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:02:08 +0000

Its not a princess, its a robot. A phone that trades hair-do for can-do. In a world of doesn’t. Droid Does.

Google Navigation Hacked to Work on T-Mobile G1

Douglas — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:13:46 +0000

With the open source software that Google Android is, it’s not surprising to hear that the new Google Navigation has been hacked to work on the first phone to support Android software, the T-Mobile G1. Here’s the instructions if you’re willing to try it out:

1) Download and unzip to desktop
2) Run Part 1.bat
3) When prompted to press any key, do so; the phone will reboot
4) When your phone is running again, run Part 2.bat
5) When prompted to press any key, the installation process is done.
6) Make sure GPS is enabled
7) Open Maps and press OK
8) Press Menu
9) Press Directions
10) Enter an end point
11) Click Go
12) Just under “Show on map”, click Navigate.
13) When prompted to install the voice codec, do so.
14) Enjoy.

Photo Comparison Between iPhone 3GS & DROID

Douglas — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:23:37 +0000

Flickr user andyi recently posted pictures taken from both an iPhone 3GS and the soon to be released Motorola DROID. The only picture that is better, in my opinion, that was taken by the DROID is the one in the dark because the DROID has a flash. Check out the pictures and let me know what you think:

Street - Droid

Street - iPhone

Scarecrow - Droid	Scarecrow - iPhone
Lightsaber - Droid	Lightsaber - iPhone
Flowers - Droid	Flowers - iPhone
Dessert - Droid	Dessert - iPhone
Burger - Droid	Burger - iPhone
Apples - Droid	Apples - iPhone

BillShrink Comparison Chart: iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre, MyTouch 3G & Motorola Droid

Douglas — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:22:27 +0000

BillShrink.com has created a nice comparison chart of the iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre, MyTouch 3G & Motorola Droid. Main points? Droid has better battery, camera, multitasking, but less apps by about 80,000 and overall costs the same over time. Previous charts include comparisons of myTouch 3G vs. iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre and Android G1 vs. iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre