Dec 17

Android 2.3 Gingerbread’s source code now available

Posted in: breaking news, BreakingNews, gingerbread, Google, open source, opensource, Today's Chili

Want to dig through 2.3 and see what all the fuss is about for yourself? Well, you’re in luck, because Gingerbread has just hit the Android Open Source Project’s repository, which means you can set up your machine to download the code. It’s great news for hardware companies that don’t care to get Google’s certification to include Android Market access — but it’s also great news for casual and serious hackers alike who are looking to craft some seriously wild, wacky custom ROMs. So, what are you waiting for? Get to it, folks.

[Thanks, Mike]

Update: Eager coders are being asked to “wait a few hours or a few days” before downloading to balance out the server load — and while you’re likely not interested in doing that, it’s probably in your best interest to heed the advice.

Android 2.3 Gingerbread’s source code now available originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 17

Dungeon Defenders: First Wave brings Unreal Engine to Android this month

Posted in: Android, Google, Today's Chili, video

Along with Rage HD, Infinity Blade has been one of the titles to really solidify iOS’ position as the leader in mobile gaming right now, but that’s not to say Android isn’t in hot pursuit: besides this Zeus we have on the horizon, Gingerbread improves gaming support on the API level — and now we’re seeing our first Unreal Engine 3-based title make the leap. Dungeon Defenders: First Wave, which just launched on iOS, is coming to Android 2.1 and above on December 23rd bringing with it an online, multiplayer tower defense gaming experience. Of course, one problem these guys have now is that Android hardware is all over the map, so they actually need to publish a long list of minimum requirements — just like PC titles — and in this case you need 512MB of RAM, an 800MHz or better SOC with support for OpenGL ES 2.0, and at least 400MB of free storage. Apart from the myTouch 4G (which has some occasional “stability issues”), most recent mid- to high-end handsets seem to be ready to roll, including “all Tegra 2 based devices” like the Optimus 2X that was just announced. Follow the break for some video action and the full press release.

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Dungeon Defenders: First Wave brings Unreal Engine to Android this month originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 17

Google Body Browser is an Interactive Gray’s Anatomy

Posted in: Google, Miscellaneous Tech, Today's Chili

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Google yesterday launched its latest Labs experiment. The new Body Browser is something akin to a human version of Google Earth, a 3D model that lets the user spin, zoom in and out, and remove layers of the model for closer inspection.

The browser features skin, muscles, bones, organs, and the circulatory and nervous systems. The user can either scale them back in that order or dial each level up and down to explore different combinations of elements. Labels can also be turned on and off to the user know precisely what they are looking at.

The information is currently limited–to be expected for a program still in the Labs stages. In the future, double clicking different elements will hopefully take advantage of the vast wealth of information available via Google Search and YouTube. At present, Body Browser is only available as a female (one who looks like she stepped out Second Life), but Google says a male counterpart is coming soon.

Body Browser requires Web browsers that can handle WebGL–a beta version of Chrome and new versions of Safari and Browser. The program worked in version of Chrome I downloaded (the page will prompt you to do so if you visit it with an older browser), but certain features proved a bit buggy.

It will be interesting to see what becomes of the service. At present, it’s mostly an entertaining diversion.

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Dec 16

HTC Aria gets Android 2.2 update… but not on AT&T yet

Posted in: Android, froyo, Google, HTC, Today's Chili, update, upgrade

We know this isn’t exactly the news you wanted to hear, AT&T customers, but it’s comforting to know that the diminutive Aria has been upgraded to Froyo somewhere, isn’t it? HTC’s support page for Southeast Asia now reports availability of an over-the-air update to build 2.37.708.5 for the phone, which brings it up to Android 2.2 — topped off with Sense, of course — presumably along with all the normal benefits of Froyo like tethering, improved enterprise support, and some serious performance boosts. It’s unclear when this update will take a flight across the Pacific to AT&T’s version — but if nothing else, it’s good to know that HTC’s officially gotten the Aria working with something newer than Eclair. Remember, the glass is half full.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

HTC Aria gets Android 2.2 update… but not on AT&T yet originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 16

Google Fiber’s 1Gbps ISP ‘test community’ selection delayed until 2011

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili
As you can imagine, the call for a community to be the recipient of Google Fiber’s 1Gbps network was met by an overwhelming response. Indeed, the response was so great that while the recipient of all that bandwidth was to be announced at the end of this year, it looks like they won’t have a decision until early 2011. In the meantime, the project will continue to offer insanely high download speeds to Google’s campus and an 850 home beta network in Stanford.

Google Fiber’s 1Gbps ISP ‘test community’ selection delayed until 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 16

LG ‘B’ Android phone caught in the wild, looking thin and ready to spank S-AMOLED (update: confirmed)

Posted in: Android, Google, LG, official, rumor, Today's Chili

We’re still coming down from that rush of adrenaline that accompanied the launch of the dual-core Optimus 2X last night, but we’ve had a hunch lately that LG is planning on taking Android very seriously in 2011 — seriously enough to have something even sexier than the 2X up its sleeve. Looks like that sexiness could be delivered in the form of a device codenamed “B,” shots of which have been delivered to Phandroid in a direct comparison with the iPhone 4 and the Galaxy S — two handsets we’re sure LG would love to embarrass. As you can see up there, the screen’s looking pretty insane, especially when you consider that those other two phones in the picture have arguably the best displays in the mobile business right now; it’s claimed to offer 700 nits of brightness, a 40 percent improvement over the Galaxy S. Oh, and if that doesn’t impress you, Phandroid‘s tipster has also sent in a shot of the edge that appears to make the 9.3mm iPhone 4 look downright chubby. No word on a release date for the B just yet.

Update: LG’s decided to dispense with the mystery and has shot out a tweet confirming the B’s existence and inviting us all to come check it out at CES 2011. We’ll be sure to do just that.

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Dec 16

LG ‘B’ Android phone caught in the wild, looking thin and ready to spank Super AMOLED

Posted in: Android, Google, LG, rumor, Today's Chili

We’re still coming down from that rush of adrenaline that accompanied the launch of the dual-core Optimus 2X last night, but we’ve had a hunch lately that LG is planning on taking Android very seriously in 2011 — seriously enough to have something even sexier than the 2X up its sleeve. Looks like that sexiness could be delivered in the form of a device codenamed “B,” shots of which have been delivered to Phandroid in a direct comparison with the iPhone 4 and the Galaxy S — two handsets we’re sure LG would love to embarrass. As you can see up there, the screen’s looking pretty insane, especially when you consider that those other two phones in the picture have arguably the best displays in the mobile business right now; it’s claimed to offer 700 nits of brightness, a 40 percent improvement over the Galaxy S. Oh, and if that doesn’t impress you, Phandroid‘s tipster has also sent in a shot of the edge that appears to make the 9.3mm iPhone 4 look downright chubby. No word on a release date for the B just yet.

LG ‘B’ Android phone caught in the wild, looking thin and ready to spank Super AMOLED originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dec 16

20 Things you can do with Gmail Filters

Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on June 04, 2007 by CyberNet.

Gmail FiltersOne of my favorite features in Gmail is the ability to add filters to incoming emails. I only use a couple different filters to automatically label emails from, for example, eBay purchases. But I do have one filter that would cause a lot of frustration if I wasn’t able to have it.

The filter I’m talking about is setup to delete all emails coming from certain email addresses. You know, those people who only forward dumb jokes to you, or those spammers that always seem to get by the spam checker. Yeah, those are the ones that I put here. That way I never have to worry about seeing a message from them sitting in my Inbox.

To setup one of those filters all you have to do is set the from field to something like this:

(example1@gmail.com OR example2@gmail.com)

You start and end the text with parenthesis, and separate each address with "OR". Right now I have about 15 addresses in that list which has greatly reduced the amount of unwanted mail that would typically clutter my Inbox.

That is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to things you can do with Gmail filters. Lifehack.org has a list of 20 different ideas for using the filters in Gmail, and a lot of them are pretty great.

Even with filters being as great as they are, there are still some things that need to be added to Gmail to make it perfect for me:

  • Ability to schedule an email to be sent.
  • Nesting capabilities for the labels, that way they can act like folders.
  • Apply filters to more than just incoming emails. What about outgoing ones too?
  • One-click access to add an email address to a certain filter.
  • An easier way to specify multiple email addresses. Maybe separate them by commas?

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Dec 16

Gadget Lab Podcast: Chrome OS Netbook, Pocket God for iPad

Posted in: Google, Microsoft, podcasts, Tablets and E-Readers, Today's Chili, Windows

          

In this week’s episode of the Gadget Lab podcast, Dylan Tweney and I analyze Google’s Chrome OS notebook and the idea of a Windows 7 tablet while giving a sneak peek of an awesome new iPad game.

Dylan shows off Google’s stealthy black CR-48 notebook. The Chrome OS operating system, which is based on a browser, is fast and pretty capable, but Dylan couldn’t get a full day’s work done thanks to his need for Firefox. On the hardware side, the keyboard’s pretty nice, but the trackpad is clunky. Keep in mind, however, that this is a pilot device, so it’s not like you’re going to buy one.

I talk smack about a rumor that Microsoft is planning to yet again announce a Windows 7 tablet at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show. Why am I so pessimistic? Because this has been done over and over again, and Windows tablet PCs have constantly failed. Microsoft would be better off scaling up the new Windows Phone 7 OS to run on a tablet, but it’s unlikely we’ll see that happening next year because the phone platform is just getting started.

On to more fun news, I show off the new iPad version of Pocket God, a game that was a huge hit on the iPhone. You play the role of God, messing around with little creatures called Pygmies by manipulating their environment with your fingers. The iPad version, called A Journey to Uranus, just came out today. It’s even better because you get an entire universe to screw around with the Pygmies on different planets.

Like the show? You can also get the Gadget Lab video podcast via iTunes, or if you don’t want to be distracted by our unholy on-camera talent, check out the Gadget Lab audio podcast. Prefer RSS? You can subscribe to the Gadget Lab video or audio podcast feeds

Or listen to the audio here:

Gadget Lab audio podcast #97

http://downloads.wired.com/podcasts/assets/gadgetlabaudio/GadgetLabAudio0097.mp3


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Dec 16

Nexus S has been rooted, let the madness commence!

Posted in: Android, gingerbread, Google, hack, hacking, nexus s, NexusS, Today's Chili

Our good friends at xda-developers haven’t kept us waiting long. Root access on the Nexus S has been achieved on the phone’s day of release, and full instructions for replicating it are available at the link below. The Nexus S is the proud and so far only carrier of Google’s latest and greatest Android software, so you’re basically getting unrestricted access to the very best Mountain View can offer. Hit that source link. Do it.

[Thanks, Brad]

Update: An Android team member has written in to remind us that the Nexus S, like the Nexus One before it, is designed with a user-unlockable bootloader out of the box — it’s not a magic trick. Good to know they’re keeping the tradition going.

Nexus S has been rooted, let the madness commence! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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