Samsung's Galaxy S II has barely been launched and thanks to developer Chainfire of XDA-Developer fame, it has been rooted already for full file system access.
We first heard yesterday about the possibility of Google's Android 2.3.4 bringing video calling to the Nexus S, thanks to a tweet from a supposed Samsung employee. Now Google has confirmed that this is indeed the case, and the update will arrive in the 'next few weeks'.
With Google I/O on the horizon, the Android world was quietly hoping for more than a new release of Gingerbread to be shown, and if one particular tweet is to be believed, we could be in for some native video calling goodness coming to the platform.
With all the screaming and shouting about the iPhone's penchant for collecting data on its user's location, PC Mag saw fit to reach out to various players in the mobile market, namely Nokia, RIM, Google, HP and Microsoft. Only one replied, the always-willing-to-blow-their-own-horn Microsoft.
Google's Android mobile operating system could be about to score a massive new group of users, if Wired are to be believed. The claim is that a new wartime smartphone is being tested by the US Army, dubbed Joint Battle Command Platform.
With all the furore surrounding Google's Android and Apple's iOS and the way both operating systems keep tabs on our locations, it was only a matter of time before a developer took it upon themselves to try to give us back some control. The first step in that process is seeing just what handsets know about us, and one Android developer has written an app to do just that.
Chances are you're familiar with the web-wide overreaction to news that iOS devices have been collecting location data about us for some time, but are Apple the only one's collecting this data? Turns out, writes TheNextWeb, Google's Android is also in on the act.
More news out of Microsoft's MIX11 developer conference in Las Vegas, with Microsoft showing off its new IE9 web browsing technology for Windows Phone 7.
Ah, Fring. Love them or hate them, they're one of the few real VoIP competitors to Skype and that makes them important. Now the plucky challenger is looking to get one over its larger competitor by being the first to offer group video chat from mobile devices.
Totally unsure if this is true or a trick but the bigger question is why would you ever want to do it? If you're an HTC and Android fan boy, how about you opt for phones which offer similar hardware, specs and come out with an Android OS like Desire HD, EVO 4G or Incredible S?
