{"id":121997,"date":"2009-12-31T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/e9be6206c05173e5bc74dbaf99d783bb"},"modified":"2009-12-31T22:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T03:21:00","slug":"article-what-up-droid-123109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/121997","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: What up, Droid? 12\/31\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been an eventful week for Android, if only you look at the leaks that I&#8217;ve posted below. It&#8217;s also been a busy week for DroidDog, as our team of contributors continues to grow. It&#8217;s been a huge year for Android as well, though I think the next will be more significant in the eyes of mainstream America. Here&#8217;s to the end of a rough but exciting year, and to smoother and more exciting 2010!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nexus One is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/some-nexus-one-news-finally\/\" >just around the corner<\/a> and the decent leaks are finally crawling out of the woodwork. We&#8217;ve seen some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/nexus-one-hi-rez-images-and-3d-benchmark\/\" >high quality images and a 3G benchmark<\/a>, a video of those <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/return-of-the-nexus-one-animations-video\/\" >interactive animated backgrounds<\/a>, and another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/and-finally-a-decent-video-review-of-nexus-one\/\" >review<\/a> that makes previous leaks look pretty scrawny.<\/p>\n<p>While not everyone is happy about the expected pricing of the device &#8211; $530 outright and $180 subsidized &#8211; I think there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/nexus-one-pricing-another-angle\/\" >more to the story<\/a> than we&#8217;ve heard so far. And while people are buzzing about what else <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/does-htc-have-a-dual-screen-android-in-the-works\/\" >HTC may have in store<\/a> in the coming days, everybody is looking to CES for some big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/mirageshadow-1080p-and-hdmi\/\" >Motorola news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the works are an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/lg-ls680-headed-for-sprint\/\" >LG Android for Sprint<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/t-mobile-g1-to-recieve-2-x-ota\/\" >2.x OTA updates<\/a> for G1 owners! <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hacks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen some cool hacks since Christmas, including an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/4676\/\" >Espresso ROM running on Hero<\/a>, the coming of a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/hero-1-5-rom-for-cliq-coming-soon\/\" > Hero 1.5 ROM<\/a> for Cliq, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/nexus-one-rooted-wait-what\/\" >rooting<\/a> of the not-yet-released Nexus One.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/darkstar-theme-review\/\" >video review<\/a> of the Darkstar theme, and a tutorial on getting an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/how-to-apply-10mb-hack-on-rooted-g1\/\" >extra 10MB of RAM<\/a> on hacked G1s.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/dude-hacks-dell-inspiron-mini-into-huge-mini-3i\/\" >check out what this guy did<\/a> to his Inspiron Mini.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year End<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the spirint of year-end review type stuff, check out Softpedia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/softpedias-top-five-android-phones-of-09\/\" >top five Androids of 2009<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/droid-smashes-others-in-christmas-app-downloads\/\" >Droid&#8217;s dominance<\/a> of the Market on Christmas, and Dustin Earley&#8217;s look at a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.droiddog.com\/android-blog\/2009\/12\/2009-android-advertising\/\" > year of Android advertizing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care, everyone. 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