{"id":339419,"date":"2010-02-19T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/fa878052f6bebb9227fb3fe53cf75c0e"},"modified":"2010-02-19T01:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T06:20:00","slug":"article-7-days-of-droiddog-021910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/339419","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: 7 Days of DroidDog: 02\/19\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re a big fan of Android, you already know: The start of MWC in Barcelona signals a deluge of tech news, and this year has been no exception. The Android videos, announcements, images, and stories have been flooding the airwaves (webwaves, whatever) and DroidDog caught a bunch of it. Perhaps most important of the week’s news was HTC’s announcement of Desire and Legend<\/a>. PhoneDog had Ewan MacLeod on the scene, and he was able to get some demo time with each device: Legend<\/a> and Desire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Feeds<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m not sure how to tastefully unload links to posts about all of the other other new devices we learned of because there are just so many. Click here<\/a> to subscribe to DroidDog’s RSS feed and catch up on all of the MWC buzz with title previews. You can also check out Dustin’s brief Daily<\/a> summary, posted when there’s just too many stories to write an individual post for each. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Apps<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the hardware in Spain pulled the spotlight away from apps for the week, a few popped up that are definitely worth mentioning. Google just announced Shopper<\/a> – an app that instantly renders at least five other programs useless. Ouch. The big G has a way of doing that. Verizon’s cellular division and FiOS teamed up to bring Moto Droid and HTC Imagio users an app<\/a> that turns their phone into a remote control, which is both very handy and a total waste of battery – that is, unless you lost your standard issue controller and spent all of your remote funds on a Droid without contract. I’ve been doing fine with Pocket Auctions ebay for a while, but an official version<\/a> has been released, and it looks great. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hacks & Mods<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before I just into our Hacks & Mods content for the week, check out this post on DroidShirts.com<\/a>. Carlos Graves, the man you see reviewing all those cooked ROMs on DroidDog, has his own shirt up for sale there. Enthusiasts of Android hacks should check it out.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Carlos, dude got an N1 this week, and he’s already tinkering. Take a look at his video on a Kspec Kustom theme<\/a>. Andrew over-clocked his Nexus One<\/a> and the Desire ROM (with Sense) is now in the hands of cookers<\/a>. I’m going back-and-forth on whether or not I want to root. I mean, once I start, I’ll never stop. There will be a new ROM every two days and once a month I’ll find myself in some critical emergency situation that requires my full attention for 5 hours straight. I’m not saying that’s what Android hacking is about; I’m saying that’s what happens when I<\/em> do it. I’m relying on my Nexus to keep my budget in check and I’m not sure I want to risk it. The phone rocks socks as-is. Besides, I’ve got my (laggier-than-stock) Sense keyboard<\/a>. EDIT<\/strong>: With haptic feedback disabled, the Sense QWERTY is snappy.<\/p>\n

More to come…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alberto wrote about Myriad’s Dalvik Turbo<\/a>, which will speed Android apps up a great deal. Alberto is DroidDog’s new Special Content Editor, and he has a lot of great material in store, so be sure to stay tuned for that. There are so many other posts that – like I said – I don’t know how to list all of them. Just check out the site, eh? Here are a few worthy of a quick note:<\/p>\n

Google preparing Flash<\/a> (AIR in the works as well<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Everybody’s talking about TAT<\/a><\/p>\n

Camangi slashes price on Webstation<\/a><\/p>\n

Take care<\/p>\n

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