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To install a custom ROM on your phone (for example, to upgrade your behind-the-times Android OS to a more recent version), you'll first need to gain root access. If you haven't rooted your pho...
A while back, I rooted my G1 to install Froyo. But because that phone is relatively slow and has limited space (no removable/replaceable SD card), I've basically reserved that phone for tethering ...
The Android 2.2 update ("Froyo") arrived on my first-generation Droid yesterday evening. Here's my first impressions:
It's more responsive
Froyo is certainly smoother than Android 2.1. Menus p...
I got the wifi-only iPad the week it came out, both because I didn't want to wait for the 3G version and, more importantly, because I didn't think I'd need it (and didn't want another monthly data fee...