Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica hacked for multitouch support
Historically, Samsung has worked up a pretty spotty record for properly supporting its Android devices with updates to newer versions of the platform -- just look at the Behold 2 debacle for evidence of that -- but that doesn't mean some enterprising folks out in the field can't make up for that, now, does it? The Galaxy Spica (also known as the i5700) has been blessed with multitouch support in some homebrew drivers that are making their way into homebrew kernels for homebrew ROMs, despite the official line that said phone doesn't support more than one finger at a time.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: debacle, enterprising, entry, galaxyspica, hack, home-the-point, kernels, platform, roms, samsung
Samsung Galaxy Spica comes to Rogers
Granted, they got off to a slow start -- but every since the Dream and Magic originally launched, Rogers has done a pretty commendable job of leading the Android charge north of the border. Latest in the line is Samsung's venerable i5700 Galaxy Spica , a phone that won't win any awards for running up-to-date firmware (it still rocks Cupcake ) nor any medals for being high-end (the camera's just 3.2 megapixels with no flash), but at the very least, it makes an interesting, cheap Magic alternative with a high likelihood of an Android 2.x upgrade down the road.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: being-high-end, down-the-road, engadget-mobile, entry, galaxy-spica, galaxyspica, i5700, magic, result, rogers, rogers-wireless
Samsung’s Galaxy Spica turns into Galaxy Portal for T-Mobile UK exclusive
A few weeks ago, Britons may not have cared about the rumors that Samsung's cute little Android-powered i5700 Galaxy Spica would be graced with Eclair next month. Then again, a few weeks ago, we didn't know that it'd be coming to the British Isles attached to any carrier in particular, either
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: british, british-isles, engadget-mobile, galaxy-portal, galaxy-spica, galaxyspica, isles, mobile, months, result, samsung
Samsung Galaxy Spica getting Android 2.0 upgrade next month?
Among the production Android devices presently languishing on pre- Donut are the Galaxy and Galaxy Spica from Samsung -- both of which use essentially stock implementations of the platform, robbing Sammy of the code-porting excuse that HTC has been using with Sense . That might be close to changing, though, now that Samsung Firmware's saying that the Spica (alias Galaxy Lite) is signed up for a 2.0 update in February and that they "think its [sic] also for the Galaxy." Now, Samsung Firmware is far from an official Samsung source -- but seeing how the site maintains a vice-like grip on every conceivable Samsung ROM the second it's released, they've got some basis to be trusted on these matters. Of course, there's also the circumstantial evidence that the company simply has no excuse whatsoever to sit on the update any longer than it already has -- not to say that's ever stopped a company before, sadly
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: alias, circumstantial, eclair, evidence, galaxyspica, grip-on-every, result, update