HTC HD2 runs Windows Phone 7, makes us yearn for more (video)
HTC HD2 owners have been trying to shoehorn Windows Phone 7 onto their hapless devices practically since day one , but it looks like a port won't make it into the wild before the platform's formal US launch. That doesn't mean you should give up hope, however, because one variant seems to be at least partway done, winding its merry way from boot through the splash screen and deep into the speedy UI in a far more convincing video demo than the last one that hit our inbox . Though no apps are actually demonstrated nor so much as a basic phone call (pretty please?), multitouch pinch-to-zoom appears to work just fine, and we've little doubt any remaining quirks will be worked out in due time -- if not nearly as soon as new HTC HD7 owners migrating from the HD2 might have liked.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: hacks, htc, mod, nearly-as-soon, platform, ported, pretty-please, splash, video
Confirmed: Droid 2 hack brings FM radio, in one ear and out the other
When we heard that the Motorola Droid 2 was the latest Android handset to nab the ancient magic of frequency modulated audio using Droid X files, we just had to give it a try, and sure enough, if you've got root , the FM Radio app can be yours with a quick download and just a few lines of code. Before you run off to void your warranty, however, you should know it's got a fairly desirable feature missing -- it only plays audio out of the right earphone. But hey, if we're going old school, we might as well go all the way, right?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ancient, ancient-magic, droid, engadget, feature, feature-missing, hack-brings, mod, motoroladroid2, Warranty
NES controller pressed into service to Android overlord (video)
Perhaps the worst, and least repairable, shortcoming of touchscreens is their failure to act as viable game controllers. Keyboard-equipped smartphones alleviate that pain a little (particularly if you pair them with a Game Gripper ), but ultimately we'd all prefer real controllers for our real games. Such was clearly the thinking behind the homebrewed setup here, which combines an HTC EVO 4G -- with Android and an NES emulator inside -- with an Arduino board, a BlueSMiRF Bluetooth module, and a classic NES control pad
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: bluesmirf, classic, failure, game, mario, mod, nescontroller, nintendo, Pad***, worst
Motorola clamps down on Droid X’s leaked Android 2.2 upgrade with cease and desist scare
Hoping to spoon-feed your Droid X some Froyo before the official OTA rollout?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: asking-sites, cease-and-desist, down-on-droid, droid, engadget, garden, htc, mod, motorola, motorola droid x, motoroladroidx, official, Ota, shut-the-leaked, walled
Apple Peel 520 gets reviewed: turns your iPod touch into an iPhone, but quirks exist
No one expressly said that the Apple Peel 520 would change your life, but if you play your cards right, that's not entirely out of the question. The mysterious doodad -- which wraps around your iPod touch and holds an extended battery and SIM card -- has caused quite the stir since being revealed late last month, and now it has undergone a full review overseas. Put simply, the device does work as advertised, turning one's iPod touch into a device fully capable of making / receiving calls as well as texts.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple peel 520, apple-peel, battery, cards, doodad, entry, ipodtouch, mod, peel, question, receiving-calls, sms, source, voip
Android 2.2 ported to HTC Desire, working quite well
No patience to wait until Q3 for an official Froyo build?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: desire, few-quirks, google-android, how to, howto, htc, indeed-baked, mod, patience, port, recording, sat, source, the-camera
Ubuntu joins Android on Nexus One, apocalyptic repercussions nowhere to be found
Ever wondered what would happen if you threw another mobile OS onto your Nexus One ?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: contrary, Dualboot, engadget, google-android, htc-nexus-one, installation, mobile, mod, nexusone, put-together, smartphone
HTC HD2 caught running Android 2.1 and Ubuntu with touchscreen enabled (video)
Still clinging on to your HTC HD2 ?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: entry, htchd2, linux, mere, mod, opensource, stable, touchscreen, ubuntu, windows-mobile, winmo
EVO 4G receives a Palm Pre inductive charging transplant (video)
Oh yes, an HTC EVO has been modded with the inductive charging coil ripped from the still beating heart of a Palm Pre. The 30 minute soldering project does have the side effect of rendering compass apps useless while creating a slight bulge in the battery cover. Other than that, it just works -- or so says the creator.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apps, apps-useless, charging, entry, evo 4g, from-the-still, mod, pre
Cellbots get Nexus One upgrade, ad-hoc motion control (video)
Sprint and Verizon may have shunned the Nexus One , but that doesn't mean the handsets can't be put to good use: these Android-controlled, Arduino-powered Cellbots now feature the one true Googlephone as the CPU. At Intel's 2010 International Engineering and Science Fair in San Jose, we got our hot little hands on the DIY truckbots for the first time, and found to our surprise they'd been imbued with accelerometer-based motion control
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: after-the-break, arduino-rigged, google-nexus-one, intel, mod, motion controls, nexusone, told-the-first