If the Kickstarter campaign for the MG goes according to plan, kids all over the world may be opening up shiny new Ice Cream Sandwich devices over the holidays…but we’ve got a long way to go. The MG The easiest way to think of the MG is as an Android phone, but without the phone part. [...]
White House Updates Open Source Repository
The White House has recently uploaded their GitHub page with the source code for both the iOS and Android versions of their mobile application. This comes only two weeks after releasing the source code for “We the People“, the online petition software the White House developed under President Obama to facilitate better communication with the [...]
OsciPrime Available for Preorder
OsciPrime, the open source Android oscilloscope that we reported on earlier, has finally opened up for preorders: The first pieces are planned to be ready for delivery in the beginning of November 2012. We will keep you informed about the status of the process via Google+. Please note: The first batch is going to be a small series (50 – [...]
Legitimizing Android ROMs with Over the Air Updates
Community developed Android ROMs have come a very long way in a short amount of time. Many people now base their hardware purchase on whether or not they will be stuck running the factory ROM on it; alternatives like CyanogenMod and AOKP are simply better than what the manufacturer shipped the hardware with. But for all [...]
F-Droid: The Android Market That Respects Your Rights
Android’s meteoric rise in popularity is due, in no small part, to the fact it is an open source project. Any manufacturer in the world is free to grab the latest Android source code, modify it however they wish, and redistribute it in binary form on their devices. This gave rise to the myriad of [...]
OsciPrime: Open Source Oscilloscope for Android
Since 2010, the OsciPrime project has aimed to turn your Android smartphone or tablet into a fully functional oscilloscope. From its simple beginnings as a school project to the current run of dedicated hardware, OsciPrime is an excellent example of a open source product’s creation from start to finish. OsciPrime Legacy The original version of OsciPrime, now referred to as [...]
Can Android Revolutionize Spacecraft Design?
NASA’s Ames Research Center is working on a new project designed to drastically cut the cost of launching and operating small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The project, known as PhoneSat, will see the Android powered Nexus One and Nexus S phones command their very own small scale spacecraft this year in a first [...]
Motorola Unlocking Their Phones, But Probably Not One You Own
Motorola unlocking their device’s bootloaders has been a big issue for the last couple of years. While early Motorola phones like the original DROID came unlocked out of the box, their latest hardware has been exceedingly painful for Android developers to work with. Motorola has finally gone live with a way of resolving this issue for [...]
New Games Added to Humble Bundle 3 for Android
As we reported previously, the “Humble Bundle 3 for Android” offered an excellent deal for gamers on Android, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. But just in case the original collection of independent games weren’t enough to get you donate some money for worthy charities, the Bundle has just been updated with an additional 4 games. [...]
Android Open Kang Project Releases First Jelly Bean ROM
Just as promised in their previous status update, the Android Open Kang Project (AOKP) has unleashed their first stable Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ROM out into the wild. Binaries are compiling for supported devices at the time of this writing, and finished ROMs will be popping up on the AOKP site as they become available. [...]