Although sluggish, slow and in need of further refinement, the industrious folks over at XDA-Developers have ported Android 2.0 to a T-Mobile G1. The G1 is underpowered to handle this Eclair goodness and should really stick to a Donut diet, but it’s fun and interesting to see what can be done with a little ROM cooking. The fact it’s running at all on the G1 provides a glimmer of hope that XDA-Developers may be able to refine it enough to have Android 2.0 running on a G1/Dream and even the myTouch 3G/Magic on a daily basis. We won’t hold our collective breath, but take a look at the video and see for yourself.
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Homer Simpson is not the only thing that’s powered by Donuts. Acer’s new Android Donut-powered beauty is the Liquid, and unlike Homer, it’s a thing of beauty. Fortunately, the Liquid is not just a pretty face. There’s a lot of horsepower under the hood with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. The Liquid is also nicely equipped with an 800×400 resolution touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and social networking connectivity built right in. We don’t know when this slice of heaven will be available, but you can bet Homer’s last Donut that we’ll let you know when it’s coming!
The iPhone had it first, bringing onscreen pinching and stretching to the masses. The Palm Pre also has it. Thanks to the former and imitated by the latter, multitouch is now the benchmark in the smartphone touchscreen experience.
Android Donut has just been release to developers, and Google has packed it with some really good stuff. Along with CDMA compatibility for possible future Android handsets on Sprint and Verizon in the U.S., the rest of the update is reported to have the following:
