There’s a new Android device on the market. On Tuesday, the French company ARCHOS announced the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet, based on Google‘s open-source Android mobile operating system. The ARCHOS 5 features 720p high-definition viewing, TV recording, and built-in GPS with 3-D navigation in addition to Net browsing. It has a five-inch 800×480 touchscreen, and the company emphasized that it has a full-fledged browser and integrated applications. Connectivity is Wi-Fi, or 3.5G from a mobile [...]

The fresh version of the Sidekick LX ($200 in on a two-year contract, as of 5/1/09), T-Mobile’s popular messaging phone generally aimed at teenagers, sports grown-up characteristics this as 3G support, GPS, and an improved, a greater number of sophisticated design. But unfortunately the Sidekick LX that much has a few quirks. For example, the mailbox stores one and only 6MB of memory, contrary the occurence who the Sidekick LX now has Exchange Active Sync [...]

That hilarious constant-root-access bug that shipped with the G1′s Android was not just recently a security flaw; to some, it was a pertinent tool. The guys at XDA experience brought it back, if you need it. The hack requires downgrading your firmware to either the RC27 or RC9 images and connecting to the handset with telnet. The course is basically quite simple, especially if you are the kind of person who’ll get any software out [...]