You remember that scene at the end of Return of the Jedi, with all the Ewoks celebrating? That’s the Android community right now: a bunch of hairy dudes dancing around, celebrating their victories over oppression. Instead of the Emperor, the opressor is HTC’s anti-tamper system, and instead of blowing up the Death Star, their victory is … finally perma-hacking the T-Mobile G2. See? This analogy totally works. Sort of. Not really. → Read More
Short version: Like the Nexus One, the G2 is a unified Google experience, and it excels because of that. The vaunted HSPA+ is fast as hell and there is very little to criticize from start to finish. That said, it’s also a brick and the form factor isn’t for everyone. → Read More
At face value, the HTC G2 for T-Mobile seemed no harder for the Android modding community to crack into than any of the handsets that came before it. Once the hackers really had a chance to tear into it, however, something strange started happening: it… repaired itself. Hacks could be made, but they’d disappear as soon as the handset was reset. Understandably, these temporary hacks just weren’t enough for some folks. Though much of the hardware hacking community is already attacking the issue full force, a group of users have come together to speed up the process with the oldest trick in the book: by throwing money at it. → Read More
I have a confession to make: I know a little more than nothing about DSLR cameras. I *think* I know how to use the P setting but that’s about it. Still, like many others, I want art-quality photos so this commercial spot for the Panasonic Lumix G2 is clearly aimed right at folks like me. It’s good. → Read More
Some of us at CrunchGear and MobileCrunch can’t get enough of T-Mobile’s G-series phones. Considering there were only two – the G1 and now the G2 – it’s pretty impressive that these ur-Android devices have such a rabid following. Even given the massive number of Android devices now floating around, it’s interesting that each new iteration is just a bit better than the last. The G2 reminds me of a Nexus One on steroids and the UI and form factor is a winner – it’s as thin as the N8 that we just got in but it blazes through apps like a Ferrari. → Read More
Get thee to the Best Buyery! Best Buy is offering pre-orders of the G2 for $199 with two year contract. The phone will ship on October 2. → Read More
T-Mobile’s new G2 is reported to scheduled for release at the end of September, but that didn’t keep someone at HTC from leaking the ROM for the new phone. After some clever manipulation, the ROM was hacked and some very interesting details have come out as a result. Specifically the firmware makes no reference to having the HTC Sense interface, as well as revealing that the new phone will be running Android version 2.2, not 3.0 as previously theorized. Regardless of these two little issues, the new phone does look very promising with it’s slide out keyboard and 800MHz CPU. [via Electronista] → Read More
So we finally have the official press release from Panasonic, we of course got a glimpse of the G2 and G10 the other day, but now we know all the news that’s fit to share. Both look like some decent kit, and a definite step up from most of the P&S cameras out there. → Read More
Guess someone talked, because the info on the new Panasonic G2 and G10′s are out early. While there is a whole long list of details on everything for AF lock to Color temperature, let’s just concentrate on the big news, shall we? → Read More
There’s no doubt about it: T-Mobile isn’t getting the HTC Hero. At least, not in the US. In the UK, it’s a whole different story. The word just came straight out of T-Mobile UK’s mouth (well, their Twitter account – but that’s the closest thing to a mouth they’ve got): the HTC Hero is coming to T-Mobile UK at the end of this month, and will be known as the G2. Better yet, it’s free for anyone willing to drop £40 a month for a year and a half. One interesting thing to note here is the name choice. Everyone expected a G2 to follow the T-Mobile G1, and now it has.. in the UK. We know for a fact that the Hero isn’t coming to T-Mobile US – so what about the G2 name? Will T-Mobile US use the G2 label for an entirely different phone? Will they skip straight to “G3″? This is all bound to get pretty confusing. [Android Community via IntoMobile] → Read More
As it stands right now, HTC will not be able to import its mobile handsets into Germany once a court’s ruling goes into effect. The company lost a patent case against IP-com last week, but plans on appealing the decision. The patent in question related to the HTC’s 3G radio technology which apparently did infringe on the original patent. → Read More
Could this be an early sign the HTC and T-Mobile will buddy up once again for the G2? Maybe. The T-Mobile logo does sport the one-less dot design that’s unique to the United States market, but that alone isn’t exactly solid proof. So far the only word about the HTC Magic is that it’s a Vodafone exclusive handset, which doesn’t sit well with American mobile users. However, why wouldn’t HTC bring it Stateside? → Read More
Could this be an early sign the HTC and T-Mobile will buddy up once again for the G2? Maybe. The T-Mobile logo does sport the one-less dot design that’s unique to the United States market, but that alone isn’t exactly solid proof. So far the only word about the HTC Magic is that it’s a Vodafone exclusive handset, which doesn’t sit well with American mobile users. However, why wouldn’t HTC bring it Stateside? → Read More
If we are to believe this Vodafone ad (and who are we to doubt the Internet), the European carrier will be the exclusive provider of HTC‘s next Android phone, the Magic. The phone does somewhat resemble early spy shots so we could be looking at the real deal, folks. → Read More
The T-Mobile G1 has an update in the works. When the firmware will be available to owners is the main question after most of the details leaked out of the kitchen. Cupcake, as it’s been dubbed, should improve the look and the feel of the OS. The buttons should pop a bit more, there is a new transition when opening and closing apps, but most importantly is the new virtual keyboard. That particular new feature doesn’t seem to provide much function in the physical keyboard-equipped G1, but hopefully the G2 or the upcoming Huawei handset will take full advantage of it. Early screenshots after the jump. → Read More
Isn’t funny how everytime you get your hands a super-duper secret phone or random gadget, the one camera nearby is your crappy camera phone? Funny. Anywho, supposedly what you see above, and after the link, is HTC’s next Android-powered phone dubbed the G2. According to Giz, it’s a touchscreen phone that lacks a physical keyboard and will likely find its way into T-Mobile’s stable. Real or fake? Your call. Check out the phone’s backside after the jump. → Read More
Isn’t funny how everytime you get your hands a super-duper secret phone or random gadget, the one camera nearby is your crappy camera phone? Funny. Anywho, supposedly what you see above, and after the link, is HTC’s next Android-powered phone dubbed the G2. According to Giz, it’s a touchscreen phone that lacks a physical keyboard and will likely find its way into T-Mobile’s stable. Real or fake? Your call. → Read More
If this one turns out true, it looks like T-Mobile’s followup to the G1 might be on the shelves as early as next month. Note the emphasis on “might” there – while there’s nothing red flagging it as false, we’re taking this one with the finest grain of salt we have to spare. Be it that the specs pan out, the G2 should be a pretty substantial step up from the G1. Not only would the camera get bumped up to 5 megapixels (from 3.2), but it’d be sporting a secondary (and presumably front facing) VGA camera as well. The list also claims Stereo Bluetooth connectivity and Video Capture, indicating that the G2 might be the first we see of the the “Cupcake” release we heard about yesterday. Curiously absent is any mention of a physical QWERTY keyboard, though “Full Touch screen” is right up there at the top; the “Cupcake” docs do mention onscreen keyboard support – might the G2 drop the input method that made the G1 so appealing to many touchscreen naysayers? → Read More
Asus has won a place in my heart for not making a gaming laptop that sucks. Its new G1 and G2 laptops are pretty much the same aside from the ultra-gnarly neon lights on the side and screen size. Enough with the small talk though, I know you want the details straight up. The G1 is the 15.4-inch WXGA/WSXGA model that comes in green and has a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go7700 graphics chipset while the G2 is a 17-inch WXGA behemoth with a 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 GPU. Both can be configured with Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs, up to 2GB of RAM, 802.11b/g wireless, a DVD burner with Lightscribe technology, and up to a 160GB SATA hard drive. But hold up, I’m not finished. You also get a custom made backpack to carry your G1 or G2 and a special mouse as well to get your game on. How can you say no to that? Thought so. ASUS G2 & G1 Gaming Notebook Series → Read More
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