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Hacking Android For Multitouch Web Browsing on the T-Mobile G1 [How-to]
Hacking Android For Multitouch Web Browsing on the T-Mobile G1 [How-to]
Android's new 1.1 update doesn't include multitouch because Google is scared of Apple. We are not, however, and nor should you be-follow our guide to get iPhone-like multitouch browsing on your G1 right now. As teased yesterday, this update will also give you all the new Android 1.1 firmware ...
  Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android, and Google complied
Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android, and Google complied
venturebeat.com — One of the bigger complaints about T-Mobile’s G1, the first phone based on Google’s Android platform, is that its touch screen doesn’t use multi-touch, the technology which allows for a screen to accept multiple points of contact as simultaneous ... (more) Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in ...
Samsung delays launch of Android phone
Samsung delays launch of Android phone
guardian.co.uk — Samsung has delayed the release of its first mobile phone based on Google's Android operating system until the second half of this year. There had been speculation that Samsung, which recently leapfrogged Nokia to become market leader in the UK, ... (more) Samsung delays launch of Android phone
Android 1.1 SDK, release 1 Now Available
android-developers.blogspot.com — Hello, developers! As you may have heard by now, users around the world have started to receive updates to their Android devices that provide new features and functionality. You may also have noticed that the new update reports as "Android 1.1". ... (more) Android 1.1 SDK, release 1 Now Available
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How to enable multi-touch web browsing on Google Android T-Mobile G1 phone?
D' Technology Weblog — ... further hacking. What You’ll Need: Your G1 USB cord JFv1.41_RC33.zip-an Android RC33 ROM With Multitouch assembled by a nice chap that goes by the name of JesusFreke. An old RC29 ROM (with root access bug) An Android recovery image A micro-SD card reader (maybe, if you mess things up) The Android SDK (for installing more multitouch demos) Full Guide Readers who viewed this post, also viewed: ...

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