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The T-Mobile G1's lack of battery life has always been a concern, especially after we learned about its data roaming issues. Seido's new battery combats this problem without the need for a new cover.
That hilarious constant-root-access bug that shipped with the G1's Android wasn't just a security flaw; to some, it was a valuable tool. The guys at XDA have brought it back, if you want it.
The lack of a payment system in Android's marketplace has kept at least one major player from participating in Google's whimsical mobile phone adventure, but the company says paid apps are coming soon, soon, soon.
One of the G1's biggest oversights is the lack of a proper headphone jack, and a couple of enterprising tinkerers took it upon themselves to force the G1 to play nice with an iPod dock.
Following only two months behind iPhone 2.0 (but at a significant installed-base disadvantage), Android still has a long way to go. But there is definitely some early potential. Here are our favourite apps of the year.
The biggest flaw of touchscreen phones is that they're even more dangerous (and annoying) to type on while driving than button-y phones. Textecution is a G1 app that won't let you text, period, while driving.
In holidays past, when money flowed like hot Santa tears and melted gum drops , Googlers looked forward to cash bonuses that topped $US20,000. This year, they're getting $US180 worth of "dogfood"—a G1. Updated 1:05PM
Anticipating a selection of QWERTY-less handsets to run the platform in the near future, the next version of Android will have an onscreen keyboard, among other things. Here's what it'll look like.
Hidden among a slew of bugfixes and refinements announced in a posting on the Android project site are a few serious feature upgrades, which could make their way to your G1 fairly soon.
HTC's confirmed to 
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