Apparently this was released without much fanfare, but Google Maps Mobile v2.2.0.16 for your Windows Mobile smartphone / pocketpc has been released, which means it now provides transit directions on the go.
This makes me extremely happy, but annoyed as well, as it was released quietly — I’m even subscribed to the Google Latlong blog.
Give it [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by Phil Dufault
Filed under: Google, Google Maps, HTC Vogue, Phone, Windows Mobile | 2 Comments »
This in from Martin’s page:
Update(24/7/08): I’ve repackaged the files in android.zip and updated a few things. Now you don’t need to copy 256M to your SD card, just put system.gz and data.gz on the card and the first time it boots they will be extracted to system.img and data.img (thanks to Kevin’s initramfs installer for [...]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Phil Dufault
Filed under: Android, Google, HTC Vogue, Linux | 2 Comments »
Today, Martin Johnson released something I’m been waiting a long time for in his progress of porting Android to the Vogue — SD controller support!
I haven’t tested this yet, I’ll be playing with it tonight when I get off work.
Here’s the notes from Martin:
The SD driver now works, this means you don’t have to run [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by Phil Dufault
Filed under: Android, Google, HTC Vogue, Linux | No Comments »
This is just a gripe that Google hasn’t released Google Maps Mobile v2.2.0 for a Windows Mobile-based phones or pocket PCs yet. The version has been out for the Blackberry’s for weeks… Where’s my update!?
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Phil Dufault
Filed under: Google, Google Maps, Phone, Windows Mobile | No Comments »
Today, Martin released another update on his progress porting Android to the HTC Vogue.
He’s rewritten his touchscreen and on screen keyboard drivers, and I agree that it’s much more usable now, although I miss the haptic feedback. SMS notifications are implemented but a bit buggy. I didn’t test the browser updates from the last update, [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Phil Dufault
Filed under: Android, HTC Vogue, Linux | No Comments »
The developer’s made A TON of improvements, the RIL (radio interface library) now works properly so you can send and receive calls, and send and receive text messages (SMS) in a basic fashion now. As soon as I can get write access to a memory card so I can save my contacts someplace, [...]
Posted on June 4th, 2008 by Phil Dufault
Filed under: Android, HTC Vogue, Linux | No Comments »
A coder in New Zealand bought a HTC Touch (rebranded as an OKTA Touch) wasn’t too impressed with Windows Mobile 6, and has begun porting Google’s Android OS over! His recent released version boots fine, only the joystick and volume keys work, but this a a very good step in the right direction.
Here’s a [...]
Posted on April 5th, 2008 by Phil Dufault
Filed under: Android, HTC Vogue, Linux | No Comments »