Archive for the ‘Android’ Category

To Android Hell and back

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

I rooted my HTC Desire over three months ago using the great guide on android.modaco.com. Happily rooted for a month or so, I then took advantage of Paul's r5 release of a Froyo Rom (now archived) which I installed with ROM Manager. It worked perfectly well and I was blown ...

Two months with Swype

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

I'm writing this review on my Android powered HTC Desire using a new, custom keyboard called Swype. Swype allows you to type whilst barely lifting your finger from the screen. As the name suggests, you swype your finger from letter to letter instead of tapping. This constructs a sort of letter ...

The HTC Desire

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

It took over at least two years, but I finally got a smart phone. An HTC Desire. The iPhone, whilst appealing, never really seemed to end up in my possession for one reason or another. Adopting early or following the masses has never been my way. In fact, I'll happily go ...