Brodman Archive

  • Android Market Now Over 10,000 Applications Strong

    Android Market Now Over 10,000 Applications Strong

    Posted on September 7, 2009 | No Comments
    In the mobile OS world, Google's Android is still a challenger but with the amount of devices that will be running the system that are due to come out in the coming months alone in combination with its open approach it is definitely a contestant to watch closely. The success of Apple's App Store for the iPhone / iPod Touch is often measured by how many apps have already been developed for the platform (around 70,000), but since Google doesn't disclose exactly how many apps are available through Android Market it was difficult to compare the two on that particular level. But thanks to AndroLib, which provides a useful website where you can browse Android apps from your computer (unlike the Android Market website), we can conclude that there are currently at least 10,000 applications and games available on the platform today.

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  • TOTAL BS: T-Mobile is not getting the HTC Hero [Confirmed]

    TOTAL BS: T-Mobile is not getting the HTC Hero [Confirmed]

    Posted on August 7, 2009 | No Comments
    Total and utter b*llshit or so I’m lead to believe according to our friends at HTC. Cole Brodman vehemently said during the myTouch 3G event last month that T-Mobile has no plans to carry the Hero in the US. A Sprint Hero is still more likely for the US. via TmoNews Update: It’s been confirmed to us [...]

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  • HTC Hero Fails To Woo T-Mobile

    HTC Hero Fails To Woo T-Mobile

    Posted on July 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Last month HTC introduced its third Android handset, the Hero. The device was billed as a touchscreen phone with a newly designed user interface and carried some sweet specs: GPS, digital compass, a 5-megapixel auto focus camera and an anti-fingerprint coating on the screen for smudge resistance. But U.S. cellphone customers better not hold their breath [...]

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