All About Android 7

All About Android
Episode 7


"Rooting For A Change"Hosts: Jason Howell, Eileen Rivera, and Ron Richards Guest: Darren Kitchen Topic: The plight of tethering apps, How to Root, Apps for Root, and more. Recorded: May 9, 2011 Published: May 9, 2011 Duration: 1:17:15 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

All About Android 7: Rooting For A Change

Google plays ball with carriers to kill tethering apps, violates spirit of the ‘open access’ it bid $4.6B to protect
Tethering apps 'blocked' in Android Market
Google is cracking down on tethering apps in the Android Market by removing them entirely, in an attempt to pacify carrier requests to do so. Apps like Wireless Tether for root users, and PDAnet for non-rooted phones can still be found through other markets as well as the developer's sites, among other places. Mark that down as one reason why the existence of multiple app stores might just be a good thing. AT&T charges $25 per month for a 2-GB per month data plan. For $45 per month, you get a 4-GB plan that also allows tethering. Verizon charges the same fee--an extra $20 per month for an additional 2 GB of data.

Recent releases since our last show:
Nexus S 4G on sale today: $200 at Sprint, $150 at Best Buy
three-tenths of a millimeter thicker, sports a WiMAX radio, 4-inch curved Super AMOLED screen, 1GHz Hummingbird chip and NFC capabilities, plus Google Talk video chat
Samsung's Infuse 4G coming to AT&T May 15th for $200
The Infuse 4G features a 4.5-inch super AMOLED display with 480-by-800 resolution, a single-core ARM 1.2GHz processor, microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB, microUSB, 8 megapixel rear-facing camera capable of 720p video capture, and 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video chat.
The device runs Android 2.2 (Froyo) including Adobe Flash 10.1. Samsung claims the Infuse 4G's battery has eight hours of talk time and 400 hours of standby time.
0.35 inches at its thinnest

G-Slate
4G capable
8.9-inch HD Multi-touch Screen
3D and HD Video Capture/Playback, 8.9’’ HD touch screen, dual-core 1 GHz processor, 32 GB built-in memory

Android To Surpass Apple’s App Store In Size By August 2011: Report (Exclusive)
App store analytics company Distimo has released a forecast that finds Android potentially surpassing the number of apps in Apple's App Store by the end of July 2011. Another research firm, research2guidance, backs up these findings by setting an August 2011 date. I suppose one big question is: Is this good for developers? On one hand, the app store gains a ton of traction, on the other, the apps are potentially buried beneath the sheer volume of apps entering the marketplace.

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