Greydonsquare Gets an iPad

So I was sitting at home and low and behold our friend Greydonsquare showed up with the recently realeased Apple iPad. I must say Greydon was thoroughly enthused with his new purchase. I got a chance to ask hime a few questions about Apple vs. Google while he was here and he had some interesting insight.

So there you have it. The iPad in all it's glory. While I know other iPad owners are not as satisfied, Greydon believes it is a viable new medium that will enhance your computing experience. We all know I am a google fanboi, but I do like the hardware and the form factor, can we get android running on this? Maybe... One of the days...

UPDATE: Greydonsquare popped by again and let me know that he got his iPad Ghost Armored. I also have my own Nexus One and G1 Ghost Armored. Be sure to protect your investment and skin your gadgets.

CyanogenMod, Ultimate Droid and being Kanged

So I woke up to a twitter frenzy this morning, the trending topic amongst the android community, UltimateDroid violating the unwritten rules of giving credit where it is due. Cyanogen has even gone as far as to call out Ultimatedroid and Droidforums.net in defense of himself and Koush, who are actually working from Android Source. What the developers see as a problem is that Ultimatedroid is stating that he is building this from source, however when looking through the code it can be seen that this was pulled from Cyanogens Github. So now we have an all out war growing between Droidforums and Alldroid/Cyanogenmod/Teamandroid. So Cyanogenmod went as far as to confront Ultimatedroid on Droidforums and in response Droidforums have been deleting his posts and eventually banned his IP. Although Droidforums denies the act of banning Cyanogens IP address, Cyanogen says it happened. They deleted a post of my own and have also been deleting Kmobs and Wootroots posts. Cyanogen has even stated that the code is opensource and free for the taking, however he has expressed his distaste over Ultimatedroids failure to recognize where the code is coming from.

Cyanogen from Twitter:

"I just got banned from droidforums.net! I just fell out of my chair laughing"

"Yeah, Ultimate Droid 10 was built from CM source, all while dissing us. Pathetic

So let's see where this story takes us, We will definitely be discussing this on Thursday night at 9 PM on my Android Corner with Brent Fishman, Founder of Alldroid.org.

The Android Corner

Once again we had a wonderful show. We talked about android fragmentation and it's effects on the consumer. We also discussed recently released phones like the EVO on Sprint and the Motorola Devour on Verizon. We also discussed the delayed release of the Nexus One on Verizon Wireless, and the greatness that surrounds the G1. I also got a chance to to chat with Bruce Willke. Bruce was very knowledgable and added some great content. As I said before as time goes on I will be fine tuning the show as experience comes to me. Hopefully I can wrangle a few more interviews or even gain a regular co-host.

From the Nexus One to the Motorola Droid get your Android news and discussion, Thursdays at 11PM on Halfsights Android Corner. Soon, to come, Phone demos and proof that the "Average Joe" can root their phone with a little reading and a video tutorial. If you would like to call in jump into chat and we can get together on Skype.

Debut of HalfSights Android Corner

So last week we saw the debut of My own Android Corner and we had a very productive show. I was joined by b9nez (Brent Fishman) the founder of alldroid. Also joining me was Kmobs and thedudesandroid. I was almost overwhelmed by the response and I would like to thank everybody who joined me.

As the show progresses and I become more familiar with broadcasting the content will become more organized. As for now it is just a review of the weeks android news and upcoming development from the android community.

The 3G Wars: We Have A Winner!!

So we all remember Verizon's, "There's a map for that!", commercials last season. But when it really comes down to it who has the best network. Well the research has been done and Verizon really is the heavyweight when it comes to good connections. I personally have T-Mobile with my Nexus One, and I am quite satisfied with the service I receive. AT&T even went as far as to sue Verizon for it's map ads, and with Sprint rolling out 4G, things could get ugly.

Last week I went on a road trip through California for vacation. I thought that this would be an excellent opportunity to see my T-Mobile service compared to the missus Verizon service. Just as advertised, Verizon definitely came in for the win. While T-Mobile bounced from 1G to HSPA+, Verizon held steady on 3G in most of California. Now T-Mobile did hold an HSPA+ signal in all Major Cities we visited, Verizon really only got weak when we started to get into the Sierras. The Verizon 3G on the Motorola Droid was strong enough to do video chat and watch Youtube.

So hopefully Verizon announces the Nexus One soon so I can get up on some of that sweet nationwide 3G.