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Last we all heard all heard about Google Phone, G1 was launched. But then it was not considered as “Google Phone” and was labelled as the first phone to be running the Android OS. Now today something is different, there were already NEW rumors of Google actually working on a another phone, totally customised by them for sale and they might be involved in the hardware development as well this time. And this all seems to be turning into reality as today, google employees are already tweeting and making noise about this new google phone which was give to them, some excerpts “ZOMG we had fireworks and we all got the new Google phone. It’s beautiful” .

How this affects iPhone, well not sure but if Google truly jumps into the hardware development as well, it might come out big. Latest updates are that phone is running customised Android(obvious) and hardware coming from HTC, which part Google owns, we will come know soon enough. Stay tuned.

You can also follow the development on following post, these guys won’t leave it till they reach the end of it :

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Google is again creating new waves in iPhone apps by announcing in MWC 2009 that a offline gmail solution for iPhone and Android based devices is in works.

Here is demo video from the Google Presentation:

We will update you when more info on this features comes out.

[via:Engadget]

If you are looking to tether your iPhone or G1 to your laptop and use the 3G connection for free broadband internet then head over to the article by Gizmodo, which lists the step by step procedure.

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Well for readers in India, it will be better if you bookmark the article for later use, as India might me seeing a full fledged 3G launch, possibly by the end of this year :-)


[Via:Gizmodo]

Multitouch for G1 is been worked for quite a long time which we covered here and here.

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Now Gizmodo came out with a full hack for G1 which will let you have iPhone like multitouch browsing on G1. So head on to the article for full steps on How To: Hack Android For Multitouch Web Browsing on the T-Mobile G1 and enjoy hacking :-) .

Google Latitude is a google maps tool which allows you to track your friends in real time. And it was released for G1 in recent firmware update.

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You can check out the video which shows Google Latitude in action below:


And rumors are been flying around that it will soon be coming to iPhone. We will update you as soon it comes out for iPhone.

Google just released the gmail tasks for iPhone and Android based devices. Just go to gmail.com/tasks from your phone’s browser and log in. If you already use the version of Tasks in Gmail Labs, you’ll see the same task list that’s always in sync.


Here is the demo video from google:


After long month of speculation and various attempts finally a decent stable hack for bringing multitouch to google phone aka G1 is out.


Since its in early stage Multitouch might not appear as smooth as on iPhone, but its a great step towards bringing seamless multitouch to G1.


Here is the video of multitouch app in action on G1




To install multitouch on your G1, please follow the guide given at the Multitouch App For G1 Link

Here is a interesting and cool video of T-Mobile G1-powered Forknife robot.





Enjoy :-)

 

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