John Walton

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John Walton

John Walton is a student and writer who spends most of his free time fingerpicking an acoustic guitar and authoring biographical snippets in the third-person. He lives with his wife and their cat, who are, like him, compulsive movers/travelers. He is passionate about open source software, learning to speak Thai, and watching poker tournaments on television (WPT).

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Free Android phones for all at Google I/O

EDIT: Below is a video of the Google I/O keynote segment where the audience was told that all 4,000 of them would receive a free Android phone and a SIM that offers unlimited data and thousands of...

Android apps under Ubuntu

I couldn't be at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona, but ars technica was. And they were able to grab a snap of what amounts to (for practical purposes - and those that I understand) a...

Manually install Cupcake without computer

Once again, insert the standard disclaimer here. The quickest, most trouble-free and simple method of getting your cupcake right now is explained in a forum post over at androidcommunity.com. A list...

Android app review - Better Keyboard

It may not be an issue for those who have installed Haykuro's release of HTC's lovely Android keyboard (1st image below - see comments for instructions). But folks who enjoy further customization ...

The face of Android, part 2

Just a quick flashback to October 15th, 2008 - six days before I received my pre-ordered G1, I wrote a post called The Face of Android. For those who don't feel like a trip down memory lane (or...

Memphis arrives as Lancaster - for AT&T

I'm going to refer, once again, to the HTC '09 line-up that was leaked back in January. If you jump down to the bottom of that post, you'll find a hard-QWERTY slider called Memphis that looks pretty...

A rugged phone for the Android enthusiast

It's a developer's version right now, but the Trimble Nomad with Android is available at two price points: $1274 and $2249. That's a hefty chunk of change, but as owners of a Panasonic Toughbook will...

Game console emulators for Android

There are some interesting things happening in Android gaming, and more specifically, in G1 Gaming. Take for instance the new Zeboo console designed as an affordable alternative to emerging markets....

Can't keep track of the iPhone rumors?

Who isn't interested in what the next iPhone will offer? The standard by which every other phone is measured is about to get a makeover, and while nobody really knows for sure of the extent of the...

More Android details for Canada

For those of you in The Great White North that are looking for an Android device but don't like the idea of a three-year commitment (yes, it takes a three-year contract to get the phone for $199.99...

Cupcake, the thrill is gone

I don't mean to say that there's nothing to be happy about regarding the features of Cupcake. It's just that it's been hyped so hard for so long (I am not exempt) that I doubt the software can...

Geektech: Restore Nandroid backups in Ubuntu

EDIT: Cyanogen has provided a recovery image with Nandroid RESTORE (no computer needed)!________Are you an Ubuntu user? Do you own a G1? Let me introduce you to Nandroid. Nandroid is my new best...

T-Mobile 3G rollout schedule

The good folks at TmoNews have a reliable source (and when TmoNews says that, you can pretty much take it to the bank) that has leaked the 3G rollout plans for 2009. There's a photo detailing May,...

Dell Mini 10v running Android and Ubuntu

In this video, a Dell technology strategist talks about the new Mini10v and displays three of them running on Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and Android Cupcake. We aren't shown anything else, and Mr...

Morrison breaks on through

Remember that leaked T-Mobile roadmap where certain elements  were hidden by black boxes? It depicted Houdini, Sapphire, and Bigfoot, and disclosed the end-of-life for the G1. And then there was the...

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