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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Resources for learning about Android

I'd like to say that PhoneDog is the one-stop shop for all things Android - and I'm doing my best to provide the information I can in my posts. However, there are some resources that are far too...

Another good look at the i7500

The first video was pretty cool, but this one gives us a better look at the OS running on Samsung's first Android device - which is widely expected to be released by T-Mobile. The question is, "when...

G1 movement replicated in virtual space

As the coder states, we can expect better performance when some better Android phones are released. But this program is working pretty well already, if you ask me. The applications of the code go...

Froogloid's Keyring app isn't for passwords

Sick of your video rental, grocery reward, airline miles, hotel club, AAA, and other miscellaneous cards bulking up your wallet? Check out the new Key Ring app from the folks who brought you A2B....

Another mythical Android beast

What's up with the titles bestowed upon T-Mo's Android devices? Magic - the incarnations of which are muddled with excessive pseudonyms; Houdini, named after a world renouned magician who suffered a...

MyTouch does *not* equal US Magic

I recently wrote a post called, "MyTouch = US Magic?" And the answer is apparently no. If reliable sources are correct, MyTouch (as I've been calling it) will have a 5MP camera, in contrast to the...

Verizon Mi-Fi: take your hotspot with you

This little guy is 3.5? x 2.3? x 0.4? - weighing in at just 2.05 ounces. It fits in your pocket, and delivers high-speed Internet access to up to five devices via Verizon's EV-DO network. The MiFi...

T-Mobile unofficially supporting iPhone

A recent T-Mobile voicemail system update caused users of unlocked devices, iPhone included, the strange experience of receiving blank text messages from the future - and other odd phenomena. After...

Oh, Canada - Android's coming in June

Is that a cheesy, predictable title or what, eh? Wait! Don't answer, because I've got some good news for ye. Rogers Wireless will begin offering both the G1 and Magic on June 2nd. No handset or plan...

BSqaure porting Flash for Dell

Remember the vague chatter coming from BSqaure about them working with a "Global Tier I Carrier" to bring Flash to Android devices? A lot of us thought that meant T-Mobile, and assumed the hardware...

Widgets in Android 1.5 - Cupcake

Here you go - a glimpse at the widgets you'll have access to once you receive the Cupcake update, over-the-air. The process begins on May 11th, and you should get hit within a week or so. I missed...

Cupcake: May 11th.

That's the roaring buzz today. And while @TMobile_USA hasn't followed up on their pre-announcement Cupcake Twitter promise, (at the time of this writing - check the comments for changes) reliable...

G1 running Ubuntu with full desktop environment

Ubuntu is my daily driver, and I look for just about any excuse to proselytize the masses by means of my virtual soapbox here at PhoneDog. Linux just exceeded 1% of the market share, so I must be...

Video: Amilo Mini running Android

This video shows a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Mini running Android. The netbook ships with Windows, and the FS product page declares the company's loyalty to Microsoft by way of a prominently-placed...

The Hero is out there

Some of you probably remember the "leaked" HTC Roadmap that finished with a hot pink handset called Hero. And I'm sure a good chunk of you found the color obnoxious. Well, here's the same phone in...

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