Category: Gadgets

Tags: xda, developers, xdadevelopers, google, motorola, patents, android, future, speculation, prediction, webos, wp7, azrienoch, sassibob

This week, Azrienoch recaps the Motorola Photon 4G's unlocked bootloader, the struggles Droid 3 developers face obtaining root, and AdamOutler's work on reviving hard-bricked Samsung phones. Also, HP discontinues WebOS, DarkForces Team creates a custom WP7 ROM, Cotulla gets the HD2 to work with USB devices, and SassiBoB reviews dizzythermal's app, Auto-Away. Lastly, Azrienoch attacks the barrage of speculations surrounding Google's aquisition of Motorola, particularly that the purchase has anything at all to do with Motorola's patent portfolio. Links: WPCentral Video Contest Entry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7FkHe3ANs Newsplat with Caplat -- 17 August -- XDA TV http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/newsplat-with-caplat-17-august-xda-tv/ Google Purchases Motorola Mobility http://www.xda-developers.com/android/google-purchases-motorola-mobility Motorola Photon 4G Gets Unlocked Bootloader! http://www.xda-developers.com/android/motorola-photon-4g-gets-unlocked-bootloader/ Introducing The Unbrickable Captivate http://www.xda-developers.com/android/introducing-the-unbrickable-captivate/ SassiBoB's titorial: Auto-Away https://market.android.com/details?id=com.stephendiniz.autoawaylite Mango RTM 7720 Available http://www.xda-developers.com/windows_phone/mango-rtm-7720-available/ 1st Gen Mango 7713 Custom ROM For HTC Windows Phone 7 Specific Devices http://www.xda-developers.com/windows_phone/1st-gen-mango-7713-custom-rom-for-htc-windows-phone-7-specific-devices/ Use Your HD2 USB Port As A Host http://www.xda-developers.com/android/port-sense-roms-between-sense-devices-in-six-easy-steps/ Links for the Last Thing This Week http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/supercharging-android-google-to-acquire.html http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/first-reaction-to-googlemotorola.html http://thisismynext.com/2011/08/18/google-motorola-doomsday/ http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2011/08/17/are-free-motorola-phones-in-our-future-a-vc%E2%80%99s-take-on-why-google-is-buying-motorola/ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-17/nokia-ceo-says-google-motorola-deal-sign-of-dang er-for-partners.html http://thedroidguy.com/2011/08/android-oems-start-talking-how-they-really-feel/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Google-Could-Get-a-Chance-to-Buy-TMobile-After-It-Closes-Motorola-Deal-220504/

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