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Overnight Google has finally released the final build of FroYo for the Nexus One.

The previous leaked builds were only able to instalk on stock T-Mobile Nexus One’s but the final release is for all versions.

To get mine to update I had to invoke the checkin in my handset by keying *#*#2432546#*#* which made the handset check for an available update. A quick reboot and it was updated to build FRF85B.

Nexus owners, get prepared to update!

Source: Google

I’ve been neglecting the site recently as my mother has been very ill lately.

I’ll start to post more content soon and will try to add regular updates as I find things that interest me.

doubleTwist has recently been updated to include the ability io search for Android Market apps within the doubleTwist application.

I’ve not tried the update yet as I am currently using Banshee in the Ubuntu 10.4 beta to sync music with my Nexus One but I will give doubleTwist a whirl if the Android Market search feature ends up turning out good.

doubleTwist is turning into one of the most Android friendly sync applications available on Mac and Windows!

Samsung have announced a new Android based handset featuring a 1GHz processor,  4 inch super AMOLED display and native GPS with 3D maps.

LAS VEGAS, March 23, 2010 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today introduced the Galaxy S (Model: GT-I9000), a smart phone that makes users’ lives more convenient, more exciting, and more integrated. JK Shin, president and head of Samsung Electronics’ Mobile Communications Business announced the global launch of the Galaxy S at his keynote speech at the International CTIA Wireless 2010. The Galaxy S will be available in Europe, North America, Latin America, Australia, and Asia soon.

Looking at the press shots it features a skinned Android OS which bares an extremely close resemblance to iPhone OS!

Sources: Businesswire, Engadget

Nexus One Vs iPod Touch – No flash.Here are a few pictures comparing my wifes shiny new iPod Touch 32GB Vs my Nexus One’s screen:

Nexus One Vs iPod Touch - With camera flash.

Nexus One Vs iPod Touch - No flash.

You’ve got to love the viewing angles and black levels of OLED!

The mobile phone operators in the UK have been given EU approval on their merger making the network 29.5 million customers strong when the deal is finalised.

Today, the European Commission informed Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom that it has granted clearance for the proposed merger of their UK-business operations. The implementation of the integration measures can start immediately. The closing of the transaction is expected in Spring.

It appears that a recent problem people thought was related to the PlayStation Network is in fact a hardware issues on the older, fat ps3 models.

In a recent post to the PlayStation Blog, Sony have suggested that owners of the fat PS3 give up gaming (or Blu-Ray for that matter) until the issue is sorted.

We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

Looks like I’ll be leaving mine alone for a while. Slim owners are unaffected by this failure so slim owners – GAME ON!

Source: PlayStation Blog

Firefoxformobile have posted 2 images of Fennic running on the Nexus One and Motorola Droid.

A work in progress, but another great shot from Michael Wu. This time on Nexus One:http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhava_work/4389974241/

The two images are below:

Fennec on Nexus One

Fennec running on DROID

Things are looking promising for Mozilla Firefox fans!

Sources: Boygeniusreport, Firefoxformobile

AndroidHD have posted an excellent video of the iHome homescreen replacement for Android.

iHome features some VERY impressive animation on the homescreen! I may have to try it on my Nexus One.

iHome is qvailable on the Android Market.

I’ve recently acquired a Dell Mini 9 Netbook and have set about installing Mac OS X Leopard on it.

It’s a very nice little machine, the Leopard installation was fiddly but easy (the 8GB SSD didn’t help) but i finally have it set up how I want it.

I’ve added it to the “my computers” section and I’m posting from it right now