
The Droid Has Been Rooted — Now What?

The Motorola/Verizon Droid is a brand new phone today. Like many smartphones before it, the Droid has been rooted so that owners of the Android 2.0-based smartphone can install multitouch support (including pinch-to-zoom gestures), enhanced themes, and other previously forbidden goodies. Cyanogen, a well-known Android modder, tweeted this afternoon “Droid does… ROOT” and linked to an Android message board where the exploit is posted . Zinx Verituse, the hacker who discovered the exploit, posted the essential details and links to the file so the modders can get down to business. So, what does this mean for Droid owners? An rooted Droid means the user…










| colbcox (Colby Cox) : Playing with the new DROID.. Updated : 2010-03-12T11:54:30Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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followthatband (Lori Gurka) : @kaglpn love the droid?.. Updated : 2010-03-12T11:53:28Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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arif_iq (Mohammed Arif) : Cellphone inventor Marty Cooper uses a Droid.... and a Jitterbug http://bit.ly/c0XmXJ.. Updated : 2010-03-12T11:53:28Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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mobispot (mobispot.com) : DO WANT: Motorola Droid - http://tinyurl.com/yevgpfd.. Updated : 2010-03-12T11:53:12Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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p47 (Patryk Zabicki) : Btw @MartyMobile is an inventor of a cell phone, and he recently switched from iPhone to Droid =)... Updated : 2010-03-12T11:52:44Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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The Google Phone Is Very Real. And It's Coming Soon
[Linux/Unix]The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get ready for the Google Phone. It’s no longer a myth, it’s real. Like the iPhone for Apple, this phone will be Google’s pure vision of what a phone should be.
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Confirmed: R2-D2 Finally Discovered In Star Trek (IMAGE)
[Movies]At last, here's the droid we were all looking for: This is the frame in which you can clearly see R2-D2 in Star Trek. This time there is absolutely no doubt about it: It's confirmed by the sequence supervisor at ILM. Zoom in to see.
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xkcd - iPhone or Droid
[Comics & Animation]xkcd - iPhone or Droid...
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Smartphone Wars: Motorola Droid vs. iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre
[Gadgets]After months all the buzz, the Verizon Droid by Motorola launched today, just in time for the holiday season. Here is an apples-to-apples comparison graphic that examines the true cost of ownership and select features of each phone.
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Verizon's anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: Droid Does
[Tech Industry News]The spot, which launched tonight and can be view in its entirety after the break, is a 30 second clip that begins by mocking Apple's cutesy music and iconic font typically seen in iPhone plugs. It reels off a number of things that the iPhone can't do...

































