Following the rollout map of recent product debuts, Google has made an app previously useable only on Android 2.0 work on Android 1.6. Google Gesture Search now supports phones that have Donut, including the T-Mobile G1 and myTouch phones. The Gestures app makes it possible for Android users to quickly search their contacts by performing swipes

This one is definitely a distraction from that busy grey matter! Bringing heaps of fun, Donut Games has recently released a new application, Titanic Rescue, for iPhone users. With Titanic Rescue, players can take part in crazy Marine Rescue Operation as they save passengers from a sinking cartoon ship. Players need to bring forth empty lifeboats

We don't see too many Gigabyte phones in these parts, but all indications seem to suggest that the company is throwing in with Android for future handset releases (which is what we would recommend, if it ever asked us -- which it doesn't). As we wait eagerly for the GSmart Android phone to make its debut, which should happen any second now (right, guys?) we have word of a second Donut-po...

This is a video clip of the Dell Mini 5 device that runs on the Android OS. Recorded at MWC 2010 by PhoneDog Specs: Android 1.6 Donut SnapDragon processor 256 MB Ram 480×854 Screen resolution Multi touch Bluetooth GSM 5 MP Camera

is a method of converting bytecode into native machine code, rather than Android’s Dalvik VM simply interpreting the bytecode. This speeds up apps and overall performance drastically. Cyanogen’s Nexus One build Beta 3 included JIT and has set the top speed on BenchmarkPi; OpenEclair 1.0.1 included JIT and absolutely flew. Bill Buzbee, a member Googles Dalvik

Aurora Universal Search for the Google Android Phone is a full-text device search too. It integrates with donut search and google search widgets.

TIf you are thinking about getting the Motorola Devour when it comes out from Verizon, in March, you may want to watch this video filmed at Motorola. The most striking feature demonstrated is the wireless Motorola Phone Portal, that allows you to see what's on the Moto Devour from your computer and perform functions. The video shows how the Motorola Devour uses Android 1.6 (Donut).  The Motor...

The great thing about the Android operating system is that it makes it easy to customize it to fit you. If you're like me, the standard Donut 1.6 three home screens never satisfied my "customization needs." I was always looking for new and different home replacement apps for my MyTouch. A company by the name

Sad news for the Samsung i75000 Galaxy owners your device wont get the Android 2.x update. According to the::unwired which got a chance to speak with few Samsung folks at the Mobile World Congress, the Korean giant will effectively abandon I7500 users. Actually, they may release the Android 1.6 Donut update, but thats sooo

We've been able to confirm in a chat with Dell spokesfolks this evening that the lovely Mini 5 won't ship with the Android 1.6 build (also known as Donut) that we've seen so far -- instead, it'll be running "something newer." They wouldn't say what that newer version would be -- and to be fair, we're not sure they even knew since Android is always a moving target on a...