Google has just rolled out the first patch for unlocked G1 smartphones, something which the developers were waiting for. The patch aims at fixing number of issues and bugs. The main advantage of having the patch is that it allows the users to access paid Google applications and also supports video search. The patch can be downloaded over the air or via HTC web site. Total size of download is 37MB.

Android Dev Phone 1, popularly known as ADP1 is available for $400 in the market for the developers and offers them root access to the file system with full read/write permissions. Initially, the T-Mobile G1 Google-phone prevented the developers from copying, hacking and distributing the paid Android applications but the new patch will allow them to access non-DRM premium Android applications. However, this may or may not increase the risk of piracy in the market. Dan Morrill, Developer Advocate for Android said, “Many developers are concerned about the unauthorised redistribution of their applications, so they make use of the copy-protection feature (forward locking) which prevents applications from being copied off devices.”

The paid applications for the Android phone will be available in UK soon. T-Mobile will allow the developers to charge for the apps in the UK Android market. At a developer event held at London, the T-Mobile announced, “From tomorrow (i.e. Thursday, March 12th ), UK customers will have paid apps on the phone, and there’ll be a wide selection of paid apps on the market and will include EA Mobile Games and Guitar Hero World Tour.”

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Raketu has just rolled out its new suite of services for Google’s G1 Android mobile phone. The company specialises in Internet communications, information, entertainment, and social networking and is already catering to Android customers by offering them communication services which let them make PC to PC calls, PC to Phone calls, Phone to Phone calls, and send text messages and e-mails at a low price. Now the company has come up with an additional service which allows G1 Android users to connect to the Raketu services via Wi-Fi and make phone-to-phone calls, send text SMS, email, send and receive instant messages, store and share pictures and much more without downloading a single bit.

Greg Parker, president and CEO of Raketu commented, “Raketu’s release for Google’s G1 mobile will allow users the ability to access free or lowest cost communications services from anywhere in the world. Adding support for the new Google G1 mobile continues Raketu’s focus of providing free or lowest cost communications and entertainment services to all mobile devices.”

Raketu’s new service is available immediately to the G1 users and the users are open to communicate in various ways with others, no matter whether they are also Raketu users or not. Of course, the application has already been available for quite some time for Apple iPhone users. Current Raketu users can access this service immediately but the newbies have to sign up for an account at http://G1.Raketu.com or http://Android.Raketu.com.

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