It’s been a couple weeks since Cyanogen released version 7 of his custom Android ROM based on 2.3 Gingerbread. CyanogenMod 7 maintains support for 27 devices at the moment, but those of us with the first generation Motorola Droid were originally left out of the Gingerbread fun. According to Koush who maintains the CyanogenMod port [...]

The ESC or Escape key is basically a requirement to successfully operate many common Linux applications. At first glance the Droid keyboard lacks this functionality. This can be frustrating in VIM for example because you cannot exit insert mode once you have entered it. Thankfully Motorola has included an ESC key, but its location is [...]

I’ve been using my Motorola Droid for over a month now.  Since I picked it up on November 6th I have been putting it through its paces and I can honestly say its a great device.  Like any other gadget it’s not without its flaws.  For example the reasoning for having multitouch support in Android [...]