This week a G1 owner found a very odd bug in the Android OS that automatically sends all keystrokes the to root shell as commands. The end result is phones rebooting with seemingly no reason.  Google recently sent out an update (RC30) to remedy the security flaw. Google later went on to explain the reason for this odd bug.

Google until now has not commented on any of the recent updates. They have finally told us that the odd texting was all about. They left root commands open to developers in early versions and forgot to close them in the final version.  The first virtual keyboard for Android surfaced in the form of an application. A7 SMS has an oddly laid out keyboard that reads QWERT across the top. Not many of our users are able to get this method to work.

Mozilla says Android will not be getting their new mobile web browser Fennec unless Google opens it up to applications that were not written in Java. iSuppli has created a report that shows the cost of all of the major components of the G1. When you total it all up you will find out that the G1 costs only $143.89, talk about getting your moneys worth.

We recently reported that it was highly unlikely that Android would be getting a Facebook application. At the time we were thinking that Facebook was not creating an application for Android, that doesn’t mean that someone else would not. It didn’t take long for developers to wrap the mobile web version of Facebook to run on Android. You wont get much more than what m.facebook.com gives you. fBook was created by the developers over at Next Mobile Web.

Tapulous is thinking about bringing the hugely popular iPhone application, Tap Tap Revenge, to Android if the demand is high enough. For those of you still new to the game, it is similar to Guitar Her.  WeatherBug has also created a weather application for Android. Their weather app is integrated with Google Maps providing the users with many more options. WeatherBug gives users give users GPS-enabled Severe Weather Alerts, Customized Forecasts and More from the Largest and Most Precise Weather Network in the World.

PhoneFusion is in the process of bringing visual voicemail to Android users. The good, is that it will be free to everyone. The bad, the interface is very outdated and about as ugly as they come. Those of you who always like to stay connected with friends and see what everyone is up to will enjoy Loopt for Android. Loopt has been doing very well so far on the iPhone so they decided to bring it over the Android for us.

T-Mobile G1 owners in the United Kingdom are reporting receiving the RC8 update this week. This update is the equivalent to the RC30 that the US recently received. Although many have received this update, a large number of people are reporting that they still have seen no sign of an update.  One word we see in the Android Market all the time is Wiki. Now we are going to see it even more with the addition of the Wikitap application for Android. WikiTap allows users to search Wikipedia and even contribute videos to current entries.