Andy and Sean take a look at what's involved in rooting the Android smartphone - a process of gaining admin access to the back end of the phone, which allows greater access for modifying the phone's operating system and carrier - talk about the pros and cons of doing so, and show you one easy way to root your phone.

Jay Goldman, better known to butterscotch viewers as

Mr. Mobile

takes a close look at the

Android operating system (OS)

for

smartphones

... and beyond. If you already have a Google account, everything you have on Google Apps on the desktop will show up on your phone. Definitely a killer app for dedicated Googlites.

Move over iPhone. Stand aside BlackBerry. So long Symbian. There's a new

smartphone operating system

player in town.

Google Android

, while we've looked at Android previously, it has yet to receive the full Mr. Mobile treatment. Jay Goldman gives his expert Mr. Mobile take on the

HTC Dream

smartphone running

Android

.

The HTC Dream is very much like the HTC Magic smartphone we looked at in episode 10 of Gadget TV. That said, there's one fundamental difference: the addition of a full QWERTY keypad. Also, with its integration with Google accounts, your Google username and password automagically sets up on-device email, links your online calendars, even pulls in your contacts, maps and more.

Google's Android smartphone operating system is pretty revolutionary. Some of the most anticipated smartphones running the Android OS were HTC's handsets the Magic, which we take a look at in this episode of Gadget TV, and the Dream, coming up in the next episode. The Magic eschews the full QWERTY keyboard of the Dream, opting for an on-screen keyboard instead.

Rogers Wireless, the official carrier of the HTC phones running Google's Android phone operating system launched two Android phones in Toronto. Sean Carruthers chats with Reade Barber about Android, what these new phones mean in the market and how they match up against the iPhone and upcoming Palm Pre. They also discuss the Android app store called Android Market with 3,200 apps already online and counting.