guardian.co.uk - 2/12/2009
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Samsung has delayed the release of its first mobile phone based on Google's Android operating system until the second half of this year. There had been speculation that Samsung, which recently leapfrogged Nokia to become market leader in the UK, would unveil its first phone running Android at ...
venturebeat.com - 2/10/2009
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venturebeat.com —
One of the bigger complaints about T-Mobile’s G1,
the first phone based on Google’s Android platform, is...
that its touch screen doesn’t use multi-touch, the technology which allows for a screen to accept multiple points of contact as simultaneous ...
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Source: Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in ...
nvidia.com - 2/16/2009
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nvidia.com —
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS - BARCELONA, SPAIN – FEBRUARY
16, 2009 – NVIDIA today announced that it has...
worked closely with Google and the Open Handset Alliance to unleash Android, a complete, open mobile phone software stack, with the Tegra™ series of ...
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NVIDIA Unleashes Android With Tegra
android-developers.blogspot.com - 2/13/2009
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android-developers.blogspot.com —
I'm pleased to announce that Android Market is
now accepting priced applications from US and UK developers....
Developers from these countries can go to the publisher website at http://market.android.com/publish to upload their application(s) along with ...
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Android Market update: support for priced applications
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Samsung delays Android Smartphones
I4U News —
... According to the Guardian Samsung is delaying the release of their first Google Android smartphones. Samsung will not show an Android phone at the MWC 2009 next week and has postponed the Android phone launch to 2nd half of 2009. Samsung did not really specify a reason on why they delay the Android entry. The Guardian article mentions the new updated Samsung Tocco ( ...
Samsung Delays Google Android Phone
Today @ PC World —
Contrary to recent speculation, Samsung will not announce a mobile phone based on Google's Android mobile operating next week, the company says. The release of the Android-based phone has been delayed until the second half of this year, Samsung says. [image] Samsung was expected to introduce the Android phone next week at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, but the company's head of marketing, Younghee Lee, dismissed the rumors in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian . Lee confirms that the company's Android handset won't be ready in time for MWC next ...
Samsung: No Android phones at MWC
DV Hardware —
... Samsung announced it won't introduce any Google Android based smartphones at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The electronics giant said the launch of its first Android phones is delayed to the second half of this year. ...
Samsung confirms Android handsets as Google adapts to market
Ars Technica —
... its Android plans last year, after it was revealed that the company had formed a sizable team of Linux and Java experts to build an Android touchscreen phone reportedly similar to the company's Omnia handset, which runs Windows Mobile. The products suffered some delays and it became unclear whether Samsung would still deliver an Android phone on Sprint's network when Sprint ...
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android-developers.blogspot.com 4/14/2009 — Android 1.5 SDK release! I'm excited to announce that starting today, developers can get an early look at the SDK for the next version of the Android platform. This new version (which will be 1.5) is based on the cupcake branch from the Android Open ...
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Android G2 slips to May, Samsung plans three Android phones for 2009
tgdaily.com 4/7/2009 — Chicago (IL) - If you have been counting days until Easter for the arrival of the Android G2 smartphone, add two more weeks to your calendar since HTC and Vodafone will delay the handset until May. The move eliminates G2's early advantage, forcing it ...
Android is now available as open source (Android Open Source Project)
source.android.com 10/21/2008 — Today is a big day for Android, the Open Handset Alliance, and the open-source community. All of the work that we've poured into the mobile platform is now officially available, for free, as the Android Open Source Project. You'll be hearing a lot ...
HP considers dropping Windows for Android in netbooks
arstechnica.com 4/1/2009 —
HP, the dominant PC manufacturer, could potentially be preparing to develop a netbook product with Google's Linux-based Android software platform. According to multiple reports, HP has confirmed that it is studying Google's operating ...
Asus' Android Phone to Make its Debut Later This Year
maximumpc.com 10/20/2009 — Asustek was initiated into the Open Handset Alliance in December 2008 along with a few other handset manufacturers – the second generation of Android backers. Asustek chairman Jonney Shih recently told the Taiwanese media that his company will lift the curtain on its first Android smartphone ...
Android netbooks on their way, likely by 2010
venturebeat.com 1/2/2009 — The image above shows a netbook Asus EEEPC 1000H running on Google’s mobile operating system Android. Huh? You thought Android was for mobile phones, right? Well, as we’ve written before, Google is planning to use Android for any device ...
Android Versus iPhone 3.0: The Showdown
lifehacker.com 3/18/2009 — Apple's releasing some hot new features in iPhone 3.0 this summer , but will it be better than Google's Android ? Let's take a look. You already know what you get in iPhone 2.0, you've heard about what you get in iPhone 3.0 . Let's see how those ...
Google Android Roundup: 10 Phones Compared
digitaltrends.com 10/23/2009 —
Two years ago, Google Android was nothing more than a rumor on technology blogs. Twelve months later, its sole representative was one awkward brick of a phone that looked like a prototype that had escaped from a testing lab. And today, lo and ...
No Android launch at MWC, says Samsung —
The Register 2/13/2009
You'll have to wait until H2 Many folk were expecting Samsung to unveil its first phone based on Google’s Android OS at Mobile World Congress (MWC) next week, but the firm has now confirmed that it won't.…
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