technologyexpert.blogspot.com - 29 days ago
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Verizon's upcoming Droid phone, its first smartphone based on Google's Android platform, has received a date, a price, and some exciting news, as well. The date is Nov. 6th, the price is $199 (after $100 mail-in rebate), and the exciting news is that it will be the first device to have Google ...
Droid Does, But Will It?
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 10/18/2009 — Verizon is pulling put all stops with its new Android commercial, which highights what the iPhone doesn't do, in an ad that tells you exactly what the iPhone doesn't do, like "iDon't allow open development, i'Dont run simultaneous apps." And at the end of the ad: "Everything iDon't, Droid ...
Getting ready for Android 1.5
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 ...
Announcing Android 2.0 support in the SDK!
android-developers.blogspot.com 30 days ago — I am excited to announce that the Android SDK now supports Android 2.0 (also known as Eclair). Android 2.0 brings new developer APIs for sync, Bluetooth, and a few other areas. Using the new sync, account manager and contacts APIs, you can write ...
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 ...
How-To: Hack Your Android G1 Phone
maximumpc.com 9/17/2009 —
Remember when T-Mobile's G1 was being billed as a potential iPhone killer? Powered by Google's Android platform, the open-source mobile OS was supposed to usher in the end of the iPhone OS era, and who knows, maybe someday it still ...
Android to grab No. 2 spot by 2012, says Gartner
computerworld.com 10/7/2009 — Computerworld - While the Google-backed Android mobile operating system currently runs on less than 2% of all smartphones, Gartner Inc. predicts it will surge to 14% of the global smartphone market in 2012 -- ahead of the iPhone , as well as Windows ...
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 ...
Startup Shows Android Running on a Netbook
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 1/3/2009 — Android on a netbook? This isn't something that should be much of a surprise. Google has always labeled Android as a platform, and not simply a smartphone OS. Matthäus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, freelancers for Venture Beat, who also run a ...
US plan would reclaim TV airwaves for iPhone —
The Register 29 days ago
Shutting the spectrum gap The US Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan that would reclaim some precious airwaves from the country's television broadcasters and reinvent them as wireless broadband.… Offloading malware ...