unwiredview.com - 2/25/2009
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Eldar Murtazin from mobile-review.com is probably the best connected journalist covering the mobile industry, with amazing access inside almost any major cellphone maker.
And he proved that again at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
When we all were busily running around reporting ...
gizmodo.com.au - 2/23/2009
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gizmodo.com.au —
Agora (4).jpg Just in case you thought the
entire Kogan Agora smartphone was a play in the...
game of marketing chess some companies tend to play, tonight I managed to get some hands-on time with one of the prototypes. And I liked it. Apologies for the ...
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Hands On With The Kogan Agora Android Phone Prototype - ...
cyrket.com - 2/23/2009
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cyrket.com —
I got a few reports of large numbers
of applications not being listed in Cyrket. Jon Colverson,...
in particular, was incredibly helpful and provided a short list of such applications and the probable cause: Google's new "copy protection" mechanism. This ...
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Cyrket - Android Market Browser
networks.silicon.com - 2/24/2009
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networks.silicon.com —
If you thought the rise of open OS
platforms would herald a new era of peace and...
harmony in the mobile industry you'd be sadly mistaken, as rival players in the space Google and the Symbian Foundation - which drive different 'open' OS platforms - ...
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"Android is not open. It's a marketing label"
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Android 3.0
Android Phone Fans —
... (via UnwiredView) Google already has partners working on Android 3.0 with closed demos of the OS on real handsets shown at MWC 2009. Right now we’re on Version 1, Version 2 was labeled “pretty sad” and Version 3 was called “fantastic”. They say Version 3 will launch in mid 2010 and Version 4 will come in 2011. ...
Google Android: Where is Android headed?
Phones Review —
... as a training tool to train the public on the Android platform and allow developers a live handset so make their Android applications for.
The word is Android 2.0 is fairly sad and Android won’t hit the level Google and its partners want until around the release of Android 3.0 or even Android 4.0. Google has partners working on Android 3.0 but unfortunately Android 3.0 is slated for a middle of 2010 release, while it is expected Android 4.0 will follow in 2011.
Source – unwiredview
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Motorola Android Will Be Luxury Phone
Android Phone Fans —
... issue about this whole thing is that a luxury phone, during these economic times, probably isn’t going to be the thing to pull Motorola out of its handset division woes. It needs a commercial, mass market success that is affordable enough to push volume. THAT is what Moto needs to be working on and I hope they are. Sure, it can tug at your luxury heartstrings but when it comes down to it Moto needs something BIGR than a marked up RAZR with Android.
Or does it?
[Via UnwiredView]
Rumores en MWC 2009: Android 3.0, Nokia Sparrow y un Motorola lujoso con Android
Celularis —
... Sony Ericsson Idou era solo un mock up de plástico (!) y todavía no tienen un modelo que funcione. Además, en cuanto a la cámara de 12mpx, la gente de Sony Ericsson ni si quiera vio los módulos verdaderos de la cámara.
Windows Mobile
No les está yendo muy bien y planean reducir el precio de la licencia a la mitad para que se sigan fabricando dispositivos con el OS. Muchos hasta están mirando a Google.
Vía UnwiredView ...
Nokia working on laptops, ARM-powered MID?
Engadget —
... If you were looking for proof that the line between smartphones and laptops is rapidly starting to blur, look no further -- Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasuvo told Reuters today that the Finnish company is "looking very actively" at making a laptop, since "what we we know ...
Nokia entering notebook business, already in talks with OEMs
Tech Ticker —
... The rumors were rife about Nokia’s entrance in the laptop market and the recent one came from Eldar Murtazin that Nokia is already preparing an MID based on ARM’s multi-core Sparrow chip. Eldar claims to have played with the early prototype and was amazed with the effort. ...
Nokia pulling all OEM contracts?
Engadget —
... but certain products -- including its upcoming MID, allegedly -- have been contracted out to ODMs like Foxconn and its contemporaries, so this calls a whole slew of initiatives into question. Notably, many of its recent CDMA devices are made outside of Nokia proper, so we've got to wonder -- does this mean they'll be taking up the slack internally, or is CDMA once again on the outs for these guys? See iSuppli's full press release after the break. [Image via Unwired View] Continue reading Nokia pulling all OEM contracts? Filed under: ...
Nokia pulling all OEM contracts?
Engadget Mobile —
... but certain products -- including its upcoming MID, allegedly -- have been contracted out to ODMs like Foxconn and its contemporaries, so this calls a whole slew of initiatives into question. Notably, many of its recent CDMA devices are made outside of Nokia proper, so we've got to wonder -- does this mean they'll be taking up the slack internally, or is CDMA once again on the outs for these guys? See iSuppli's full press release after the break. [Image via Unwired View] Continue reading Nokia pulling all OEM contracts? Nokia ...
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Asus Toys With Google Android For Netbook
blog.wired.com 2/23/2009 —
Google's Android operating system is not just for mobile phones. It is coming to netbooks.
Asus, which kickstarted the netbook market with its Eee PCs, has put a team of engineers to work on developing an Android-based device.
The ...
Google’s own slider smartphone patent app —
Unwired View
Google’s ambitions (and their limits) in mobile space are pretty well known by now.
Google wants to have one of the major mobile OS’es out there. Android 1.0 is a good start, but Google is looking forward for Android 3.0 release next year to really get going.
And by now it should be ...
Unlocked Developer G1 Banned From Accessing Paid Apps [Android] —
Gizmodo
Anyone who bought the $400 unlocked developer G1 is in for a nasty surprise: Google, citing piracy concerns, won't allow those handsets to access paid Marketplace apps. The problem lies in the phone's full software permissions. Most Android phones download paid content to a private, hidden ...
Android platform gains Air Hockey game app —
Phones Review
There’s a new mobile game app available for the Android platform called Air Hockey, developed by Jon Colverston over at JJC Games.
Air Hockey is the first game of its kind on the Google Android platform and appears to be doing quite well on the Android Market, and is apparently one of the ...
LG KS360 to be first LG Android smartphone —
Phones Review
The LG KS360 or LG Tribe or LG Neon whichever it is being called these days will apparently be LG’s first Google Android platform mobile phone says T3.
LG did say they would launch a mobile handset sporting Goole’s Android OS during summer this year and it appears the LG KS360 is to be the ...
WHERE to Launch on the T-Mobile G1 (PRESS RELEASE) —
AndroidGuys
Boston, MA – WHERE™ is launching on the T-Mobile G1 Android device on February 25, 2009. The latest product release includes new features such as News, Movies, the WHERE Wall, and Traffic (coming soon). This new application is built upon the award-winning platform that includes other local ...
Huawei Android Phone to Arrive from T-Mobile —
Mobilewhack.com
Last time we checked Huawei’s Android phone, it wasn’t working and nobody knew when it will be available and who will launch it. Now it looks like the Android smartphone will be launched by T-Mobile sometime in the third quarter. We don’t know if it’s T-Mobile USA or ...
Huawei Android smartphones hitting T-Mobile later this year —
CrunchGear
Huawei’s Android phone broke cover last week and while we weren’t able to get all touchy-feely with it yet, we might be seeing the phone soon. Reportable, the phone set to come from T-Mobile and carry the same nameplate as the brand. Details are still developing but it seems that ...
Android Market to gain 20 new games from Gameloft —
Phones Review
Gameloft has announced they are bringing twenty new mobile games to the Google Android platform for mobile devices such as the T-Mobile G1.
These twenty new Gameloft mobile games will become available via the Android Market with such offerings as from Derek Jeter Pro Baseball 2009 through ...
T-Mobile and TIM Brazil to launch Hauwei Android smartphone —
Phones Review
We first saw Hauwei’s new Android based smartphone back during Mobile World Congress 2009 but there were very little details as to where it would go and which mobile carrier would sell the mobile phone.
Well now information has come to light that states Hauwei has chosen to launch said ...
Huawei Android Headed To T-Mobile Q3 —
Android Phone Fans
Unless you have alzheimers, you probably remember the Android handset that Huawei announced at Mobile World Congress last week. Their announcement was short of pretty much all the details we wanted and virtually all we got was a solitary device pulling a David Blaine .
While specs ...
Huawei Android devices hitting T-Mobile in Q3 2009? —
SlashGear
Huawei’s “look but don’t touch” Android handset at Mobile World Congress last week was quite the disappointment : if it wasn’t for the display around it, you’d not know what OS the device was meant to be running. We could be seeing production handsets a lot ...
Google Android on a Netbook? —
Gadget Venue
When you think of Google Android you probably first think of the new mobile phone OS that is starting to become popular. However, it no longer will be used just for mobile phones as Asus could be launching a netbook powered by Android.
Asus are well known for netbooks as the Eee PC was the ...
Vodafone HTC Magic Is Android G2 —
High Tech Lounge
The first commercially available smartphone powered by Google Android was the HTC Dream G1, which we all came to know as the T-Mobile G1.
However, T-Mobile isn’t the only one getting in on the HTC and Android action, as evidenced by the new HTC Magic.
The first Android phone was a Dream ...
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