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Video: Skype Launches Application for iPhone and iPod Touch
Original at mefeedia.com
• Mon, Mar 30
From : NewsInfusion - Videos Skype now offers mobile applications for a wide range of operating systems, including Android, Windows Mobile, and ... www.mefeedia.com
Video: Windows Mobile 6.5Original at YouTube
• Thu, Feb 26
By rss@youtube.com (telecomtv) Microsoft has responded to the challenge of new upstart mobile operating systems, such as Apple and Android, by releasing a completely new version of its Windows Mobile Software, together with a suite of other services, including an apps store.
Video: Android on the HTC Touch Pro (Raphael)Original at YouTube
• Fri, Feb 20
By rss@youtube.com (Untouchab1e) Showing the current progress on the Android port for the HTC Raphael (Touch Pro). To try this yourself, head over to connect-utb.com. Currently, most of the interface and menus are working fine, and texts can be sent\recieved, calls be made and recieved albeit without sound as we dont have t...
Video: The Daily Geek #114 - Smartphone CRAZINESS, YouTube, GDrive, Dellphone, Windows Mobile 6.5, Palm PreOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, Jan 30
By rss@youtube.com (sweetgeektv) Keywords: YouTube Search twilight beyonce GDrive Google Apps Dellphone Dell WSJ Android Windows Mobile 6.5 World Conference Barcelona Spain Acer smartphone February 16th Peter Skillman Palm VP of Design Pre Nokia n95 8gb Tech News Technology Geek The Daily SweetGeekTV
HTC Touch.B Surfaces, Dismisses Rome Codename
Original at Gizmodo
• 23 hours ago
By Kat Hannaford Is it running Windows Mobile 6.5, Android, or another platform? Engadget is pointing at the lack of buttons as being a telltale sign it's running a "homegrown" OS, but we're rather interested in the addition of the ExtUSB port, considering HTC was meant to be pursuing the microUSB connect...
Holiday gift idea: Callpod Fueltank
Original at Gadgetell
• Tue, Dec 1
By Shawn Ingram We’ve been covering a lot of smartphone recently, it seems. Those Android and Windows Mobile 6.5 devices seem to come out once every two or three weeks. Not to mention the juggernaut that is the iPhone. With all these smartphones and other handheld devices, those of us who are heavy users fi...
Opinion: The Best Gadgets
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Nov 25
By Brian Lam Smartphones • The Best Smartphones: We like the iPhone, the Motorola Droid because it runs Android 2.0 operating system, and the Palm Pre for people who have stuck with Sprint. We do not like anything Symbian or Windows Mobile 6.5, for the time being. (But are excited for Windows Mobile 7.)
Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy
Original at Gizmodo
• Tue, Nov 24
By Sean Fallon Windows Mobile 6.5: With the bar being set by the iPhone and Android, and the Palm Pre doing a nice job of keeping up, Microsoft needed to get their act together with Windows Mobile if they really wanted to compete. The 6.5 update doesn't bring anything new to the table outside of some UI tweaks. A...
Swype bringing ‘genius texting’ interface to Verizon Samsung Omnia II next month, Android on the wayOriginal at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews
• Mon, Nov 23
By Will Park Samsung readying QWERTY-toting Samsung Omnia Pro for July?Samsung Omnia coming to Bell next month!Samsung Omnia HD rumored to run Windows MobileBecome and Omnia HD Ambassador and get a free Samsung Omnia HD!Samsung confirms Omnia II headed to Verizon Wireless soon
Building Scalable Databases: Perspectives on the War on Soft Deletes
Original at Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life
• Mon, Nov 23
One use case for soft deleting is to provide an "undo" feature in an end user application. For example, consider a user synchronizes the contact list on their phone with one in the cloud (e.g. an iPhone or Windows Mobile/Windows Phone connecting to Exchange or an Android phone connecting to G...
Data hogs: iPhone accounts for 50% of global smartphone traffic
Original at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews
• Mon, Nov 23
By Will Park The moral to this story? Smartphones are on the rise. But, it’s not enough to just run a smartphone operating system – consumers are flocking to intuitive touchscreen platforms with desktop-class web browsers. The iPhone and Android platforms obviously meet these criteria. Nokia, Black...
My on-going thoughts on the HTC Hero
Original at palmaddict.typepad.com
• Thu, Nov 19
By sam mcloughln Firstly, it is important to remember that rather than running Windows Mobile OS, HTC have adopted Google’s Android OS and the HTC/Android team is a great mix and straight away, my impression of HTC devices being more for business than pleasure went straight out the window.
Google News has been revamped for mobile devices including the Palm Pre
Original at palmaddict.typepad.com
• Thu, Nov 19
By sam mcloughln For some unbeknownst reason Google has offered Google News in a mobile-friendly version to BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and S60 devices, but has failed to provide the same experience to iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre device owners." Read in full. Google News has been revamped for mobile dev...
Samsung Bada phone to be announced first half of next year
Original at Engadget
• Wed, Nov 18
By Nilay Patel We're still not entirely sure why Samsung feels the need to launch its own mobile operating system while still cranking out Android and Windows Mobile devices, but it seems like things are going full steam ahead: a spokesperson told CNET Asia today that a Bada phone would arrive in the fir...
Sony Ericsson's Custom Android Interface Is Called Nexus
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Nov 18
By matt buchanan Example: Sony Ericsson Timescape, the "signature" Nexus app, sounds a lot like HTC's Sense in that it pulls in a bunch of services like Facebook and Twitter for your contacts, but it's more straightforwardly organized around timelines, which you can break down by service, events or wha...
Adobe Flashes Its Mobile Cards With New Releases
Original at GigaOM
• Tue, Nov 17
By Colin Gibbs Flash 10.1, which was unveiled last month, is designed to run on platforms including Google’s Android, Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, Nokia’s Symbian and Palm’s webOS. Today’s beta releases are limited to devices running Windows, Mac or Linux operating...
Brief: HTC to offer Qualcomm Brew MP powered feature fone in early 2010
Original at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews
• Tue, Nov 17
By Stefan Constantinescu Highly shady and controversial Taiwanese news site Digitimes is claiming that HTC, maker of such famous devices as the Android powered Hero and Windows Mobile 6.5 packing HD2, is going to be releasing a feature fone in early 2010 that will run Qualcomm’s Brew MP operating system. The first...
Gartner: Apple, Google continue devouring Windows Mobile
Original at Crave
• Sat, Nov 14
By nate.lanxon@cnet.co.uk (Nate Lanxon) According to figures released by research firm Gartner last week, Apple's iPhone, RIM's Blackberry and Google's Android OS have been sharing a feast. The main course? Windows Mobile
Samsung responds to Symbian claims, says it's still supporting it
Original at Engadget
• Thu, Nov 12
By Darren Murph Samsung is an initial member of Symbian Foundation and continues to cooperate with Symbian Foundation. At the same time, Samsung supports various existing open operating systems including Symbian, Linux, Android, and Windows Mobile. To provide more choices to meet consumers' many di...
Samsung To Drop Symbian In 2010
Original at Ubergizmo
• Wed, Nov 11
In what will certainly be a painful blow to Symbian, Samsung’s senior VP, Don Joo Lee, has confirmed that the company will ditch Symbian from its smartphones in 2010, replacing it with the recently announced Bada. Samsung will continue to use Android and Windows Mobile, but analysts pred...
Samsung dropping Symbian for Bada in 2010, says senior VP
Original at Engadget
• Tue, Nov 10
By Ross Miller Android is in, Windows Mobile is in (despite rumors to the contrary), and Bada is definitely in for next year, according to Samsung senior vice president Don Joo Lee. Not making the phone manufacturer's cut? Symbian. Digitimes has it from the exec that its new proprietary mobile OS will be t...
NTT DoCoMo, Softbank announce grand total of 37 phones: Android, perfume holders, and more
Original at Engadget
• Mon, Nov 9
By Chris Ziegler And from Softbank: Sharp AQUOS Mobile FULLTOUCH 941SH: All we need to say about this one is "4-inch 1024 x 480 display," which, as you might be able to imagine, is a world's first.Sharp AQUOS Mobile 943SH: Dual one-seg tuners let you watch one program and record another, and a mention of tran...
Google to buy mobile ad company AdMob
Original at InfoWorld
• Mon, Nov 9
AdMob is a leader in mobile advertising and already serves ads for some applications running on Google's Android mobile operating system. Get InfoWorld's 20-page hands-on look at the new generation of mobile devices, and see how the BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and more stack u...
Natural Born Killers: Android, Apple and Windows Mobile
Original at Mobility Site
• Mon, Nov 9
By Zealot These days, every new smartphone is here to “kill” some other smartphone. Whoever coined the term “iPhone Killer” really needs to be hurt badly with a microwave antenna. At first any phone with a large touchscreen was dubbed an iPhone Killer, then of course the Palm Pre was the first major co...
Windows Mobile is no competition
Original at palmaddict.typepad.com
• Sun, Nov 8
By sam mcloughln From RDH] Sammy I've almost given up on Windows Mobile, I think it will become almost extinct. We have two major players the iPhone and Android, Google and Apple are throwing everything into these platforms, Microsoft isn't trying hard enough. I'm not including Palm in my consideration be...
How would you change Windows Mobile 6.5?
Original at F
• Fri, Nov 6
We know, today is totally Android 2.0's day to shine , but what would a Friday night be without a little diversity? Windows Mobile 6.5 officially landed on a gaggle of Windows Phones back in early October (a month ago to the day, in fact), but by and large, all of 'em have seemingly drifted off in...
How would you change Windows Mobile 6.5?
Original at Engadget
• Fri, Nov 6
By Darren Murph We know, today is totally Android 2.0's day to shine, but what would a Friday night be without a little diversity? Windows Mobile 6.5 officially landed on a gaggle of Windows Phones back in early October (a month ago to the day, in fact), but by and large, all of 'em have seemingly drifted off in...
Calling all mobile app developers! Tell us why your app rocks!
Original at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews
• Tue, Nov 3
By Will Park Do you develop mobile apps for the iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian or webOS? Well, we want to hear from you! We’ve partnered up with “Under The Radar” to find cool mobile apps that will blow our minds. We’re asking any and all mobile app developers to submit their app for the “FAST PI...
HTC Touch HD2 Supports Android Market?
Original at Ubergizmo
• Tue, Nov 3
To err is part of being human, but that certainly doesn’t mean that we can’t have a laugh at the expense of others sometimes, right? Either someone make a funny mistake, or this is really big news (we’re vouching for the “mistake”). A page on T-Mobile UK’s site shows that the HTC Touch HD2 will...
Sprint marketing exec talks Android, WiMAX, WinMo 7, and more
Original at Engadget Mobile
• Tue, Nov 3
By Chris Ziegler Sprint's vice president of consumer marketing David Owens sat down with the community at large last week to answer a few burning questions about Sprint's current and future lineup, and there were a few juicy tidbits, reaffirmations, and rumor confirmations that came out of it worth men...
HTC to launch WinMo phone with Android-oriented UI
Original at Register
• Mon, Nov 2
HD2 official debut this week HTC will formally launch its Windows Mobile - not Android, alas - HD2 smartphone in Taipei on Wednesday, the company said today.…
Leaked docs show HTC's DROID Eris launching on November 6th for $99, running Android 1.5
Original at Engadget Mobile
• Sat, Oct 31
By Paul Miller Like it or not, we've got it on pretty reasonable authority that HTC's first "DROID" phone is nothing more than a rebadged, shape-shifted Hero (something we've been hearing for a while now), and that it'll be launching on Verizon on November 6th, the same day as Motorola's DROID. That mean...
HTC Virtual Book in the works
Original at Ubergizmo
• Fri, Oct 30
Just before you think that HTC does nothing but come up with Android and Windows Mobile-powered smartphones, along comes news of a new generation of touch user interface that will be organized as a virtual tome. In HTC's patent application, it has been described as an “electronic device a...
HTC says no to Android HD2 to aid Windows Mobile
Original at Register
• Fri, Oct 30
• 2 related articles
Vendor feels need to 'take care' of MS OS Despite being the first firm to launch an Android-based smartphone, HTC has hinted that its upcoming HD2 won’t be given a Google OS makeover.…
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HTC HD2 Android Version Not Coming Soon?
Original at MobileWhack.com
• Thu, Oct 29
• 2 related articles
By Chris Stop dreaming about an HTC HD2 capable to run Android. HTC will not make it for you as the company wants to give Windows Mobile a fighting chance. According to Peter Chou, HTC could make an HD2 smartphone running Android but it won’t as it wants to “get excitement about Windows Mobile back.” I es...
Related articles from Register, F.
HTC: We'll take care of Windows Mobile
Original at WindowsForDevices
• Thu, Oct 29
HTC has launched multiple phones running Google's Android operating system, and recently unveiled a global advertising campaign promoting its own brand. But the manufacturer has no plans to drop Windows Mobile, chief executive Peter Chou told an interviewer from Forbes....
Opinion: Are the Operating System Wars Back? [OStatic]
Original at GigaOM Network
• Thu, Oct 29
By Sam Dean As Dragoon concedes, Microsoft still owns 90 percent of the operating system market, but there is a lot of healthy competition on, especially among mobile operating systems. We've written widely about the prospects for the Android operating system, and one of this week's biggest tech n...
No Android Version of HTC HD2 After All? [Android]
Original at F
• Thu, Oct 29
• 2 related articles
Hopes may be dashed on that rumored Android equivalent of the HD2 . HTC's CEO, Peter Chou, tells Forbes that "technically, we could make the HD2 an Android phone, but I have to take care of Windows Mobile." He says they're working hard to "get excitement about Windows Mobile back." After WinMo...
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GPS Tuner Atlas for Windows Mobile released and Google releases free turn-by-turn GPS navigation for Android only
Original at msmobiles.com
• Wed, Oct 28
Android 2.0 Brings “FREE” Turn by Turn Navigation, Google Maps Nav
Original at Mobility Site
• Wed, Oct 28
By Chris Leckness Wow. This is going to be a huge blow to stand alone GPS makers and software companies. Google announced Google Maps Navigation today. This is initially going to be US only and 1st comes to Android 2.0, but the buzz says that versions for iPhone and Windows Mobile are in the works. I’ll believe that...
Opinion: HTC Sense — the New Smartphone Platform [jkOnTheRun]
Original at GigaOM Network
• Fri, Oct 16
By James Kendrick When you think of smartphone platforms, the usual players come to mind. Windows Mobile, Android, WebOS and iPhone are the major players currently. Windows Mobile 6.5 just launched recently, and Android is evolving at a rapid pace. Palm is continuing to improve WebOS in the Pre and soon the Pi...
Arrington on Android Fragmentation
Original at Mobility Site
• Sun, Oct 11
By Zealot Imagine if Windows developers had to build different versions of their applications for different PC manufacturers. Or even different versions for various models by a single manufacturer. That’s what some Android developers are saying they are facing now.
T-Mobile Pulse review
Original at Engadget
• Fri, Oct 9
By Paul O'Brien From humble beginnings with the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1, Android is starting to gain traction in the marketplace. A steady growth in the number of devices from HTC together with more and more manufacturers coming on board means Google's entry into the mobile space is really making inroads....
Patch: Apple Rolls Out iPhone OS 3.1.2
Original at UMPCS is Your Mobile Technology Resource
• Thu, Oct 8
By MobileTopSoft news board Theres a new iPhone OS available in town and in case youre currently holding an iPhone 3G or 3GS then I bet youre definitely interested in getting it. Apple has been awfully quiet these past few days as weve seen lots of Windows Mobile 6.5 phones emerge from various manufacturers. Android phon...
Android could nab second place in mobile operating systems by 2012, says research
Original at Engadget
• Wed, Oct 7
By Laura June Sure, Android is a brand new operating system at a seemingly huge disadvantage to other, more entrenched household names like Windows Mobile or Symbian. Well, all that could change -- at least according to research just released by Gartner, Inc. The company's report claims that Android c...
Android OS for the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro!
Original at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews
• Mon, Jun 22
By Will Park It’s not everyday you see a Windows Mobile smartphone running a Linux-based mobile operating system. But, in the crazy (crazy cool, that is) world of handset hackery, anything is possible. So, it shouldn’t be all that surprising that Android hackers have ported Android OS to the HTC Touch...
Switched On: When netbooks suffer from 'Droid rage
Original at Engadget
• Tue, Jun 16
By Ross Rubin Despite powering only a handful of handsets available on the market, Android has already had a significant impact on the competitive landscape in smartphones. Looking at its primary rivals that run on a variety of hardware from multiple manufacturers, Android has provided a free and hi...
Opinion: HTC TouchFLO 3D: Separating the Interface From Windows Mobile
Original at jkOnTheRun
• Tue, Jun 16
TouchFLO has become the de facto face of HTC Windows Mobile phones, at least the most innovative and popular ones. This is good for consumers, and great for HTC, but not so good for Microsoft. What is stopping HTC from porting TouchFLO to the Android ... T3 - Pocket PC Thoughts
The Signal (IntoMobile Podcast: Episode 24) - Win a Free Xda Zest from O2!
Original at IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews
• Sat, May 2
By Simon Sage Headlines Pics and Specs Leak of Next WebOS Handset: Palm Eos Latest Palm Pre leak points to June 7 launch on Sprint Analyst: Palm Won’t Live to 2010 Motorola Ironman Coming with Android? Motorola Calgary leaked as Motorola’s first Android handset iPhone-Fighting Microsoft Handset Co...
What the iPhone OS 3.0 update might really mean
Original at InfoWorld
• Fri, Mar 13
If Apple were to take the step to bring iPhone OS to devices beyond the iPhone and iPod Touch, it wouldn't be the first time a mobile operating system jumped from handset to device. Ignoring, for a moment the talk of future Android-based devices, Microsoft paved the way for this path with its...
(Prē)dicting Palm success: better app store
Original at palmaddict.typepad.com
• Sun, Mar 8
By Andy J. S. Ballmer keeps close watch on Apple and Android (Wireless blog)Pre to Win IPhone Users After Contracts, McNamee Says (Correct) (Bloomberg)iPhone rules—thanks to the apps (Macworld)iPhone beats Windows Mobile to 25,000 applications (Macworld)iPhone users download five apps each...
Samsung Memoir 8-Megapixel Cameraphone Lightning Review [Samsung Memoir]
Original at F
• Wed, Feb 25
The Verdict: A pretty damn good cameraphone. The TouchWiz UI is pretty much the same as the version on the Samsung Behold. In short, it’s more usable as a touchscreen phone (keyboard is fairly decent) than Windows Mobile phones, but not quite as good as say, Android or the iPhone. It does have h...
WrapUp: Windows Mobile 6.5 Hands-On, Offline Gmail for iPhone/Android, and More
Original at CyberNet
• Mon, Feb 23
By Ryan Microsoft is picking up on what users want in a touch interface. Windows Mobile 6.5 pulls some of the aesthetics from the iPhone, but at the same time also has a unique interface styling. It will be interesting to see how cellphone manufacturers decide to make use of this new operating system.
TI's OMAP 3 hardware doesn't manage to do Windows Mobile 6.5 any favors
Original at Engadget
• Wed, Feb 18
By Paul Miller We were really impressed with Texas Instruments' OMAP 3-based mobile development platform when we saw it running Android earlier today, and the hardware seems to hold up well to all sorts of video-accelerated magic for a multitude of Linux-based interfaces. Not so much with Windows Mob...
PreDevCamp Aims to Burgeon Palm WebOS Development
Original at Webmonkey
• Wed, Feb 4
By Scott Loganbill The organizers hope the event will mobilize the development community around Palm’s web-based operating system, WebOS. The operating system and device is set to compete against Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android, Nokia’s Symbian and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating systems. It’...
Opinion: PalmPre vs. iPhone vs. WinMo vs. Android vs. BlackBerry - Fight!
Original at Mobility Site
• Wed, Jan 14
By Gil Bouhnick Windows Mobile: 0 pts Windows Mobile: 1 pts Windows Mobile: 2 pts Windows Mobile: 3 pts Windows Mobile: 3 pts Windows Mobile: 4 pts Windows Mobile: 5 pts Windows Mobile: 5 pts Windows Mobile: 5 pts Windows Mobile: 6 pts Windows Mobile: 6 pts Windows Mobile: 7 pts Windows Mobile: 7 pts
Podcast: TWiT: Talking CES, Macworld, smartphones and more
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Mon, Jan 5
By Dwight But much of the conversation centers on the evolving smartphone market, including the future of Palm, which hopes to save its sinking ship with a new operating system code-named Nova; Microsoft's plans for Windows Mobile; the iPhone's increasing dominance; and where Google Android O...
Opinion: Reader's Choice: iPhone, Google, Microsoft & Security
Original at InternetNews.com
• Mon, Dec 29
Reader's Choice: iPhone, Google, Microsoft & Security - HTC claim Android doing better than Windows Mobile? Phones Review Google Android Cutting Into Windows Mobile Marketshare Pocket PC Thoughts Google Watchers Strike Down Google Netbook Notion eWeek the iPhone Blog
Opinion: HTC claim Android doing better than Windows Mobile?
Original at Phones Review
• Sun, Dec 28
the iPhone Blog Well lets see, new highly promoted Android comes out and hurts sales of the companies Windows Mobile handsets, well isn’t that sort of natural? Did HTC ... Google Android Cutting Into Windows Mobile Marketshare Pocket PC Thoughts
Google Android Cutting Into Windows Mobile Marketshare
Original at Pocket PC Thoughts
• Sat, Dec 27
By Rocco Augusto This is unsurprising news. In 2008 we saw a drastic increase in touch based Windows Mobile devices, such as the HTC Touch Pro and HTC Touch HD but at the same time we also saw almost all Windows Mobile device makers move away from Windows Mobile Standard platform, which in my opinion is the bre...
Google Android Cutting Into Windows Mobile Marketshare
Original at Smartphone Thoughts.com
• Sat, Dec 27
By Rocco Augusto This is unsurprising news. In 2008 we saw a drastic increase in touch based Windows Mobile devices, such as the HTC Touch Pro and HTC Touch HD but at the same time we also saw almost all Windows Mobile device makers move away from Windows Mobile Standard platform, which in my opinion is the bre...
Mobius 2008, Winter Edition
Original at Smartphone Thoughts.com
• Tue, Dec 23
By Jason Dunn • There is no "Windows" of the mobile world, meaning a single standard that unifies everything. Lots of pieces: Windows Mobile, Android (Linux), RIM (Java), Palm, Mac OS, Series 60; Figure 18: Live Mesh is a platform upon which many Microsoft services are going to be based.
Mobius 2008, Winter Edition
Original at Pocket PC Thoughts
• Tue, Dec 23
By Jason Dunn • There is no "Windows" of the mobile world, meaning a single standard that unifies everything. Lots of pieces: Windows Mobile, Android (Linux), RIM (Java), Palm, Mac OS, Series 60 Figure 18: Live Mesh is a platform upon which many Microsoft services are going to be based.
MIT students have created several useful and innovative mobile applications
Original at SlashGear
• Tue, Dec 16
By Shawn Brown MIT students have managed to create fully working mobile applications for the Windows Mobile, Android, and Symbian platforms, all while taking on a full college load at one of the most challenging schools in the entire country. Mentors from many companies including Google, Nokia, Bank...
Kogan Agora and Agora Pro
Original at ZDNet.com.au
• Mon, Dec 8
By edit@zdnet.com.au (Alex Serpo) Outlook With their stupidly cheap price tag, exciting Android OS and a full QWERTY keypad, the Agoras have a huge amount of potential. Comments (0) | Email this Share: Google | Facebook | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Slashdot | StumbleUpon
Google selling unlocked Android phone
Original at ZDNet.com.au
• Mon, Dec 8
By edit@zdnet.com.au (Matthew Broersma) Android is a full mobile stack, from operating system to applications. It is the handiwork of the Google-led Open Handset Alliance and a developer community, who both hope to create an alternative to the current crop of largely proprietary mobile platforms, such as the iPhone and Window...
Podcast: Global News Update: Friday, November 7, 2008
Original at Computerworld
• Fri, Nov 7
By Daily Global IT News Update In today's podcast: Nvidia's Tegra processors coming in 2009; Ballmer says Android not a competitive threat to Windows Mobile; and Apple's iPhone 3G takes second place in smartphone sales. read more
First Motorola and now Asus follow HTC into the Android Market
Original at palmaddict.typepad.com
• Wed, Oct 29
By NickC321 Also in news today Asus announce that they too would be entering the Smartphone market with an Android-based phone (for more details, look here). Other rumors suggest that even Nokia (the sole owners who open sourced Symbian) may also looking at Android for its new platform (some how I don...
T-Mobile G1 review - Engadget
Original at Mobility Site
• Thu, Oct 16
By ctitanic Well, after reading this review I have to rethink a little bit the whole idea of buying one. There is not any doubt in my mind that Android will be a tough competition for Windows Mobile and for the iPhone. Android has the energy of a teenager while Windows Mobile has not been changed a lot in the l...
T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review [Google Android]
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Oct 15
By Jason Chen Screen: The touchscreen is bright, renders text clearly and is, on the whole, pretty great. It uses capacitive touch, like the iPhone, so you use your fingertip, not a stylus, to poke around. There are cases when screen presses don't register properly—they're not too often, but often enou...