January 20th, 2009
The Android open-source mobile platform is moving to Europe as the World Mobile Congress draws near. Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile will soon sell its G1 Android phone in several European countries, with the price set $1.33 in Germany. An analyst said all the big companies except Apple, Nokia and Research in Motion will have Android phones.
With [...]
January 5th, 2009
Google is offering its G1 Android phone unlocked for $399 plus a $25 fee. The mobile phone option is designed to let developers test new applications
Google Inc has announced a new unlocked G1 phone without having to sign a T-Mobile contract. The purpose of the unlocked version is to let Google Android developers test new [...]
December 18th, 2008
h, Android - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways; I love that you’ve essentially eliminated the need to hypothesize what might be coming in future firmware updates as, due to your open source nature, it’s put out there for all to see. I love that.. well, there are other reasons, but [...]
December 15th, 2008
Visa Inc. is pushing forward with plans to make the mobile phone an important financial tool by offering its first commercial application to link handsets with U.S. payment cards.
The San Francisco company has been testing a variety of financial applications for phones in this country and elsewhere. Today it is expected to announced that it [...]
December 15th, 2008
This morning I had the opportunity to have a chat with Bhaskar Roy, Co-Founder and VP of Product Management of Qik, a popular live video casting application available on most major mobile platforms. It’s not the first time we’ve interviewed him but, with competition at an all time high, I figured it was time to [...]
December 10th, 2008
Can’t live without Fergie ringtones on your Android handset, but can’t take the time to throw together your own? You may be in luck. While rummaging around through the files tucked away within the Android Market package, the guys over at Phandroid noticed a couple of unused icons lingering. If these icons are any indication [...]
December 5th, 2008
Kogan, the Australian company that has electronics custom manufactured in China to sell direct to Australians, has pulled off a cool scoop in the world’s second Android phone to launch and the very first in Australia, starting at AUD $299 and not locked to any network. Wow!
The world’s second Google Android gPhone is here, it’s [...]
November 19th, 2008