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Orange France rumoured to have six Android powered handsets

March 26th, 2009

post6Although there is an incredible amount of hype surrounding Google’s open-source operating system, Android, we are yet to see any addition to the HTC G1 device. The follow up to this handset, the HTC Magic, is due out next month, but other than that, fans of the OS have been left wanting more. When are we going to see all these promised Android phones from the big guns?  Read more…

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Android handsets to outsell iPhones by 2012

March 10th, 2009

post3A new report by ZDNet by Informa Telecoms and Media has found it probable that handsets that run on the open source operating system, Google Android, will outsell the Apple iPhone by 2012. Read more…

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Second Google Android phone set for April

March 5th, 2009

post2 Vodafone has posted pictures of the HTC Magic, the second Android phone, on its website. Read more…

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Samsung to release three new Android phones this year

February 20th, 2009

post2Manufacturing giant Samsung has announced that it aims to release three new Android handsets in 2009.

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, Samsung’s stand was notably missing any new Android handsets, but it has told the industry to expect three such handset by the end of the year. Read more…

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LG’s first Android mobile will be low cost

February 20th, 2009

post2LG have announced that they will be entering the Android market, but will not be producing an all-singing, all-dancing smartphone like those of its competitors. Instead, the manufacturer has plans for a low cost QWERTY handset, which will be adapted from one of its existing devices, known as the KS360. Read more…

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Huawei’s new Android phone may be exclusive to T-Mobile

February 20th, 2009

post3Huawei Technologies, the Chinese manufacturer is planning to release a new Android phone.

A spokesman for Huawei has announced that the plans for the device are official, and hinted that the exclusivity of it may go to T-Mobile. Read more…

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HTC Magic is the latest Google Android phone

February 18th, 2009

post5HTC has finally confirmed its second Google Android phone, the HTC Magic. The handset will be exclusive to Vodafone, following the exclusivity of the first handset being given to T-Mobile.

After all the rumours that have been circulating in the press and online, we have finally caught a glimpse of the device (albeit through a pane of glass) and we can confirm that it looks awesome.
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Samsung to launch Google Android device

January 19th, 2009

post4As part of the Open Handset Alliance it may not come as a surprise but Samsung is said to have confirmed that it will be launching its own Android phone. The phone will feature a full touch-screen, though there is no mention of a QWERTY keypad like on the T-Mobile G1, the world’s first handset to run on the Google Android open platform. Read more…

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DroidBerry released for Blackberry Bold phone

January 16th, 2009

post5A new theme has been released for the Blackberry Bold handset, which adopts the look of the Android G1 handset. Created by Jason Calhoun, the new theme features five homescreen icons, says the Crackberry website. Read more…

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G2 Android reported to be launched in January 2009

December 23rd, 2008

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Rumours are rife that the latest Android mobile phones will be released in January. It is expected that the next generation handset will be named the G2, and will include a whole host of improvements that are unavailable on the G1. The new phone will include MMS and video facilities.

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