Major update - more details emerge on Android Cupcake
January 27th, 2009
The highly anticipated, new update scheduled for all Android G1 users is nearly here. For the timebeing, more details have emerged. Read more…
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Archive for January, 2009
‘G2′ Android phone set to be announced imminently
January 23rd, 2009
T-Mobile is rumoured to be announcing the G2, a second Google Android phone, which could arrive as early as May. Read more…
G2 Android phone set to arrive by May?
January 23rd, 2009
Rumours are flooding the internet on the imminent arrival of the new version of the Android mobile phone – the G2. In fact, according to the Gizmodo website, many observers are predicting that the new phone will actually arrive in May. Read more…
Asus chairman confirms Eee Phone release
January 21st, 2009
Asus, which is best known for its component manufacturing on PC parts such as motherboards and DVD drives, has announced that it will be releasing a smartphone. The news was confirmed by Jonney Shih, CEO, in a recent interview with the New York Times. Read more…
Is Dell set to launch its own smartphone?
January 19th, 2009
Rumours are circulating that Dell, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of PCs, is set to launch its own smartphone, possibly based on the Android operating system (conflicting observers say that Windows might be more likely due to Dell’s strong Microsoft connections in the PC business). Read more…
Samsung to launch Google Android device
January 19th, 2009
As 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…
DroidBerry released for Blackberry Bold phone
January 16th, 2009
A 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…
CompuLab announces Multi-OS handset
January 15th, 2009
CompuLab, the computer module manufacturer, is not exactly high profile in the world of increasingly sleek and able smartphones. Its contribution to this year’s Consumer Electronics Show was the Exeda, an Android/WinMo device, which also supports Angstrom and Windows CE, plus possibly more operating systems in the future. Read more…
G1 Android phone gets Multi-Touch
January 14th, 2009
Android has been updated so you can now use iPhone-like pincer movements on T-Mobiles G1 handset. It has apparently always been Androids intention to allow for multi-touch, but until now all events have been obscured, due to the structure of the OS. Read more…
Second Android phone from HTC
January 13th, 2009
According to website GSMArena, HTC is set to release a new Google Android handset. The Chinese-based website has claimed that the ‘G2′, also known as ‘Hero’ will be brought to the market in the next few months: http://www.diypda.com/. The announcement has caused quite a stir among phone enthusiasts, who are eager to find out how HTC plans to improve the G1.
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