Asustek Prepares for Android Phone Launch

Another phone running on Google’s Android platform will be released at the beginning of next year from Asustek Computer. The device will be available under this brand on the Taiwan market, but might also be available at a global level in the shape of customized versions. As a matter of fact, Asustek has big and concrete plans for the future. They... 

Google G1 Selling at Wal-Mart Starting this Wednesday

The G1 phone will start selling this Wednesday at a discounted price, according to statements from within Wal-Mart. Not the most glamorous beginning for Google’s phone, but surely an accessible one over US territory. How can we be picky on the store as long as the G1 handset will be selling for a discount price so soon since its release? The device... 

Easy Steps to Unlock the G1 Android Phone

T-Mobile G1 has just been unlocked and all in some easy steps which take no more than a few seconds. The phone was already running on Google’s open source platform, but now it got even easier to adapt to user needs, as changing carrier has never been simpler. 1. Insert friends activated T-mobile SIM into G1 along with battery 2. Power on and wait... 

2009 Brings Android Virtual Keyboard

And what a nice present for the beginning of next year it will be! Don’t get us wrong,  old fashioned QWERTY keypad is great, but sometimes touchscreen can be an even better solution. Many users that got to try out T-Mobile G1, the smartphone using Android platform, complained about the fact that they have to slide out the QWERTY keypad every time... 

Go Ahead, Make Your Own Android Device

Yes, what are you waiting for? The entire Android source code has just been released. This means that there are many people out there in hold of it and on their way to developing their own handsets using Google’s platform. The source code that is now available for everyone contains core components such as the bootloader, graphics and speech-recognition... 

Motorola Wants Its Own Android Smartphone

If only it was as easy as that! Motorola takes its time before unveiling its attempt of bringing out a phone using Android operating system developed by Google. Such a device will be out little before next year’s second half. Motorola is loosing points on the phone market and desperately needs some fresh products, as the RAZR phone had a reign for... 

Silverlight Wants to Take Over the iPhone

Well, at least the plugin wants to take over the iPhone’s web browsing area. These are ambitious plans for Microsoft, the developer of Silverlight, as it has to face Apple in the struggle to get its software above. Google’s Android mobile operating system is open source, which might make it easier for Microsoft to match up Silverlight with Android.... 

Firefox Mobile Won’t be Available on iPhone and Android

Christian Sejersen, mobile director of engineering from Mozilla recently stated (in a Silicon Republic interview that we won’t be seeing Firefox Mobile on the Mobile OS X and Android platforms. This is not a temporary decision, but rather an approach that will continue in the future as well. Regarding the iPhone, the reasons for not porting Firefox... 

T-Mobile G1 Viewed and Reviewed

People at Engadget had some time alone with the T-Mobile G1 mobile phone and managed to get to know it better. Their impression is sketched in a review deeply analyzing the Google Android phone, going well past the “industrial design” which is not at all promising. T-Mobile G1’s sizes are pretty large, but shapes good to the hand when used. The... 

T-Mobile G1 Fully Revealed in User Review

Android Community has an exclusive user review of the T-Mobile G1, one of the most talked about handsets of the last month. Forum member Kaziko takes a tour of the first device that runs Google Android and provides us with a Q&A session plus a very useful pros and cons list. Remember, we’ll see the G1 hitting the stores on October 22nd. T-Mobile... 

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