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Google Confirms Employees Have ‘Google Phone’
Google confirmed Saturday that their internal developers are using an unreleased Android based phone, as contradictory rumors about a “Google Phone” flew back and forth across the Internet.On an official Google blog, vice president of product management Mario Queroz said that Google employees are using “a device that combines innovative hardware from a partner with [...]
It’s Google’s World And Handset Makers Just Live In It
When the Motorola Droid launched this month everyone was amazed that a company so down on its luck was able to put together a well-designed phone running a powerful, “brand new” OS. The whole package – hardware, software, and marketing – seemed flawless. In fact, phones running Android 1.5 now look hopelessly outdated and with [...]
First Look: Verizon Droid with Google Maps Nav GPS
After weeks of ads teasing us with glimpses of a handset that could do what iPhones don’t Verizon Wireless finally unveiled the Droid by Motorola. This is an impressive phone that flexes its raw data and graphics processing muscle as much as its does its smart features such as Google’s new turn-by-turn 3D Maps Navigation [...]
Android grabs attention at Sprint conference
For many of the 1,000-plus developers at the Sprint Open Developers Conference on Tuesday, there was but one word on their lips: Android. While talk in the past has focused on Windows Mobile or Palm, the biggest topic of conversation at the ninth annual conference in Santa Clara was Google’s 1-year-old smart phone operating system, [...]
Verizon’s Mystery Droid Takes Aim at Apple’s iPhone
New Ad Campaign Targets iPhone With Tagline, ‘Whatever iDon’t, Droid Does’ In an aggressive new ad campaign teasing a mystery phone with the potential to slay Apple’s leading smartphone, Verizon Wireless appears to have thrown down the gauntlet. Its Web and TV ad lists the iPhone’s most notorious flaws, such as the lack of a [...]
Augmented reality browser Layar wins 75K euro prize
Augmented reality browser Layar wins 75K euro prize – Springwise Innovative startups managed to scoop up some hefty cash prizes in Amsterdam on Friday. In addition to RidgeBlade winning EUR 500,000 in the Green Challenge, augmented reality browser Layar bagged EUR 75,000 in Vodafone’s Mobile Clicks contest. Layar is a free mobile browser that displays [...]
Google Makes Android 1.6 SDK Available
Google Makes Android 1.6 SDK Available Google is making Android, its open-source mobile operating system, sweeter still. Code-named Donut, Android 1.6′s updates include CDMA connectivity, better search capabilities, voice dialing and a quicker camera. Never have mobile operating systems so roused the appetite. Google announced Sept. 15 that the SDK for Android 1.6, the newest [...]
