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android
8:15 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Addy Dugdale
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Google is the Tetsuo of tech. It's already massive, but it grows uncontrollably in a million different directions and almost feels like it's on the verge of creating its own gUniverse. [Ed. note: "Gooniverse"?] At times, it's both amazing and scary to watch. 2007 was the biggest year yet for Google, but crazily enough, most of it seemed to be merely setting the stage for the total world domination that will occur in 2008.
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Japanese cellphone company Willcom has shown the new Android phone OS up and running on phone hardware (although a reference board and not an actual phone), demonstrating multitasking functionality such as answering a call while browsing Google Maps. Can you feel the excitement?! Android isn't going to be all that exciting until user-made apps come along to make the open-source OS live up to its pedigree, but until then it's still fun to follow it's march towards being loaded on a real phone you can actually use. [Keitai Watch via Digital World Tokyo]
10:25 AM on Tue Dec 11 2007
By Adam Frucci
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Latest by Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer: @feckineejit: Nope, but we can follow it is march. What's this article about again? Oh yeah, phones from the future. Someone's got some shrinking to do. more »
cellphones
6:20 PM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Jason Chen
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15 comments
Latest by Sqube: @Convergent_Punk: What do you mean they can't support the "any-device" model? It's easy: - You don't offer the phone for sale in your stores - You don't offer tech support - All you offer is minutes and/or data What's so difficult about that? Any more »
verizon n google
9:32 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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14 comments
Latest by kaulout: I think there is another angle to the whole Google Android, Verizon 'open' hullabaloo. Not many people have talked about it, but here goes...With open networks we are more likely to see Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology benefit. With 'open' more »
AT&T wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega mentioning in an interview on Friday that they'd talked to Google about joining the OHA and are "analyzing the situation" might seem like grist for the rumor mill (and headlines), but it probably isn't news.
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Font talk isn't exactly stimulating (unless you're scary weird), but it's worth giving the fonts Ascender's developed for Android's system UI a close look since you'll be looking closely at them in Android's app menus, web browser and other texty situations. Overall, they seem pretty clean with a nice smoothness to them, and if they're being accurately represented size-wise, definitely readable from a decent distance away. More specifics, and your thoughts, this way:
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3:30 AM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Matt Buchanan
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As promised, the Open Handset Alliance and Google have launched the Android SDK, and a very quick glance inside shows the plan for four different smartphone configurations, very close to the design aesthetic we'd expect with HTC on board. There are also a bunch of sample images depicting a warm, friendly—I might add, familiar—user interface. We found a lunar lander game, a notepad mockup, and lots of photos measuring 320x220 or smaller. Just one thing, what's the deal with all the chihuahuas? Have a look at the gallery as we plumb the kit for more info. Oh, and by all means check it out for yourselves and report back. [OHA/Google]
12:05 PM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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9 comments
Latest by lost.sync: the phone itself is completely secondary here. it's up to the handset makers to come up with interesting ideas and implement them. all that makes it an android phone is having android installed on it. android scales more »
fsj
The only companies that join consortia are the ones who are too stupid or shitty to make a great product on their own. It's like, Hey, we've got forty spazzo companies that can't fuck their way out of a paper bag; let's put them all together and maybe they'll magically become some kind of big bad powerhouse.More »
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is a fan of the Open Handset Alliance—not shocking, considering the open device requirement for the 700MHz spectrum auction and the recent end to exclusive apartment contracts for cable providers. [CNET]
smartphones
10:54 AM on Tue Nov 6 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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23 comments
cellphones
1:30 AM on Tue Nov 6 2007
By Matt Buchanan
4,736 views,
8 comments
gphone
We just talked with HTC, a major member in Google's Open Handset Alliance that's no stranger to making smartphones. While CEO Peter Chou couldn't tell us much about the hardware side of the equation—or even the Dream prototype, they could tell us some plans about the new device. First, they're going to continue their current sales strategy of pushing phones both through carriers and through their own channels, meaning there will be HTC-branded Google Phones.
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2:39 PM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Jason Chen
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21 comments
Latest by margretli: I'm a huge fan of both HTC and Google. My contract is up soon, and I'm in the market for a smart phone. However, I do live in Canada... more »
11:40 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Adam Frucci
15,514 views,
29 comments
Latest by MRKisThatKid: Did one kid just say he wants to wear his phone as underwear? Is that for the vibrating ringtone? Kinky. more »
gphone
The Google Phone has been announced, and instead of a phone that's manufactured by just one company, it's an open software platform that's going to be loaded on phones made by HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung. Those phones are going to be available in the US on Sprint and T-Mobile by the second half of 2008—plus, it's going to be available in China, Japan, Germany, Italy, and Spain on their respective carriers. The 34 members of the Open Handset Alliance developing this gPhone will throw in their expertise (example, Nvidia with their graphical abilities, Skype with their VoIPing) and offer the collective goods under an open source licensing agreement. Hell, Google might not even put their logo on the phone itself—they just want to sell advertisements to users through it.
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11:01 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Jason Chen
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35 comments
Latest by Vizi: The boom of cell-phone virus plagues? more »
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