Fans of the Android operating system may want to wait for next year to take the plunge, as it appears there will be a plethora of smartphones that use Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s open source operating system.T-Mobile’s G1 is the only commercially available Android-powered smartphone, but the handset’s design has been hit or miss with many [...]
By David Meyer
Imminent enhancements to Google’s Android mobile platform were revealed last week, in the form of a development effort called “Cupcake.”
Android is in the process of being turned by Google from its own development project into open source. Last week, some of the changes made to the mobile operating system by a private [...]
By Steve Bills
Visa Inc.is pushing forward with plans to make the mobile phone an important financial tool by offering its first commercial application to link handsets with U.S. payment cards.
The San Francisco company has been testing a variety of financial applications for phones in this country and elsewhere. Today it is expected to announced that [...]
Location-based social networking application Loopt is launching today to consumers through the Android Market, Google’s new mobile application store. Users of the T-Mobile G1, the first Android phone, will be able to download it immediately and use it for free. Continued……
Artificial Life a leading full service provider of award winning mobile technology, games and applications, today announced its development of Klitschko Boxing — The Official Mobile Game on G1’s Android mobile platform, the newly established open-source OS developed by Google that is growing in popularity. Continued……
The T-Mobile G1 is an impressive device that has been performing rock solidly for me these past few weeks. The idea of running the Google Android device was to have it move from phones to other devices in the future and according to Linux Devices an enterprising developer has ported Android to the Nokia N810 [...]
Just weeks after Opera Mini for the Android was revealed, here’s one more contender vying for the top spot of the best browser for the Android platform.
Kolbysoft has introduced its new browser “Steel” for Android users; and yes, its based on the same “Webkit” engine as the iPhone’s Safari and the G1’s existing default browser. [...]
The iSafe application provides information about the weather, the air quality and the pollen count, and it lets users know if a neighborhood is a high-crime area. Users can access the free service at www.FreeFamilyWatch.com. It does not require software downloads and works on the iPhone, the Blackberry, and the Google Android.
As an IT [...]
Ever since Apple introduced visual voicemail with the launch of the iPhone, envious customers of competing carriers have requested it as a feature for their own phones.
Thanks to the new version of their visual voice mail application, PhoneFusion looks like it’s the first company to take the Android plunge into voicemail efficiency. It might not [...]
Games and restaurant recommendations are all well and good, but they don’t really amount to much if you don’t have your health. Matrixx Initiatives may possibly be the first over the counter cold medication manufacturer to get into the mobile app business. The maker of Zicam Cold Remedy is releasing the Zicam Cold & Flu [...]
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mobile phone subscribers everywhere will now have the opportunity to strum guitar strings and play the drums to the tune of their favorite songs. Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world’s leading developer of connected [...]
BONSTETTEN, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Softwired released iBus Mobile 6.8.1, which supports devices based on the Android Mobile OS for SmartPhones, PDA’s and other mobile devices. iBus Mobile enables simple integration of Android OS based devices directly [...]
Dan Meyer
Application: Amazon MP3 for Android
Running on: HTC G1 using T-Mobile USA’s network as well as Wi-Fi networks.
Yay: A simple way to browse and sample music. Much easier than carrier-branded music store offerings. Nice integration with online Amazon accounts. Pricing is very competitive. Songs are DRM-free. Continued……
NEW YORK Omniture rolled out a new mobile application giving customers the ability to check SiteCatalyst information with Google Android. This is an extension of Omniture’s initiative to let marketers access reports and other data through mobile devices including the iPhone, which was announced in October. Continued…..
By Tim Conneally
Two weeks ago, Opera released the beta of Opera Mini 4.2. This morning it’s been made available to Android users directly from the Android Market.
Android Market, the open mobile OS’s app store, has been graced with only a handful of blockbuster applications, most of which were released when the T-Mobile G1 was released.
Now, [...]
By Wilson Rothman
Speaking of Android, you G1 fans may recall that the phone launched with zero-point-zero Exchange functionality, pissing off more than one business person (at least two or three). The Android masters said that the platform would happily support third-party Exchange integration, and lo, here it comes. This week, NitroDesk rolled out TouchDown, [...]
by Tim Stevens
When reviewing the G1 we found a lot to like, but a lot to dislike too. We knew that some of its shortcomings, like the missing headphone jack, were sadly permanent (free adapters notwithstanding), but hoped that it would just be a matter of time before some enterprising soul (with an enterprising compiler) [...]
Dilithium, the global leader in high-quality multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks, announced the availability of live video and Video On Demand (VOD) streaming support for the Android handsets utilizing the Dilithium [...]
Mogees, a mobile billing startup founded by PayPal alums, provides easy monetization solution for Android, iPhone, and Blackberry application developers.
Mountain View, California (PRWEB) November 19, 2008 — Mogees announced the official launch of the Mogees mobile billing platform, along with the Mogees Payment SDK Beta for the Android, paving the way for easy monetization for [...]
With an open source platform such as Android, there are going to be other sources for application downloads. One site that has started offering downloads for Android rather quickly is Phoload. Free games anyone? Continued……
By Ryan Paul
The Linux-based Android mobile platform, which was developed by Google for smartphone handsets, has been ported to TI’s Beagle Board. This port reflects the versatility of Android and demonstrates that it can be used viably on alternative hardware. Continued…….
by Stuart Dredge
UK developer FinBlade has released its first two games for Google’s Android mobile platform, but they’re not on the Android Market store.
Instead, they’ve been released on apps retailer Handango, allowing the developer to charge for them. Continued…..
By Erica Sadun
From the very beginning, Android has planned to support multitouch. The G1’s touch screen is a ClearPad, created by Synaptics—a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance. Synaptics provides the touch interface driver for Android, and will at some time offer “advanced multi-touch gestures for the Android platform.” Over at the RyeBlog, [...]
By James Alan Miller
November 18, 2008
A free, ad supported version of WeatherBug is now available for Google’s Android platform. You can download and install the application through the Android Market on the T-Mobile G1, the first - and so far only - Android-run handset. Continued…….
And this my friends, is the sweetness that comes with a more open platform: cool hackery! I wouldn’t have the programming chops to pull this off, but Brad Fitzpatrick has his G1 handset automatically open the garage door at his house whenever he comes home. Since his phone knows all about his home WiFi network, [...]
Adobe showed at the Adobe MAX 2008 developer conference Flash 10 running on Android. See a video of full flash running on the T-Mobile G1 below.
The Apple iPhone might never get Adobe Flash because it would impact Apple’s software control over the iPhone. See this new Wired article about this topic. This is a real [...]
Adobe Flash. It drains your mobile’s battery, makes proper videos play nice and provokes the ire of the hardest of hardcore tech geeks every time its found lacking in a supposedly killer device.
But while we can’t report any good news about it rearing its head in the iPhone, Adobe has confirmed plans to make it [...]
Social networking site Facebook is now available for the Google Android T-Mobile G1 via the Android market. It was only a matter of time before Facebook came to Android to compete with its social networking rival MySpace. Continued….
Google has begun releasing details about the vulnerabilities it patched in two updates to Google’s Android operating system software in the T-Mobile G1 smartphone.
The company had acknowledged some of the work earlier, but it has not posted an official comment about the vulnerabilities. However, Rich Cannings of the Android security team has shared details about [...]
