11 August 2009
Sony Ericsson is planning to enter the smartbook arena. But, the most surprising fact (or should I say, rumor) is that it will be an Android powered device. According to the guys at GadgetMix.com, some Taiwanese source suggests that Sony Ericsson is working on a smartbook to be released by the end of this year. No details about the device were available, but it is speculated that the the device "will use ARM processors to run some mobile OS, possibly Android.".
This news is nothing more than a rumor as of now. But, it remains to be seen, how far this device will be acceptable in the market. Sony Ericsson is generally famous for its high prices. Will that be the case with this device too ?
10 August 2009
Remember the Motorola Morrison, the first Android-powered toy by the company ? A few days back, there rumors about the device in the making. But, there were no other details about the device. Now, the specs and the speculated release date have been leaked.
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07 August 2009
Samsung’s product manager for the Samsung Reclaim, Casey Ryan said while talking to a New York Times reporter, that the users can expect to get their grip on Android powered touch screen devices, priced well below US $100. There was no mention about whether Samsung will be offering the devices or not. Also, there were no more details regarding the devices. But, if this report is to be believed, then we can expect to see Android devices all over the place.
07 August 2009
Jon von Tetzchner, Opera's CEO told to PCmag.com, that his company is working on a version of Opera Mobile which will run on the Android platform. Opera Mobile is already available for the Symbian and the Windows Mobile platforms. Now, it remains to be seen, how well it would be accepted in the Android world, as Android powered devices already ship-in with Web-kit based browser, which is considered to provide one of the best browsing experiences. Also, Opera mini is already available for Android.
So all the Opera fans, its time for you to make merry. Your favourite web browser will now run full-fledge on your favourite OS, Android.
07 August 2009
A couple of months back, there had been reports that Google plans to launch 15-20 Android devices by the end of this year. Also, there were reports that 50% of HTC phones releasing next year, would come loaded with Android. Both these news seem to be fruitifying now. Almost every day, news of some or the other Android device in the making crops up. Now, according to AndroidGuys, AT&T is working on an Android-powered device, the HTC Fiesta.
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05 August 2009
myTouch 3G, T-Mobile's second Android-powered phone has been officially launched today. The device will be available for $199.99 and are available in three colours, black, merlot and white. This device comes without a hardware keyboard, and appears much slimmer than T-Mobile G1, the company's first Android-powered device.
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05 August 2009
Every Android-powered device starts making news even before it goes into the manufacturing stage. But videos of Skate, an Android-powered smartphone by Innocomm Inc. is already making rounds on youtube.com and we had no hint about this device till date. Innocomm claims that Skate is "the World’s smallest 2.8" smartphone based on the Android OS."
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05 August 2009
Amazon.com and Google have launched an Amazon app for Android powered devices. This app would run on any Android device and is available for free, from the Android Market.
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02 August 2009
Some time back, we had reported that Sony Ericsson is working on Xperia X3, an Android powered device, which will sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that runs at a mind-boggling clock speed of 1GHz. Now, Andy Rubin of Google Inc. has reported in an interview that Google plans to take advantage of processors like the Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm Inc. to support features like 3D gaming in the later versions of Android.
The Android versions which are currently in the news circuit is Donut (Android 1.6) , Eclair (Android 2.0) and Flan (the third version). We have already heard a lot about Donut and it does not seem to include any such features. So probably, this will be available with Eclair or Flan.
But currently, the only device which claims to sport a Snapdragon Chipset is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X3. So, this lets me wonder, will it come with Android Eclair or Flan? Possible.
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02 August 2009
Surprised? Don't be. Because, Andy Rubin, vice president of engineering at Google told in an interview that Google has already started working on the fourth version of Android.
There are no details about the version, but it is for sure that future versions of the Android OS will have special focus on enterprise customers. In a recent news post, we had reported that Google is planning to include functionalities like that of Blackberry, which targets the businesses, in its later version. In addition to enterprise features, Google also plans to bring 3D gaming to its mobile phones by making use of powerful mobile CPUs like the one from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon that runs at 1GHz clock speed.
Right now, Blackberries are still considered as the best and most productive (mobile) business tool.
"Today, we don't support many enterprise applications but in the future, I think enterprise will be a good focus for us," Rubin, vice president of engineering at Google
Google although already offers an array of its services like Google Mail, Google Calenders and Google Docs on its Android phones, but they are not enough for making its name in enterpirses.
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