Posted on 21 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
It looks like residents of the Philippines are going to be getting their hands on an Android-powered handset soon enough all thanks to Taiwanese firm HTC. Mark Sergio, HTC Philippines country manager, said that the company is ready to ship the G1 to customers after receiving a lot of inquiries about the device.
The company is still considering various ways to ...
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Posted on 21 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
NitroDesk has released another solution to syncing your contacts with your Android-powered handset. This method is entirely within the application itself, no need for any PC client. TouchDown securely connects to corporate exchange systems to provide users with instant access to contacts, email and calendar information.
TouchDown not only provides users with a great way to fetch their information, but also ...
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Posted on 20 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
As many of our readers know it seems that companies are very unsure about what they are and are not doing. Yesterday we reported that NNT DoCoMo and South Korea’s KT Fretel were working together on an Android-powered handset only to find out later that KT Fretel has no plans to work with NNT DoCoMo on an Android. Now we ...
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Posted on 20 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
Toronto based company Koolu, has just announced their work in optimizing and supporting the Android platform on the FreeRunner opensource handset by Openmoko. The beta version of the Koolu version of Android will be made available the first week of December with the final release scheduled in Q1 2009.
Koolu will support developers who would like the freedom of opensource to ...
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Posted on 20 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
Everybody who has the T-Mobile G1 can testify that the USB adapter needed for the 3.5mm headphone jack is a bit clunky and annoying. Well it sounds like T-Mobile has taken note of this problem and now has a fix for those who have not yet purchased the G1.
One of the largest complaints we have heard is the lack of ...
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Posted on 19 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
It seems just as soon as the news breaks regarding NTT DoCoMo and South Korea’s KT Fretel’s partnership for an Android-powered handset, it is quickly shot down by none other than KT Fretel. They have come forth and denied any involvement with NTT DoCoMo in development of an Android.
According to a report made by Telecoms Korea, KT Fretel denied having ...
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Posted on 19 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
In last few months we have heard news of a ton of foreign companies, mostly in China, that have started working on their own Android-powered handsets. Most of these companies are extremely small and have virtually no credibility. The latest news comes out of Japan.
NTT DoCoMo along with South Korea’s KT Freetell are the latest to announce work on new ...
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Posted on 18 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
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?
Phoload who has offered plenty of games and applications for many different platforms and handsets in the past, is now expanding their reach to the Android platform. ...
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Posted on 18 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
With all the recent advancements we have seen lately closing the gap between the T-mobile G1 and Apple’s iPhone, there is yet another coming through the wood work. Reports are coming in that the T-Mobile G1 is technically capable of having multi-touch. Apple fanboys now have less of an argument when it comes to comparing the two.
An intelligent coder, who ...
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Posted on 18 November 2008 by Shawn Brown
China just seems to be doing everything in their power to get an Android-powered handset as soon as possible. China deserves a pat on the back because they have managed to get one before the end of 2008. Meet Sciphone’s “Dream G2”, you’ve got to love the name it must have been so hard to come up with.
As the name ...
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