I had a quick chat with Vic Gundotra prior to this morning’s Google IO 2009 keynote and he said to me there is many-many surprise at this year’s developer’s convention. It never occurred to me that one of those surprises included an Android-phone by HTC (also known as the HTC Magic). This version of the [...]
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Young Aussie first to announce Android-powered handset in Australia
A small consumer electronics maker in Melbourne Australia, who’s specialty is undercutting big brands, has become the first to announce that they will be selling an Android-powered handset in Australia. While the idea doesn’t sound like the most appealing idea to many customers, his track record proves that he knows what he is doing. Ruslan Kogan, [...]
T-Mobile G1 unlock possible; Android Community celebrates with giveaway
The first T-Mobile G1 has been unlocked thanks to the guys over at Unlock-TMobileG1.com. In honor of this we will be giving away 3 unlock codes for the T-mobile G1 in a community contest. This contest is open to any registered Android Community member. Unlocking the G1 is very quick and easy, in fact anyone who [...]
PocketFinder finds its way into the Android Market
Today Location Based Technologies Inc announced that Android smartphone users will now be able to download PocketFinder. This application gives users the ability to stay connected in several ways. Some of the features PocketFinder has to offer include real-time location, zone and speed alerts, instant messaging, and travel history for one low service fee. The CEO [...]
Handango expands to Android; sponsors Application contests
The leader of smartphone applications globally, Handango Inc, announced that they will be the first retailer to offer both free and paid applications for the first Android-powered smartphone that will be launched on October 22nd. Handango distributes applications created by some of the largest names in mobile applications such as Microsoft, Garmin, Ea Mobile and Capcom [...]
Android Community site updates
There has been a lot of growth with Android Community the last few weeks. Our members have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of the first Android-powered handset the T-Mobile G1. The forum has just exploded with news today that the G1 has already been shipped and people may be receiving their G1 a little early. We [...]
Android comes fully equipped with a killswitch
Word has surfaced that Google has a remote killswitch for applications on Android-powered handsets, much like Apple has for the iPhone. IPhone owners were very angry when they read that Apple could disable any application on their device remotely if they choose. Located in the Android Market terms of service, Google says that they might remove [...]
T-Mobile G1 Powered by Android Review
October 16th, and we’re finally allowed to tell you what we’ve wanted to say for the past week: the T-Mobile G1 is a very good cellphone indeed. The first handset commercially available to run Google’s Android platform and, with the exception perhaps of the iPhone 3G, the most anticipate mobile device launch of the year, [...]
First T-Mobile G1 user review
Android Community has done it again, this time we bring you an exclusive first time user review of T-Mobile’s G1. Forum member kaziko has given us a sneak peak at T-Mobile’s first device to run Google’s Android operating system. He put together a nice Q&A as well as providing us with a pros and cons [...]
zzzPhone to Sell Android?
Many people remember the failure of the zzzPhone from a while back. Now zzzPhone is claiming to have low-cost Android-powered handsets ready to ship to your door from China. Pictures of an “Android phone” are plastered all over the website. While no one is sure if this is a scam or not, one thing we [...]
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