The Android platform finally got entrance of paid applications into the market this week, which many believe will finally give Android the edge it needs to compete with other smart phones. Purchase and payment takes place through Google Checkout. Of note, purchases can be “returned” within 24 hours of purchase (not of install) for a …
Google took to the stage to unveil GMail’s offline functionality this week, but may have inadvertently announced something else, too: the T-Mobile G2. Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering, used the new HTC Magic to demonstrate the app, but rather than Vodafone branding the handset he brought out had T-Mobile’s logo. Currently, the only announced …
Texas Instruments were demonstrating their Zoom OMAP34x-II Mobile Development Platform at Mobile World Congress this week, and among the software was a very recent build of Android. In fact, according to the TI staff, the Android build they’re running is only a week old. The Zoom is intended for developers interested in coding for the …
You’ve seen the preliminary video, you’ve read the specs; now it’s time for the motherload of HTC Magic information. We sat down with HTC’s digital communications manager, Eric Lin, to talk Android, Vodafone and all things Magic. In terms of the hardware, under the hood there’s little different to the G1. What HTC have tweaked …
Usually it’s tough to get company reps to stop talking about their products long enough to escape from the booth, but someone seems to have failed to tell Huawei that. The company announced back in January that it would be bringing its first Android phone to Mobile World Congress, but now that we’re here trying …
Google have developed a webapp version of GMail for Android that supports offline use, demonstrating it at a Mobile World Congress panel this morning. The app – which caches not only the user data but also an executable version of the software itself – relies on the AppCache and Database standards of HTML5, which are …
T-Mobile UK have released a list of the top ten most popular Android applications, as downloaded to the T-Mobile G1 by users in the UK. The list, which spans backup apps, shopping comparison search engines and horoscope information, have all been available free through the Android Market. Top of the ranking is The Weather Channel, …
We know we said that HTC weren’t allowing live shots or video of the HTC Magic, but we couldn’t leave it at that. Non-final hardware or not, we know you guys are as excited by the Magic as we are, and still want to see it. Hands-on, the HTC Magic is everything the G1 was …
It’s been all quiet on the Android front here at Mobile World Congress, and for a while we worried we might end up leaving the show without seeing anything other than reference platforms and non-functional dummy phones. All that has changed with the news that Vodafone have clinched a deal to launch the second Android …
Samsung will no longer be bringing an Android-based device to Mobile World Congress next week, and has reportedly delayed the release of its first Android smartphone to the second half of 2009. The company was originally expected to showcase at least one new device, running the open-source platform, in Barcelona, prior to a release tipped …
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