Sprint has commented on their future with Android this week. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, told the media that Android is not (yet) good enough for the Sprint name. This certainly comes as a surprise to us as Sprint is one of the founding companies of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Android Community shared an unlocking [...]
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China Mobile working with Lenovo on Android
China Mobile has set plans in motion for the release on an Android-powered handset sometime between February and March 2009. Unlike the first Android phone, China Mobile has decided not to go with Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC. China Mobile has turned to Lenovo to help deliver the first Android-powered handset to China. Looking at the [...]
Kyocera announces development of Android platform
As the official launch of HTC’s T-Mobile G1 is only hours away, more handset developers let the press know that they are going to be working on an Android-powered handsets of their own. Interestingly enough Kyocera was not one of the original members of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). Reports come in stating that Kyocera [...]
Android Community Week in Review – Week 40 2008
More and more information about future Android-powered handsets surfaced this week. Samsung and LG apparently won’t be releasing a handset until at least Q3 2009, giving T-Mobile more than amazing sales opportunities. T-Mobile expects to sell half a million handsets in 2008 alone. Motorola has confirmed rumors that they are expanding their Android team by as [...]
Motorola Confirms Development with Android
Motorola have confirmed that they are working on products for Android in a statement made to BetaNews this morning. However, no comment was made in reference to rumors of expanding their Android development team from 50 to 350. This official confirmation comes as no great surprise; Motorola has been one of the founding members of [...]
Samsung and LG releasing Androids as soon as Q3 2009
As more and more rumors float around about future Android-powered handsets, we all get a little more excited in anticipation for the next big device. Samsung and LG are now working on bringing Android powered-handsets to market. There is still no definite date as to when we will be seeing them but we do know [...]
China working on TD-SCDMA 3G Android Phone?
We have heard very little thus far on Android coming to other countries. The largest operator of mobile communication services in china, China Mobile Communications (China Mobile), may introduce the first Android to China. They plan to include outsourced production by Taiwan-based High Tech Computer (HTC) who made the T-Mobile G1. China Mobile is the only [...]
Motorola expands Android team; Nokia and Verizon eyeing platform?
Several cell phone manufacturers are gearing up to start releasing Android powered handsets in coming months. Although there is not much being said about what companies are doing, Motorola has reportedly been trying to recruit members to its small Android team. Motorola was one of the first original partners of the Open Handset Alliance and [...]
T-Mobile ramps up 3G expansion in G1 preparation
T-Mobile USA have announced their latest 3G network timetable, and as you might expect it’s heavily weighted toward providing coverage for the carrier’s upcoming Android smartphone. By mid-October T-Mobile have pledged to have a further eight areas offering 3G, in addition to the existing thirteen. The new areas include Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, Philadelphia, [...]
Jason Chen answers questions about Android
Right after the Google IO keynote on Tuesday, I rushed off to attend the press conference and as result missing the first few Android sessions. It’s a good thing that Ed Burnette of ZDNet, we have a few more questions answered as well as clearing up some confusion regarding the Android platform. The Introduction to Android [...]
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