Android

When Google joined the cellular phone market, they created Android, their first smartphone operating system. Based on Linux, the Android OS promises power, flexibility, and extendability.HTC was the first to introduce a device that will run the Android OS, the G1. Android is not only an OS but a software platform. This gives all cellular manufacturers the ability to build new device that can use Android.

The Android platform is completely open-source, allowing any developer to tap into its full power and create some pretty cool apps. Check out some of the winners of the Android Developer Challenge.

On Friday, a press release announced the winners of the Android Network Awards, a community-based program created by several of the top Android sites...
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A preview of the happy dilemma facing Sprint customers this Winter? Could be. Noah pits the Palm Pre vs the HTC Hero in the final chapter of this...
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Back in April, I posted an item called “Meatspace Hyperlinks.” The idea (which I totally pilfered from ReadWriteWeb) was that users could aim their...
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Though the rumors have varied slightly from source to source, it's been pretty much confirmed for the past few months that the HTC Hero was coming...
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Oh, hey, I live near San Francisco and I'm free September 10th.  Maybe I should go check this out.  Maybe they'll have cupcakes or donuts or even...
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Yesterday I posted on the FCC's approval of a Huawei device refered to in the application materials as "Model Number:T-Mobile Pulse/Pulse/U8220." The...
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Carmen Delessio of Talking Android is back. Hot on the heels of his Amazon SimpleDB work comes BFF Photo: an Android app for viewing and uploading...
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Do you use your cell phone to look up numbers you want to dial on the office phone? Do you prepare for a call by bringing up account information, a...
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Let me take you back to January 16th, 2009. People around the world were disappointed when it was announced that their pre-orders for the affordable...
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The HTC Click - not to be confused with the Cliq, a.k.a., Motorola Morrison - appears here running Android android 1.50.999.0 (purported to be Donut...
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It feels like we've been hearing about the Android-powered Archos Internet Media Tablet for a very long time now. Thankfully, we're just a few weeks...
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Despite disappointing specs, HTC's Lancaster has a great form factor and lovely image. Perhaps most importantly, it represents the first chance for...
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TomTom has apparently "implied to Pocket-lint" that they will follow up on their successful iPhone software launch with a GPS navigation app for the...
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While the banding isn't right for 3G speeds on T-Mobile US, a recent FCC filing shows the stamp of approval for "Model Number:T-Mobile Pulse/Pulse/...
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It's no secret that HTC's G1 - the first device to ship with Android - has become a hacker and modder playground. As far as I know, it is the most...
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Paul from MoDaCo got his hands on a build of the forthcoming firmware update to HTC's Hero, and he says the new build takes the Android smartphone "...
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  Tell me there's a decent processor and a 3.5mm headphone jack on this thing and I'll buy one. I'm more and more enamored of Android all the time,...
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I haven't had the chance to test this one out for myself yet but it looks pretty great. I think it's safe to say you shouldn't be running the auto-...
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