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.

Engadget titled this story Google's altruistic Ion giveaway instantly rewarded with blind greed. And while I can understand the angle, I identify...
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Andy Rubin is Google's Senior Director of Mobile Platforms. He is a (if not the) key figure behind the team effort that is Android. And, as can be...
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I wasn't able to get to Google I/O for an early look at what the search giant has in mind for the coming year, but Engadget is there, and they've...
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EDIT: Below is a video of the Google I/O keynote segment where the audience was told that all 4,000 of them would receive a free Android phone and a...
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If Sprint was the cell phone journalists? flavor of the week last week, well ? then it appears that AT&T just isn't having that. The ?leaks? have...
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I couldn't be at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona, but ars technica was. And they were able to grab a snap of what amounts to (for practical...
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Once again, insert the standard disclaimer here. The quickest, most trouble-free and simple method of getting your cupcake right now is explained in...
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It may not be an issue for those who have installed Haykuro's release of HTC's lovely Android keyboard (1st image below - see comments for...
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Just a quick flashback to October 15th, 2008 - six days before I received my pre-ordered G1, I wrote a post called The Face of Android. For those who...
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I'm going to refer, once again, to the HTC '09 line-up that was leaked back in January. If you jump down to the bottom of that post, you'll find a...
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It's a developer's version right now, but the Trimble Nomad with Android is available at two price points: $1274 and $2249. That's a hefty chunk of...
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There are some interesting things happening in Android gaming, and more specifically, in G1 Gaming. Take for instance the new Zeboo console designed...
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For those of you in The Great White North that are looking for an Android device but don't like the idea of a three-year commitment (yes, it takes a...
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I don't mean to say that there's nothing to be happy about regarding the features of Cupcake. It's just that it's been hyped so hard for so long (I...
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EDIT: Cyanogen has provided a recovery image with Nandroid RESTORE (no computer needed)!________Are you an Ubuntu user? Do you own a G1? Let me...
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In this video, a Dell technology strategist talks about the new Mini10v and displays three of them running on Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and...
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Remember that leaked T-Mobile roadmap where certain elements  were hidden by black boxes? It depicted Houdini, Sapphire, and Bigfoot, and disclosed...
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Appearing in Tokyo at the Embedded Systems Expo was an experimental unit that utilizes Android for web and HD video. It still needs some tweaks for...
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As great as it is to say that you'll be the "future owner of a Samsung i7500," French mobile carrier Bouygues Telecom has decided to knock off the...
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Sorry, folks. T-Mo has announced a delay in the OTA Cupcake update. See the link for the announcement over at T-Mobile forums. Man, oh, man. Early...
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