Google is the last company we would have expected to botch a platform launch. But, in hindsight, they may have rushed things a bit more than would have been prudent. After all, there’s a fair amount of heat coming from Cupertino, and we’re sure Google didn’t want to get burned by holding off on Android…
SiRF starts implementing key end-to-end location-enabling features to Android
Guess Android is still in the “over-hyped phase” hence media keeps bugging all of the founding members what’s happening. That being said, SiRF released a strange “working on it” announcement, stating they’ve started the process of “rapidly implementing key end-to-end location-enabling features” to ensure that GPS-enabled Android-powered mobile devices provide an optimal location awareness experience…
Motorola launching MOTO Ming 2 in Q2 2008
Remember when we said that there were rumblings of Motorola’s Linux-based MOTOMING successor, the Motorola A1600 Ming 2, launching in February of 2008? Right, well, it turns out that the MOTOMING 2 is due out in Q2 of 2008. DigiTimes reports that Inventec has secured the manufacturing contract. Bill Chen, General Manager of Motorola Taiwan’s…
Picture of a Google Android device in the wild
If you’ve used the emulator then you are familiar with the design of the product above. Not much information to be said except that it comes from Gizmodo who says that their developer friend thinks the OS is better than Windows Mobile 5. When your bar is Windows Mobile 5 then I guess everything looks…
Motorola A1600 MING 2 – MOTOMING successor coming next year?
The successor to Motorola’s svelte and dated MotoMING A1200 MING PDA phone has been a long time in the making. Motorola’s original A1200 MING was a great idea, but it just never quite captured a significant following in the US – although you can still find some brand-new (albeit years-old) A1200 MING handsets in some…
Video: Android Dreamphone spoof
Check this out – the fake Google Android Dreamphone spoof. The guy is in the middle of a phone call and suddenly he starts hearing ads relating to words he just said. We all know Google wants to put its ads everywhere, but man… this is way too much. It’s funny though… Enjoy the video!…
Willcom shows off Android prototype – multi-tasking on Android is a go
Ever since Google blitzed the blogosphere with their Android and OHA announcements, we’ve been waiting on news of manufacturers tooling up their Android-based wares. It looks like Willcom, our favorite wacky-mobile-phone manufacturer in Japan have an Android-based reference board up and running. The image you see above is the Willcom reference board running Android on…
Engadget interviews HTC CEO, calls US operators too powerful
Newsflash: American operators are holding back the country in terms of wireless telecommunications. Not really news, we all know this, but this is the first time we’re hearing the CEO of a major mobile phone manufacturing company say it outright. “US mobile operator behavior is very different. They are very powerful. [Chuckles] They are quite…
LiPS Forum nails down Release 1.0 specs – ready to take on Android
Google’s announcement of Android was big, there’s no doubt about that. But, the OHA and Android aren’t the only group to push for an open-source mobile phone movement based on Linux. The LiPS (Linux Phone Standards Forum) Forum has been championing the Linux cause for handsets on the open-source tip. With the might of Google…
Nokia Helsinki Flagship Store November 2007 News: White N76, custom engraving
Having previously lived in Helsinki, a trip to the Nokia Flagship store was practically a daily experiance. I got to see things in that small store that to this day have yet to be released in other shops. Now that I live in Tampere that frequency has dropped to a handful of visits per month.…