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Clove to Launch Acer Liquid in UK in November

Computer maker Acer announced not too long ago the launch of its first mobile phone powered by Google's Android operating system, the Acer Liquid. The handset is now expected to come to the UK market via retailer Clove, which recently revealed that it planned on launching the device before the end of the ongoing...

21 November 2009
03:19 GMT

Sony Ericsson to Bring XPERIA X10's UI to More Devices

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson might bring the Nexus UX platform, which is better known as the Rachael user interface present on its Android-based XPERIA X10 handset, to more devices, even if not powered by Google's operating system. The high-end device, as many of you might already know, is ...

20 November 2009
09:42 GMT

Motorola Motus Photos and Specs Leaked

Mobile phone maker Motorola has been already rumored to plan delivering to the market a wider range of handsets running under Google's Android operating system, following the recent launch of Motorola DROID and Motorola CLIQ, and it seems that one of these phones is getting closer to becoming official. The Moto...

20 November 2009
04:59 GMT

Updated Google News Available for iPhone, Android, and webOS

Search engine company Google has just announced that mobile phone users owning a device powered by Apple's iPhone OS, Google's Android platform or Palm's webOS client (Palm Pre) are now able to enjoy an updated Google News offering. The new flavor of Google news for these handsets follows the previous...

20 November 2009
02:37 GMT

Gmail Chat Gets Custom Icons for Contacts Using Android Phones

Google doesn't really like big product and feature launches. It's about to have one very, very soon as it unleashes Google Chrome OS into the world, but for the most part its products and services evolve slowly with small but regular updates. Sometimes though, these small features may be a lot more importa...

19 November 2009
13:41 GMT

HTC Sense Arrives on HTC Magic

Taiwanese handset vendor HTC announced a while ago that it planned on bringing the HTC Sense solution on all of its Android-based devices, as well as on the Windows Mobile-powered ones, and now we learn that the company has just released the technology for HTC Magic. The update comes in the form of ROM Version: 3.03...

19 November 2009
09:54 GMT

Sony Ericsson Announces WebSDK for Android and Symbian

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced on Wednesday, at the Web 2.0 EXPO in New York, the launch of a beta version of its Sony Ericsson WebSDK, for its handset based on Google Android OS and Symbian. According to the company, the new solution is meant to offer both web and mobile developers the ...

19 November 2009
07:31 GMT

HTC Brings Tattoo and Hero to Australia

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC announced on Wednesday that it launched its Android-powered mobile phones HTC Tattoo and HTC Hero in Australia. Both handsets come to the market with the company's own HTC Sense philosophy and technology, and will be exclusively available for purchase from Harvey Norman for a...

19 November 2009
07:02 GMT

Google's Self-Branded Phone Comes in 2010

Search engine-based company Google has been rumored a few times before to plan launching on the market its own mobile phone, and now the same rumors have returned to the table. Although the company denied the existence of a self-branded device, claiming that it is only into the licensing software business when it co...

18 November 2009
08:43 GMT

250,000 DROID Units Sold in One Week

It seems that Motorola DROID, the second Android-based mobile phone the handset vendor delivered to the US market, has had a good first week of sales. A recent report from Flurry shows that the device was sold in around 250,000 units, which can be considered a great result both for Motorola and for Verizon. The Moto...

17 November 2009
05:10 GMT

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 in New Video

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, the first mobile phone from the Japanese-Swedish joint venture that runs under Google's Android operating system, has been announced officially at the beginning of this month, yet we won't be able to see it available on shelves until February next year. However, those who would li...

17 November 2009
04:35 GMT

Saygus Goes Official with Its VPhone

Saygus, Inc. announced on Monday its Android-powered mobile phone, called the Saygus VPhone, coming to the market with two-way video calling capability. The handset has been unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Awards in New York November 10, where it ...

17 November 2009
02:53 GMT

Samsung Behold II Officially Slated for November 18 Launch

Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA announced recently the official launch date for the Samsung Behold II, yet another Android-based mobile phone that makes it into its offering. Starting with November 18, T-Mobile subscribers will have the opportunity to enjoy the capabilities of the new device, which includes great mult...

16 November 2009
12:41 GMT

Motorola DROID Might Come with Sound Issues

The second Android-based mobile phone handset vendor that Motorola delivered to the market this year, namely the Motorola DROID, is considered at the moment to be the nicest Android device available. However, while being as appealing as it can be, it seems that some of its early adopters might have been plagued...

16 November 2009
11:01 GMT

Samsung ‘Galaxy Spica’ (I5700) Now Officially Available

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has made yet another step on the Android development road, materialized in the release of Samsung ‘Galaxy Spica’ (I5700), its fourth device sporting Google's operating system. Although the device has been rumored for a long time now and has been also launched ...

16 November 2009
04:02 GMT

XPERIA X10 Available in February Next Year

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson announced about two weeks ago the official launch of its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, but it hasn't delivered an exact release date for the device. However, the company's UK online store alre...

16 November 2009
03:18 GMT

Samsung Behold II Surfaces in Unboxing Video

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is one of the vendors that ventured on the Android road this year. The company already came to the market with four such handsets, one of which is the Samsung Behold II, which is expecting to be released on the airwaves of T-Mobile in the US as soon as November 18 is here. The...

13 November 2009
12:11 GMT

HTC Updates HTC Sync for HTC Magic, Hero and Tattoo

Android mobile phone users that own a handset manufactured by HTC might rejoice learning that the company has just updated the HTC Sync for the HTC Magic, HTC Hero and HTC Tattoo, so as to offer them increased connectivity with their own PCs. It seems that the new software version comes to the table so as to prove th...

13 November 2009
07:01 GMT

Motorola DROID Ripped Apart

Motorola DROID, the second mobile phone the handset vendor delivered to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, and also the first device to run under Android launched on Verizon's lineup, has just been disassembled by an enthusiast interested in what the phone looks like on the inside. ...

13 November 2009
06:10 GMT

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 in New Commercial

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson officially announced about ten days ago the existence of its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10. The rumors on this device go back about half a year, when it was known as the XPERIA X3, or Rachael, yet we shou...

12 November 2009
09:48 GMT

Spyware App Launched for Android

Android mobile phone users should be aware of the fact that a spyware application has been made commercially available for the platform running on their handsets, the Mobile Spy app. The software has already been released for other mobile operating systems, and now it has reached the Android platform too. What it doe...

11 November 2009
10:24 GMT

O2 Has Motorola MILESTONE Priced at €549,99

Motorola MILESTONE, the European version of the second handset Motorola delivered to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, the DROID, is expected to soon become available for purchase in Germany via O2. The wireless carrier already has the MILESTONE available for pre-order on its website, o...

11 November 2009
08:44 GMT

Alleged Photo of HTC Dragon's Screen Emerges

Verizon Wireless has just launched on its airwaves its first two mobile phones powered by Google's Android operating system, the Motorola DROID and HTC DROID ERIS, and now the rumor is that it is getting ready for the releases of a third such handset. The said Android device might be none other than the previous...

11 November 2009
07:10 GMT

Samsung to Focus on Android with Future Handsets

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung, the second largest handset vendor around the world, is reportedly getting ready to deliver to the market an increased number of devices powered by Google's Android operating system. In addition, the company is also said to plan leaving aside the development of Symbian-bas...

10 November 2009
09:02 GMT

OTA Update for DROID and DROID ERIS on December 11

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless delivered to the market its first handsets powered by Google's Android operating system on November 6 (the Motorola DROID and HTC DROID ERIS), and it seems that its focus on the OS and the devices that bear it won't stop here. According to the latest new around the Inte...

10 November 2009
02:53 GMT

Google Boasts the Droid's YouTube Features

Google isn't in the phone-making business, but it's not leaving anything to chance with the latest and greatest handset to sport the brand-new Android 2.0, the Motorola Droid. By all accounts, it's a great phone, and it's clear that Google has put all of its muscles behind the product. A couple of...

9 November 2009
12:18 GMT

Photoshop.com Mobile Comes to Android

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced on Friday the launch of Photoshop.com Mobile for Android, in a move aimed at extending the reach of its solution to more smartphone operating systems available on the market today. The new launch follows the recently unveiled Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, which has proven to be...

7 November 2009
05:50 GMT

LG to Deliver Snapdragon-Based Android Handset

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has already made a move into the Android side of the smartphone market, with the launch of LG GW620, which is also known around the Web as the LG Eve. However, it seems that the company does not plan to stop only here, but that it will come to the market with yet another...

7 November 2009
05:03 GMT

DROID and DROID ERIS Now Available for Purchase

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has finally opened the purchase process for the highly anticipated Motorola DROID handset, its first device powered by Google's Android operating system, and for the HTC DROID ERIS, the second Android phone it offers to its users. Rumored for quite a few months now, the two ...

6 November 2009
06:31 GMT

Verizon's DROID ERIS Gets Official, Unboxed

The HTC DROID ERIS is the second mobile phone Verizon Wireless is set to deliver to the market with Google's Android operating system on board. The new device has been rumored for quite some time to come to the market, but only today Big Red decided to make it official, while tomorrow, November 6, it will put it...

5 November 2009
10:27 GMT

LG Eve Arrives at Rogers with Android

Canadian mobile phone carrier Rogers has just made available a new mobile phone that runs under Google's Android operating system, the LG Eve. This way, it becomes the third Android-based device Rogers offers to its users, following the previous availability of HTC Dream and HTC Magic, the first two handsets to ...

4 November 2009
05:25 GMT

Motorola Sholes and Sholes Tablet Might Come to T-Mobile

Mobile phone maker Motorola has just announced the upcoming availability of its second handset running under Google's Android operating system, the Motorola DROID, which is set to come to US carrier Verizon Wireless on November 6. Moreover, the handset vendor also announced the launch of this phone on other mark...

3 November 2009
13:51 GMT

Motorola CLIQ Already Available from T-Mobile

T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced today the purchase availability of Motorola CLIQ, the first mobile phone from the company equipped with Google's Android operating system. The new handset comes to the market with its maker’s MOTOBLUR user experience, and can be acquired from T-Mobile retail stores and partner ...

3 November 2009
03:31 GMT

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Now Official

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson finally announced officially the launch of its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10. The fresh handheld, which has been spotted into the wild quite a few times before (under the name of XPERIA X3 or Rachael), co...

3 November 2009
02:38 GMT

DROID and DROID Eris Already Arriving in Verizon's Stores

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is set to make the second Motorola Android phone available for purchase on November 6, and it seems that its stores around the country are already receiving shipments of the device. Motorola DROID, the first Android phone Big Red announced as coming to its offering, is said to be...

2 November 2009
12:31 GMT

Samsung Moment Now Available from Sprint

Samsung Moment is the second mobile phone that reaches Sprint's airwaves with Google's Android operating system on board. The handset was announced as coming to the shelves a while ago, and now Android phone fans that are also Sprint customers can enjoy the features and capabilities of this handset. What it...

2 November 2009
10:33 GMT

Google Won't Build Its Own Phone

Search engine giant Google has been rumored a few times before to plan coming to the market with a handset developed by itself, yet it seems that the company has now stepped up and denied those sayings. Google is not into the phone-making business, according to Andy Rubin, head of Android development.“We'r...

2 November 2009
08:01 GMT

Acer Liquid on Video, Hits France in December

Acer Liquid, the first Android device delivered to the market by computer maker Acer, was officially unveiled a few weeks ago, and is reported to come to France sometime in December with Android 1.6 on board. There are little changes Acer has made to the operating system on its Acer Liquid handset, but this might be ...

2 November 2009
06:15 GMT

Sony Ericsson Rachael UI Appears on Video

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson is already known to plan officially announcing on November the launch of its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, namely the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 (formerly known as X3), and the gadget's supposed user interface has just emerged in ...

2 November 2009
02:44 GMT

Verizon's Droid Eris in Live Images

HTC Droid Eris has been said to be the second Android mobile phone Verizon Wireless plans to add to its offering, and a series of images and specs on the device already emerged into the wild, followed now by some live images with it, and a more detailed list of specifications and features the handset should come to t...

31 October 2009
07:17 GMT

Sony Ericsson's Android Phone Spotted on Video

Japanese-Swedish phone maker Sony Ericsson has been rumored for quite some time now to plan launching on the market a handset powered by Google's Android operating system, namely the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3, also known as Rachael, and now the device has got a teaser video, which shows that November 3 would be th...

31 October 2009
06:25 GMT

Handmark Launches Six New Apps for Android

Worldwide leading creator and distributor of mobile applications and services Handmark announced on Thursday the launch of six new applications developed for the Google Android operating system. According to the company, the new apps, New Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus, New Oxford Dictionary of English, New...

30 October 2009
15:21 GMT

HD2 Won't See Android, HTC Says

Taiwanese handset maker HTC Corporation is reportedly seeking to strengthen its position on the Windows Mobile phone market, remaining faithful to its long-term partner Microsoft. Thus, the company does not intend to come to the market with an Android version of its newly unveiled high-end HTC HD2, which is powered b...

30 October 2009
10:09 GMT

HTC Delivers Tattoo to Singapore

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced on Thursday the launch of its latest handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the HTC Tattoo, in Singapore. The new mobile phone comes to the market with a distinct design and with great personalization options for users, including the hardwa...

30 October 2009
09:37 GMT

Motorola Plans Over 20 Phones for Next Year

Mobile phone maker Motorola is said to plan on releasing a wide range of mobile phones next year, with the newly launched Motorola CLIQ and Motorola DROID being only the first handsets the company has in store for its users. At least this is what CEO Sanjay Jha seems to have stated during the press conference that an...

30 October 2009
08:49 GMT

Google Launches Full-Blown Navigation Software for Android Devices

Google has been pushing hard in the mobile space with its Android operating system for smartphones, which is now mature enough to tackle the best phones out there. The devices running Android are also getting more competitive especially with the new Motorola Droid announced today. But being just as good wasn't g...

28 October 2009
12:10 GMT

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 Announcement on November 3

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson seems set to announce officially the existence of its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system on November 3, or at least this is what a recently launched teaser web page points at. The What's Next page on Sony Ericsson's website shows...

27 October 2009
05:57 GMT

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 in New Images

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has been long rumored to plan on coming to the market with its own handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 (also known as Rachael), and now the device has made another appearance in the wild, in a series of new photos and...

26 October 2009
07:14 GMT

More Motorola Droid Images Available

Motorola Droid seems indeed to be turning into the next big thing when it comes to Google's Android operating system. The handset is expected to become official with Verizon within the following weeks, hopefully before this week is over, and should deliver a wide range of great features, including a speedy proce...

26 October 2009
05:58 GMT

HTC Dragon to Become Verizon's HTC Passion

HTC Dragon is yet another unannounced mobile phone that might come to the market running under Google's Android operating system. The handset has been rumored for a few weeks now, and has popped up in the news once again, this time getting a more specific name, as well as a carrier: it might become the HTC Passi...

26 October 2009
04:08 GMT


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