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Will delays in Android developer kits lead to delays in Android phones?

Vamien McKalin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:58:34 PST

Maybe it’s not as easy as Google thought to enter the mobile world. Amid much fanfare last fall, Google announced the formation of the Open Handset Alliance and Android, it’s open-source mobile...

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Android vs. iPhone SDK

Vamien McKalin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:59:49 PST

when the Android SDK was released last november, there finally was a concrete SDK for an advanced mobile platform to play around with. the iPhone SDK has been vaporware so far, and the exact features...

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Android SDK to get "significant updates," $10M Challenge delayed

Vamien McKalin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:04:14 PST

We already knew that the Android SDK was causing developers some frustration. So we're not really surprised to hear Quang Nguyen, Android Developer Advocate, say that based on feedback, "we've made...

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NTT DoCoMo and the Near Future of Mobile Communications

Boudia — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:02:03 PST

“Mobile phones have evolved to become indispensable tools that have changed the way we lead our lives, and they are certain to continue to evolve and play an even greater role in both business and everyday life. This video depicts the near future of mobile communications as we at DoCoMo envisage it - a future in which people of all ages can enjoy richer, safer, and more convenient communications lifestyles than ever before.”
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Google’s Response to Microsoft’s Hostile Bid for Yahoo!

Boudia — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:41:01 PST

I never wanted to touch this Microsoft/Yahoo story, but with an official response from Google, I just had to post that response here and comment a bit on it. If you are reading about this for the first time, Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo! for about $42 Billion dollars. It’s been in the headlines for the past several days.
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Google Android - A Sneak Preview

Boudia — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:03:38 PST

What’s in it for developers?
Google invited developers to its London office for one of three workshops - the others being in Munich and Tel Aviv to spread the word and teach developers how to write for their new OS. Another event will be held in Boston on February 23rd (check at the blog for an announcement). Here’s what they told us.
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3G Linux phone for under $100

Vamien McKalin — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:36:39 PST

PURPLE LABS HAS joined forces with Philips semiconductor spin-off, NXP, to build a cheap Linux-based 3G handset capable of doing anything you want. Vaguely reminiscent of a Jimi Hendrix song title,...

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Google Boss Loves Apple's iPhone

Vamien McKalin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:11:14 PST

For a company that is busy building its own cellphone operating system, Google shared a lot of love for the iPhone on its earnings-related conference call today. We’ve had plenty of evidence in...

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Open source has a ways to go in Asia

Vamien McKalin — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:25:38 PST

Asia's culture is its main hindrance to growing the region's open source developers. Although there is wide use of open source technology in Asia, industry watchers say it will be another...

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Microsoft vs. Google, the client vs. the cloud

Vamien McKalin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:24:09 PST

The real battle between Microsoft and Google isn’t necessarily over search. Search is the source of Google’s revenues and its growth. But it is taking that money and investing it into things that...

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VSR Networks Announces Joint Development Initiative to Support Google's Android

Vamien McKalin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:59:46 PST

VSR Networks and TechDiscovery will extend Reveille's Application Performance Management System to support Google's Open Handset Alliance project ORLANDO,...

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FCC Auction Opens Door to Open Access Networks

Vamien McKalin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:29:55 PST

A sudden spurt of bidding has turned what was shaping up as a bust into the most robust auction of wireless spectrum the federal government has ever conducted, salvaging hopes for a new generation of...

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Hardware Vendors Will Go Open Source

Vamien McKalin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:16:07 PST

The success of consumer IT products like the ASUS Eee PC will help provide the leverage needed to get hardware vendors on board with open source, according to Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief technologist...

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700MHz Auction Likely Over: Who Won?

chewie77@gmail.com (AndroidGuys.com) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:51:00 PST

There has not been a bid for block C of the spectrum since yesterday's round 17. With $4.71B likely to be the last bid, conversation turns to who won. Let's get this out of the way and answer it like this. Regardless of which company actually ended up with the highest bid and walks away with the golden ticket, the true winners will end up being consumers and end users. It will probably take a few years before people can look back and truly see how monumental this auction was. The effects of an open network will be felt by millions of people whether they know it or not.

Tell us in the comments... Who do you think will be found to be the high bidder?

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VSR Networks Announces Joint Development Initiative to Support Google's Android Mobile Platform

GoToAndroid — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:02:54 PST

VSR Networks and TechDiscovery will extend Reveille's Application Performance Management System to support Google's Open Handset Alliance project.

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A Visual Guide to Android GUI Widgets

GoToAndroid — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:25:31 PST

To make your life as a Java Android cell phone programmer/ui designer easier.

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Azingo Mobile To Rival Android

Vamien McKalin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:17:00 PST

Another day, another Linux-based cellphone OS: it’s the turn of Azingo to launch their Azingo Mobile platform, based on the existing work of the LiMo Foundation, as an out-of-the-box suite of mobile...

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Is Something Hiding Behind Google Android?

Vamien McKalin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:21:03 PST

Right from Google's initial launch of Android, I've been curious about what the overall plan was for the product. After all, Google sank an enormous amount of money into its development, and judging...

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Inside the gPhone: What to expect from Android

Vamien McKalin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:43:26 PST

What exactly will the GPhone -- that vaporous handset that's the subject of furious speculation -- actually look like? In the wake of Google's release of its Android mobile-phone software development...

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Google Readying It's Self To Rival Apple

Vamien McKalin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:52:10 PST

A few weeks before the "Google Phone" was revealed to be Android, someone who would seem to be very much in the know reiterated to me that the Google Phone was in fact going to be an actual phone at...

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