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Everybody have their T-Mobile USA G1 Cupcake update now?

Michael Oryl — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:52:43 +0000

It seems that a good percentage of folks on T-Mobile USA’s network have received their automatic over-the-air Cupcake updates by now - but still not everybody. If you haven’t received your update yet, leave a comment below and tell us where you are located. Update: Doesn’t seem to be geographically based, as we have some people/families with [...]

HTC Hero shows up in promotional video

Michael Oryl — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:17:35 +0000

AndroidCommunity has posted a copy of an HTC Hero promotion video that was found yesterday. The video doesn’t show much in terms of functionality, but it does show off the wide array of color choices available and the Hero’s very chiseled looking chin. If you pay attention, though, you can get a quick look at the [...]

Verizon CEO says Android phones by year end, hints at Motorola making them

Michael Oryl — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:01:07 +0000

At an investors conference today, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam said that his company will offer Android based smartphones by the end of the year, and he hinted that they will be coming from Motorola, which will be a “major player” in Android by then. McAdam also mentioned that his company would begin offering the Palm [...]

Google announces Android Developer Challenge 2

Michael Oryl — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:36:21 +0000

Google announced details of the second Android Developer Challenge competition at its Google I/O event in San Francisco yesterday. The new ADC will result in 30 winning applications that will get a share of US$1,975,000 in total prize money. This time around the competition will be broken down into 10 categories, and actual users will get [...]

Google demos early Android 2.0 (Donut) features at I/O event

Michael Oryl — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:14:23 +0000

At the Google I/O event in San Francisco yesterday, Google demonstrated some of the upcoming features of Android 2.0, also known as Donut. First up was a very Palm Pre/webOS like combined search function that searches the phone and the internet at the same time, as a user types in a search string. For example, if [...]

Google I/O attendees receive free HTC Magic, Rubin says as many as 20 new devices by year end

James Tromans — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:13:34 +0000

As I am sure some of you will be aware, Google provided a little surprise at their I/O conference this year. All 4000+ attendees got a box with not only a link to where they can download the latest software development kit for Android, but also the latest documentation too! Not bad hey? Especially when [...]

Hands-on look at Samsung i7500 Android smartphone

Michael Oryl — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:59:35 +0000

Those lucky guys over PhoneArena have gotten hold of one of Samsung’s sweet looking i7500 smartphones and have posted a fairly in-depth look at this HTC Magic competitor. You can get a nice 3D look at the phone, and PhoneArena has even posted a number of sample photos (and a video) shot with the I7500’s 5 [...]

General Mobile DSTL1 sample 5 megapixel photos

Michael Oryl — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:39:26 +0000

General Mobile just sent us a few sample photos shot with its upcoming DSTL1 smartphone. The DSTL1 sports a 5 megapixel autofocus camera that is made by Sony. The images the company sent us are not too exciting, but you can get a feel for what to expect from a production device. The colors look pretty [...]

Canonical system to run Android apps on Ubuntu Linux machines

Michael Oryl — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:03:34 +0000

ArsTechnica has posted an interesting story about how Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, is building an Android runtime environment for the Ubuntu (and potentially other) Linux platforms. While Android is Linux and Java based, it doesn’t exactly play nice with other flavors of Linux and Java, hence the need for a layer of special sauce [...]

General Mobile DSTL1 powered by Android Cupcake, on sale in U.S. and Turkey in June

Michael Oryl — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:22:26 +0000

General Mobile just contacted us and has informed us that it plans on offering its dual-SIM Android powered DSTL1 smartphone for sale in the U.S. and Turkey at the end of June. The DSTL1 will be running the Android 1.5 (Cupcake) OS and features a 624MHz CPU, dual-SIM capability, a 5 megapixel camera with flash (made [...]