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Android update update
Blog As was the distinct lack of any Android stuff, which again seems a bit out of place given the number of Orange partners having it large on the Andy. For now, I note from Android Communitythat there's a reasonably significant set of updates to...
[December 18, 2008, 21:26]
Symbian: Android is not open, it's a marketing label
News Google jumped into the mobile world just over two years ago with the public announcement of its mobile OS platform Android, while the newly created Symbian Foundation is reworking various flavours of the proprietary Symbian OSes into one, unified...
[February 24, 2009, 8:41]
Android Development Tools (ADT)
Downloads If you will be using the Eclipse IDE as your environment for developing Android applications, you can install a custom plugin called Android Development Tools (ADT), which adds integrated support for Android projects and tools.
[September 23, 2008, 6:57]
Android 1.6: a better experience
Blog Overnight, T-Mobile pushed out the Android 1.6 'Donut' update to my G1. Android 1.6 is an incremental update concentrating on usability improvements. A gem of an idea: Android 1.6's battery usage indicator
[October 22, 2009, 16:46]
Android becomes an accessibility testbed
Blog There is much kerfuffling going on right now about the news that, shock horror, paid-for apps will soon appear in the Android Marketplace. Far more interesting is the news that Google's accessibility guru, TV Raman, is working on how to get Android...
[January 6, 2009, 11:46]
Analyst: Android handsets set to overtake iPhones
News The iPhone's lead over smartphones based on Android is set to be short-lived, new research indicates. Android smartphone sales will outstrip iPhone sales by 2012, a report by industry watchers Informa Telecoms & Media has predicted.
[March 9, 2009, 8:53]
Android on PC gets new input
News Android then runs directly from the CD, leaving the user's hard disk unchanged. The system is based on Android 1.5 and is designed to work on x86 systems, such as desktop PCs or netbooks. Android is Google's Linux-based operating system for mobile...
[July 8, 2009, 16:09]
Android modders to cut Google Apps out of ROM
Blog The maker of CyanogenMod, a modified version of Google's Android mobile operating system, is to distribute the product without proprietary Google Apps included. Google complained that, while Android itself is open source and therefore entirely...
[September 28, 2009, 17:25]
Android security team appeals to bug hunters
News The security team behind Google's mobile platform, Android, has tried to raise its profile among security researchers by appealing for their vigilance in monitoring the platform. In an email to the popular Full Disclosure mailing list, the Android...
[August 19, 2008, 16:51]
Google offers details on 'reboot' bug, Android fixes
News Google has begun releasing details about the vulnerabilities it patched in two updates to Google's Android operating system software in the T-Mobile G1 smartphone. However, Rich Cannings of the Android security team has shared details about the...
[November 12, 2008, 8:37]
Android gets Voda, Sony Ericsson, ARM and more
Blog By joining the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance, the following companies demonstrate their support for Android as an open mobile platform and their commitment to its commercial success. On the plus side, this increases Android's...
[December 9, 2008, 17:07]
Android users get Adobe Photoshop app
News Adobe on Friday introduced a new Photoshop app for Android users that lets them edit photos from their phone, as well as access their online photo collection on Photoshop.com. Photoshop for Android looks similar to its iPhone/iPod sibling, but has...
[November 9, 2009, 8:13]
Developers: Android apps need marketing boost
News Android mobile apps are reportedly not selling as well as the Apple iPhone's apps, and some developers blame it on ineffective marketing on Google's Android Market. Developer Tony Kay, whose two apps, Color Pop and Twistype, are top-ranked on the...
[September 15, 2009, 16:23]
Android phone takes 20pc of T-Mobile contracts
News The G1 Android handset now accounts for 20 percent of T-Mobile's contract sales, the operator revealed in its latest financial results. The successful launch of the Android-based G1 in October and the ongoing demand for mobile broadband services...
[March 3, 2009, 9:00]
Android phone hits UK shops
News T-Mobile started selling its G1 phone, which runs on Google's Android platform, throughout the UK on Thursday. It uses the open-source Android platform, a full mobile stack including operating system and applications.
[October 30, 2008, 11:59]
Android-powered netbooks predicted for 2009
News Android-powered netbooks will emerge in 2009, analysts are predicting. While Linux netbook sales are increasingly lagging Windows ones, the analyst reckons Android could help reverse the trend. Linux vendors should focus on "specialised...
[March 19, 2009, 8:06]
HTC Tattoo - Android on a budget
Blog The Tattoo is HTC’s attempt to bring the Android platform to an audience on a budget. The Tattoo runs Android 1.6, which Rupert blogged about a few days ago. This is a skin placed on top of Android which pretties up the look and feel, and...
[October 28, 2009, 10:44]
"Android on notebooks" sounds interesting, Google please make a LiveCD!
Talkback The articles's mentioning the option of running the Android platform on notebooks made me think: Wouldn't make all our dust-covered 333Mhz notebooks make great Android testing platforms? I hate developing on emulators.
[November 26, 2007, 8:09]
Android gets voice search in Google Maps
News Google has updated the version of Google Maps found on its Linux-based Android software platform to include voice search, along with a bug fix and a new feature. Android is designed for mobile devices such as phones, and several hardware makers are...
[June 16, 2009, 16:13]
Microsoft's plan to take on iPhone, Android
News In that time, Palm has gone back to the drawing board and reinvented itself with the WebOS-based Pre, while the iPhone and Android have entered the market and even Research In Motion has arguably done more to capture consumer interest than has...
[August 20, 2009, 10:55]
