Google's Android Platform Far More Flexible Than IPhone
Talkback In the long run, the iPhone SDK shortcomings may hurt it in comparison to Android, which does allow background processing.iPhone's lack of (3rd party) background processing will hamstring whole classes of new apps.
[March 28, 2008, 9:19]
Google's Non-paranoid Android
Leader If you were disappointed by Android, the subject of Google's mobile-strategy announcement, then you were hoping for the wrong thing. Google's immediate task isn't to recruit more networks or equipment manufacturers; it's to demonstrate that Android...
[November 6, 2007, 14:43]
Gphone Vs IPhone: The Security Debate
News Will phones based on Android, dubbed "Gphones" by many, be more or less secure than Apple's iPhone, which has been developed using proprietary software? Volzke said it was not possible to compare the security of development practices for Android...
[November 8, 2007, 15:27]
What Was In Santa's Sack?
Blog Comment Google Android phone? Asus Eee seems to be the best product in Asus' history, but I think it's still far far away from Apple's new gadgets iPhone/iPod touch as the best Christmas gifts. Actually Nintendo Wii is my favorite this Christmas days.
[January 12, 2008, 9:12]
Google Maps Out Plan For Mobile Success
News She added that, although Android is Google's platform, the mobile apps team sees it as just another platform for its technology — reflecting the company's open culture. The online search giant has been ramping up its mobile applications for some...
[May 14, 2008, 8:40]
Opera Updates Its Mobile Browser
News Asked what Opera's feelings were on Android, Google's mobile handset platform, the spokesperson said it was "a validation of the fact that people will be using the internet on their mobile phones as they do on their PCs".
[November 7, 2007, 11:03]
BT Guns For Android And Skype With Ribbit Buy
News The BT spokesperson told ZDNet.co.uk in an email that the Ribbit acquisition would help BT "leapfrog competition and gain a strategic advantage in the Silicon Valley 'telco 2.0' platform race, which includes Google Android and Apple's iPhone...
[July 29, 2008, 13:03]
Mobile Linux Standards Forum Gives Up
News The outcome of work by organisations like LiMo, Android and others may end up creating a standard that is more formalised after the fact. Android is not so much a Linux [platform] but more of a Java-based [platform].
[June 26, 2008, 17:38]
Jobs Hailed As Most Powerful Person In Business
News Google's mobile-phone efforts revolve around the ongoing development of Android, an open-source platform for handsets. Along the way Jobs conceived of 'desktop publishing', gave the world the laser printer, and pioneered personal computer networks...
[November 28, 2007, 13:46]
Android Maker Talks Mashups And Mobiles
News Rubin, director of mobile platforms at Google, talked to ZDNet.co.uk sister site CNET News.com about what Android phones will look like, whether they will compete with Apple's iPhone, and why the software took so long to build.
[November 22, 2007, 11:51]
Mobile World Congress Preview: The Year Of Linux
News We can expect to see one or two major companies join or shift between certain mobile Linux groups, and we will also be getting a look at what is already being done with Google's Android and rival Linux-based platforms.
[February 7, 2008, 13:52]
IPhone Gets Wireless Outlook Synchronisation
News The security implications of this are not yet totally clear, although some experts have suggested that the more open approach adopted by Google's Android mobile platform might make that environment more secure.
[November 9, 2007, 10:10]
Google's Android Paves Way For Mobile Supremacy
News There is a good chance that a number of potential consumers of Google… may never have a PC," said Rich Miner, who heads up Google's wireless strategy and was a co-founder of Android. Unlike the PC market, Google joins the contest for mobile access...
[November 7, 2007, 15:23]
RIM Gives BlackBerry A Consumer Flavour
News RIM's plans are part of a changing smartphone landscape, as new challengers appear on the horizon, including a rumoured enterprise version of Apple's iPhone and Google's Android initiative. RIM argues that it actually likes the iPhone because it's...
[November 8, 2007, 17:43]
Can Linux Forget Desktops And Servers?
Blog There are phones, too, with Android expected to make an impact. Outside the US, Symbian has had the lion's share of smartphones, and in the US, it looks like Apple's iPhone will draw off a lot of the non-corporate people who can choose phones, who...
[November 26, 2007, 14:48]
O2: Businesses May Block IPhone Usage
News The security implications of this are yet to be felt, although some have claimed that Google's Android may provide greater security. Asked for his opinion on the announcement that Google and dozens of other companies would be working towards a...
[November 9, 2007, 13:39]
Mobile Device Convergence - Is Gaming On Phone Devices A Step To Far?
Blog Dave: but it all depends on whether the manufactures build the hardware to support it - the prototype Android devices have been very poor so far Dave: Apple got so worried about the iPod monoply when sony ericsoon and the like started adding music...
[June 26, 2008, 18:03]
What? No Background Apps? Hurry-Switch To MS/Android Before It Is Too Late!
Talkback After all, what's the use in continuing to use my iPhone when I know that no one will ever be able to write a multitasking app? I guess I had better ditch my iPhone and go back to my Windows Mobile phone.
[March 28, 2008, 11:32]
