T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream): a first look review
Reviews Called the T-Mobile G1, it has both full touch-screen functionality, a QWERTY keyboard, a trackball for one-handed navigation, plus access to mobile web applications like Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and more.
[September 24, 2008, 9:58]
T-Mobile G1 could be data-roaming nightmare
Blog Comment The phone worked just fine (contrary to your latest post), and I used a whole bunch of wireless hotspots to pick up email and use the maps.but when I came back I found I had a bill for £29 related to data use on one particular occasion - I was in...
[December 11, 2008, 16:16]
Vodafone reveals plans for 'Magic' Android phone
News The Magic will sport a 3.2-inch touchscreen, 3.2MP camera, GPS and a trackball for navigation; feature all the usual application suspects, including YouTube, Google Maps and Google Talk; and come in black or white.
[February 18, 2009, 7:55]
A look at HTC's Hero Android phone
News The handset's search button can be used natively in maps, appointments, people, Twitter and, of course, Google search. HTC launched its first own-branded Android handset, the Hero, in London on Wednesday.
[June 24, 2009, 17:16]
Vodafone's HTC Magic
Blog Tap one of these and its location pops up in Google Maps. Due to go on sale on 5 May it is available for free on plans costing £30 a month and up. The HTC Magic runs version 1.5 of Google's Android platform, better known as Cupcake.
[April 29, 2009, 8:54]
Google Street View comes to the UK
News On Thursday, the software giant announced that Google Maps now allows users to navigate some UK city streets, using photographs taken at a street-level viewpoint. Because Street View is a function within Google Maps, it can be embedded for free...
[March 19, 2009, 12:41]
Photos: T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream) review
Reviews The T-Mobile G1 comes with a 'compass mode' powered by Google Maps. The T-Mobile G1 is also known as the HTC Dream, and is the first phone to use Android, a new mobile operating system by Google. Shown here is the device's home screen.
[September 24, 2008, 11:40]
First Android phone enters the smartphone fray
News The G1 also has embedded GPS capability that allows users to get Google Maps Street View on their phones. T-Mobile USA and Google unveiled the first Google Android phone on Tuesday at an event in New York.
[September 24, 2008, 8:27]
Google releases final Android SDK
News Google profits from ads next to search results, and Google Maps opens up other advertising possibilities that are more closely tied to a phone user's physical location. Google has released version 1.0 of the Android software-development kit.
[September 25, 2008, 10:51]
Android 1.6: a better experience
Blog Pressing the search key and typing in the word 'weather', for example, brings up my loaded weather applications, search links into Google and Google Maps, a link to weather.com, and further suggestions for online content.
[October 22, 2009, 16:46]
Motorola pins comeback hopes on software
News It invites comparisons to Palm's WebOS and Synergy software, with users selecting different widgets from a home page to rotate in and out of Facebook, Google Maps, email or voicemail. Motorola, the iconic mobile-phone company once known for flashy...
[September 14, 2009, 15:51]
Google to launch location-sharing Latitude software
News Latitude is part of Google Maps for Mobile, the company's mapping software for mobile phones, but also can be used through a gadget loaded onto its iGoogle customised home page. Google plans to launch software called Latitude on Wednesday that lets...
[February 4, 2009, 7:55]
