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Early yesterday it was reported on several sites that NTT DoCoMo and KT Freetel were working jointly on a new Android smartphone that would be released in 2009. Then, later in the day, in a statement issued by Korea’s KTF, they stated that wasn’t true; the two wireless carriers actually were NOT working with each other on a [...]
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The launch of the G1 in the US was a much-hyped and celebrated occasion. The G1 won’t be the only Android phone within the next few months, but that isn’t stopping HTC from shipping its G1 to a number of Asian providers starting next year, probably in February or March of 2009.
HTC will be providing several [...]
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The Weather Channel has big plans in the mobile market apparently. For example, outside this writer’s door it’s been raining buckets all night and day, and he’s wondering when its going to stop, if ever. This app would sure come in handy right about now.
The Weather Channel has announced and released a dedicated Android application, one [...]
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Facebook and Google haven’t been getting along lately. The initial animousity arose when the social-networking giant blocked Google’s Friend Connect feature, citing security issues as the reason for the block. Well, hey, protecting users doesn’t constitute a personal attack, right?
Now the battle rages on as Facebook has revealed that they will not be releasing an app for [...]
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HTC head honcho Peter Chou has revealed how many G1s the company expects to ship this year – and the figure is nowhere near the 1.5 million that has been rumoured as the number of pre-orders the phone received. In fact, it may be less than HALF that amount.
Reports from the US in the lead up [...]
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As Apple continues to sell iPhones all over the globe, Google is preparing to launch new options for advertisers to target iPhone owners directly.
In meetings with various agencies, Google has presented a new option to show context-sensitive search ads and purchasing options for iPhones. The change, expected to be finished shortly, means advertisers will be able [...]
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HTC, manufacturer of the world’s first Android-powered phone, is expecting to produce over 2 million of its G1 units for T Mobile. Industry insiders say that of that number, between 400,000 and 500,000 phones are predicted to be sold in the last quarter of 2008 alone.
Compared to Apple’s original sales target of 10 million units [...]
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Microsoft big wig Steve Ballmer has blown any hopes of a Microsoft mobile out of the water, in a statement made in an interview recently. In an interview with Reuters, he said that analysts predicting the computing giant will enter the mobile phone market are wrong, and that MS has no current plans to do [...]
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Motorola’s handset business has been struggling for a while now, and there are many strong rumours that they’re looking into developing a new model based on Google’s Android OS. The company is said to be in the process of recruiting experts to implement Android right now. Motorola is one of four handset companies in the [...]
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No longer is the smartphone the domain of stuffy business people. It’s a living, breathing thing, alive with possibilities, and yes…fun. Regular everyday people are using and developing for the smartphone, which has opened all kinds of possibilities.
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Visa publicly stated today that it is in the process of developing a mobile payment service for the new G1 phone, which is powered by Google’s Android system. Visa has said G1 and other Android based phone users will be able to receive almost real-time alerts concerning their transactions via their mobile devices. In addition, [...]
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A recently published patent application suggests that Google are planning to rid consumers of being tied down to one particular network and contract. Instead of being connected to just one network, the patent describes plans where a mobile phone, laptop or other wireless device can invite all available networks to bid for your business.
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If the iPhone 3G still hasn’t bought you into the concept of next generation phones, perhaps the T-Mobile G1 will. Dubbed the “GooglePhone”, the G1 is the first smartphone to use the Android platform which was announced last year by Google and a few
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