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Archos Announcement Next Month – Are Green Robots Involved?
As much as I’d like to play with Android on a netbook, I personally more anxious to seeing mobile internet devices (MIDs) and tablets. Next month, we might get to see the first of such from Archos. An press conference is scheduled for June 11th …
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Samsung i7500 Passes Through FCC on Way to T-Mobile
The Samsung i7500 is inching ever closer to release, after having this week. It’s widely assumed that T-Mobile will be the carrier to offer it, due in part to passed through the FCCleaked roadmaps. It’s not yet known whether the phone will be called the …
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Non-Google Branded HTC Magic to Offer Outlook Sync and More
The HTC Magic being sold in Singapore and other parts of Asia will have a few noticeable differences from the handsets we’ve seen released elsewhere. It’s a doozy too – native Outlook support. Have you ever noticed how Android handsets show “with Google” on the …
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New Intel Chips to Put Smartphones on Par with Laptop Performance
If Intel’s new Medfield project works like they hope, smart phone performance will rival that of laptops over the next two years. Much like NVIDIA’s “system on a chip” Tegra, Intel is aiming to bring high performance, low cost processors to handsets and internet devices. …
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Peekaboo! Skytone Alpha 680 Spied
The SkyTone Alpha 680 has been spotted in the wild, rocking a fire engine paint job. This model is the current front runner to win the Android netbook launch race. 533 MHz ARM11 CPU 7″ LCD screen(800 x 480)with swivel 128MB DDR2 RAM (up to …
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Google Conducting Netbook-Related Usability Studies Right Now
Google is currently conducting studies with netbook users to determine their needs and how to incorporate them into “future product enhancements.” Exciting! It sounds like they are taking a proactive approach to tweaking future releases of Android around netbooks without directly saying it. If you …
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App Announcements (UPDATE)
We wanted to compile a quick list of apps three apps to look out for over the coming days and weeks. Each is unique in their own right and normally could merit their own posts, but due to time, it’s simply not that easy. Check …
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“Bigfoot” is an HTC Device – Cosmetic Redesign of Same Old G1
Here we are – right back where we started. According to a “trusted source” over at TmoToday, the G1 v2/Bigfoot handset is manufactured by HTC. The G1 V2 is still an HTC Android device. It is a physical, external redesign mostly, of the existing G1. …
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Upcoming Samsung Handsets Have Android Headed for the Stars
After waiting for what seemed like an eternity for Samsung Android news, we finally caught a few breaks these last couple of weeks. Now it seems like we can’t keep up with the news. The latest Samsung handsets to get the leak treatment are the …
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Is “Bigfoot” a Motorola Device?
Some people love to dig through leaked phone pictures and piece things together like an episode of LOST. Give them 1 picture of a handset, and the collective mind of a few geeks can generally figure out the who, what, and maybe even when. Such …
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You Tell Us: Beyond Cupcake, What do You Want from Android?
According to T-Mobile, the cupcake/Android 1.5 rollout is supposed to begin today. While this might the blessing to most folks, there are going to be a few who grumble and point out what’s still lacking or completely missing. This brings up the question of the …
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Strategy Analytics: 8 Million Android Handsets in ’09
Analysts are starting to make some pretty bold forecasts for our favorite mobile OS. Android is now in a good position to become a top-tier player in smartphones over the next two to three years. – Neil Mawston, Strategy Analytics.
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Detailed Look at Samsung’s i7500 [VIDEO]
The fellas over at Tech65.org were able to get their hands on the first Android handset from Samsung. Dubbed the i7500, it offers a few thing that are absent from the first two HTC phones. For instance, there’s a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and 8GB …
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Android Around the World: Russia to Offer HTC Magic, Preorders Coming Soon
We received a tip this afternoon from LinuxPhone.ru regarding Russia’s first officially released Android handset. Much like the rest of Europe, they’re skipping the G1 and heading to the HTC Magic. Further, HTC’s Russian site has opened an online store. In the near future, as …
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T-Mobile Betting Heavily on Android with 3 Vendors in ’09
We’re anxious to read the upcoming interview between GigaOm’s Om Malik and Cole Brodman, chief technology officer at T-Mobile USA. Expected to be released on or around Monday, it looks to shed more light on T-Mobile’s plans for Android. “We are looking to launch multiple …
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