Posts Tagged ‘open handset alliance’
The Astonishing Tribe’s ‘TAT Home’ Pours Flavor All Over Vanilla Android Experience
One of the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance, The Astonishing Tribe, has just announced their new TAT Home in Barcelona. Touted as a “gesture-powered 3D Home screen” for stock Android, it adds a gorgeous interface to base experience. Using TAT Home, users can pull up many common tasks including messaging, music, weather, and [...]
Is Google Serious About Maturing the Android Market?
With all the different seemingly conflicting reports about developers fleeing both the iPhone app store and the Android Market, the question remains
Motorola Zeppelin Looking Sexier as it Preps for Flight
The Motorola (XT800) Zeppelin is making its way to China Telecom come December 25th and will support both GSM and CDMA. In addition to dual connectivity, the latest specs (translated) put have the phone running an ARM Cortex A8 processor. Other details list a 3.7-inch screen, 720p support, and HDMI output.  Rounding out [...]
Sharp Getting on the Android Bandwagon
According to a company executive, Sharp Corp. plans to offer Android-based handsets in Japan as early as the first half of 2010. Masami Ohbatake made the announcement during a report on Wednesday although he didn’t specifically outline which carrier(s) will offer the handsets.
The report did say add that NTT DoCoMo “is expected to be [...]
ARM Making It Easier to Develop, Deploy ‘droid Devices
Open Handset Alliance member ARM, has created the Android Solutions Center to help make it easier for other companies to build Android-based handsets and devices. There over 35 members involved in the ARM Connected Community working to bring about Android gadgets, including Archos, Texas Instruments, and Zii Labs.Â
Newbtorial: Hi I’m Android, Pleased to Meet You! (Part 1)
Okay, so this probably should have been Newbtorial edition number one, but not unlike most people who are engrossed in fanaticism over their favorite game, band, book, or you name it, I took for granted that most people know what Android is.
How inconceivable that there could be some one out there who has not been [...]
FixIt!: Android Devices
Yes, we are all very excited with the newly announced Android devices, but let’s step back for just a minute and take a look at what is obviously missing from most of the current and upcoming devices.
Here is a short list of items for manufacturers to think about:
Via con Google
I’ve been pondering the “with Google” (WG) branding found on the back of the G1.  Was this in initial marketing move by Google to get awareness out there for Android, letting people know who sponsored Android or is this a user interface issue wherewith your device without Google would be different than the one that [...]
Android in Ireland… No Luck for the Irish!
This post could be rather short because as of today (23rd of September 2009) none of the 4 main mobile phone operators doing business in Ireland have an Android device on offer… not one! You can get the latest Nokia N97, the iPhone 3GS, any flavors of BlackBerry even a couple of Windows Mobile devices [...]
Sprint to Have Android in 2009
Not a terrible ground breaking news article to pass along, but it’s news to some of you. Speaking at the Brainstorm: Tech conference today, Sprint CEO Dan Hessee confirmed that at least one Android device will arrive in 2009.
It has been widely assumed that Sprint would be the next major carrier to offer Android handsets. [...]
Acer: Android Netbook Q3, Phone in Q4
We’ve known for quite some time now that Acer had been taking a look at Android. Just how close of a look though was not that clear – until yesterday. Apparently, Acer liked Android enough to join the Open Handset Alliance and pledge their support. This puts them in league with other recent players like [...]
Far EasTone to Drop a Pair of Android Handsets in ‘09
Google’s decision to set up camp in Taiwan is looking better all the time. Wanting to work closer with members of the Open Handset Alliance and further Android, it appears that this is exactly what is happening. Today, PC World is reporting that Taiwanese Far EasTone is working with a “leading” local handset maker to [...]
Samsung Launches I7500, The Company’s First Android-Powered Mobile Phone
Seoul (Korea Newswire) April 27, 2009 05:08 PM — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.
Samsung’s Omnia to Become an Entire Line of Phones, Include Android
For the time being, we need to file this under rumor. A fun rumor, nonetheless.
According to msmobiles, Samsung is not going to simply release one Omnia handset. They have bigger plans for the design type. Plans that include Android.
It should come as no surprise that Samsung has some cool stuff lined up for our favorite [...]
Android Around the World: China Mobile’s Dopod G2 Resembles a Certain Fruit Phone
Founding Open Handset Alliance member, China Mobile is inching closer to the release date of their first Android handset. Expected to be called the Dopod G2, it has the HTC Magic form factor on the outside. The inside? Well that’s a different story.
Rhetorical Questions
I’ve been thinking a lot about Android lately. Imagine that! As I go back and look through some of the things that have happened over the last year, there are a lot of unanswered questions that come to mind.
Here’s a handful of questions that I’ve been kicking around my head for a while. Some of [...]
G1’s Going for Under $100… But Why?
Sometimes we hold off publishing certain articles on AndroidGuys simply because know that it would be redundant to post something that’s clearly made its way around the net. Such is the case with the stories making their way around other Android and mobile gadget sites. In case you haven’t heard, the T-Mobile G1 is on [...]
HTC Magic Officially Announced, Vodafone Exclusive
It took all of one day to get an official announcement regarding the HTC Magic. Call it Sapphire, G2, or whatever else you want. It’s real and it’s coming to Vodafone in the spring.
It’s going to be exclusive to the carrier in the UK, Spain, Germany, and France and non-exclusive in Italy. The HTC Magic [...]
DroidFonts.com and New Droid Pro Fonts Announced by Ascender (PRESS RELEASE)
Enhanced versions of the Droid fonts with are now available for software & hardware developers, and for creative professionals from Ascender Corp. The DroidFonts.com website also features information about the Droid fonts which are part of Android, a complete, open mobile phone software stack.
Elk Grove Village, IL (PRWEB) February 12, 2009 — Ascender Corporation, a [...]
OHA Member Broadcom Brings ‘Combo Chips’ to Android (PRESS RELEASE)
Broadcom Becomes First to Enable the Android Mobile Platform to Support Wireless Connectivity ‘Combo Chips’
Access to Broadcom’s BCM4325 Drivers Enables the Android Ecosystem to Support the Most Advanced Wireless Connectivity Solutions
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that the [...]
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