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Google demos early Android 2.0 (Donut) features at I/O event
At the Google I/O event in San Francisco yesterday, Google demonstrated some of the upcoming features of Android 2.0, also known as Donut.
First up was a very Palm Pre/webOS like combined search function that searches the phone and the internet at the same time, as a user types in a search string. For example, if [...]
General Mobile DSTL1 sample 5 megapixel photos
General Mobile just sent us a few sample photos shot with its upcoming DSTL1 smartphone. The DSTL1 sports a 5 megapixel autofocus camera that is made by Sony. The images the company sent us are not too exciting, but you can get a feel for what to expect from a production device.
The colors look pretty [...]
Canonical system to run Android apps on Ubuntu Linux machines
ArsTechnica has posted an interesting story about how Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, is building an Android runtime environment for the Ubuntu (and potentially other) Linux platforms.
While Android is Linux and Java based, it doesn’t exactly play nice with other flavors of Linux and Java, hence the need for a layer of special sauce [...]
Motorola Heron/Iron Man coming to AT&T with Android
The HTC Lancaster is not the only Android smartphone that AT&T is hoping to get into its lineup soon. Another of the leaked slides that Engadget posted is showing that the device is now planned to appear on AT&T running Android instead the Windows Mobile OS shown in the photos.
That OS change, which was rumored [...]
Rogers gets Dream/G1 with Exchange support, but no Google branding
Canadian carrier Rogers has just trotted out its own version of the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1. This version of the Dream comes without the “with Google” on the back, and as such HTC was free to load its own build of Android 1.5 (Cupcake) on the phone that includes such goodies as a Microsoft [...]
AT&T getting Android in form of HTC Lancaster
If you hadn’t noticed, it was the weekend of leaked slides at Engadget. Of the many slides the site posted, one was the HTC Lancaster, a device that looks like the love-child of a G1 and a Magic.
The coolest part of the leak is that it appears that this device will feature an HTC developed [...]
Panasonic considering Android smartphone for 2010
According to Asian news site Tech-On, Panasonic executive Keisuke Ishii said at a company press conference earlier this week that his company was mulling over the possibility of building an Android based device for 2010:
“We are seriously considering developing an Android-based handset and entering overseas mobile phone markets in fiscal 2010.”
Ishii provided no further information [...]
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