Android

When Google joined the cellular phone market, they created Android, their first smartphone operating system. Based on Linux, the Android OS promises power, flexibility, and extendability.HTC was the first to introduce a device that will run the Android OS, the G1. Android is not only an OS but a software platform. This gives all cellular manufacturers the ability to build new device that can use Android.

The Android platform is completely open-source, allowing any developer to tap into its full power and create some pretty cool apps. Check out some of the winners of the Android Developer Challenge.

If you caught my post about an Android development branch called cupcake, you have an idea of what to expect in what we all hope are near-future...
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Present.ly is a premium micro-blogging platform that allows for file transfers and updates via IM and SMS. It's a bit like Twitter, but geared...
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What's at the top of your Android wish list? Video capture? Stereo bluetooth? On-screen QWERTY? Well, a private development branch called cupcake has...
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A month ago, I wrote a post in the forums where I summarized my daily G1 routine, pointing out the apps I found most useful. Since then, programs...
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There's a story buzzing around the InterWebs this morning about Samsung having gone and announced that they'll launch an Android phone on both T-...
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Remember books? I know, a total pain in the ass, right? But there's an iPhone and Android app that lets you read them cover-to-cover, so to speak,...
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I'm a bit embarrassed to know that reference is available for use. I don't know where it comes from though, so I'm clean. The people around me may...
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Battery life has been my most significant complaint about the G1. So I decided to find every instance where power was being used unnecessarily and...
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The name "Open Handset Alliance" sounds like an afterschool club for roleplaying gamers or hardcore a/v nerds ... which I suppose it is, since those...
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Wasn't so long ago that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was saying that Google's Android OS just wasn't "good enough to put the Sprint brand on it."  Sounds...
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I don't want to kill anyone's Black Friday shopping buzz, or discourage you from buying the G1 as a holiday gift. But I have dedicated a lot of posts...
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I've never used the iPhone Facebook app, so I can't compare. But fBook's description in the Android Market says it's "a wrapper that optimizes and...
15 years 6 months ago
With all of the methods of delivering data to cell phones, it can be a bit confusing to track down connectivity problems. Phones that are capable of...
15 years 6 months ago
I had the pleasure of speaking with Alex Bloom of Handango last week, who was appointed Vice President of the company's Content and International...
15 years 6 months ago
Today is the scheduled release date for the first public version of the Twidroid application, formerly known as Twitroid. It allows you to post...
15 years 6 months ago
In response to several Emails we've received over the past day or two, here's what can I tell you re: The current state of the G1's Android Market...
15 years 7 months ago
Motorola has never been timid about trying out various Linux configurations on their phones. And right now they're prepping for a major Android...
15 years 7 months ago
Here's what the line at a star-studded opening typically looks like in New York City: Throngs of people waiting to get in, checking each other out...
15 years 7 months ago
Handango, the provider of countless games, productivity tools, entertainment software and business applications for the cell/smart phone, tablet PC...
15 years 7 months ago
Why mess around?  You join the PhoneDog team, you live in New York City, you hit the T-Mobile G1 launch party.  That's what we do. PhoneDog is...
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