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Cell devices and CTIA 2008 San Francisco Preview

3g It's the maiden voyage of the PhoneDog Podcast! On episode one, Noah covers the first week of September in cell phone news: iPhone 3G woes, Google Android and Google Chrome, and T-Mobile's first official 3G phone. We also review iPhone 3G,...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 2

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Dream: First Google Android Phone Clears FCC

Android The HTC Dream has received FCC approval, and that quiet rumbling you hear is the sound of T-Mobile subscribers doing their happy dance across the land. HTC model "DREA100" is ready to go and appears to pack the following goodies...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 1

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Google Talk for the iPhone now available

Google A new version of Google Talk is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch browsers to let users not only communicate via Gmail but also keep in touch with quick bits via Talk. Users need to use Safari on iPhone to get to Google...

from 2008 by Courtney Carlisle 0

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Google maps for mobile with voice search for BlackBerry

Google The Google Maps for mobile team announced that you can now speak your query instead of typing it on a certain BlackBerry devices (Pearl 8110, 8120, and 8130, US only). Using the same speech recognition engine as GOOG-411, the free...

from 2008 by Courtney Carlisle 0

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gPhone Watch : Google Demos HTC Dream Android Phone

Android Phone Magazine by way of Android Community has posted video and a ton of pictures of the latest build of Google's Android mobile phone OS as demoed at the Google I/O conference today in San Francisco. Thanks to the magic of...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 0

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GMail Mobile: Google gets mobile mail right

Google Consider this a mini-review and professional "thumbs up" for Google's GMail Mobile. I've recently begun the process of moving all of my Email over from a custom domain to a couple of Gmail accounts, and as such have started accessing...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 1

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gPhone watch: Android spied running on a HTC TyTN II

Android With HTC planning a big media event for May 6th and Summer just around the corner after that, you'd have to think we'll being seeing the first Android phone before too long, right? For those who can't wait here's a video clip to tide you...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 0

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T-Mobile and RIM announce BlackBerry Pearl 8120

Aol T-Mobile and RIM launched the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone featuring Wi-Fi connectivity for voice and data, with support for T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home Wi-Fi calling feature. The Pearl features a two megapixel camera with zoom, media...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 0

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Super phone: AT&T N95 ad shows up on Google

Google A few weeks ago I reported on increased talk about Nokia's N95 - that do it all 5MP Camera, GPS & WiFi uberphone - making its way to AT&T here in the US before too long. That was just the latest in a chain of related rumors dating back to...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 0

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AOL to launch its own “Open Mobile Platform”

Android AOL recently announced they want to throw their hat in the mix by getting into the open source mobile arena with the rest of the big boys. AOL plans on having the platform ready for developers to start tinkering with new apps by this...

from 2008 by Joe Kramer 0

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At long last: T-Mobile to roll out 3G this Summer, Android phone in Q4

3g Now that the rest of the world is gearing up for WiMAX, LTE, and other 4G solutions, good ol' T-Mobile is ready to roll out their long awaited 3G network here in the USA. CNET's Kent German reported that he tracked down T-Mobile CEO Hamid...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 2

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gPhone watch: Android prototypes on display at MWC 2008

Android Engadget has a ton of pics, but - oddly - no video, of aprototype handset running the Android OS at Texas Instruments' booth at MWC in Spain. The handset is powered by a 500 MHz OMAP 3430 processor, which is getting towards the upper end...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 0

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gPhone watch: ARM to demo android phone at MWC next week?

Android Mobile World Congress is shaping up to be one heck of a show, huh? Reuters is citing "a source close to the company" in reporting that British chip company ARM will show off a prototype phone running Google's Android platform in Barcelona...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 0

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Dude, you're getting a gPhone: Are Dell and Google making mobile together?

Android CrunchGear picked up on a Marketing Week story pointing towards a possible Google-Dell joint announcement at 3GSM in Barcelona next month. I blogged last month about a possible Dell smartphone being in the works, and Google has of course...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 1

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CES 2008: Android phone? Wiston NeWeb GW4

Android Wistron NeWeb of Taiwan was showing a very impressive Linux-based smartphone at CES in Las Vegas. The GW4 is ready for Google's Android OS and features a responsive Linux OS, touchscreen and QWERTY board, and is one of the lightest...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 0

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CES 2008: Android Phone? Wistron NeWeb GW4

Google Wistron NeWeb of Taiwan was showing a very impressive Linux-based smartphone at CES in Las Vegas. The GW4 is ready for Google's Android OS and features a responsive Linux OS, touchscreen and QWERTY board, and is one of the lightest...

from 2008 by Noah Kravitz 1

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gPhone watch: Android development kit not so hot?

Android Google's Software Development Kit for Anrdoid - their Linux-based phone operating system - has been in developers' hands for more than a month now. So what's the word on the street? According to Ars Technica's Ryan Paul, it's not all...

from 2007 by Noah Kravitz 0

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GPhone watch: Here's the first working Android phone - sort of

Android Japanese cellular operator Willcom has successfully demonstrated the Google-backed Android mobile OS running on a reference board (a circuit board mimicking handset functionality). Willcom's demo shows Android's multi-tasking...

from 2007 by Noah Kravitz 0

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Google Will Apply to Participate in FCC Spectrum Auction

Google MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (November 30, 2007) – Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it will apply to participate in the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming auction of wireless spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band. As part...

from 2007 by The PhoneDog 0

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Its official - Google enters spectrum auction!

Google Google announced today that is will file a formal application on Monday, December 3rd (deadline is Dec 5) to participate in the 700MHz spectrum auction which begins January 24, 2008. Google will be bidding on a portion of the spectrum what...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 0