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Ever since Gizmodo snapped photos of supposed Google-powered mobile phones, speculations abound regarding their debut. The pic above is an HTC (a Taiwanese company) manufactured Google Android smartphone prototype.
Source: APCMag
Then, just six short weeks ago, the search supremo (and just-about-everything-else-online supremo) announced there would not be a 'Google phone' per se, but rather dozens of them from a raft of mobile manufacturers, and all built on an open Linux-based mobile phone platform nam …
Source: Today's popular reality
I just cannot believe where we are with robot technology and the uses robots are already being put. It is quite possible that we will have humanoid robots in our homes with in the next few years.
Source: http://www.goodroid.com/
Google Android videos, a library of videos from around the Net explaining the new Google Android platform.
Source: TechCrunch
Gizmodo has got their hands on a photograph (pic right) of a prototype phone running Google's Android Open Mobile operating system. According to the report, the phone itself looks like it may have been manufactured by HTC. Looks ok to me.
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A list of 10 (not yet developed) killer applications for the Android platform. An Android equipped phone with these apps would make a stock iPhone look like a DynaTAC in comparison.
Source: Google
"We believe it's important to put our money where our principles are," said Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google. "Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world.
Source: The New York Times
"The user experience has been a disaster," says Tony Davis, managing partner of Brightspark, a Toronto venture capital firm that has invested in two mobile Web companies.
Source: Slate
When Google conquered Internet search in the early 2000s, it was strictly a Web company and faced only Web competitors. Since then it has only rarely ventured out of the friendly confines of the Web world.
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Google's almost simultaneous announcement of its open platforms in both the mobile and social network spaces was no coincidence.
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The iPhone vs Android are compared to Macintosh vs Windows.
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As it promised last week, Google today released an early version of the "Android" SDK. This is in fact, an early look as Google terms it, so it's far from a finished product. At the same time, Google announced a contest to jump-start development.
Source: Apple Insider
he kit also includes code that, for some, may confirm Google's increasingly strong ties to Apple, manifested most often for observers by the presence of Google chief Eric Schmidt on Apple's Board of Directors.
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Wow! Google's Android Demo is amazing! I'm impressed!
Source: Engadget
A visual tour of Android's UI
Source: Engadget
Open Handset Alliance released an early look Android SDK and announced a competiton for app makers. Out of the box the software supports touchscreen, 3G, accelerated 3D graphics and has a webkit-based browser.
Source: buzzvines.com
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the Android Developer Challenge, which will provide $10 million to developers who build mobile applications for Android™, the first complete, open, and free mobile platform.
Source: Engadget
Looks pretty impressive. I can't wait to see more.
Source: Computerworld
Google's plans to enter the mobile industry with a cell phone platform might have impressed many in the industry but not Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and one of Google's biggest competitors.
Source: Valleywag
Remember WhatsOpen.com, the stealth search startup that piqued Google cofounder Sergey Brin's interest last month? Brin was so intrigued he told the founders to keep the company hush-hush. Now, however, a source has leaked screenshots of WhatsOpen's secret project.
Source: The Times
Internet search engine, Google, yesterday announced its plans to make it easier to use the internet via mobile phone. Google is said to be working on a mobile-phone operating system, currently called 'Android', which it plans to launch during the second half of 2008.
Source: Ars Technica
The Google Phone has arrived, sort of, but not in the long-rumored embodiment that many had expected.
Source: Business Week
Ok, this is old news I know. Reading the Businessweek article from 2005 brings today's news full circle. This 2 year old article announces that Google made a low-key bid for Android, a small but powerful team of engineers who design software for mobile phones.
Source: googleblog.blogspot.com
Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing -- the Open Handset Alliance and Android -- is more significant and ambitious than a single phone.
Source: android.com
This went up today at Android.com, home of Andy Rubin who is now head of mobile devices for Google. This is the future of cellular phones. :) Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices Group Pledges to Unleash Innovation for Mobile Users Worldwide