October 28th, 2009
Ok even I hate bringing up the iPhone every now and then while discussing smartphones and Android, but hey look at the brighter side – I didn’t say iPhone killer, I said ‘compete’ 
Just days before we see the Android 2.0-powered Motorola Droid and probably the Android 2.0-powered Xperia from Sony Ericsson, the version 2.0 of the OS has been made official and the SDK with new API’s is out for developers to play with. There are a whole lot of goodies for users and platform tweaks for developers – a complete list is here (video after the jump). But what excites me are the steps that will counter some of the major iPhone advantages. (more…)
Categories: Android, Tech Industry News, Videos, sony ericsson |
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May 28th, 2009
Google has given a little sneak peak inside Android 2.0 aka Donut @ Google I/O. As heard before they have handwriting support (and thats on a capacitive touscreen it seems) and Android Search, that will compete with the iPhone Spotlight / Palm Pre universal search.
More on Engadget
Categories: Android, Tech Industry News |
Tags: android 2.0, android 3.0, android china, android donut, android handwriting, donut | No Comments
May 20th, 2009
A recent video on YouTube shows off the new Android UI that can be expected along with the launch of HTC Hero (yes the Android with 3.5mm headset jack that we saw earlier) + Android 2.0 – Donut. The placement of gadgets on the homescreen in the video appears similar to the widget based homescreen on the upcoming Nokia N97.
Expected to come in Q3 2009, this might undergo lot of changes. A digital clock on the home-screen would certainly save some space :) video downstairs
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Categories: Android, HTC, Videos |
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May 12th, 2009
For long we thought that iPhone rumors were the most frequented on my Google Reader list, but Android seems to be buzzing! After the rollout of the Android firmware version 1.5 (codenamed Cupcake), rumors about Android 2.0 is catching up fast. It is said that the Android V2.0 is codenamed “Donut”. Cupcake aka V1.5 did bring some good features, hope 2.0 manages to live up to the Android hype.
Left: Samsung BigFoot, Right: Rumored Motorola device
Also in news is the T-Mobile G1 revision (which I beleive will be seen with the Android 2.0 OS – aka Donut). Leaked images suggest that this could be either a Samsung (Bigfoot) or Motorola, with a physical QWERTY keyboard (we already saw motorola’s plans for a Android with physical Qwerty). Thats a surprise as the original G1 was by HTC. Interesting developments though…
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Categories: Android, Leaked / Spyshots, motorola, samsung |
Tags: android 2.0, android donut, android physical qwerty, android v2, donut, samsung bigfoot, tmobile android, tmobile g1 v2 | No Comments
