Aussie Google phone delayed indefinitely

After the first Google Android phone in Australia originally planned to launch on December 15 last year, then pushed back to January 29, Kogan Technologies has just delayed the launch indefinitely, citing “potential future interoperability issues”.The Age reported, according to Ruslan Kogan, who manufactures and sells electronic devices and other gadgets under the Kogan brand, pulled out of the

T-Mobile Sending Out Replacement Batteries for the G1? For Realz?

Remember the rumor that T-Mobile was going to be sending out replacement batteries to all G1 owners? The rumor sounded great, and I’m sure most G1 owners were/are hyped about it, as the battery seems to more or less ’suck the bag’. At any rate, while poking around the interwebs this morning I noticed more details on the matter by way of Android Central. Seems as though one of their devoted

Garmin to develop Android based phones in 2009

And again about Google’s Android, which is attracting more and more device manufacturers. Garmin is next in the line, which prepares to develop Android based devices in 2009.Marketing director of Garmin in the Asia-Pacific region, Tony An, reported interesting details about plans for next year. First, the company representative said Garmin is scheduling release of smartphone Garmin Nuvifone. In

Loopt Available on Android Market, US Only

Loopt announced that its service is launching today to consumers through the Android Market, Google’s new mobile application store. Loopt users can share their location between carrier networks with fellow Loopt users on AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Boost, MetroPCS and T-Mobile.The Android version offers all the core Loopt features including background location updating which enables users to receive

Mobile Social Network BuddyMob Reaches Top 5 on Android Market

Since its launch as a private beta test on December 1st 2008, geo-localised social network and micro-blogging mobile application BuddyMob has reached the top 5 on the Android Market in the social category. To date, the BuddyMob beta trial has experienced over 10,000 download requests and currently has more than 5,118 active community members. Free to use, BuddyMob is ad-funded by using a

T-Mobile's G1 Unlocked

Google has figured it is time to no longer keep its G1 users or fans waiting, and has released an unlocked version of the device that works using any kind of GSM card. The Android Dev Phone 1, as it is now called, is the SIM and hardware unblocked version of the G1, and the first Android device of its kind.To further explain the pluses of this new appearance, any G1 fan who felt constrained in

Kogan Agora, the second Android cell phone

Step one. I have never heard of Kogan Technologies. After doing some research, I found out that I’m dealing with a small Australian-based company. Step two. Android is the software platform and operating system that was specially designed and developed by Google to work with mobile devices. Step three. Try now to connect those two names I’ve just mentioned. It seems, at a first glance, that

Meebo for Android has just been launched

Having an application compatible with the iPhone or the Android handsets has become every company’s most powerful dream. You have to run on Android to exist, you just have to! To prove my point, I’ll tell you that another Web-based Instant Messaging service, Meebo, is now available for Google’s Android platform, thanks to a Meebo for Android application.Therefore, Meebo, the Web’s live

ZAGG invisibleSHIELD for T-Mobile G1 Android

Like the one we already have for Apple iPhone, ZAGG, the well-known provider of protective film coverings for personal electronics, is now shipping the invisibleSHIELD for the new T-Mobile G1 Android, the first phone to run on Google’s Android operating system.Transparent and thin, the invisibleSHIELD perfectly matches the shape of every device, providing unparalleled scratch protection. Made

EA Mobile Releases Tetris for Android, bejeweled and Monopoly Coming Next Month

EA Mobile today announced the development of two games for the T-Mobile G1. Tetris is available today and Bejeweled and MONOPOLY Here & Now Edition will become available in November. All three games will be available in the United States for purchase and download directly from www.eamobile.com.TetrisThe global hit Tetris comes to Android! A touch screen lets you spin, flick and move Minos in

iSkoot for Skype launches as First Mobile VoIP Application for Android Smartphones

Skoot today announced that its mobile application, iSkoot for Skype, is launching in the Android Market. iSkoot’s solution supports the Skype Software, offering Android users on any cellular network the ability to make Skype-to-Skype calls on their mobile phone. It is not free though, see the cost listing in detail after the jump.Making a Skype-to-Skype call: Airtime + A little bit of DataWhen

Soft QWERTY Keyboard for Android Available in Q1 2009

If you are needing a soft keyboard for your new T-Mobile G1, Android has released a roadmap which include the soft keyboard feature on Q1 2009. When the Input method framework and Input method engines is complete, you will be able to use the soft keyboad from Android, plus application developers can develop new soft keyboard application for the Android OS.Android Q1 2009 roadmap:Input method

UK to Get T-Mobile G1 from October 30

T-Mobile today announces the T-Mobile G1 will be available in the UK from 30 October. Exclusive to T-Mobile, the G1 comes with full touch screen functionality plus a QWERTY keyboard for easy online communication, high speed internet with popular Google services already on board, and access to innovative application downloads from the new Android Market. According to the company, there are already

Google’s Android Could Signal a Tipping Point in Smartphones

If Google’s ambitions for its recently-launched Android smartphone operating system are fully realized, the new OS will represent a tipping point in attitudes towards the whole concept of a smartphone. This tectonic shift will affect consumers, handset manufacturers and, most critically, mobile network operators.According to ABI Research director Kevin Burden, “If Android is to become the

T-Mobile G1 Reviews

T-Mobile announced the international launch of the world’s first Android powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. Available soon only for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents, the T-Mobile G1 cell phone combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes the popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop,

T-Mobile USA showed off the G1,When and how much?

The first phone that harnesses Google Inc.'s ambition to make the Internet easy to use on the go was revealed Tuesday, and it looks a lot like an iPhone.T-Mobile USA showed off the G1, a phone that, like Apple Inc.'s iPhone, has a large touch screen. But it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google's e-mail and mapping programs.T-Mobile said it will begin selling the

Google Reveals Android's Very Own App Store

We still have plenty more IFA news to bring you, but this rather interesting story has broken during our time in Germany...Showing it is taking the battle directly to Apple's iPhone 3G, Google has announced a third party application store called 'Android Market' which will be accessible on all Android handsets.Just as with the iPhone's App Store users will be able to download and install

Google-powered mobile phones to make a February debut?

First came the fervent and persistent rumours of a Google mobile phone.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 named Android.Now things are picking up steam, with

Google-powered mobile phones to make a February debut?

First came the fervent and persistent rumours of a Google mobile phone.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 named Android.Now things are picking up steam, with

Google Unveils Android Mobile OS in Video Demo

The last year has seen a great deal of speculation about Google introducing a mobile phone onto the market. In the last few months, it has become fairly clear that Google would not in fact be releasing a mobile phone - but instead was creating an open source mobile phone operating system that would integrate fully with Google's existing services and offer developers the ability to create a wide