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Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo The laptop will feature two OSes: Google's open source Android will sit alongside a choice of either Windows 7 or XP. Here's the netbook running the Android OS. Acer said the advantage of an... [16 Oct 2009]
Photos: 10 of the best open source mobiles
Photo However, Android wasn't the first mobile Linux effort by any means: work on open source mobiles by the LiMo Foundation, as well as the Openmoko project was already underway by the time the Google OS was announced. [12 Oct 2009]
Adobe's Flash coming to smartphones, netbooks
News Most major smartphone platforms will support the software - Google Android, Symbian, Palm WebOS and Windows Mobile - but Apple has yet to sign up. Flash is ubiquitous on the desktop - now Adobe is hoping it can repeat... [05 Oct 2009]
Netbooks, Apple goodies, vintage kit and a futuristic datacentre
Photo The Cliq, the first Google Android handset produced by Motorola, was unveiled in September. Bonhams previewed some vintage tech last month as the London auctioneer prepared to put a selection of classic hardware under... [02 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Symbian
Cheat Sheet That year also saw the announcement of Android - Google's open source software platform for mobiles, while another Linux-based mobile OS effort, the LiMo Foundation, also came into being around that time. [01 Oct 2009]
Michael Dell
AS Profile Generating the most excitement among Dell's forthcoming hardware line-up is the Latitude Z notebook, rumoured to have advanced wireless capabilities that possibly includes wireless charging; and Dell's Android-based... [30 Sep 2009]
Daniel Ek
AS Profile Spotify is now also available via the Apple App Store as well as the Android mobile phone platform, further extending its potential to compete with iTunes. Daniel Ek co-founded the Spotify on-demand music streaming... [29 Sep 2009]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile It also continued to push its Chrome web browser while the Android mobile phone OS has become much more mainstream. Google CEO Eric Schmidt makes the Agenda Setters top 10 for the sixth consecutive year in 2009 and rises... [29 Sep 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Samsung Galaxy i7500
Photo Android smartphone with Amoled touchscreen Vibrant screen; plenty of on-board memory; good camera, with LED photo light; 3.5mm headphone jack; support for Android apps; responsive user interface Dull... [25 Sep 2009]
Toptable books in new CTO
News Broome will lead the roll out of Toptable's mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android mobile OS. Online restaurant booking company Toptable has appointed a new chief technology officer to develop... [23 Sep 2009]
Google: Apple rejected Google Voice for iPhone
News It also translates voice mails into text, and is a popular application on Google's own Android mobile operating system. Google told the Federal Communications Commission in a redacted letter to the agency a few weeks ago... [21 Sep 2009]
Palm drops Windows Mobile operating system
News In addition to the iPhone 3GS, which launched in June, there are several new phones coming to market, including several Android devices such as Motorola Cliq (known as the Dext in Europe). The device is supposed to be on... [18 Sep 2009]
Google's Android gets new functionality baked in with Donut SDK
News Those smartphone developers waiting for the next version of Android, codenamed Donut, will not have to wait any longer now that the Android 1.6 software development kit is available for download. As... [16 Sep 2009]
Will software be Motorola's saviour?
News Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha wouldn't go as far to say that Motorola is unconcerned with hardware these days, hours after unveiling the forthcoming Motorola Cliq at Mobilize 2009, but the balance has clearly changed with the introduction of... [15 Sep 2009]
Photos: Motorola's first Android device
Photo The Cliq is Motorola's first Google Android device. It will be the third Android phone for the carrier (joining the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G and the T-Mobile G1). Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha gave the keynote... [14 Sep 2009]
