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RSS android"Android is not open. It's a marketing label"
News Google jumped into the mobile world just over two years ago with the public announcement of its mobile OS platform Android, while the newly created Symbian Foundation is reworking various flavours of the proprietary... [23 Feb 2009]
Human robots, Android Magic and classic radar tech
Photo The handset that created the biggest stir was the HTC Magic - aka the second Google Android device (pictured here) - which will be exclusive to the Vodafone network. The Magic looks similar to the first... [02 Mar 2009]
Android woos 20 per cent of T-Mobile contract customers
News The G1 Android handset now accounts for 20 per cent of T-Mobile's contract sales, the operator revealed in its latest financial results. Android: The lowdown Cheat Sheet: Google Android:... [03 Mar 2009]
Android development kit goes native
News A native application development kit has been released for Android developers, offering a way to create certain kinds of high-performing applications for handsets running the platform. Android... [26 Jun 2009]
Zittrain: Android holds the key to free future
News Android's battle to be the dominant mobile phone operating system (OS) could decide the future freedom of our technology, according to a leading web academic. He said: "I think Android will be a very... [30 Jun 2008]
Android opens its doors to developers with SDK v1.0
News Google has released version 1.0 of the Android software developer kit. The kit lets programmers create applications that will run on Android phones, even before T-Mobile starts selling the first... [25 Sep 2008]
Android is now open: So where next?
News Less than a year after announcing Android, the open-source phone operating system intended to jump-start the mobile internet, Google began sharing the project's underlying source code. The Android Open... [22 Oct 2008]
Android rocks up at Mobile World Congress
News Prototypes of the first mobile handsets using Google's Android software debuted at the GSMA's Mobile World Congress. Google launched Android, an open development platform in November last year. Phones... [12 Feb 2008]
Android to land in Chinese market?
News Once there was just a single Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. OPhone is a codename for phones that will be based on China Mobile's OMS [Open Mobile System] which is essentially Android + TD SCDMA [China's... [15 Dec 2008]
Android sales to outstrip iPhone's by 2012
News The iPhone's lead over smartphone upstart Android is set to be short-lived, according to new research. Android smartphone sales will outstrip iPhone sales by 2012, a report by industry watchers Informa... [06 Mar 2009]
Android delayed? Google says no
News Google denied a report this week that phones using its Android software have been delayed until 2009. Google said in a statement: "We're still on track to announce Android-powered phones this year. Some... [04 Jun 2008]
Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...
News This month, silicon.com has been busy wrestling with Android. Cheat Sheet: Google Android Not manhandling tin men but exploring Google's new operating system for mobiles with our definitive Cheat Sheet... [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: Android unlocked - developers are Ion-clad
Photo Google handed out thousands of HTC-built, Android-powered, unlocked Ion phones to attendees of its Google I/O conference in San Francisco. The Android 1.5 software enables video, too.... [28 May 2009]
Web-based Gmail lands on iPhone, Android
News Google has released a new web-based version of Gmail that gives iPhone and Android phone users a more sophisticated version of the online email service, including access to messages that's faster and that works even when... [08 Apr 2009]
Android on your desktop gets its second alpha
News Android then runs directly from the CD, leaving the user's hard disk unchanged. The system is based on Android 1.5 and is designed to work on x86 systems, such as desktop PCs or netbooks.... [09 Jul 2009]
