All the stories tagged with Android
Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.
Dell Thunder 4.1-inch Android Phone Leaked
04/21/2010, Details about an upcoming Dell high-end smartphone called Dell Thunder have just leaked @ engadget. The Thunder is an Android phone with a 4.1″ 800×480 pixels display and a talent for Social Networks – at least, that’s the idea. Dell [...]
Miphone A3 has Android as operating system of choice
04/21/2010, Isn’t this ironic – an iPhone clone known as the Miphone A3 will at least not run on a knockoff version of the iPhone OS, but will instead rely on the open source Android OS albeit with a user interface [...]
Android 2.2 FroYo Coming On May 19th?
04/21/2010, Word is going around the Google’s next iteration of its Android operating system, Android 2.2 FroYo, might be just around the corner. While there isn’t any official date attached to its release just yet, speculation is that it will be [...]
Ford SYNC AppLink Brings Android And BlackBerry Apps To Your Car
04/20/2010, Ford has just announced SYNC AppLink, which is a downloadable software upgrade for Ford SYNC systems, which seem to be quite popular. The update offers hands-free voice control of popular applications for BlackBerry and Android devices. The first car from [...]
Google Trying To Attract iPhone App Developers With Free Phones?
04/20/2010, Apparently Palm isn’t the only one who is trying to ramp up app development for its mobile application store, as word is going around that Google is actively trying to attract iPhone app developers to develop apps for the Android [...]
Leaked Pictures Of Android-powered Motorola Handsets
04/20/2010, There isn’t much information associated with these leaked pictures, but they’re apparently Motorola phones powered by Google’s Android and feature a transparent cover on the front, similar to the Ming series. There are claims that they’re engineering prototypes, and one [...]
Google Will Fix Flaw That Prevents Android Devices Formatting 32GB Cards
04/20/2010, This might not be the issue for all users out there, as not everybody uses a 32GB microSD card, possibly due to price. But if you’ve recently tried formatting a 32GB microSD card on Google’s Nexus One, or another Android [...]
Lenovo Android-powered LePhone Launched In China
04/20/2010, Do you remember the Android 2.1-powered Lenovo LePhone that we covered a little while back? If you’re living in China, you should be able to get your hands on this interesting phone, as Lenovo has officially announced that it’s launching [...]
Dropbox For Windows Mobile On Its Way
04/19/2010, iPhone users have been enjoying the wonders of Dropbox for some time now, and Android users are well on their way to getting the experience too. If you’re a Windows Mobile user, you might feel more than a little left [...]
Adobe Signing Up Testers For Flash Player 10.1 And Adobe AIR 2.0 On Android
04/19/2010, While it doesn’t look like the iPhone will be getting Adobe Flash anytime soon, but it’s a different story for the folks who are running Google’s Android, and a post has appeared, announcing that Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR [...]
LG P950 Android smartphone could be up next
04/16/2010, It seems that LG is working on a new range of Android-powered smartphones, with the LG P950 being next in line according to the LG P950’s UAProfile (User Agent Profile) which lets us know that apart from the Android operating [...]
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 to get Android 2.1 update
04/16/2010, Word has it that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 will be getting an Android 2.1 update later in the second half of the year, introducing multitouch capability as well. It is interesting to note that by that time, Android 2.2, [...]
CJ-2 Android prototype
04/16/2010, The HongKong Electronics Fair (HKEF) Spring Edition has just concluded, where some eagle-eyed folks came across the Rockchip RK2808-powered CJ-2 Android prototype which was running on Android 2.1 alongside a 600MHz processor, cramming in a 3.2″ 480 x 800 WVGA [...]
