We can definitely see Sony Ericsson pairing its interesting Xperia design with an Android OS. In fact that’s a more than good idea. An Android Xperia could be the killer phone we’re expecting from Sony Ericsson.

But the Kiki concept isn’t bad either. For one thing, this phone is really green so should we expect it to be really eco-friendly too? It’s so green it doesn’t even have any keypad. So how would one be able to interact with it? Simply press your finger against that glass right? That seems pretty logical but we have no official news from Sony Ericsson regarding this phone.

And what about the screen of the Kiki? Is it projected on the glass surface? It would certainly seem so:

The display seems to be made of glass, and the screen image appears to be projected onto this glass surface. It makes it possible to create a sort of depth in the screen image, and it looks rather exciting. We’re very much looking forward to seeing more of this.

Again, there’s no official Sony Ericsson position on the Kiki just yet but our interest has certainly been piqued.

via mobil

Tags: Android, concept, Google, Kiki, Mobile News, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, xperia

Google Voice is not here yet for the masses so while we’re waiting for access we might as well talk about it. It looks like a new feature is now available to anyone currently using Google Voice and I don’t mean that rumored number porting. Google Voice will let you change your number if you choose to do so.

Simply go to the Phones menu under Settings and change your number for a one-time fee of $10. The best part of it is that Google is offering you a number picker tool that will help you match words with numbers and check for their availability. The old number will be available for an extra 90 days so you’ll have plenty of time to get used to your new phone. What do you say? Ready to make a change?

via Google Voice

Tags: Google, Google, Google Voice, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Number Porting, numbers

Despite being released in Canada only recently, Rogers Wireless has announced that they will be lowering the prices of both the HTC Dream and HTC Magic to $99.99.

Of course, you’ll have to opt for a 3-year contract before you get the lowered price but $99.99 for an Android phone? Count me in.

Hell, after seeing that a hacker got HTC’s Sense UI running on one of these phones makes the deal even more enticing.

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Tags: Android, Canada, Cell Phones, Google, HTC, HTC Dream, HTC Magic, Mobile News, price cut, rogers wireless, Sense UI

Besides Orange UK it seems that Orange Spain is also going to sell the HTC Hero soon. And we should safely assume that Orange will consider bring the Hero to other markets too. In the mean time the phone will be available to Spanish customers for 99 Euro when purchased with a monthly plan of at least 29 Euro. In case you’re going to pre-order it online, you can get the phone for just 89 Euro. The Hero will be available in Orange stores sometime next week and in case you don’t want a new agreement you’ll be able to get the newest HTC Android phone for somewhere around 500 Euro. What do you think?

via Gizmos

Tags: Android, Europe, Google, Hero, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Orange, Other Brands, spain, UK

After we’ve seen the HTC Sense UI in action on an Android device, now we hear that future Windows Mobile handsets might come with Sense UI installed too. Here’s what we know so far:

The Hero UI has been created specifically for HTC’s Android-based phones but also represents that three core pillars of HTC Sense. HTC’s future Windows Mobile phones will also be based on HTC Sense, but will enhance Windows Mobile in a way that is as appropriate and valuable to people.

As you can see there aren’t any specific details yet. We have no idea when that Sense UI will be available and what Windows Mobile phones is HTC going to launch in the near future. One question does come to mind though! How will HTC choose between Sense UI and TouchFlo? Will the company make both these user interfaces work on Windows Mobile phones?

via wmpoweruser

Tags: Android, Google, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Sense UI, TouchFlo, Windows Mobile

Android is getting hotter and hotter. More and more manufacturers are interested in using Google’s OS in new cell phones. One of those is Geeks Phone which created the One Android phone. The company comes from Spain which makes the One the first Spanish Android phone.

The One will offer you a 625MHz PXA310 processor, quadband EDGE, HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera and a front-facing camera, AGPS and microSD support. The phone will be available this summer unlocked for anywhere between $352 to $422 and it will be running Cupcake. Ready to go to Spain and get it?

via geeksphone

Tags: Android, Cupcake, GeeksPhone, Google, Mobile News, One, Other Brands, Portable Devices, spain

Google has been offering Adsense for use on mobile handsets for some time now but has generally left iPhone and Android application developers turning to services like AdMob.

Today, Google has launched a beta program for Adsense for Mobile Applications which will allow mobile developers to display adsense ads directly in the application of choice.

Since it’s only a beta, the program is currently only open to application developers.

More information can be had here.

Tags: ads, adsense, Android, App Store, applications, Cell Phones, Google, Google, iPhone, mobile, Mobile News

If you were looking to get the Sense UI, featured on the HTC Hero, for your T-Mobile G1 you are sure to be discouraged by this latest announcement.

Apparantly, the HTC has released a statment that says  due to licensing terms, any phones branded with the Google logo, such as the T-Mobile Android devices, will not be able to run the stylish user interface.

Then again, once the Sense UI is made readily available, it’s only a matter of time until hackers will be able to boot it up on the above mentioned devices.

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Tags: Android, branded, Cell Phones, Google, Google, HTC, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Sense UI, software

The phone of the day is definitely the newly announced HTC Hero. Besides that Sense UI which we heard it’s going to be available to other Android devices, we heard that Adobe has Flash support ready for the Hero too.

The Hero is therefore the first Android phone that will have support for Flash and Adobe has already shown that to everyone. Flash movies and Flash games are all going to be supported in Hero’s browser so in case you want a new Android phone, the Hero looks exactly like what you wised for.

In the video above, Adobe’s own Adrian Ludwig is showing off Flash in action on this Android phone so you should enjoy the video and start waiting impatiently for the phone to be shipped to your home address.

via Adobe

Tags: adobe, Adrian Ludwig, Android, Browsing, flash, games, Google, Hero, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Movies, Portable Devices

After you’ve seen the Hero today you must have started toying with the idea of getting that Sense UI on your current Android device, whatever it may be. And it’s safe to say that the user interface is going to be available to other HTC Android devices. We have no official press release to prove that but we might have something better. According to HTC’s CEO, Peter Chou, “HTC sense will be available on some other existing devices.” Isn’t that good news or what?

The Sense UI will definitely make your Android phone more appealing so you should grab it when you’ll have the chance. We’ll be telling you what to do and when as soon as we know about it.

via pocketlint

Tags: Android, Google, Hero, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Peter Chou, Sense UI

Despite being officially set to launch in about an hour, HTC has gone ahead and launched an official website for their upcoming handset, the HTC Hero.

The newly launched website gives us all sorts of data that was previously unknown. First things first, this will in fact be an Android phone. Other than sporting Google’s operating system the Hero will feature a Qualcomm 528 MHz processor, a 3.2-inch 230×480 touch-screen TFT-LCD display and a 5MP camera. Additionally it will feature GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and a 3.5mm audio jack.

You can head over to the website at www.htc.com/www/product/hero/overview.html.

No word on pricing or availability yet but we’ll keep you updated.

Tags: Android, bluetooth, camera, Cell Phones, Google, gs, Hero, HTC, htc hero, launch, Mobile News, qualcomm, software, website, WiFi

You have been probably waiting for Adobe to finish its Flash 10 for smartphones already but the company doesn’t have a final version just yet. Good news though, that Flash 10 is going to be available by the end of the year, at least in beta. According to its latest earnings presentation Flash 10 beta for smartphone will be available sometime in October. The software will be available for smartphones made by Nokia and Palm or running Google and Microsoft OS.

via blogcdn

Tags: adobe, Beta, Flash 10, Google, Google, Microsof, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Nokia, Nokia, Palm, Palm

We’ve been waiting for T-Mobile to launch its second Android phone and today is the day when the myTouch 3G becomes official. Getting passed that weird name we can tell you that the phone will be available in T-Mobile stores starting this August although you can pre-order it from July 8th for just $199 with a two-year new contract.

And let’s take a look at the features of the new myTouch 3G phone:

• Quad-band EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA (1700MHz/2100MHz)
• Wi-Fi
• GPS
• 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with YouTube and Picasa uploading support
• MicroSD slot with included 4GB microSD card
• 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen
• Microsoft Exchange support

T-Mobile is promising some unique applications for the myTouch 3G and we’ll tell you all about them once the phone becomes available.

Tags: 3G, Android, application, Google, MyTouch 3G, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

Google hasn’t launched its Google Voice yet despite being rumored earlier this week. But Google was pretty busy. It reserved one million new phone numbers with its provider for Google Voice, Level 3. Does that mean that Google is actually getting ready to launch the new Google Voice soon? Well, we’re certainly hoping that will happen and we’ll be waiting close by to tell you all about it!

via PCWorld

Tags: Google, Google, Google Voice, Level 3, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Portable Devices

It’s crazy I know, but instead of actually announcing the next Android phone available, T-Mobile has just confirmed that next week the phone will be announced. Wait, we’ve actually seen that happen with other carriers so why should it bother us now?

A company spokesperson had this to say about the second Android phone coming from T-Mobile:

Next week, T-Mobile will share more details about its next Android-powered phone, the follow-on device to the T-Mobile G1 with Google.

It was about time T-Mobile announced the myTouch 3G (or however they want to call it) since the Pre and the iPhone have already been unleashed from their cages. The spokesman hasn’t actually mentioned the name of the phone or any of its features but according to rumors it has to be the HTC handset we’re expecting. What do you say folks? What do you pick between Android, webOS or iPhone 3.0?

via T-Mobile

Tags: Android, announcement, Google, Google, HTC, HTC, MyTouch 3G, rumor, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

Haier is probably not your favorite cell phone manufacturer but it could very well become one. The company has Android plans apparently and its first Android phone will be probably launched in September. Called the H7, this new handset is expected in France at least. The phone has been displayed at CommunicAsia 2009 and it will pack a 2.8-inch touchscreen, a 2-megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi and Android 2.0 in the background. The phone will sell for $150 with a contract but we don’t have all the details just yet.

via asia cnet

Tags: Android, communicasia, Google, H7, Haier, Other Brands

Google Voice is not available just yet but according to recent rumors the service is coming and it will be available tomorrow for everyone interested in it. We’d love to know more about all the features of Google Voice sooner especially since we have just heard that Google Voice will support number porting sometime soon. We’ll be waiting anxiously tomorrow to see if that’s really happening and bring you back all the details.

via cnet

Tags: applications, Google, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, software, voice

Huawei has announced two new smartphones at CommunicAsia 2009, the U8230 and the C8000. The first one is an Android-powered device which will feature a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera and an impressive 1500 mAh battery. The second one is of course a Windows Mobile phone. It has a smaller 2.8-inch touchscreen, an extra 3D UI, an independent media-related display adapter and a battery capable of 6-8 hours of media playback. Will these features be enough for Huawei to conquer any mobile market? The phones will be available in both Asia and Europe in the second half of the year but we still have to wait for prices.

via vnunet

Tags: Android, C8000, communicasia, Google, huawei, microsoft, Other Brands, U8320, Windows Mobile

Dell will simply not give up when it comes to its mobile business. Despite not being able to launch any phone so far this year, the company is still working on a mobile phone. And according to the blurry picture above, Dell might have some hot phone coming in the near future. And then again the picture could be fake! Supposedly the phone will run on Android and it will be launched in China first.

via engadgetmobile

Tags: Android, China, Dell, Google, leak, Mobile News, Other Brands, smartphone

We have some great news for you guys and it involves Google Voice. The Google service will let you now port your number which means you will be able to take the phone number you’ve grown to love and use it with whatever phone or carrier you want. That means you will be able to make and receive calls as well as send and receive text messages through Google Voice. That doesn’t fully work yet with the current Google Voice. The new service is currently in testing and it might be available only later this year so we’re in for a short wait.

via TechCrunch

Tags: Google, Google Voice, Mobile News, Number Porting, Portable Devices