Is Acer ready to launch Android phones by the end of the year? According to a sketch in a notebook “secret models” are going to be released in the second half of the year. And the notebook belongs to an Acer representative from MWC. From what you can see in the picture here, the secret models are supposed to run on Android. As you can imagine already, there aren’t any official details regarding these Android phones so we will all have to wait.

via Engadget Spanish

Tags: Acer, Android, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, MWC

Here’s another manufacturer that failed to impress us with an Android phone. This time is Huawei who showed everyone a non-working prototype of an Android phone. The phone looks like an iPhone, and there’s no doubt about that. It doesn’t have any buttons so it might have problems running a standard Android interface.

Huawei will launch the phone sometime in Q3 as it’s currently negotiating with a carrier to launch it. By that time we’re hoping that Android will run perfectly on this iPhone-like device.

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Tags: Android, Google, huawei, iPhone, Mobile News, Mobile Software, MWC, Other Brands

While LG has announced its partnership with Microsoft, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it will not create smartphones running other OS. And rumor has it that LG plans to release three Android phones by the end of the year. One should arrive by June while the other two should be announced in Q2. Unfortunately we have no idea what LG will actually launch but we hope they will have better success at designing Android phones than Kogan or Samsung did so far.

Tags: Android, Google, kogan, LG, LG, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Other Brands, Samsung, Samsung, windows

Vodafone is ready to offer what others only dream about. And it’s not the Dream from HTC, it’s the successor. The HTC Magic is the phone formerly known as the G2. It will be a Vodafone exclusive in Europe and it will feature 3G via HSPA, WiFi and GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera and the Cupcake G1 users are still missing. The phone hasn’t been officially announced at the MWC yet but we have just started. We’ll keep you in the loop when more details will be available.

via BGR

Tags: Android, Europe, G2, Google, HTC, Magic, Mobile News, MWC, Vodafone, Vodafone

Remember that Zii we were waiting to see a while ago? Well it looks like it has finally started to come up with solutions for the mobile world that we might be interested in. ZiiLabs is going to present HD video playback for the Android platform at MWC. So if you are in Spain starting with Monday, February 16, go check them out. ZiiLabs will use the ZMS-05 CPU previously displayed at CES 2009 to make this all happen. We’ll be waiting to cover their glamorous success or utter failure in a few days.

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Tags: Android, ces, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, MWC, Other Brands, Zii

Samsung has unveiled phone after phone after phone this year before the MWC, but its own Android phone is nowhere to be seen yet. According to reports, the Samsung Android Phone is not coming to MWC so we’ll all have to wait to see it work. After Kogan delayed its Agora it looks like Samsung might be delaying its Android phone too. Samsung planned to launch Android phones with T-Mobile and Sprint in June but now the date has been moved back to the second half of the year.

via EverythingPhone

Tags: Android, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, MWC, Samsung, Samsung

The Android Market might have some great news for Android apps developers. It could start accepting paid apps this week. Is Android prepared to fight the all-too-famous Apple App Store? Will it have similar success? Will Android users embrace the new paid applications? Are paid applications better than free apps? We might get answers to some of these questions starting next week. And what a coincidence, the MWC should start soon. Is anyone from the Android department going to talk about the new applications in Spain?

via Talk Android

Tags: Android, app, Google, market, Mobile News, Mobile Software, MWC, store

Is it a phone? Is it a laptop? Is it a MID? Whatever it is, it’s made by Archos and it will supposedly run on Android. Archos might even go ahead and launch this one at the MWC.

The press release says this “Internet Media Tablet” will work as a phone too and it will use a new OMAP3 processor. We’re looking at a device that sports a 5-inch screen, up to 500GB hard drive, a battery capable of 7 hours of video playback and Flash support. Well it had me at 500GB hard drive. Now I’m really curious to see how it really looks like. Yeah, the picture doesn’t display the real thing yet. We’ll all have to wait until Q3 to get it but MWC might show it to us.

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Tags: Android, archos, device, Google, laptop, MID, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Other Brands, Phone, Portable Devices, tablet

The master of the universe, Google, has decided that the term “netbook” won’t be allowed anymore in any kind of their Adwords. Google feels that Psion, the Netbook creator, should be the only one to use the word. What will everyone call those tiny, ultra-portable laptops now that Google has investigated that trademark claim and gave a sentence favorable to Psion. So how should we refer to netbooks now that Google doesn’t approve of it? How does Tiny-Ultraportable Laptop sound Goggle? Or the acronym version: TUL? Eee TULs anyone?

And by the way, is Psion going to release any new netbooks? Why do they need the word if they won’t be using it?

via jkOnTheRun

Tags: Google, Google, Laptops, Laptops, Mobile News, netbooks, Psion

The Dream is going to Australia and Optus is waiting to deliver it to you. People say that the first ever Android device will be available in Australia is going to arrive on February 16, on plans starting at about $38 per month. The Dream is available in Europe already so it might be a good idea to spread it around the world before other makers start showing off their Android handsets.

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Tags: Android, Australia, Dream, Google, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Optus, Portable Devices

The RC33 firmware update for T-Mobile’s G1 has some surprises for us. One of them is the availability of Google Latitude, a program that will let you keep tabs on people’s location. There are plenty of applications ready to give you that kind of information, but with Google stepping up to the plate things might radically change. Everyone trusts Google to some extent. And since their service will become available on the G1 and probably on other future devices, you’ll always have a tool to help you locate friends and family.

Tags: Android, firmware, G1, Google, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, RC33, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

G1 users gather around. T-Mobile is going to release a new firmware update. Version 1.1 RC33 will arrive soon. Rumor has it that some people have already received the new firmware version yesterday, but there’s no specific released date for the RC33. The RC33 will bring various features to G1 owners. Besides fixing bugs and increasing system stability, it will also “include new system enhancements such as the ability to save pictures or files to file by long-pressing an item, check for system updates, and use the Google Voice Search feature.” There’s no trace of Cupcake in this build but don’t loose faith just yet! A future firmware might bring it over.

via TmoNews

Tags: Android, Cupcake, firmware, G1, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

Fujitsu has no device that runs on Android but it’s ready to offer Android services. That’s not as weird as it sounds. The company is probably aware that Android will surely go in the near future so it has announced a complete suite of services and consulting for Google Android.

Fujitsu will provide:

• Training and Seminars
• Engineering - OS, Platform, Device Drivers, Applications and migration development
• Consulting
• Platform - Fujitsu’s Inspirium middleware platform

So when will Fujitsu launch an Android device?

Tags: Android, Fujitsu, Fujitsu, Google, Google

We know the G2 is coming from T-Mobile and we know it’s an Android phone. What we didn’t know yet was the fact that T-Mobile will launch a whole line of G phones this year. A G-series of Android smartphones is about to be born and T-Mobile is certainly going to profit off of it. Neville Ray, T-Mobile’s senior vice president of engineering and operations said in an interview:

As the year progresses there will be a significant number of HSPA-capable smart phones. We will be launching more G series phones and other products.

What more do you need? Well more details of course. When are we going to get them? Are they all going to be manufactured by HTC? Will T-Mobile improve its 3G network coverage?

via AndroidGuys

Tags: Android, G-Series, G1, G2, Google, Google, HTC, Mobile News, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

Google has just leaked a full description of its future online file storage service. GDrive has been spotted in a modified javascript file for Google pack, http://pack.google.com/cistrings.js. Here’s what embedded within the code:

// Localized product category of GDrive
_CI_messages.CI_GDRIVE_CATEGORY = ‘Online file backup and storage’;
// Localized short description of GDrive (1st
// of 2 description lines)
_CI_messages.CI_GDRIVE_DESCRIPTION_1 = ‘GDrive provides reliable storage for all of your files, including photos, music and documents’;
// Localized short description of GDrive (2nd
// of 2 description lines)
_CI_messages.CI_GDRIVE_DESCRIPTION_2 = ‘GDrive allows you to access your files from anywhere, anytime, and from any device - be it from your desktop, web browser or cellular phone’;

Will we see GDrive soon? Is it going to be a part of Google Pack? We’ll be waiting for the officially official announcements.

via Beu Blog

Tags: GDrive, Google, Google, Google Pack, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Online File Storage, storage

The phone in the picture here is supposed to be the Dream G200i, another Android phone. It comes with a 2.8 inch Smart Touch touchscreen display with a 320 x 240 resolution, Bluetooth connectivity, a 4 megapixel camera and support for playing lots of video and music files: MP3 / WAV / WMA / AVI / ASF / WMV / MP4 / 3GP. It measures 107.2 × 56 x 11.8mm and it weighs 110g. And now I am going to tell you what’s missing and you’re not going to like it. There’s no 3G and there’s no word of WiFi connectivity yet. We’re waiting for more details about this one, but we wouldn’t pay $235 for it if there’s no 3G support even if it’s running on Android.

via journaldugeek

Tags: Android, Dream, G200i, Google, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Other Brands

We were sorry to find out that Kogan’s Agoras were cancelled until further noticed but we hoped the company will find the means necessary to launch the phone at some point in the future. And it looks like this Android phone is going to live again!

But the Kogan Agora will definitely be redesigned. A brand new model is in the works which should be launched sooner or later. We hope sooner than later! The new Kogan Agora should fix those app compatibility issues which kept the original from being launched this month. Any hints on what to expect in the final version?

via androidtwit

Tags: agora, Android, Australia, Google, kogan, Mobile News, Other Brands

The G1 was launched at first only in 3G markets in the USA. Too bad for those T-Mobile customers who didn’t have a 3G signal from T-Mobile yet. In the mean time T-Mobile has managed to get its hands on enough G1 stock to go around. And therefore all the other non-3G T-Mobile markets will get the G1 starting tomorrow. The G1 will be available everywhere there’s a T-Mobile store or a T-Mobile affiliate, but don’t expect 3G coverage everywhere too. You’ll just have to make do with that EDGE connection you currently have.

via T-Mobile

Tags: 3G, Android, edge, G1, Google, Mobile News, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

February is getting closer and closer and we should already be anxious to see what the big names in the mobile industry are going to unveil at the Mobile World Congress. Take Huawei for example. The company is ready for the Android market and it will show its first Android smartphone at the MWC. We don’t have any specs yet so someone should definitely leak some.

On a different note the company will bring the world’s smallest modem to the Congress and the world first commercial HSPA+ Stick. A new digital photo display will also be announced at the MWC. I guess that Huawei is really going to make an impression. Let’s hope their Android phone will sweep us off our feet.

via Huawei

Tags: Android, Google, huawei, Mobile News, MWC, Other Brands

The pictures are blurry enough to indicate a leak, but are they the real HTC G2 planned to arrive at T-Mobile? There are no specs to accompany the leaked photos yet but we do know this G2 has no keyboard and there’s a 3.2 megapixel camera on the back. The phone should be available in May so in the mean time we’ll be looking for more details about it. And by May we might have other Android handsets ready to arrive.

via Gizmodo

Tags: Android, G2, Google, HTC, HTC, T-Mobile, T-Mobile