We have been waiting for the OPhone from Lenovo for a while now and it seems the handset is now ready to hit the stores. The O1 Android phone will be available in China and China Mobile is the designated carrier. We’ll be waiting for more details about this hot 3G phone and we’re looking forward to see it arrive in other markets. From the screenshot here the O1 looks like a worthy iPhone adversary but the jury is still out on this one.

via pcworld

Tags: Android, China, China Mobile, Google, Lenovo, netbooks, O1, OPhone, Other Brands, Samsung, Sony, Today On Mobilewhack

Who knew that Motorola is keeping itself that busy? Well actually we all knew that Moto is cooking some Android devices but we weren’t really expecting a new UI/OS coming up too.

And it seems like Motorola doesn’t want to launch new phones running on a simple Android OS. Motorola has done some customization of that Android user interface and it has a name: Blur. Blur will be web-connected and you will be able to upgrade any section of the OS over the air. Web content, updates and upgrades will apparently be available right away and everything will be pushed to your Motorola Android phone.

We definitely need more info about Blur and we might see that happen soon enough.

via BGR

Tags: Android, blur, Google, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, OS, UI

Google has recently come forth to announce that their Chrome web browser has a new beta out which is now available for Windows users.

This beta has some very key features, first of all, Google says that it is a full 30% faster than the previous version of Chrome making for faster Javascript execution, webpage rendering, you name it. Another major addition is themes which means you will be able to download themes to completely customize the look and feel of Chrome.

To read more about the latest Chrome beta head over to its official blog, here.

Tags: Beta, Chrome, Faster, Google, software, Theme, web browser

If you love Amazon and Android phones then you should be checking out the Amazon App for Android which will bring the Amazon shopping experience straight to your mobile phone.

You can order stuff straight from your phone, track packages and browse the store for placing even more orders. The Amazon Remembers feature is a nice concept which lets you take a photo or even scan a bar code in order to add items on your list. And when you go to Amazon from your computer, you’ll be able to see those new items too.

When you’re ready to buy your favorite items you’ll notice how Amazon’s 1-Click settings will let you complete your purchase with one single click which is pretty convenient but pretty dangerous too. You should watch out for those insane shopping sprees which could wipe out all your savings instantly.

So, like I said before, in case you’re an Amazon frequent shopper and you also own an Android device then you should absolutely look for this application in the Android Market. In case you don’t fulfill the requirements above then you’ll probably not want this Android Amazon application.

via cnet

Tags: Amazon, Android, Android Market, application, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software

Everybody who’s anybody is developing an App Store of their own. Besides Apple we have RIM, Nokia, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Verizon and Google are or will be ready to offer you a large selection of downloadable content from various application stores.

So what is Samsung doing? Well it looks like Samsung is too very interested in having an app store of its own. The manufacturer is trying out a store in the UK. In the said store you’ll find full length movies and an Application Seller Site portal. The portal will allow Symbian and Windows Mobile developers to sell their apps to Samsung customers. The portal will be open in the following weeks as Samsung will launch the Samsung Application Store in Europe this September. Other markets should also get access to the store but that’s also to be announced.

In case you’re a developer then you should sign up for the new site portal for just $1. After that you’ll be able to start selling apps soon. Now that Samsung has entered this app store frenzy we can’t but wonder who’s next. Any hints?

via rethink-wireless

Tags: Apple, Apple, Google, Google, microsoft, Nokia, Nokia, Research In Motion, RIM, Samsung, Samsung, T-Mobile, T-Mobile, Verizon, Verizon

We’ve seen the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy several times before but only in one color; black. However, it seems that our friends over at the unwired have gotten their hands on photographs of a white Samsung Galaxy in the flesh.

There is no word on North American availability of this handset but our source tells us that it is expected to drop O2 Germany first with other European carriers at a later date.

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, colorway, Galaxy, Google, O2, Samsung, Samsung, white

One of the key features of the HTC Hero is the in-house developed Sense UI for the phone’s Android operating system. It features a beautiful yet useable interface that any user is sure to love, somethign that Windows Mobile has yet to get down.

Luckily, a hacker has been able to port HTC’s Sense UI to run on the Windows Mobile touting HTC Vogue. Sure, the interface is pretty laggy to the point where it’d be more of a pain rather than a pleasure to use but this proves it is possible. Now let’s see where the community will take it.

via BGR

Tags: Cell Phones, Google, HTC, htc hero, htc vogue, microsoft, Sense UI, Windows Mobile

Samsung’s Android-powered i7500 Galaxy has been around for some time now but has yet to find its way onto a US carrier. However, Samsung seems to have the device’s younger sibling, the i5700 Galaxy-lite, in the works.

What you see above is a document released by the Wi-Fi Alliance effectively approving said device. Now, we have virtually no details on the Galaxy-lite other than that it features WiFi and will almost definitely be running Android.

However, we’ll keep you posted once Samsung officially announces the i5700 Galaxy-lite.

via EngadgetMobile

Tags: Android, approval, Cell Phones, galaxy-lite, Google, i5700, Mobile News, Samsung, Samsung, wi-fi alliance

If you didn’t know, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt has been a member of Apple’s Board of Directors for some time now. However, now that Google is developing their own operating system to compete with Apple’s OS X the position has apparantly caused enough conflict for Mr. Schmidt to resign from the board.

Below is Steve Jobs’ comment on Schmidt’s departure:

Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful. Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest. Therefore, we have mutually decided that now is the right time for Eric to resign his position on Apple’s Board.

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Tags: Apple, Apple, board of directors, Business, Cell Phones, CEO, eric schmidt, Google, Google, resign

You probably remember how Apple has decided to reject Google’s Google Voice application and how interested iPhone users have to jailbreak their handset first in order to be able to use it. Well everybody else remembers it! In fact even the FCC has noticed it and it will investigate the whole thing.

The FCC has sent letters to Apple, AT&T and Google in order to find out why Apple has rejected the Google Voice application and all other related applications from the App Store. Here’s what Apple basically asks:

What are the standards for considering and approving iPhone applications? What is the approval process for such applications (timing, reasons for rejection, appeal process, etc.)? What is the percentage of applications that are rejected? What are the major reasons for rejecting an application?

We’ll be looking forward for Apple’s and AT&T’s response!

via WSJ

Tags: Apple, At&T, fcc, Google, Google, Google Voice, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Portable Devices

Rumors have been floating around that China Mobile was working on an Android-powered tablet of sorts for some time now with no official confirmation from the carrier themselves. Well, pictured above is an officially rendered image of a 7-inch Android-touting tablet supposedly coming to China Mobile at some point in the future.

This device would reportedly have 3G, voice and video calling, SMS/MMS, a web browser and China Mobile’s in-house Android skin, OPhone OS.

We’re not positive on a release date or price point but don’t expect this one to be hitting North American carriers anytime soon.

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Tags: 3G, Android, China Mobile, Google, Mobile News, Mobile Software, ophone os, tablet, video calling, web browser

Yesterday we gave you a glimpse at a render of Motorola’s Android powered Shules but today we actually have a live shot of the device, pictured above.

It’s a bit blurry but from what you can make out you’ll notice that the phone looks a bit rough around the edges and that’s because it is a pre-production model so expect a lot to change before it hits any carriers. Spec wise, we’re still lookin’ at a 3.7-inch screen, QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.

via phoneArena

Tags: Android, Cell Phones, Google, Image, live shot, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, Picture, Sholes, shules, Verizon

Just as we suspected, the HTC Hero seems to be heading to Sprint. The picture here even shows a date for the HTC arrival. According to it Sprint should launch the phone on October 11. Of course there’s no indication that the document in the picture is a coming from Sprint and it could have been easily faked.

Besides the Hero, other phones are also mentioned. The Samsung Q is apparently an Android phone made by Samsung and heading to Sprint while the Aries is the CDMA version of the Gemini, a BlackBerry phone that will arrive soon from Verizon too. As for the Lotus 2 from LG, the handset is only interesting right now as there’s no information about it.

Getting back to the Hero, we’ll just have to say that we expect Sprint to launch it anyway so they could very well confirm it already.

via xda-developers

Tags: Android, Aries, BlackBerry, CDMA, Gemini, Google, Hero, HTC, Portable Devices, Samsung, Samsung, Sprint

Mozilla is hard at work on Firefox 4.0 and have today taken the time to show us a mockup screen shot of the browser’s new interface.

Does the interface look familiar? It should as it bares an uncanny resemblance to that of Google’s Chrome. I’m not complaining as I’ve become quite the fan of Chrome’s interface but Mozilla seems a bit unsure.

Below is a list of positives and negatives of the new UI compiled by Mozilla:

Positives:
- Save Vertical Space
- Efficiency/Remove Visual Complexity – Right now the tabs have to be connected to something. So we are adding an extra visual element for them to connect to.
- Shorter Mouse Distance to Page Controls.
Negatives:
- Breaks Consistency/Familiarity – Moving things confuses existing users.
- Title is MIA – With the space removed from the titlebar you only get the truncated version in the tab.
- Longer Mouse Distance to Tabs – Takes longer to mouse to a tab.
- Lost Space – Sandwiched in between the application icon and the window widgets you lose some space.

So, readers, what are you opinions on Firefox’s new look? Good? Bad? Leave it in the comments.

via Mashable

Tags: 4.0, browser, Chrome, Firefox, Google, Google, internet, Mobile Software, mockup, Mozilla, software

Motorola’s interest in Android devices is well known and we have another candidate rumored to be available from Verizon soon. The Motorola Sholes is the Android phone in question and if you’re interested in unofficial features then you should know this handset will offer you a 3.7-inch touchscreen, CDMA, EV-DO Rev A support, 512MB of storage, 256MB of RAM, microSD and microSDHC support for up to 16GB, a 5-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GPS, USB and WiFi. Verizon should launch it sometime so you’ll have to wait a while if you have just fallen in love with it.

via motofan

Tags: Android, Google, Motorola, Motorola, Sholes, Verizon, Verizon

What nobody believed possible anymore seems to have happened. Microsoft and Yahoo have signed a search partnership today. That means Microsoft has gotten a 10-year license to use Yahoo’s search technologies and integrate Yahoo in its own search engine, Bing. And Yahoo will get to play with advertising for both parties involved since it will be the “exclusive worldwide relationship sales force for both companies’ premium search advertisers”. We’ll have to wait and see what this means for the mobile business since the deal is subject to regulatory review which will be completed by early 2010. What do you think Google has to say about this Yahoo and Microsoft affair?

via Microsoft

Tags: Bing, Google, Google, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, Other Brands, Search, yahoo

Earlier this month we let you know that an official Google Voice app was released for the BlackBerry along with Android powered handsets, but what about the iPhone?

Well, it seems that there was a Google Voice app submitted for approval up to 6 weeks ago where it was then rejected. But wait, what? Below is a quote from a Google spokeperson to TechCrunch:

“We work hard to bring Google applications to a number of mobile platforms, including the iPhone. Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store. We will continue to work to bring our services to iPhone users - for example, by taking advantage of advances in mobile browsers.”

We’ve seen apps rejected by Apple in the past, but an official Google one? What is the world coming to?

via Gizmodo

Tags: app, App Store, Apple, Apple, Cell Phones, Google, Google Voice, iPhone, Mobile News, Mobile Software, official, rejected

Well this is a nice surprise! Philips’ first Android phone has apparently been captured on camera and we have these leaked pictures available for you. The V808 should come with a 3.2-inch HVGA display and a 3.2-megapixel camera with video recording. We have no other details so far but we’re looking forward to see Philips official V808 announcement. Too bad the phone wasn’t actually turned on in any of these pictures! Maybe the battery hasn’t really been installed yet…

via Cloned in China

Tags: Android, Google, Mobile News, Philips, Philips, V808

Now, there isn’t much information to go along with these trademark filings but at least we have a hint at one or more future devices HTC plans to release.

The trademarks recently discovered include Dawn, Vigor, Interlude, Tattoo and Vigor. As mentioned above, there is no info on these but perhaps we can make an educated guess as to what they will be. Chances are, some of them (if not all) will be running Android. Furthermore, the device entitled Tattoo will most likely feature some kind of (customizable?) print on all or part of the phone. And perhaps the Imagio will feature a high resolution camera and on-board editing software. As for the rest? Well, your guess is as good as mine.

We can guess all day but in the end we’re probably going to be wrong. We’ll keep you posted as HTC releases further word on these handsets.

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Tags: Android, Cell Phones, dawn, filing, Google, HTC, HTC, interlude, rumor, tattoo, Trademark, vigor

Following up on all this Donut excitement we’ve seen over the last couple of days we hear that the Donut might not be Google’s Android 2.0 version. In fact, an Android team member, Romain Guy, said that Donut is not 2.0 but he failed to describe exactly what this update is. Guy went on further to say that Donut will not come with multitouch support so we’ll have to wait for some other Android version to bring us that feature.

On the other hand Cupcake wasn’t exactly 1.5 since 1.5 came from the Cupcake code branch. Should we assume that Donut is just another code branch that’s currently developing Android 2.0? What about Eclair and Flan?

via Android Developers

Tags: Android, Donut, Eclair, Flan, Google, Google, Mobile News