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Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon

Here's a gallery illustrating the new features of the Motorola Droid Google Android smartphone on Verizon. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, product photos, Motorola, Droid, Google, Android, smartphone, phone, Verizon, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-11-05

Motorola Droid hands-on photos

Motorola's Droid is a Google Android 2.0-based smartphone that is a technical tour de force. Here's a look at the slider QWERTY device, due Nov. 6 for $199 on Verizon. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Photograph, Motorola Inc., Motorola Droid, Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, product photos, Motorola, Droid, Google, Android, smartphone, phone, Verizon, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-10-28

Android opens doors for Google's next-gen search, ads and tools

There's no question that there's been some pretty astounding growth around Android, Google's open-source mobile phone operating system. A year ago, there was only one Android device out there - the T-Mobile G-1. Today, Android is powering 12 devices in 26 countries with 32 carriers - and there's more on...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Google Android, Phone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Tool, Carrier, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-16

More hands-on with the Motorola Cliq for T-Mobile

Here are more hands-on photos of the Motorola Cliq with Motoblur, a Google Android phone on T-Mobile. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: T-Mobile, Motorola Inc., Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, product photos, Motorola, Cliq, Android, Google, smartphone, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-10-14

Android's Weakest Link

Just as as a slew of Android-based phones are getting ready to hit the market, the open source mobile platform is facing its biggest challenge - itself. TechCrunch is reporting that Android developers are pretty pissed about having to support multiple code bases...

Tags: Developer, Phone, Android, Arlington, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-11

The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google ink collaboration pact; Google Voice support on tap

Updated: Verizon Wireless and Google said Tuesday that they will partner to co-develop a bevy of Android-based devices. Verizon Wireless also said that it will tightly integrate its network with Google apps---including Google Voice. The terms of the deal Techmeme weren't disclosed, but the companies are looking...

Tags: Google Inc., Device, Collaboration, Partnership, Voice, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, Android, Business Structures, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Image Gallery: HTC Hero Google Android device running on Sprint

It has been just about a year since the first Google Android device launch on a US carrier, the T-Mobile G1. It seems to me that adoption of Android has been quite slow by US carriers, but Sprint came through in a big way with the upcoming HTC Hero device...

Tags: Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Google Android, Device, Sprint Communications, Mobile Operating Systems, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, product photos, htc, sprint, google, android, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-10-05

Android as mobile SOA: consider the possibilities

Are the applications that run or will run on Android are interoperable in a service-oriented way? by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Mobile, Android, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Hands-on with the HTC Hero smartphone

ZDNet editor Andrew Nusca went hands-on with the HTC Hero, a Google Android-based smartphone soon available on Sprint. Here's a look at the device. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Smart Phone, Andrew Nusca, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Mobile Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, product photos, HTC Hero, smartphone, Google, Android

Image galleries 2009-09-21

Hands-on with the Motorola CLIQ smartphone

Motorola recently announced the CLIQ smartphone, powered by Google Android, modified with Motoblur and set to land on T-Mobile this fall. Here's a hands-on look at this QWERTY touchscreen smartphone. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Smart Phone, Motorola Inc., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, product photos, Motorola, Cliq, smartphone, T-Mobile, Android, Google, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-09-21

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Android puzzle game. You can select pieces and fun. 30% will be donated to help poor people and save the world

Tags: Mobile, Android, XenoWell,inc, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-17

Image Gallery: Native mobile Facebook application comparison

An official Google Android Facebook application was released this week, which prompted us to take a look at the official Facebook application that is available across every mobile operating system except for Palm WebOS. Several screenshots of the apps are shown here with a full article detailing them all on...

Tags: Mobile, Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, screenshots, iphone, apple, facebook, windows mobile, android, symbian, nokia, htc, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-09-14

Motorola CLIQ: Google Android smartphone on T-Mobile

Motorola's new CLIQ, a Google Android-based smartphone for T-Mobile, will offer 3G/HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, a full HTML Web browser, 6 hours of active battery use, POP3/IMAP and Microsoft Exchange support. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Smart Phone, T-Mobile, Motorola Inc., Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, product photos, Motorola, Cliq, smartphone, Android, Google, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-09-10

Gallery: Motorola's Android phone at Mobilize

At Mobilize '09 in San Francisco, Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha introduce Motorola's first phones running Google's Android operating system. by David Grober

Tags: Phone, Motorola Inc., Mobile Operating Systems, Telecom & Utilities, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Motorola, Android, David Grober

Image galleries 2009-09-10

It's official: Google and Apple are competitors (especially in mobile)

The resignation of Google CEO Eric Schmidt from Apple's board of directors merely confirms what has been clear for some time---the two companies will increasingly compete in the mobile market. It's Android vs. the iPhone and the games are just about to begin. In...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, Apple Inc., Android, Browser App, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Which smartphone platform should developers aim for?

For start-ups without a lot of time or money, is it smarter to develop for the iPhone first or the Android OS? Panelists at the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford discuss the pros and cons of each platform. With 65,000 apps available, the iPhone may be the most popular smartphone, but...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Stanford, Always On, mobile, iPhone, Android, developers, platform

Videos 2009-07-30

Motorola: Android device launches get us back in the smartphone game

Updated: Motorola's Sanjay Jha, co-CEO and head of the company’s mobile device unit, says that new Android-based smartphones are on track for the holidays. Jha added that Motorola is planning a barrage of Android-based devices that will put the company back in the smartphone race. ...

Tags: Game, Smart Phone, Handset, Motorola Inc., Android, Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-30

Report: Acer back-tracking on Android in August

In response to reports that it had delayed its Android netbook, Acer told News.com that it wasn't discussing the timing of a dual-boot netbook. That sounds very different from what the company said last month, when it announced plans to release an Android-based Aspire One this quarter and predicted that...

Tags: Acer Inc., Netbook, Android, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Image Gallery: Hands on with the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Google Android device

T-Mobile was the first US carrier to launch a Google Android device last Fall with the T-Mobile G1. HTC and T-Mobile partnered again to bring us the new myTouch 3G that offers a refined piece of hardware targeted to a custom user experience. The intent of the myTouch 3G is...

Tags: Google Android, Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, product photos, t-mobile, htc, android, google, smartphone, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-07-21

Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, Android

Google Voice is coming to the BlackBerry and Android phones in a move that could make the search giant your phone company. The move is also the latest sign of a tug-of-war between carriers that want to be value added services and device and mobile software players that see the...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Voice, RIM BlackBerry, Wireless, Google Voice, Android, CNet News, iPhone App, Telecom & Utilities, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-15