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Article | 15/10/2009 Acer debuts Liquid Android smartphone, new netbook
Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, on Wednesday announced two of its most highly anticipated products with Google's Android mobile operating s...
Article | 9/10/2009 Motorola no longer on LiMo Foundation board
Motorola is so focused on Android that it has dropped its board seat on the LiMo Foundation, the mobile Linux group it helped found.
Article | 9/10/2009 New software could pit Motorola as competitor to Yahoo
The Motorola Cliq, on display for the first time at International CTIA this week, has hardware features such as a touch screen atop a slideout QWERTY ...
Article | 7/10/2009 Motorola describes close relationship with Google
On the day that Microsoft is launching phones that will run on its latest version of Windows Mobile, Motorola is singing the praises of open-source so...
Article | 1/10/2009 iPhone, Android boost mobile Web usage
Newcomers to the mobile-phone market are driving more wireless Web access at the expense of the phone makers that have been around for a while, accord...
Article | 30/09/2009 Android modder attempts to outmaneuver Google
The creator of a popular souped-up version of Android thinks he's found a way to avoid a further tussle with Google over distribution of the company's...
Article | 24/09/2009 One year on, Android's not quite there yet
After it has spent nearly a year on the market, analysts are reluctant to declare Android a success, but they say the platform could turn a corner in ...
Article | 17/09/2009 Turn-by-turn GPS navigation comes to Android smartphones
Sygic has launched the first turn-by-turn GPS navigation app for Android-based smartphones, Mobile Maps 2009.
Article | 16/09/2009 Google releases SDK for latest Android version
Developers can now start working with the software development kit (SDK) for version 1.6 of Google's mobile operating system Android, the company said...
Article | 16/09/2009 GyPSii social network available for Android phones
Users of Android-based phones now have access to social-networking site GyPSii, which focuses on location-centric services.
Article | 14/09/2009 LG unveils its first Android smartphone
LG Electronics has joined the ranks of mobile phone makers putting Google's Android mobile operating system into smartphones, unveiling the LG-GW620 o...
Article | 11/09/2009 Android-based Motorola Cliq coming with Blur social service
Motorola on Thursday announced its first Android smartphone, which will ship in the fourth quarter with T-Mobile USA under the name Cliq.
Article | 9/09/2009 HTC Tattoo to be first customizable Android handset
High Tech Computer (HTC) gave its latest smartphone a name it can live up to, Tattoo, because people who buy it will be invited to design their own pe...
Article | 5/09/2009 Android OS developers to revamp app marketplace
In a bid to compete more squarely with Apple's App Store the developers of the Android mobile OS are improving the way people browse for applications ...
Article | 5/09/2009 T-Mobile to offer Android phone in Europe
T-Mobile has teamed up with Chinese tech company Huawei to offer the first Android-powered handset to Europe.