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Motorola readies its own Android phone, hopes to save company
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-10-20 18:46:31
Can an Android save Motorola from the mobile phone doldrums, caught between having the highest selling phone in the US with the RAZR, but also only making profits thanks to cost cutting while trying to offload its handset business?


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Google Street View coming to iPhone OS 2.2 - what else?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-10-07 05:11:40
Google’s infamous yet handy Street View feature looks set to arrive with the iPhone OS 2.2 update, among other tweaks including graphical emoticons, but will the iPhone’s Street View work like it does on the Android?


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There ain't no fun doing "it" anymore!
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look

Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing

2008-09-25 19:34:04
Opinion: Computers and IT used to be fun once. Have we lost the plot? Maybe... or maybe not.


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Visa chooses Android for mobile services launch
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Services

2008-09-25 16:36:01
Google's new Android mobile platform has received a big vote of confidence from credit card company Visa which has chosen Android as the platform on which it will offer mobile payment-related services to US consumers by the end of 2008, saying that Android is "central" to its plan.


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T-Mobile/HTC G1: First Android phone arrives
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2008-09-23 18:09:55
After months of anticipation, the first Android-based phone has been unveiled. Does the T-Mobile G1 have what it takes?


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Google goes to 'Android Market' in App Store challenge
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2008-08-28 19:42:20
We've seen how successful Apple's App Store has been as a conduit between developers with $US30 million in sales and 60 million downloads in the first month. Now Google aims to follow suit with the announcement of the Android Market. Why 'Market' rather than 'Store'?


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Google Android delay: Bluetooth, GTalk APIs
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2008-08-26 18:34:21
Uh-oh... Two major features have been dropped from the APIs for version 1.0 of Google's Android mobile phone platform: Bluetooth and GTalkService (Google Talk).


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Google says: Hack the Android!
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Open Source

2008-08-19 15:20:09
Google has released the 0.9 SDK Beta and admits that its ambitious project to produce the first complete, open, and free mobile platform is "converging on a final Android 1.0" release. It has also taken the bold step of posting an open letter to the security community which, in effect, invites them to hack the Android...


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Wow, a Google Android phone by September 17?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-08-14 01:28:12
Little more than two months after the launch of the iPhone 3G, the first Google Android handset looks set to arrive much earlier than expected through an exclusive “pre-sale” with T-Mobile in the US, coming with a raft of iPhone-killing specs that must surely be adding some spice to the close Apple and Google relationship!


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LiMo gather new allies for looming handset battle
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-08-04 01:59:35
The battle between multivendor handset platforms is heating up: the LiMo Foundation has announced new members and new handsets, and Qualcomm has been hinting at  iPhone beating Android based products, as well a singing the praises of its upcoming Snapdragon chipset.


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iPhone is the last 'must have' handset, says analyst
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-06-30 03:03:59
Carriers may have been working hard to gain the rights to sell Apple's iPhone, but the idea of exclusive access to particular mobile phone handsets is on the way out, according to an analyst.


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LiPS licked, joins LiMo to progress Linux handset platform
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2008-06-26 19:43:46
In the wake of this week's formation of the Symbian Foundation, the LiPS Forum one of two organisations set up to develop Linux-based open handset platforms, has thrown in the towel and joined the other, the LiMo Foundation.


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Consortium to unify Symbian platform as iPhone and Android threats loom
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: iPhone

2008-06-24 03:15:24
Nokia and its friends are circling the wagons in the face of Google's Android mobile phone platform and the massive level of interest being shown in Apple's iPhone as it gains greater international distribution. Big changes are afoot in the Symbian world.


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Google Sydney "Developer Day" about making the cloud more accessible to developers: Stocky
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-06-18 03:58:16
Google’s second Australian “Developer Day” saw over 650 developers making the trek to Sydney’s “Wharf8” venue for a jam-packed day-long set of sessions for developers to devour. iTWire spoke to Tom Stocky, Google's director of product management, to get the latest Google goss!


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Google's Android arrives in Sydney
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-06-18 03:21:16
Australian mobile application developers got their first look at Google's Android mobile handset platform at Google's Australian development day in Sydney.


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Microsoft teams with SingTel to encourage Windows Mobile Application developers
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-06-03 18:36:25
Microsoft has revealed the latest move in what is shaping up to be a major battle for the future mobile applications market. It has launched a programme to get independent software vendors, developers and operators developing applications for Windows Mobile OS, and has roped in a major telco, Singapore Telecom, to help it.


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Consumers clamour for more choice in mobile services
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2008-05-22 01:54:46
I know my mobile phone usage is far from typical. If the supermarket is out of our usual brand of butter, I don't ring home and discuss it, I just pick from what's there. But it is reassuring to learn that I am in at least one respect part of the majority according to a new survey.


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Microsoft Windows Mobile to face strong LiMo challenge
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!

Category: Telecommunications blog

2008-05-14 22:27:35
Microsoft is expecting that 40 percent of smartphones sold in 2012 will be based on its Windows Mobile operating system. No doubt it won't be resting on its laurels if it gets there, but open source-based platforms, particularly LiMo, are making rapid headway.


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Nokia CEO flags shift into services
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!

Category: Telecommunications blog

2008-05-11 07:54:30
Less than 20 years ago the world's dominant cellphone manufacturer was making, amongst a host of other things, car tyres. Now it's shifting focus again, into services, and gearing up to take on Microsoft and Google.


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Here comes the operatic Android
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-04-10 04:41:45
The Opera Mini mobile browser has been ported to the Google-backed Android mobile handset platform.


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