Posts Tagged with ‘android’

So the first day of G1 phone for T-Mobile official shipping is coming to its end soon and the first owners have already started playing with their shiny new toys (well, maybe not exactly shiny but at least new and supposedly rewarding in terms of software).
And since this phone is about the software and not about the looks, I thought I’d summarize the details for what we now know and what we should expect on the Android Market, the marketplace [...]

Yesterday evening we saw a number of publications discussing the fact that the number of applications in the Android Market was suddenly reduced from more than 50 to only 13 - with only two days left until the first Android powered device, T-Mobile G1, starts shipping on Wednesday.
There were a few theories for why it could happen with users already starting to get their preordered phones and unable to download the much-hyped applications like ShopSavvy. The theories ranged from Google [...]

Last week we reported that T-Mobile had a nice surprise for the T-Mobile subscribers who preordered the G1 phone before it starts shipping officially this week by delivering the phones earlier than the customers hoped. It is understandable that many such customers anticipated the delivery in excitement.
But now the blogosphere is abuzz something that looks like yet another surprise for early G1 owners - this time the surprise is from Google and a bad one at that. Android Community reports [...]

It is always a little funny to watch people constantly compare iPhone with the first ever phone powered with Google’s Android operating system - the G1 manufactured by HTC for T-Mobile. People continue setting the two devices against each other like these comparisons actually make sense while in reality they don’t: iPhone is the device manufactured by Apple while Android is an operating system that can be (and will eventually be) installed on any new device by any manufacturer.
The key [...]

Back in September T-Mobile presented a long-awaited first phone manufactured by HTC and powered with Google’s Android mobile operating system. We were offered some images and videos of what the phone was capable of doing and those present at the T-Mobile event in New York were able to take a closer look and play with the gadget for a while.
But that was basically about it until yesterday when embargo lifted and bloggers that received the G1 phones from T-Mobile to [...]

On September 23 T-Mobile officially presented the first phone powered with Google’s Android mobile operating system. The phone is scheduled to start shipping on October 22 and T-Mobile has invited existing subscribers to preorder the phone right after the presentation to have it delivered when it is available.
Now it looks like arranging for the preorders was exactly the right move as T-Mobile reports on 1.5 million phones already pre-ordered with 10 more days left until the official shipping date. The [...]

Yesterday Research In Motion announced BlackBerry Storm that is obviously yet another direct competitor to Apple’s iPhone 3G.
The major disadvantage for BlackBerry Storm is that this phone lacks Wi-Fi support but there are other things where the new device is even stronger than iPhone, like removable battery, 3.2-megapixel camera, and cut-and-paste editing functionality.
Here I have compiled a table (based on the official specifications by manufacturers) to compare the new BlackBerry Storm with its main competitors - the already popular iPhone [...]

Only a few hours ago I wrote a short summary of the things we should expect to be clarified about the first Android-powered T-Mobile G1 phone at the official announcement press conference. We now have to admit - the blogosphere was full of the wildest guesses and the screenshots that had very few in common with reality.
Now that the press event held by T-Mobile in New York is over (and they promise we’ll be able to watch the [...]

Now that we only have a few hours left until the beginning of the press conference where T-Mobile will officially announce the first G Phone based on Google’s Android operating system manufactured by HTC, I wanted to briefly summarize a few things widely discussed in the blogosphere but not quite clear about the device yet. Hopefully we will receive answers to all the questions today and all the clarifications will be here as well.
Shipping date
Currently the rumored dates are either [...]