Eric Schmidt On Netbooks: Forget Android, It’s All About Cloud Services

From TechCrunch -

Inspite of all the interest in Android netbooks, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has hinted that Google would rather focus on cloud computing with its Google Docs, Gmail and other services.

Schmidt announced at a Google press event recently that while netbooks are very real, and their usage is consistent with Google's cloud computing model, his company is however focused on the server side.

MultiTouch on the T-Mobile G1 Phone (iPhone-style)

"A video demonstrating multitouch on the G1 Android phone (HTC Dream). This does not require a recompilation of the Linux kernel, but does require modifying one of the Java system libraries on the phone. This is for software developers only at this point!"

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Android Software Keyboard on G1

QIGI i6 Android Phone

zzzPhone goes Android

From Crunchgear -

zzzPhone has announced their latest version now supports Android, making it what appears to be the second Android phone in existence. The company has two of them in China right now and is taking orders for their $119 base model. You can add Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, pico-projectors, television tuners.

Google Seals Up Android 'Jailbreak' in Automatic Update

From Gizmodo -

According to Google -

"We’ve been notified of this issue (Jailbreaking of Android) and have developed a fix. We’re currently working with our partners to push the fix out and updating the open source code base to reflect these changes."

- meaning Google has adopted an Apple-like vigilance and sealed the vulnerability that allowed Android phones to be 'jailbroken', and users should see the fix (update RC30) pushed to their phones over the air during the next few days.

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Android offers Google Maps' Street View

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Game-Changer: Google Phone Will Revive Motorola, Force Apple to Slash Prices

From Yahoo! Finance -

Scott Bleier, president of CreateCapital.com, believes the Android phone is a game-changer and will force Aple to dramatically lower iPhone prices in order to keep its market share. Apple has recently accnounced blockbuster salesof the iPhone with its App store also surpassing 200 million downloads.

In addition, RIM will be launching its much-delayed Bold on Nov 4 via AT&T.

Google: We're Fresh Out of Androids

According to The Motley Fool T-Mobile has pre-sold about 1.5 million G1 Android phones already and is readying another two million for retail sales.

The first batch was sold through pre-orders from existing T-Mobile subscribers, forcing T-MObile to another a bigger batch from HTC, which also sold out, for a total of 1.5 million.

Is No Desktop Syncing Good or Bad For Android?

From Gizmodo -

One of the most puzzling things with the T-Mobile G1 is the fact that there would be no desktop app to sync your data. While you will be able to sync you contacts and calendar info remotely out of the box, you need to store all of the data on your Google account. That means letting Google have copies of your personal info. But the good news is that third party developers will undoubtedly solve this problem very quickly.

HTC T-Mobile Google Android - Video 1

Google Android demo

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Google Android demo at Google Developers Day, 16th September 2008

Google co-founder expects Chrome for Android

From CNET -

Google co-founder Sergey Brin expects the company's new browser Chrome will make its way to Android, the company's mobile phone operating system and software suite. While the two were developed largely separately, Brin said a subsequent version of Android will probably pick up a lot of the Chrome stack.

Chrome and Android's current browser both already employ WebKit, an open-source project for the process of interpreting the HTML code.

HTC to begin shipping Android-based handsets in 4Q08 as scheduled

From Digitimes -

HTC will begin to ship its first Android-based handsets to ODM clients in the fourth quarter of this year. In related news, HTC revenues are expected to grow 10% sequentially and 30% on year in the third quarter, buoyed by the planned launch of CDMA, GSM and sliding form-factor HTC Touch Diamond handsets, having shipped to 50 telecom operators in more than 30 countries so far.

Source article here.

Android Installer for Nokia N810 Internet Tablet

From pocketables -

The newly developed Android Installer (released July 1) has resolved practically all the difficulties associated with installation using the original method. The new version makes installing a very functional Android onto Diablo-running N810s as quick and easy as installing an application.

Now the the first thing you need to do is download and save the android.img.bz2 image file on the N810 (internal memory or miniSD card; 110MB free space required).

Source article here.

Google Faces Android Handset Delays

From PC World -

Per the Wall Street Journal, Android-based mobile phones may not be available until the fourth quarter of this year, and some companies are struggling to even meet that deadline. Google has previously announced the phones will be available by the second half of this year.

Still, major phone manufacturers like Samsung and HTC have announced they are working on their respective handsets.

Source Article here.

Google's GPhone Delayed Until 2009, Android Platform Still OK?

From Gizmodo -

Gary Krakow of TheStreet is claiming that Google's GPhone will be delayed until 2009. Which leads to the question of whether the Android platform as a whole will be delayed, since many other manufacturers besides Google are planning their own phones. Krakow's source doesn't say, which probably means it's still on track or horribly, horribly delayed.