A recent study published by Strategy Analytics predicts that shipments of Android powered smartphones are set to grow 900% during 2009. The expected growth is based mainly on the huge support the platform has seen from mobile operators and mobile phone vendors alike. Samsung have recently announced the i7500 Android phone that is expected to launch in June, with Motorola and Sony Ericsson both recently confirming plans to launch an Android phone during 2009. According to Tom Kang, senior analyst at Strategy Analytics: “We forecast global Android smartphone...

Erich Specht, the owner of a small Illinois-based software company called Android Data Corp, is currently suing Google and the Open Handset Alliance to the tune of $94 million in damages for using the trademarked term "Android". "Basically, it's a stolen name," says Specht's attorney, Martin Murphy. "It's our trademark, and Google is using it as if it's theirs." Along with the $94 million in cash, Specht also requests that all Google's Android branded products be removed from the market and re-branded under a different name. Specht first made claims to the...

Acer’s head of mobile-phone products, Aymar de Lencquesaing, has revealed that the company plan to launch their first Android phone by the end of the year. “We have not made any formal announcement of an Android- based device, although it’s likely that we’ll have one in 2009,” Aymar de Lencquesaing commented in a television interview today from Singapore. “We intend to have devices that will take advantage of multiple platforms.” According to Aymar de Lencquesaing, Acer are planning on using their experience in both computers and mobile phones...

Over the coming weeks T-Mobile's G1 Android phone will be released across several more European Countries. The G1 will be made available to T-Mobile customers across The Netherlands, Czech Republic and Austria by January 30th. With the G1 launching across Germany on February 2nd, followed by Poland later in the month. In Germany the G1 phone will sell for 1 euro ($1.33) in combination with a two-year contract with T-Mobile, or can be bought for 450 euros without a plan. [via Reuters.com] Android Phone: T-Mobile G1 T-Mobile G1 Available Across Europe By End...

Android Central (via Gizmodo) brings us the latest in a long — long — line of… er… iPhone inspired smartphones. This one, however, will be running the Google mobile OS: The OPhone is 1mm bigger than the original iPhone, has a dedicated camera button, 5MP camera, flash, microSD slot and 3.5mm headphone jack. Yeah. Sounds pretty flippin’ sweet to us too.Source: The iPhone Blog

28-Dec-2008 Make it through the post-apocalyptic wasteland... Bought FALLOUT 3? Getting it for Christmas? Either way, Making your way through this massive post-apocalyptic wasteland isn't an enviable task, as there's a vast assortment of vile creatures ready to rip your limbs off. And with over 50 hours of travelling in front of you, we reckon you'd best go out there equipped Source: Computer and Video Games UK

Open Source Software is about more than just the Linux operating system, and 2008 brought advances in the form of OpenOffice.org, IBM Lotus Symphony, Firefox and Android. But Linux is still the heart of the FOSS movement, and this year brought key developments in the operating system as well.Source: LXer

Then annual Google tradition (or shall we say obligation?) of giving out holiday cash gift  to its employees worldwide is not happening this year. Google is putting this annual practice into halt and instead decided to hand out the G1 Android Phone to all its employees worldwide.Source: The Bloggers' Times

"Let's be frank, the impressive number of folks jumping ship to new OSs and other companies claiming increased smartphone market share are clear indicators that plenty of customers want something other that Windows Mobile, and the latest words out of Microsoft's largest mobile partner certainly reconfirm our suspicions.Source: Pocket PC Thoughts

TECH.BLORGE.comGoogle Android Cutting Into Windows Mobile MarketsharePocket PC Thoughts, Canada - 55 minutes agoA unnamed HTC executive speaking to Smarthouse admitted that the sales of its flagship Android device are, in fact, hurting sales for HTC's Windows Mobile ...Sling Media releases new version of SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows ... the unwiredHot Touch Screen Phones to take you into 2009 TECH.BLORGE.comall 4 news articles