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Google Android

Sony Ericsson confirms Android phone in development

Posted December 9, 2008 by Mike Evans

Sony Ericsson has just announced it’s joined the Open Handset Alliance and will develop a new mobile phone based on the Google Android operating system. There had been rumours about this for some time, but now it’s official, and 2009…

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Nokia has more up its sleeve than just the N97

Posted December 3, 2008 by Mike Evans

Not content with the Nokia N97 that was announced on Tuesday, we hear news that Nokia have even more announcements up their sleeve. The first is a certainty – actually, they’ve already announced it! – the second, is a little…

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Sony T700 8 megapixel camera phone that isn’t

Posted October 1, 2008 by Mike Evans

When I first saw these pictures, I thought “blimey, now that really is a camera phone.” Actually, what I was really thinking was “is that a phone, or just a camera?!” I then noticed the word “Cyber-Shot” emblazoned on it,…

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First Android discussions began in 2003

Posted September 26, 2008 by Mike Evans

HTC have revealed that they first engaged in discussions with Google about a new Google phone over five years ago. That, remember, is way before the iPhone, and before anything remotely like a smartphone came into existence. Indeed, back then…

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New Google Android video: Handsets nearly ready for launch

Posted August 18, 2008 by Mike Evans

Google have updated their Android SDK to version 0.9, which features new tweaks, a more refined look, and, more significantly, just one digit short of version 1.0: the full release.
So Android really is counting down to its release date,…

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Live from Google I/O – Android: Integrate, Replace and Extend

Posted May 28, 2008 by Mike Evans

Google Android has three main features for develops:
Integrate – lets you use existing Google code, such as Maps, and share data, for example between the browser and Google Maps.
Extend – lets you build on existing Google apps, such…

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Live from Google I/O: deep inside Google Android

Posted May 28, 2008 by Mike Evans

I’m live here at Google I/O at the first Google Android session. So far we’re going fairly tecccie into the software guts of Android, which I appreciate some of you may not be that interested in, but we’ve been promised…

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Sony Ericsson Xperia superphones on their way

Posted January 18, 2008 by Mike Evans

Sony Ericsson have trademarked the name Xperia for what the trademark application shows is a range of seriously well equipped mobile phones. Specifically, the trademark lists functions such as:

camera
instant messaging
e-mail
Internet connectivity
radio
record, play, transmit, receive,…

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Nokia Research’s futuristic vision for camera phones

Posted October 23, 2007 by Mike Evans

Nokia has been showing off some of the R&D it does at its Nokia Research Centre at its The Way We Live Next show in Finland. One of the most amazing services it was keen to talk about was its…

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Tom Tom and Garmin working on Sat-Nav phones

Posted September 12, 2007 by Mike Evans

2007 has seen the emergence of a new breed of mobile phone – the Sat-Nav phone. The trend was begun in earnest by Nokia with the launch of their stunning Nokia N95 and the Nokia 6110 Navigator, and they’ve also…

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Apple

Is that a 16GB HSDPA iPhone in your pocket?…

Posted September 6, 2007 by Mike Evans

Strong rumours have emerged of the spec for the European iPhone. The US version, if you recall, looks fantastic, but the deal breaker is the lack of 3G. Now this might not be too much of a problem in the…

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Mobile Projectors to arrive “by 2010″

Posted September 6, 2007 by Mike Evans

LG have been outlining what they see as the new technologies that will shape the screens we use on our mobile phones.
Speaking at the 7th International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2007), President and Chief Technology Officer Hee-Gook Lee…

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