LinkNotes: smart phones

2008-08-15

First Google Android Phones Coming Soon

Recently there were some rumors

Clipped from: Google Android just five weeks away? | The Register the first Android phone

Google Android just five weeks away?
This week, another unnamed source told TmoNews - a T-Mobile obsessed blog - that the American wireless carrier will offer up the first Android phone for pre-sale on 17 September.

Back in June, sources told The Wall Street Journal that Google's currently closed open mobile platform could be delayed until 2009.

Clipped from: TmoNews » Blog Archive » Android may be here sooner then we think

Android may be here sooner then we think

We’re hearing rumor after rumor that Android has been delayed, and pushed back to 2009. Well TmoNews is jumping into the pool or rumors, calling BS on those other rumors, and putting in our vote of confidence on a presale of the Android phone on September 16th, 2008. This information, coming from a trusted source, prices the Android phone, also known as the G1 (Codename or real name, we’re not sure) at $399.

Even a video:

Clipped from: YouTube - HTC Dream

Now The New York Times confirms:

Clipped from: Smartphone Is Expected via Google - NYTimes.com

Smartphone Is Expected via Google
T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of mobile phones in the world, and is expected to go on sale in the United States before Christmas, perhaps as early as October.
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The phone’s release date depends on how soon the Federal Communications Commission certifies that the Google software and the HTC phone meet network standards. Executives at all three companies are hoping to announce the phone in September because they would benefit from holiday season sales. The people briefed on the discussions declined to be named because they were not authorized to discuss the project.

Google presented at its Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco the current version of the Android operating system for smart phones, including touch-screen technology, compass capabilities and games.

clipped from www.foxnews.com

Google Unveils iPhone 'Killer'

Monday, June 02, 2008

Google unveiled the software for its much-anticipated new phone last week, and it's loaded with fun features, including an unlocking tool that allows users to create a secret shape that must be drawn on the screen.

The phone will, naturally, feature the Google Web browser, Google Mail and Google Maps. The Street View feature, similar to what you can get on your desktop with Google Maps, will turn in The same direction as the person holding the phone.

clipped from www.crunchgear.com

Google’s Android will be 100% open source, says Google rep

According to Google employees at the I/O conference in San Francisco, Android, Google’s smartphone OS to take on the iPhone, will be completely open source, despite reports to the contrary.