T-Mobile officially announced their G1 smartphone this morning, the first handset to use Google's Android platform.  The G1 is a dualband UMTS, quadband GSM slider with a full QWERTY keyboard, trackball and 3.2-inch 320 x 480 HVGA capacitive touchscreen for navigation; it also has GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and a 3.2-megapixel fixed-focus camera.  Our sibling site Android Community were on hand ... continued »

Looks like the Android-based phone we've all been waiting for will finally be shipping during the fourth quarter of this year from HTC. Even though various roadblocks and setbacks have delayed this phone's release, it looks like we're a-go for real this time. Both Google and HTC are excited and it seems very likely that this will be the very first ... continued »

Well it's Sunday again, and that means it is time to take a look back on the events of the week. It has been a big week for a lot of manufacturers, and tons of excitement. Without a doubt though, one event has stolen the week, and that event was Google IO. At Google IO this year, they unveiled the ... continued »

Google just demoed Android at their IO event this afternoon, and man did they drop some bombs on us. The platform was amazing, we got a full screen demo, and even got to see the features like Google Maps, and the platform's WebKit based web browser. One thing we did not get to know though, is what in the world ... continued »

Google's wonder platform took a huge step today in becoming closer to release. Today, at Google's IO event, they unveiled a ton of information for the new platform. Android was demoed at the event, and our own Vincent was there to capture the action. This thing is amazing, the interface is totally original and rivals anything that I have ever ... continued »

The first ever full screen demo of Android has just been posted at androidcommunity.com. Our own Vincent attended the event, and snapped around 140 pictures of the device for your viewing pleasure. Not only that, but Vincent also has some video demos coming up soon, this is a full viewing of Android! continued »

T-Mobile plans to push out some Android powered phones by the end of the year. This news comes from the VP and General Manager of T-Mobile's Broadband and News Business Division, so it has some strong substance. The devices that would be launched were not specified, one device could be the HTC Dream, which has already gotten it's fair share ... continued »

It almost seems too blasé to say that a lot rests on the success of Windows Mobile 7. The update to the smartphone OS has been a long time in development and, going by appearances and what rumors we have, has some time left to go before it's fit for release. WM7 won't get out of the door ... continued »

Six new games have been revealed for Android today. You weren't honestly expecting Android to be all work and no play were you? So if you are a hard worker and need a way to reduce your productivity, then Android might just be for you. continued »

Given Android's development, LiMo's continued releases (and existing broad user-base) and Nokia's takeover of Trolltech, Linux-based platforms look to be standing ground against Symbian, Windows Mobile and other mobile software.  Analysts ABI Research have today released a report suggesting that almost 20-percent of mid to high-end mobile devices will be Linux-based by 2013.  According to their research, the Linux distro's ... continued »