With sales of smartphones and feature phones booming, it makes sense for wireless carriers to develop close relationships with OS developers and handset makers in order to get exclusive devices to sell on their networks. Verizon and Google announced a new agreement today that will result in the joint development of Android handsets. continued »

Google's Android OS got off to a slow start with its share of bugs on the T-Mobile G1. Many of the major mobile phone makers played a wait and see game with Android and once the teething problems that surfaced on the G1 were fixed, we started to see more Android-powered smartphone hit the market. One of the most recent ... continued »

This evening marks the end of the first day of the Google I/O Dev Conference in San Francisco, CA. We had a pretty exciting day of new information from multiple places, including Palm, Google, and HTC. Here's a brief recap of everything that went down today. continued »

Google has announced a new Google Sync for S60 phones, allowing users to synchronize the Google Contacts and Calendars over-the-air (OTA) seamlessly. This means that you can make changes to your contacts and calendar on your phone or in your desktop Google account. continued »

HTC's Magic Android smartphone has landed over at our sibling-site Android Community, and so we've taken the opportunity to throw together a video unboxing and hands-on gallery.  The Magic takes most of the specs from the T-Mobile G1 and slides them into a far sleeker casing, ideal for single-hand use. continued »

MobileMax has announced the launch of its GVdialer application. The program allows users to make calls through their Google Voice accounts in a very easy way. continued »

Google did many things with Gmail in conventional browsers five years ago. The company is expecting to do it again with a new mobile version of its Web based email service. continued »

iPhone, Google and Palm are all offering applications for your every day smartphone. By 2013, it is expected that 100 million users will be buying, downloading and utilizing these little wonders. continued »

Access to mobile access to google.com/voice of late has not been happy. Recently changes have been made to the UI, SMS and voice transcripts to name just a few. continued »

The deal between Nokia and Symbian finally closed and now Symbian Foundation is officially in charge of Symbian development. Currently there are ten participants in the Symbian Foundation with memberships open to anyone with $1,500. Just the other day at Nokia World 2008, Matti Vänskä told everyone that Symbian Foundation plans to release Symbian as a fully open source operating system ... continued »