03.11.2010

The Best HTC Google Nexus One Accessories

Google and HTC teamed up last year to make the ultimate Android phone—the Nexus One. If you have a Nexus One then you know what we’re talking about: It’s blazing fast, slim and sleek, and it features Google’s Android operating system at its finest. Whether you’re looking to accessorize or protect your beloved HTC Nexus One, we have a couple of great suggestions for you.

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03.11.2010

Google Lowers Projected Nexus One Sales to 1 Million

The Nexus One Android-powered smartphone is not doing too well in the mobile market these days. According to mobile-contracts, Google has lowered their projected total unit sales from 3.5 million handsets to just 1 million. That’s quite the jump for both Google and HTC. Honestly we find the jump to be rather surprising, but that’s mostly because we’ve seen the Nexus One at work and know just how fast and capable it is

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01.15.2010

Price change on the Nexus One

For those of you who paid $370 for a Nexus One will receive a $100 refund from Google soon. It does not apply to others customers who bought a Nexus One. The whole price dropping seems to be the response to the criticisms about buying options posted on the official Android Device support forums. A Google employee posted about their awareness of these concerns, "Also, as you've probably seen elsewhere, we've listened to everyone's feedback and concerns and are working to expand the group of customers that qualify for upgrade pricing on the Nexus One. Please stay tuned for more information." The pricing options now appear to be:

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01.15.2010

Registration for Google I/O 2010 is now open

The registration for Google I/O 2010 is now open. Hosted in the Moscone Center in San Francisco on May 19-20 it is the largest developer event of the year. Will have five Android sessions, the Developer Sandbox to show new apps, and many more speakers with members from Android's team. A Google I/O quoted, "Join us for two days of deep technical content featuring Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, GWT, App Engine, open web technologies, and more. Google I/O features 80 sessions, more than 3,000 developers, and over demonstrations from developers showcasing their technologies. Talk shop with engineers building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications." It is a wonderful event to attend if you develop Android apps, and everyone says that they blast. Last years conference was sold out before the start so if you plan on attending sing up early. It is $400 for attendees and $100 for academia if you sign up early. Have fun.

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12.01.2009

Google could become a big seller in hardware market

There wasn't supposed to be a Google handset, so said Andy Rubin, the VP of engineering at Google, but according to the recent news from a inside source the Google phone is a certainty. This complete piece of Google branded hardware is supposedly boasting a LCD display and will be Android based; no shock there. Yet this is Android is not the same as the everyday Android everyone is used to and currently deployed on current devices.

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11.30.2009

Google Android site changes-will more be seen on December 11th

If you haven’t been to the Android.com website lately you should take a moment to revisit. Normally this happens before an update to the Android operating system and as we know Android 2.1 has been spotted in some screen shots on the HTC Hero.

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11.30.2009

More rumors of Google warfare

Everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting to see what the Google-phone might be composed of. The new rumor going around is that Google phone prototypes are ahead of schedule and being shipped to the Mountain View headquarters. Even more interesting is that the device is said to be running the new Android version “Flan” instead of the current “Éclair” version.

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11.18.2009

Get ready for the Google-phone

While one would Why would Google ever sell a smartphone but it has been confirmed that Google is in fact coming out with a phone. Interesting is the top rumored phone would be the HTC Dragon/Passion as this phone has been seen being carried around by the Android guys over at Google. While there are still many rumors floating around it seems that for certain Google will release the phone in early 2010 and the phone will be produced by a phone manufacturer but have the Google branding.

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11.18.2009

Why would Google ever sell a smartphone

It has been suggested that Google may be coming out with their own smartphone based on the Android operating system in 2010. One would wonder if it is a smart move on Googles part to compete against current handset companies. There seems to be much more incentive for Google to concentrate on the operating system and their web services and then let device manufactures do their thing.

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11.15.2009

What would we couldn’t use the term Android

Just in case you haven’t been following the case where plaintiff Erich Specht is attempting to prove that Google has no legal rights to the Android name here is a brief synopsis:

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