Nov 14 2008
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WeatherBug Launches New Weather Application for Google’s Android Phone

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WeatherBug Launches New Weather Application for Google’s Android Phone
New Ad-Supported Application Integrates Interactive Functionality With Google Maps, GPS-Enabled Severe Weather Alerts, Customized Forecasts and More From the Largest and Most Precise Weather Network in the World
Last update: 1:12 p.m. EST Nov. 13, 2008
GERMANTOWN, MD, Nov 13, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — WeatherBug(R), a leading [...]

Nov 13 2008
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Loopt will soon allow you to spy on your friends with Android

Posted 12:48 pm By Earl No Comments
Loopt has just announced the development of their social networking application for Android. They are very excited t be able to bring this service to other platforms. Many of you may have had your first encounter with Loopt on the iPhone.

Loopt keeps you in the loop when it comes to knowing what your friends are up to. Looped has released two teaser photos of the application to spark interest. On the left you will see a map that displays all of your friends locations, on the bottom of the photo are pictures of your friends that are displayed. Just select a friend’s image and it will take you to where that friend is located.

Nov 7 2008
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Microsoft starts taking shots at Google’s Android

Posted 9:46 am By Earl No Comments

Android has been under a lot of heat lately from some of the leading mobile companies such as Sprint. Google’s Android platform seems to be an open target for negativity. Microsoft has jumped on the bandwagon with reports that they find Android to be financially unsound.

The other day Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, spoke at Australian [...]

Oct 21 2008
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Mobile software Monday: 11 3rd party applications from the Android Market

Posted 10:45 am By Earl No Comments

The T-Mobile G1 is showing up in the hands of those who pre-ordered one this week (mine is schedule for Tuesday arrival) and I have been seeing new applications appearing in the Android Market almost daily on my review unit. There are still a very limited number of games and I think only one or [...]

Oct 15 2008
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1.5 million T-Mobile G1 handsets already sold

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T-Mobile has totally overshot their sales expectations for the G1. After selling out their entire stock of pre-orders for existing members in a very short period of time, HTC tripled the order and has sold out of that entire batch as well. That means that 1.5 million G1s have already been sold in pre-orders on [...]

Oct 9 2008
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A dream comes true

Posted 8:56 am By Earl No Comments

Rumours had always been doing the rounds, spy shots kept appearing on tech sites and blogs, speculation was rife. But the HTC G1/Dream handset remained elusive. So while the world, and some of its geeks, waited with bated breath for the iPhones and N96s, the super geeks, waited for the Dream. This was a world [...]

Oct 7 2008
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The Android App Market

Posted 12:42 pm By Earl No Comments

[via the Washington Post]
Tuesday, September 23, 2008; 2:38 PM

When I was man-handling the Android phone at the T-Mobile press conference earlier today, I couldn’t help but notice that one of the icons was for the App Market?Android’s answer to the App Store on iTunes. The app market launches on October 22, when the T-Mobile G1 [...]

Oct 7 2008
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New T-mobile phone competes with iPhone

Posted 12:26 pm By Earl No Comments

So, if you stay on top of technology news, you’ve probably heard some of the buzz surrounding the release of the new T-Mobile smartphone that uses the Google Android operating system, scheduled for release Oct. 22.

Oct 3 2008
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Why Palm needs Android

Posted 9:35 am By Earl No Comments
The new Treo Pro runs Microsoft’s Windows Mobile – but Palm may get even more mileage out of embracing Google’s Android for future phones. Image: Palm

This writer makes a case for palm using the android platform. But I don’t know if palm will even survive the new smart phones that will be seen on the market. Their touch technology is good but they will have to add more motion functionality and a larger screen for the platform to really be affective on one of their devices.

Sep 30 2008
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Getting to know the ‘Google phone:’ T-Mobile’s Android-powered G1

Posted 11:24 am By Earl No Comments

Video covering the hardware


Video covering the basics of Android


Video of that scanning program mentioned above