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Android is Sprint-ing ahead

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| Can iPhone remain the king of smartphones?
| Will WebOS win back the Palm faithful? And
| what will 20+ Android phones on the market
| mean for the platform? It is going to be an
| interesting year. I'm looking forward to
| next year's conference to see which players
| are left standing and in what positions.
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http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7594/1.html

Maemo and Android: Symbian's open source rivals up the pressure

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| While Symbian continues to dominate the
| smartphone market it could soon be facing
| increasing competition from a new quarter -
| Maemo.
|
| There's no debating that the Symbian
| platform remains the daddy of the smartphone
| world: one in every two sold today carries
| the Symbian OS.
|
| But there could be clouds on the horizon.
| According to the analysts, while the number
| of Symbian phones sold will continue to
| increase over the coming years, its years of
| growth will eventually come to an end with a
| fall in device shipments in 2014.
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http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39617382,00.htm

Deals around the state

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| Verizon Wireless, in the Basking Ridge
| section of Bernards, last week unveiled the
| Droid, its first smartphone to run on Google
| Inc.'s open-source Android operating system.
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http://www.njbiz.com/weekly_article.asp?aID=79645


Recent:

Android Gaining on Microsoft?

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| In fact, Financial Times reporter Chris
| Nuttall claims, Android could soon emerge
| as the major smartphone that isn't the
| iPhone. Android systems now operate on 12
| different phones with 32 phone carriers
| supporting them around the world. And
| Motorola, HTC, and Samsung are all busy
| developing their own Android-based
| handsets.
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http://www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/feeling-lucky/2009/10/26/android-gain...-micros


O'Brien: Why I was wrong about Google's Android

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| It's time for me to do a mea culpa on
| Android.
|
| Google unveiled plans for its mobile
| operating system about two years ago, and
| rolled out the first phone based on
| Android about a year later. In both cases,
| I predicted doom.
|
| But I was wrong.
|
| I finally came to terms with this the
| other day while watching one of those
| suddenly ubiquitous "iDon't" ads on TV. If
| you haven't seen one, the ads slam the
| shortcomings of the iPhone ("iDon't have
| interchangeable batteries") while
| trumpeting the pending arrival of the
| Droid sometime in November.
|
| In this case, Droid is a smart-phone built
| by Motorola for Verizon that uses Android.
| Add those three corporate behemoths
| together, and you have some serious
| marketing dollars available to push this
| thing, whatever it actually turns out to
| be.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_13653910


Should Microsoft fear invasion of the Androids?

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| The open-source Android operating system
| is gaining momentum, and Microsoft has
| been slow to respond, says a New York
| Times report.
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http://sprintconnection.kansascity.com/?q=node/1285


Android 2.0: The iPhone killer at last?

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| In its three years, the iPhone has
| redefined the mobile device. But despite
| the iPhone's popularity, it is by no means
| certain to become the mobile equivalent of
| Windows, the dominant platform that
| defines our experience of a particular
| technology, as well as the business
| choices that surround it.
|
| Google's Android 2.0 OS is the latest in a
| series of mobile offerings seeking to
| derail the iPhone's momentum. Backed by
| heavyweights Google, Motorola, Verizon
| Wireless, Acer, and other big-name
| manufacturers, Android could potentially
| knock the iPhone down a peg. After all,
| while users love the iPhone, Apple's
| controlling tendencies have frustrated
| developers, and its disrespect for
| business concerns have frustrated IT.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140079/Android_2.0_The_iPhone_...ler_at_


Motorola DROID: A Sleek and Powerful Android Phone

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| The Motorola DROID is the first Android
| 2.0 device, and like other excellent
| competing smartphones it is being
| advertised as an iPhone-killer. With its
| sleek look and powerful features, I think
| it could become as successful as the RAZR
| and possibly surpass iPhone's popularity.
| But it will depend on whether or not its
| OS can really deliver the goods.
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http://www.junauza.com/2009/11/motorola-droid-sleek-and-powerful.html


Verizon Droid Targets iPhone

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| After a series of teaser ads that attack
| Apple's iPhone, Verizon Wireless and
| Motorola officially unveiled Wednesday the
| Droid smartphone.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/business/showArticle.jhtml...ticleID


What's new in Android 2.0? Part 1: User features

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=1436


Hands on with the Motorola Droid: Sexy

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| Here you are, friends and Romans, the
| Motorola Droid from Verizon, the phone
| you've been salivating over for the past
| few months. It's now sitting quietly on
| the desk next to me, wondering where you
| are. The Droid wants you.
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/10/28/hands-on-with-the-motorola-droid-sexy/


A Taste of Android's Freshly Baked Eclair

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| Android 2.0, nicknamed "Eclair," will make
| its big entrance on the Droid next month,
| and other handsets are sure to follow.
| Version 2.0 brings a set of new features
| to the table, including native support for
| Microsoft Exchange. However, the wide-open
| Android ecosystem may be prone to
| fragmentation as the underlying platform
| grows in strength and ability.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/68516.html?wlc=1257068050


Motorola Dext Android smartphone

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| Indeed, the Dext has a gorgeous touchscreen,
| a fine Qwerty keyboard, good browser plus a
| reasonable camera and media players. User
| friendly, it offers plenty of potential for
| personalisation, along with growing range of
| apps plus Motoblur's ability to keep you up
| to the second with your social networks.
| After the last few years of underwhelming
| variations on a Razr theme, Motorola has
| made a serious attempt to knock back the
| doubters with the Dext and, in all honesty,
| we're a little surprised that it has come up
| with such a strong offering.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/29/review_phone_motorola_dext_mb2...android


Android Apps Amping Up

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| The red-hot smartphone sector is posed to
| get even hotter as competition grows with
| two signature releases due out in coming
| days -- Verizon's Droid and BlackBerry
| Storm2 -- along with new indications that
| Android is making huge gains on the mobile
| software front.
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http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3845756/Android+Apps+...ing+Up.


Google releases features and updates of its forthcoming Android 2.0 platform

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| The open-source Google Android operating
| system, which was introduced by the Open
| Handset Alliance in November of 2007, will
| have its successor Android 2.0 appear for
| the first time on the Verizon's Motorola
| Droid smartphone, reportedly to be released
| on November 6, 2009.
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http://topnews.us/content/27956-google-releases-features-and-updates-i...forthco


Android completes jump to 2.0

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| It looks like Android 2.0 - also known as
| Eclair for some reason - will allow users to
| sync their devices to a number of different
| contact sources, as well as allowing
| something called 'Quick Contact' to be
| embedded within an application. The new
| Bluetooth API is expected to facilitate
| peer-to-peer activities like gaming.
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http://channel.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=20893


Verizon Droid's Secret Weapon: Android 2.0

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| Actually, Verizon did sort of put that on
| the iDon't list, just not in those words.
| The original iDon't list includes both
| 'iDon't allow open development' and 'iDon't
| customize', both of which imply that the
| Droid does those things which means the
| Droid provides a customizable, open
| development platform that business customers
| can work with.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/174566/verizon_droids_se...t_weapo


Is Google Faking the Open-Source Funk?

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| Some folks are claiming that Google is
| faking the open-source funk by not being as
| open as it could be about Android.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Is-Google-Faking-the-Op...Source-


Moto Android 2.0 smartphone revealed

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| Motorola's upcoming Android smartphone has
| finally been revealed in a set of front-and-back
| pictures published online.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/19/moto_droid/


Android based e-reader tips up

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| SPRING DESIGN has taken the wraps off the Duet
| Navigator, a dual-screen e-book reader that runs
| the Android OS and offers both a text reader and
| a web browser.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1559033/android-reader-tips


Two Unexpected, Potential Scenarios for Android

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| We've done a number of posts lately on the
| incredible momentum that the open source
| Android operating system has. It's being
| supported by nearly every major smartphone
| maker, with players such as Acer and Motorola
| putting huge bets behind it. Acer's new
| "Liquid" Android smartphone has the trendy
| Snapdragon chip from Qualcomm built in, a sign
| that the OS could boost the prospects of
| cutting-edge new processors.
|
| [...]
|
| Scenario 2: An Android Foundation? ZDNet asks
| the excellent question, "Should Google Spin
| Android Into a Foundation?" Foundations, such
| as the Apache Foundation, can have an
| enormously positive impact on open source
| platforms and applications. But ZDnet's Dana
| Blankenhorn points this out: "It doesn't
| always work. Witness LiMo, which Motorola
| recently abandoned for Android. Witness
| Moblin, which Intel gave to the Linux
| Foundation. Witness Symbian itself for that
| matter." He also points out that foundations
| lead to lots of forks, which raises the
| possibility of problems like the ones cited in
| scenario one above. Would an Android
| foundation necessarily be good? What do you
| think?
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http://ostatic.com/blog/two-unexpected-potential-scenarios-for-android


Acer reveals specs of Android smartphone

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| Acer has disclosed more details about its
| upcoming Android-based Liquid smartphone, a
| thin device with a 3.5-inch touchscreen.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2009/101509-acer-reveals-specs-of-andro...html?fs


Related:

Marvell Joins Open Handset Alliance

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| Marvell believes that this open platform will spark innovation and empower
| developers to create revolutionary applications and accelerate the delivery
| of those applications to mobile users," said Marty Schroeder, Vice President
| of Marvell's Cellular and Handheld Business Group.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/mobile/14064/marvell-joins-open-han...t-allia


ARM Announces Support for Open Handset Alliance

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| ARM has been working with the open Android platform for some time and is
| committed to delivering a rich mobile experience based on the platform. As
| part of this relationship, ARM will contribute its ARMv6 and ARMv7
| architecture-based OpenMax DL libraries and insight on the ARM(R) CPU and ARK
| Mali(TM) GPU architectures to the Android Open Source Project
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ARM-Announces-Support-Open-Hands...story.a


T-Mobile and Google cozy up with Android

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| As for other carriers in the United States, Sprint joined the Open Handset
| Alliance from the outset and is a founding member. Verizon's CEO has been
| quoted as saying, "We're planning on using Android." Meanwhile, AT&T's CEO
| is "encouraged by the idea that an Android phone could host AT&T branded
| apps." That said, Verizon and AT&T have yet to make anything official,
| although nothing is stopping them from releasing Android-powered handsets in
| the future.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/04/26/t-mobile-and-goog...cozy-up
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