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NEWS ABOUT: Android

Android stories: 7 news summaries
WALT MOSSBERG

 Droid a Savvy Choice 
 for Smartphone Fans 

Users sick of AT&T now have an option

Nov 5, 09 5:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Verizon has finally come up with a phone that will satisfy users who want an iPhone-quality smartphone to run on the firm's zippy 3G network, writes Walt Mossberg. The Motorola Droid, is, like the iPhone, "a powerful hand-held computer that happens to make phone calls," Mossberg writes. The... More »

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Verizon • iPhone • Walt Mossberg • Motorola • smartphones • Android • consumer electronics • iPhone 3G • Droid • Verizon Droid review

(Newser) - The first netbook running the Google-backed Android mobile operating system could be available within 3 months for $250, ComputerWorld reports. The petite, no-frills Alpha 680 with a 7-inch wide screen will be the smallest netbook yet, weighing a dainty 1.5 pounds and meansuring 8.5 by 6 inches. It's... More »

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Android • consumer electronics • Google Android • Netbooks • mobile devices

Reorganization Shakes Microsoft Management

Cellphone, online services VPs out

Feb 15, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Under pressure from strong competition, especially in the cellphone business, Microsoft revealed a major executive shakeup yesterday, reports the New York Times. Mobile communications operations senior VP Pieter Knook is heading off to help Vodafone get into mobile Internet services, according to the Wall Street Journal. Another big... More »

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Microsoft • iPhone • cell phone industry • Android • Vodafone • Windows Mobile

Google Phone Rumors Swirl

ARM to show prototype at Mobile World Congress: source

Feb 8, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The public will finally get to see Google’s Android cellphone platform in action at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, a source told Reuters. British chip maker ARM will show the prototype, the source said, though ARM and Google declined comment. The first phones and services based on... More »

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Google • Google phone • cell phone industry • Android • ARM chip • Mobile World Congress

Google Invests
in Cloud Computing

Internet giant wants everyone to do everything online

Nov 13, 07 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Google has hands in a lot of pies, from maps to email to spreadsheets and now, with Android and OpenSocial, to cellphones and MySpace. But it all relates to one strategy, the Washington Post says. Google wants to make the web so useful that everyone does everything online. In this... More »

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Google • Google Maps • Google Apps • OpenSocial • Android • cloud computing

T-Mobile Makes Big Bet on Google Phone

'Android' handset plans fit with firm's other risk-taking moves

Nov 12, 07 5:29 PM CST
(Newser) - T-Mobile plans to release a cell phone based on Google software next year, making it likely to be the first US carrier to bring out a Google-powered phone. The bigger carriers are wary as the Internet giant moves onto their turf, but T-Mobile relishes the chance to offer Google apps,... More »

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Google • cell phones • open standards • cell phone industry • Android • T-Mobile

Google Throws Smartphone
Hat Into Ring

‘Android’ software will be free, open source; profit to come from ads

Nov 5, 07 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Google dove headfirst into the world of wireless phones today, premiering a long-awaited Internet software rival for Apple and Microsoft—and revealing that the so-called Android would be free and open source. In announcing a broad alliance of mobile phone operators and chip makers, the young company showed the inroads... More »

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Google • Internet • cell phones • Google phone • Android • Internet advertising

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