Screenshot by Scott Webtser/CNET Effective Wednesday, T-Mobile customers with a Google Android phone running version 1.6 of the operating system will begin receiving an update to their Android Market. After installing the update and opening the Market, users can access a “T-Mobile Top Picks” section that showcases applications there were selected by the carrier. Besides …
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The Android Market has grown from zero applications to 20,000 strong in a little over a year. According to Androidlib, a Web site dedicated to tracking the Android Market, the milestone was reached on Tuesday. While this is an unofficial tally, it’s a telling figure nonetheless. Android shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, the number of applications is …
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The Milestone is hot Crave U.K. If the Motorola Droid is the hottest smartphone in the United States at the moment, and its multitouch-equipped GSM counterpart, the Milestone, may turn out to be even hotter abroad. According to wireless retailer Expansys.com, the exclusive U.K. provider of the handset, its entire stock of the Motorola handset was depleted in less than …
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Google We learned on Thursday that Verizon’s Motorola Droid will be getting an update to Android 2.0.1 to address camera and voice reception issues. Today brings news that all 2.0 devices will be updated to this version before the year is out. As of right now, the only other known 2.0 handset is the Milestone, also from Motorola. This update …
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As the number of apps and games continues to grow for Android, it’s getting harder to keep on top of everything. Rather than trying out every title that enters the Android Market, I like to look for specific genres of apps. For instance, I really enjoy casual games on my T-Mobile G1. I always find at least a few minutes …
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Three developers made it past thousands of community voters and a panel of judges Monday to emerge as the winners of Google’s second Android Developer Challenge (ADC2). The top overall prizes went to SweetDreams, What the Doodle, and WaveSecure. These winners took home between $125,000 and $250,000 for their efforts. Smaller cash prizes were awarded to the top-three applications in …
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Android Market 1.6. Screenshot by Scott Webtser/CNET As I said last week, fragmentation with the Google Android operating system is beginning to frustrate Android developers. And according to a recent report by Skyhook Wireless, the issue isn’t going away. Though developers are excited about the future of Android, the platform may face significant challenges if it does not soon improve …
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One year after the introduction of the T-Mobile G1, three of the top-four carriers in the United States are offering Google Android handsets. And with each model bringing something new and unique to the market, everything is rosy, right? Not so fast. While differentiation is one of the key benefits behind Android, it’s leading to fragmentation. Thus, one of the …
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DoggCatcher Screenshot by Scott Webtser/CNET Sprint rolled out an over-the-air update to its HTC Hero earlier this week to address a couple of bugs and add a few small features. But since the release, some users are reporting that copyright-protected apps have disappeared from their phones. Did this “fix” accidentally break something entirely different? Those who have lost the copyright-protected …
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As Google Android is for the smartphone market, Chrome will be for the Netbook industry. At least, that is Google’s hope. The company views its two platforms as not necessarily replacements to existing operating systems, but rather as alternatives. And as part of its quest to get users on the Internet and connect to their services, Google created Android and …
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