Google is working with Intel, Sony, Logitech to bring the Web to TVs on Android, the New York Times says
Google is working with Intel, Sony and other partners to develop Google TV, a service aimed at putting the Internet search giant's Web offerings in people's living rooms, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
It could be confused with Integra Telecom's Nexus service, the patent and trademark office said
Just as Google's Nexus One phone may be about to gain momentum, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) denied the search giant's application for the Nexus One trademark.
The Microsoft search and map services will be put on Android phones in China first
Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.
Some fun ways to play with your new smartphone.
So you told your boss that you bought your Android smartphone so that you could track your business calls, be more effective when traveling for your company, have easy access to Gmail and keep your organization's Twitter feed current. But we know what's really going on -- you got that smartphone because it was cool and because you wanted to play with all the apps.
Users restricted from installing unofficial applications
AT&T may have opened its arms to Android with the release of Motorola's Backflip, but it isn't exactly embracing the platform's open nature.
Nearly three-quarters of Android users are guys, according to a new report. So what gives?
Android, it seems, may be metaphorically stuck in a treehouse with a "NO GIRLS ALLOWED" sign nailed to the door.
Google nixed the Beijing stop on a tour due to its row with China's government, a source says
Google's row with the Chinese government has led it to cancel an event for Android developers in China next week, according to a person familiar with the situation, in the latest show of the dustup's effect on Google operations in China.
A hack that allows some Windows Mobile Phones to run Android now works on four HTC phones.
As a long-time Windows Mobile user who finally gave up on it and switched to an Android phone, I've been thrilled with the new operating system. Now, it looks like others who are fed up with WinMo might be able to switch a little more easily.
Too many Android phone releases by handset makers run the risk of alienating existing Droid owners and confusing phone buyers
The Google Nexus One is no longer the king of the Android hill anymore. The HTC Desire, unveiled Tuesday, is the latest must-have Android phone.
Google has become a mobile powerhouse in its own right, competing with wireless telcos that have been around for years.
When Google chief executive Eric Schmidt took the stage at Mobile World Congress, it seemed that many of his remarks were meant to placate the mobile phone industry. And for good reason: Over the last year, Google has become a mobile powerhouse -- this was Schmidt's first keynote in Barcelona, after all - that, in many ways, competes with wireless service providers. The past year has seen a proliferation of Android phones and the debut of powerful mobile apps such as Google Voice and Maps Navigation. It's a good thing in that Google's driving sales, but it's also a cause for concern. Here are five reasons mobile telcos should be worried about Google:
Adobe announced it is bringing Flash and Air Apps to the Android mobile operating system
Adobe on Monday introduced the Flash Player 10.1 and AIR platform for the Google Android mobile operating system. With this announcement, Adobe plans to present the AIR platform as a tool for building mobile apps that run on multiple phone platforms.
The company adds QWERTY keyboard to Symbian and Android smartphones
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications expanded its line of smartphones based on Google's Android software platform on Sunday, adding two new touchscreen models: the Xperia X10 mini and mini pro.
The Vivaz P runs the Symbian OS and the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro run on Google Android
Sony Ericsson on Sunday introduced three new phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Recent results from comScore show Apple and Google gaining smartphone market share, while RIM, Microsoft, and Palm declined
New statistics from comScore show that Apple and Google are both gaining ground in the battle for smartphone market share in the United States.
A quick slideshow tour of Google Android apps that make a geek's life easier
These eight apps allow you to open a shell, run a shell script, tap the Linux command line, or otherwise put your Android-based smartphone to productive use. Most are available in free editions, and none will set you back more than a few dollars.
