First Android phone in stores today and tomorrow
While I like the fact that T-Mobile let us existing customers pre-order the T-Mobile G1 the day it was announced last month, the benefit of pre-ordering seems to have lost that huge advantage I was thinking we were gaining.
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21.10.2008 Android Dresses Up In Chrome
Microsoft's Google Chrome problem may start on the PC but it ends on cell phones. Microsoft's competitive position is at best tenuous at a time when it needs tenaciousness.
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4.9.2008 How Android Hurts Microsoft
Think "baby seals" with regards to the clubbing Google gave Microsoft today.
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23.9.2008 Google to launch Android Market
Google is set to offer Android Market - its own App Store-like content distribution system for the Android mobile phone platform which will allow users to buy, download and install content for the upcoming Android devices.
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29.8.2008 Microsoft now hiring for retail stores
Microsoft announced its retail store locations late last month in Scottsdale, Arizona and Mission Viejo, California. Now is your chance to grab a position at the first two Microsoft stores.
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23.8.2009 Windows 7 already in stores in Israel - still not priced
Windows 7 has already been delivered to stores in Israel, as were advertisement packs supplied by Microsoft Israel.
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20.10.2009 Microsoft Zune Will Hit Stores at $299
Microsoft is in the process of unveiling to select retailers the first of its line of Zune wearable digital audio players and informed retailers it will offer a single unit this fall, available in three colors at a suggested retail price of $299.
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10.8.2006 Google First Android Phone Released in New York
Yesterday, the highly anticipated launch of the Android phone took place in New York. Google's first-born “baby” phone was officially named G1, and is manufactured by HTC.
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24.9.2008 Google Android, a Windows 7 netbook killer?
Rumours are spreading that Google is in talks with leading netbook producers to offer a version of Android in anticipation of competing with Microsoft's own Windows 7, an operating system designed to be flexible enough to target everything from the basic netbook market to high-end gaming PCs.
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7.4.2009 October 22nd: Windows 7 and Microsoft Stores
October 22nd marks the release date of Microsoft's newest operating system — Windows 7. The date may also mark the opening of Microsoft's first ever Microsoft retail store.
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18.10.2009 Android Q4, Windows Mobile 7 Q1 09
At the HTC Touch Diamond launch in South Africa, I had the opportunity to have a little chat with Kevin Chen, General Manager of HTC for MEA and CIS.
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19.6.2008 Nokia N97 hits U.S. flagship stores today
According to Engadget, Nokia's most powerful handset, the Nokia N97, will be hitting flagship stores in New York and Chicago.
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9.6.2009 Nokia denies plans to run Googles Android
In perhaps an unsurprising turn of events the telecommunications giant Nokia have squashed rumours regarding their rumoured move to the Android platform.
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6.7.2009 Test Drive Google Android OS on Windows 7
XDA-Developers forum member xda2_haseeb has managed to extract and run Android Emulator on Windows which comes as a part of Google Android SDK package.
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2.9.2009 Windows 7 retail boxes begin surfacing in stores
That's right, October 22 is creeping up fast, and Windows 7 is getting very close to being available to the general public, even though most of us probably have our hands on a copy by now.
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5.10.2009 Windows Vista hit retail stores in New Zealand ahead of the world
Retail stores in New Zealand will kick start the worldwide launch of Microsoft Windows Vista by making the new operating system available at retail stores from midnight on 29 January 2007.
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29.1.2007 Gateway to Put Quad-core Desktop, Media Drive in Stores
Gateway will be one of the first PC makers to put quad-core desktops on retail shelves. The company announced April 30 deals with Best Buy, Circuit City Stores and CompUSA to sell its FX series at stores nationwide.
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3.5.2007Archos App Store Now; Android Tablet Next
Archos has not been doing well of late and so they do need something good to wade off the competition. This will all seem to change on September 15th
when the Archos Android Tablet with HD playback and mobile internet will launch. According to Pocketables we can look forward to this device in
stores on September 15th. Up until now Android, Google's OS, was a smartphone only affair. Now the time is right for Android to start spreading
its wings on other gadgets. The new Archos tablet is a high-end device and is going to be called the Archos 5 Internet Tablet.
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22.08.2009Waiting for word from Google, some Android app developers go it alone
With T-Mobile's G1 launch set for Wednesday, Android developers such as Wrike and Intermedia were still in the dark on Tuesday night about the status
of Google's online Android Market...
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22.10.2008Google markets Android Market as the 'anti-App Store'
Android Market -- Google's upcoming content distribution system announced this week -- will operate more along the lines of YouTube, according to a
revealing post on the Android Developers Blog yesterday...
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30.08.2008Motorola confirms Android plans, but won't say how big
Motorola first endorsed Google's Android platform almost a year ago. Yet now that HTC and T-Mobile are about to release the G1 phone, Motorola has
confirmed to BetaNews that it will actually dive into the Android waters...
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30.09.2008Google Android netbooks on their way
Matthäus Krzykowski & Daniel Hartmann have successfully ported Google's mobile operating system, Android, to a desktop operating system. The
Android's Linux core has helped them to achieve this. The work started when a Google developer, Dima Zavin claimed at the Android Porting Google
Group that he ported Android to an Asus EeePC 701. As Zavin had compiled against an Intel CPU, it turned out to be pretty simple for Matthäus and
Daniel to port Android to an Asus EEEPC 1000H.
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05.01.2009Official: T-Mobile to premiere Android on Sept. 23
An independent Android developers' blog reports having received an official invitation from carrier T-Mobile to cover a press conference in New York
City Tuesday morning, where the first Android-powered phone will be unveiled...
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17.09.2008Does the Android Marketplace need a desktop client?
Ever since Google and T-Mobile launched the T-Mobile G1 users have been able to connect to the Android Marketplace to download applications both free
and paid. The first version of the marketplace felt inspired by the days of command line interfaces with only icons, descriptions and user reviews
available. With the release of Android 1.6 users saw some big changes to the Android Marketplace with a more updated interface. Instead of the black
and white interface, users were presented with a graphical interface to view and download the latest and greatest Android application from a host of
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16.11.2009Eee maker Asustek ponders an Android netbook
With more momentum mounting for Ubuntu Linux on netbooks, and for Android Linux on phones, Asustek is reportedly eyeing a netbook based on
Android.
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23.02.2009Will the Android apps be ready for T-Mobile's G1 launch?
Many new Android users had already purchased their G1 phones from T-Mobile days before the Wednesday launch. But on Monday and Tuesday, they were
wondering whether Google would re-list apps mysteriously removed from the Android Market...
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22.10.2008Analyst: Android is in iPhone's league, but more apps are needed
Despite speculation that Google's Android might turn into a platform for lower-end "feature phones," Android is definitely shaping up into
not only a smartphone platform but also an iPhone competitor, says analyst Avi Greengart...
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24.09.2008HTC announces another Android handset, the HTC Hero
If you are in the market for an Android based handset, but felt that the HTC Dream and Magic didn't have the features you desired, the new Hero
announced by HTC might just be the one for you. Earlier Android devices lacked some pretty important features, and HTC is looking to make up for it
by incorporating them into the Hero. Some of the highlights of this device are: First Android handset with Adobe Flash out of the box: The Hero is,
according to HTC, "the first Android phone to ship with support for Adobe® Flash® Platform technology".
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26.06.2009Android 'Cupcake' roadmap promises much
Pending updates to the Android mobile operating system were made public this week as a part of the Google's "Cupcake" roadmap, revealing new
functionality that will endow future Android devices with abilities beyond those in the G1 now...
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20.12.2008Google denies renewed rumors of Android delays
Despite continuing rumors around delays in Android, the Google-spearheaded project remains on track to meet its previously stated goal of shipping the
first Android-enabled mobile phone later this year, BetaNews confirmed today...
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24.06.2008Google gives a helping hand to Android developers
Google plans to pay Android application developers starting in the first quarter of 2009 for each application sold, with 70% of the proceedings to the
developer, and to keep 30% for itself, to cover carrier and billing-settlement fees. In an email from the Android Market, Eric Chu said: "Android
Market will support priced applications starting early Q1 2009, as we'd originally stated last fall.
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04.01.2009Shazam Android music app now available throughout Europe, too
Following a rollout last year in the US and UK markets, the highly rated, Android-based Shazam mobile music application is now available throughout
Europe. Countries added to Shazam's availability list today include Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
Could
Shazam give Apple's iTunes and Microsoft's Zune some real rivalry whenever more Android devices come to market? Shazam's Android-accessible
database contains more than 8 million tracks, including pre-release tunes and music from various eras and parts of the world. Shazam was the third
most popular app when the Android Marketplace launched last fall, and it now holds a rating of "4.5 stars out of 5 stars" among more than
6,000 Android Marketplace reviewers, according to Shazam CEO Andrew Fisher...
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04.02.2009Android phones announced by more manufacturers
Following today's announcement by HTC and Vodafone that they are to make and sell only the second mass-market smartphone device powered by
Google's Android operating mobile system, several more manufacturers have now entered the frame and revealed their future plans to produce devices
running Android. LG are to update their existing KS360 model to run Android with the updated handset available from this summer. The phone should
have the same specifications as the current model, including a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and 2.0 megapixel camera. The company also plans to release
two more Android powered phones this year, marketing manager Jeremy Newing said. Engadget reports that Acer are also working two Android powered
phones for launch some time this year.
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18.02.2009New for Google's Android: StreetView, GlobalTime, Notifications
Members of Google's Android team leveraged Google's I/O conference this week as a launch platform for demos of new Android features, ranging from an
application launcher called Notifications to a compass-based StreetView application...
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30.05.2008T-Mobile: 50 Android applications to be available for G1 launch
When T-Mobile delivers the G1 on October 22, about 50 third-party software applications will be available for the Android-based smartphone in
Google's online Android Marketplace, a T-Mobile executive said last night...
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17.10.2008Microsoft stores to open beside Apple stores
As previously reported right here on Neowin, Microsoft is opening up retail stores this coming fall season, just in time for the Windows 7 October 22
launch time frame. Many of the Microsoft stores will open up right near Apple stores to compete with the popular Apple retail chains. Microsoft is
slow to get into the market of having its own retail chain, which will sell all of their own products, much like Sony and Apple currently do. Not
many details have been released on what the store will contain or what type of hardware, if any, they will make available for sale.
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16.07.2009Google's Android Market now taking paid apps
As the Android Developers Blog indicates, Google's Android Market, found on their Android mobile OS, is now accepting paid applications from
developers in the US and the UK, and said applications will become available next week. Having the Android Market accept paid applications is an
excellent step in providing an opponent for Apple's App Store, as many developers don't want to put time, money and effort into making
applications that will given away for free. Allowing them to choose a price for their applications gives them incentive, and in turn will lead to
growth of Google's store. The method of payment and billing for these applications will be via Google Checkout.
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