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  • Motorola Milestone exclusive to Expansys

    Motorola Milestone exclusive to Expansys

    Droid confirmed as arriving on 7 December 27 November 2009 17:23 GMT

    Further to our reports several days ago that the Motorola Milestone - formerly known as the Droid - would be arriving on 7 December, it's been confirmed that online retailer eXpansys will get an exclusive on the phone until the end of the year.

    Previously, retailers...

  • Motorola Milestone up for £439 UK pre-order

    Motorola Milestone up for £439 UK pre-order

    Stock due 7 December 25 November 2009 12:32 GMT

    The Motorola Milestone, the non-Verizon variant of the Droid by Motorola, has seen an online UK retailer put the new, high-end handset up for pre-order.

    If SuperETrader is to be believed, we can expect the Milestone to touchdown in the UK on 7 December with a...

  • Google planning "all-out assault" on mobile market with gPhone

    Google planning "all-out assault" on mobile market with gPhone

    Advanced Android handset nears launch 25 November 2009 11:13 GMT

    New gPhone whispers suggest that Google is gearing up for no less than "an all-out assault on the mobile phone market".

    The report, from The Times, states that the new, Google-branded handset we've heard about of late will encompass "the first comprehensive...

  • Photoshop.com Mobile for Android hits UK...

    Photoshop.com Mobile for Android hits UK...

    ...and anywhere else that sells Android handsets 24 November 2009 14:50 GMT

    Adobe has made its Photoshop.com Mobile for Android app available outside the US allowing HTC Hero, Samsung i7500 and Motorola Cliq users, amongst others, the ability to edit their photos on the go.

    The app, which is virtually identical to the Adobe Photoshop.com...

  • Google Maps Navigation comes to Android 1.6. Phones, Mobile phone apps, Android, Google, Google Maps Navigation, GPS, Samsung, HTC, T-Mobile mytouch 3G, T-Mobile G1 with Google mobile phone, Car And GPS, Sony Ericsson, Motorola 0

    Google Maps Navigation comes to Android 1.6

    HTC Hero, Droid Eris, Samsung Moment and Behold all miss out 23 November 2009 20:58 GMT

    Google has announced that all handsets running Android 1.6 will now be able to get Google Maps Navigation for free.

    The news, which was announced on Monday, opens up the free GPS software beyond the Android 2.0 operating system and currently the only handset available,...

  • Gameloft to cut Android development investment

    Gameloft: iPhone game sales 400 times that of Android

    Says nobody making "significant" money on Google platform 23 November 2009 17:43 GMT

    A mobile phone gaming company has delivered a blow to the Android platform - in PR terms at the very least - by unfavourably comparing it to Apple's rival offering and revealing it is to cut funding for its Android products.

    A senior executive from the French...

  • Dell Mini 3i smartphone launches on China Mobile

    Dell Mini 3i smartphone launches on China Mobile

    While the specs for the new 3G-less Android handset are fleshed out 23 November 2009 10:48 GMT

    American computer manufacturer Dell has announced the launch of its new Android-based smartphone, the Dell Mini 3i, on China Mobile.

    The global debut of the phone in China sees the new handset available in "red passion" or the slightly dubious sounding "oiled...

  • Sony Ericsson X10 destined for AT&T

    Sony Ericsson X10 destined for AT&T

    Radio band specs suggest so 23 November 2009 0:24 GMT

    The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is expected to be hitting AT&T in the US when it eventually launches in February, if the spec sheet is to be believed.

    According to Android news site, Phandroid, the specs for the Sony Ericsson first Android powered handset suggest...

  • Seesmic BlackBerry and Android apps released. Phones, Mobile phone apps, Android, BlackBerry, Seesmic Desktop 0

    Seesmic BlackBerry and Android apps released

    Yet more mobile Twitter apps to choose from 21 November 2009 7:10 GMT

    Seesmic, the Twitter client for the Mac, and recently PC, has announced that it is going mobile with BlackBerry and Android apps.

    Leaving out the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android users will be able to get their Twitter feeds on their phone from Friday.

    "Seesmic...

  • Qualcomm planning smartbook assault

    Qualcomm planning smartbook assault

    Shows off Android-powered prototype from Quanta 20 November 2009 16:13 GMT

    Qualcomm has been showing off a bevy of devices called Smartbooks that the company thinks could be poised to swallow up the netbook market by outmanoeuvring them in their core strengths - the small-and-light and always-on-connectivity arenas.

    The model pictured...

  • Motorola Motus emerges

    Motorola Motus emerges

    New Android handset with reverse flip keyboard to launch as the "Backflip"? 20 November 2009 13:05 GMT

    A new Motorola handset has emerged from the mists of the Internet as an as-yet-unconfirmed coming-soon Android device.

    The Motorola "Motus", said to be due an official announcement in early 2010, has been spotted in this oh-so-blurry spy shot sent into an Android...

  • Google News gets updated for iPhone, Android and Pre

    Google News gets updated for iPhone, Android and Pre

    New optimised version available now 20 November 2009 9:13 GMT

    Google has announced the launch of a "completely new" mobile Google News offering for iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre users.

    This follows the availability of a mobile-optimised version of Google News for other phones, such as Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and...

  • PS3 Remote Play for Android "makes sense"

    PS3 Remote Play for Android "makes sense"

    EXCLUSIVE: Sony Ericsson says "it should be expected." 18 November 2009 21:23 GMT

    Sony Ericsson has hinted that it could launch a "PS3" app similar to that found on the Sony Ericsson Aino handset launched earlier in the year for the Android OS, when the company's new Xperia X10 handset launches in February.

    "It makes a lot of sense for it to...

  • Sony Ericsson's Nexus Android skin promised for more devices

    Sony Ericsson's Nexus Android skin promised for more devices

    WebSDK announced for new Android overlay 18 November 2009 20:52 GMT

    Sony Ericsson has implied that it may bring its new Android skin destined for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, the Nexus UX platform, to other devices.

    "Nexus has been developed with a broader focus in mind", said Steve Walker, head of portfolio planning and communications...

  • Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 announced

    Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 announced

    Lite version of Galaxy i7500 incoming 17 November 2009 9:52 GMT

    The Samsung Galaxy i7500's little brother - which we knew was incoming - has finally been made official.

    The new handset will launch as the Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 and offers DivX support, DNSe 2.0, a 3.5mm ear jack and measures in at 13.2mm thick.

    Previous...

  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 dated

    Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 dated

    February debut for new Android handset 16 November 2009 10:13 GMT

    Sony Ericsson has revealed a little more about the launch timescale for its latest Xperia-branded handset, the X10.

    Via a pre-order page on its site, the phone manufacturer has revealed that the new high-end handset is due in February.

    We knew the...

  • Android 2.0 source code appears

    Android 2.0 source code appears

    Already hacked onto the G1 16 November 2009 9:34 GMT

    Google has published the source code of Android 2.0 - the next version of its operating system, and the one that appears on the recently-released Motorola Droid. Until now, only Motorola and HTC had access to the source, but Google has just opened it up for everyone.

    The...

  • Dell confirms Android smartphone launch

    Dell confirms Android smartphone launch

    China and Brazil to get the first taste 13 November 2009 16:11 GMT

    After what seems like decades of speculation, Dell has finally confirmed that the company has a mobile phone ready for launch. The Dell Mini 3i Android-based smartphone will be hitting the shelves on China Mobile later this month, while Brazil's Claro network will have...

  • 5-inch Android-based OLED media tablet unveiled by OEM Moto

    5-inch Android-based OLED media tablet unveiled by OEM Moto

    Look out Archos 13 November 2009 9:43 GMT

    A new tablet has emerged to take on Archos' dominance in the media tablet market from OEM Moto.

    The Moto AMP (Android Media Platform) will eventually form a range of three models with 3.5- and 10-inchers due, but for now it's just the 5-incher available.

  • Image credit: Phone Wreck

    Motorola Droid gets ripped apart

    Innards exposed, all in the name of curiosity 12 November 2009 16:54 GMT

    A user at gadget teardown site iFixit by the name of Dr. Wreck, has decided that what he really wants to do with his shiny new Motorola Droid smartphone is to rip it apart, exposing its silicon underbelly for the benefit of gawping tech geeks on the Web.

    According...

  • PHOTOS: LG GW620 Android phone

    PHOTOS: LG GW620 Android phone

    The first hands-on with the QWERTY slider with the Google OS 12 November 2009 9:56 GMT

    Pocket-lint was there to get the first hands on as LG revealed the LG GW620 Android phone last night in London. As promised, the handset is a QWERTY slider with an HVGA 3-inch LCD. Its features include a 5-megapixel AF camera and "high-res" video recorder, offering one-touch...

  • Samsung to ditch Symbian

    Samsung to ditch Symbian

    Wants to make handset look like HTC not Nokia 11 November 2009 19:59 GMT

    Samsung is set to ditch the Symbian OS bringing with it a major blow for the operating system.

    According to reports online, Samsung's senior VP Don Joo Lee has confirmed that it will dismiss Symbian from its smartphones.

    Phasing out the OS, the phone manufacturer...

  • Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - mobile phones

    Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - mobile phones

    What gets your vote? 11 November 2009 14:49 GMT

    The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 Best Mobile Phone nominations are probably the ones we've all been waiting for. The smartphone industry is ablaze and every year we see more and more impressive handsets as the mobile becomes so much more than simply the telephone...

  • LG reveals a little more about the Android-based GW620

    LG reveals a little more about the Android-based GW620

    Social networking slider inches closer to a launch 10 November 2009 10:25 GMT

    LG has announced a few more details of its first Android smartphone, the LG GW620, that launches with a focus on social networking.

    The GW620 is a QWERTY slider with an HVGA 3-inch LCD. Features include a 5-megapixel AF camera and "high-res" video recorder,...

  • Google acquires AdMob for $750 million

    Google acquires AdMob for $750 million

    There goes the mobile advertising market 9 November 2009 18:07 GMT

    Google has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display advertising company based in California, in an attempt to cash in on the rapidly growing number of people who access the Internet as well as connected services and widgets on their phones....

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