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Android Vs. iPhoneOctober 28, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:34 AM/EST
Google Maps GPS For Android 2.0 Apes iPhone 3GS GPSGoogle today launched Google Maps Navigation, a Web-based GPS with a number of bells and whistles, including voice search, traffic pattern tracking, satellite and Street View overlays, and more goodies to combat Apple's iPhone. October 6, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:20 AM/EST
Google, Verizon Aim to Steal Microsoft Windows Mobile MojoGoogle and Verizon Wireless said they will bring Android smartphones, PDAs and netwbooks to the nation's No. 1 wireless network, at 87 million-plus customers. Google and Verizon Wireless can say what they will about the timing, but their PR teams clearly didn't want Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 launch to command all of the attention in the wireless world. September 18, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009 4:10 PM/EST
Google's Quick Search Box in Android 1.6Quick Search Box aims to let Android smartphone users easily find what they're looking for online. Think of it as the Google Search Box you use from your desktop, only it opens windows to much more than just keyword-driven content. This tutorial is part of Google's broader plan to improve the developer services for Android, the Android Market, and the applications programmers choose to sell in it. September 16, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:08 AM/EST
Android 1.6 Donut Comes Out of the OvenGoogle's Android team released the Android 1.6 Donut version. Features include CDMA capability, the ability to conform to QVGA and WVGA screen resolutions, a Quick Search Box and, most importantly, text-to-speech features. See a video demo here... September 10, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:28 PM/EST
Meet CLIQ, the Google Android Phone That Will Save MotorolaAt first blush of the specs and pics, the CLIQ is hardly monumental or groundbreaking. It seems to hew fairly closely to the T-Mobile Android myTouch 3G and the Sprint HTC Hero in that it's a social network-oriented smartphone. People will buy it, but not enough to make a huge impact for Motorola, which has seen phone sales languishing in parallel with the rise of Apple's iPhone. September 3, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:10 PM/EST
Google Better Surfaces Android Market Apps in Donut ReleaseBeginning with Android 1.6 (the Donut release, yum), the Android Market will let developers promote their applications and games with screenshots, promotional icons and descriptions. These "discoverability" improvements seem like small potatoes, but they could signal the start of an increased focus on marketing Android Market, something Farhad Manhoo, John Gruber and others have been calling for if Android is to succeed versus Apple's market-leading iPhone. September 1, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:43 AM/EST
Apple IPhone App Market Beats the Pants Off Google Android MarketThere are $200 million worth of applications sold in Apple's iPhone App Store store every month. That would make it a $2.4 billion-per-year business, the largest mobile app market no one is talking about! Meanwhile, Om Malik said the rival Google Android Market store brings in about $5 million a month, or $60 million in a year. |
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