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| AndroidGuys |
| The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. Updated daily with doses of fact, rumor, and humor. Find breaking news on carriers, hardware manufacturers, and software developers. Stop by and learn about who is doing what and how it will impact the cellular industry! |
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| We've Moved! |
| 2008-03-06 07:20:20 |
For those of you who haven't noticed yet, AndroidGuys has moved! Earlier this week, we hopped off of Blogger and moved over to our own server. All of your favorite articles are over there, but they look/feel a whole lot better!Please make sure to update your bookmarks and feeds. New address: http://www.androidguys.comNew subscription feed: http://androidguys.com/?feed=rss2AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Google Android news and opinion.
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| It Might Get Dusty |
| 2008-03-04 15:00:55 |
Alright, so we decided to throw caution to the wind and make the switch to the new server right in the middle of our Tuesday lunch. So, start updating your bookmarks now. Going forward, you'll no longer need to come to our .blogspot address. Get your bookmarks and feeds set up for the site over at http://androidguys.com and http://androidguys.net! We'll continue to post mirrors of the articles for the next few days before doing a complete redirect. See you over there! Stop and tell us what you think in this article.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Google Android news and opinion.
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| zzzPhone To Run Android? |
| 2008-03-04 12:16:40 |
I have to admit up front that I had never heard of the zzzPhone prior to this morning, but they are preparing to release a handset that my be running Google's Android in the near future. You can read the complete article here on gearlog.com. The author is expecting his phone to arrive soon, but it will be running a proprietary OS, not Android. Be sure to check out the email the company sent to it's customers pending the handsets release. It's good for a chuckle. Here's a direct quote from the email.Please understand that most of the initial orders were placed during the Chinese New Year Holiday, which also happened to coincide with one of the worst nation-wide snowstorms in history. (people dying, power outages, ect.)Yeah, I'm thinking that guy should be fired, or seriously reprimanded for making light of such a tragedy. Sheesh. Stay tuned to Android Guys or news on the ZZZPhone and all things Android.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Google Android news and opinion.
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| 34 Weeks of OHA: #9 |
| 2008-03-04 12:14:56 |
Open Handset Alliance Member Profiles (Week #9 - HTC Corporation) For 34 weeks, each Tuesday, Jordan from fandroid.net will be joining us to offer a profile of each of the 34 members of the Open Handset Alliance.Company Name: HTC CorporationHow the OHA site classifies them: Handset ManufacturerWhat the OHA site says about them: Our mission is to organize all the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.What they do: Build pretty badass handsets.I own an HTC S621 (the Rogers-specific version of the S620, aka T-Mobile Dash, aka Excalibur (hell yeah, Excalibur; kneel before me, peon.) Honestly, I love it. It's slim, pretty to look at--I still think it's the prettiest full-QWERTY candybar I've seen. The rubberized plastic gives it a pleasant smoothness in the hand, and...
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| Google Gears Is Here! |
| 2008-03-04 11:41:28 |
If you own a Windows Mobile 5 or 6 device you can now try out Google Gears. What is Google Gears? Well, its an add on for your browser that allows you to launch some web based applications while your device is offline. These apps have to be written to take advantage of Gears, but the idea seems very promising. Imagine being able to check your bank account balances with or without a connection to the internet. How soon before we see a version for other platforms such as RIM, Symbian and Apple's iPhone? Stay tuned for an update on Gears once we've had a chance to install it and try a few of the apps available for it.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Google Android news and opinion.
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| How The RAZR Cut Motorola |
| 2008-03-04 08:13:15 |
Not long ago Motorola dominated the US and world handset markets. The name alone seemed synonomous with cell phones and pagers, and even as a child I have fond memories of playing cops and robbers with my Motorola "walkie talkies". Anybody else remember those things? Now, Nokia dominates market share worldwide, and Samsung is a distant number 2. So what happened to the once mighty Motorola? I think their most recent struggles can be summed up by one word, albeit a misspelled one: RAZR. When the Motorola RAZR debuted in 2004 it was among the hottest properties in any industry. The design was unlike anything we'd seen before in a cell phone. Instead of the bulky styles we had all become accustomed to, the RAZR introduced a sleek design that actually looked sci-fi and cool. It was something y...
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| FCC Auction Winner Announcement Due Soon? |
| 2008-03-03 15:44:10 |
The 700MHz auction is 5 weeks old now and starting to show signs of wrapping up. Today marked the 140th round as last Friday the FCC ramped up to 8 rounds per day. So it's still going hot and heavy right? Wrong. Today companies bid on only 17 licenses. That's out of 1,089 licenses total. So let's assume there comes a round this week where nobody bids a thing. Then what? Auction over. It's as simple as that. According to RCR Wireless News, within about 10 days of ending, the FCC will likely announce the winner(s) of each block. AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Google Android news and opinion.
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| T-Mobile Snubs Nokia's Ovi |
| 2008-03-03 12:30:59 |
In August of last year, Nokia announced a new service initiative called Ovi. Through this branding and portal, Nokia made plans to offer games, music, mapping, GPS and other services to their phone users. This move would skip right past the network operators who really enjoy cashing checks each month based on those exact services. You see, companies like Verizon and AT&T love to force users to go through them to get access to internet, news, music, and whatever other services they can bottleneck you into. It was only a matter of time before the carriers started fighting back. Word is spreading that T-Mobile is dumping all of the Nokia handsets with Ovi software services. It's not known whether it specifically will affect T-Mobile Germany or if the move is part of a larger worldwi...
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| Sprint Quietly Offering $89.99 Unlimited Plan |
| 2008-03-03 08:38:13 |
With everyone talking about the $99 unlimited plans being offered by the 4 major carriers, Sprint has one-upped the competition. For $10 less than the competition, you can get unlimited voice, messaging, and push to talk use from the #3 carrier. Although it doesn't offer any data use or other goodies such as Sprint TV or GPS navigation, it still bests T-Mobile's unlimited talk/text plan. Will any of the other carriers respond? Do they even need to? T-Mobile is picking up customers left and right where Sprint seems to be losing them at a pretty modest clip.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Google Android news and opinion.
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| Intel 'Atom' Likely to Power Android Phones |
| 2008-03-03 07:27:57 |
Going by the codename 'Menlow' for quite some time, Intel has pulled the curtain back on what will now be known as the Centrino Atom. These processors will use the Core 2 Duo instruction set and get clock speeds up to 1.8GHz! The processors, using an architecture designed for efficiency, are geared for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and possibly high-end cellular devices. How do we know that they'll be used for Android phones? Well, we don't for sure. We're just being hypothetical today. Intel is one of the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance. Besides that, we're not aware of any other mobile chip sets being worked on by them. "This small wonder is a fundamental new shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on these new devices. We believe it will unleash new innovation across the industry." -Intel chief sales and marketing officer Sean Maloney.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Google Android news and opinion.
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