Just because Australia was omitted among the first countries to get the HTC Dream doesn’t mean you have to despair. It’s not clear whether it would be released in the country ever, but at least now we know that new players are coming to develop their own Google Android smartphones.

continue reading "Samsung, LG, Nokia, and Motorola to Release Own Google Android Smartphones"

Yeah, we’re yet to see the first Google Android-based phone, but just like the early announcement of a Chrome mobile web browser for the Android, Google released a sample application of Photostream. The application would let users browse photos stored in Yahoo-owned Flickr.

continue reading "Photostream Can View Flickr Images in Google Android Phones"

This comes off as no surprise to me—Google co-founder Sergey Brin expects a Chrome mobile web browser for Google Android handsets in the future. Although the Google Chrome and the Google Android were developed by two separate teams, having one parent company makes this, for me at least, inevitable.

continue reading "Google Will Develop Chrome Mobile Browser for the Android"

A few hours earlier, Google Chrome, the search engine giant’s own web browser beta-launched. I downloaded the installer as soon as it was available, and have been using it for the last few hours. Check out my initial reactions and experiences thus far after the jump.

continue reading "Google Chrome Flash Review; Is Surprisingly Fast"

Google unveiled a surprise product yesterday—the Google Chrome open-source web browser. And, in a move that’s quite Google-like, the world first knew of this browser through an online comic book. According to the Google blog, since the company employees were always working on a browser, it only seemed natural to work on one.

continue reading "Google Unveils New Chrome Open-Source Web Browser"

dream

We’ve been hearing about Google Android’s first handset, the HTC Dream, quite a lot lately. And, contrary to earlier reports that Google Android’s launch will be delayed, it seems the Dream is well on its way—these new spy pictures only strengthen that belief.

continue reading "HTC Dream Spy Pics Leaked"

The very first Google Android device is yet to be released, and even now, although we know it to be the HTC Dream, details are still cloaked in secrecy. Nevertheless, with this announcement, we’re hopeful that the launch of the first Google Android phone will be right on track; that is sometime later this year.

continue reading "Google Announces the Android Market"

According to the New York Times, T-Mobile might be offering the very first Google Android smartphone in the market. The smartphone in question is the HTC Dream handset, which we’ve been hearing of for quite a while, repackaged (or at least renamed) as the G1.

continue reading "First Google Android Smartphone to Land in T-Mobile"

streetview

Look, don’t blame me for already having spent hours using the Google StreetView for Australia which just went live yesterday. Come on, is there anything more amusing than digital stalking, er, I mean digital tourism?

continue reading "Google StreetView Australia Goes Live"

Google’s ticklish tentacles are at it again. This time they’re stretching out into the domain of mobile phone operating systems. The good thing? They’re doing it Open Source style which means that the best-of-the-best (at the moment 30 companies – Open Handset Alliance) will be able to contribute to make Google Android even better.

See below Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin’s Google Android video for more insights:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJHYqE0RDg]

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