Lenovo, the 4th largest PC manufacturer worldwide, now wants to attack the smartphone market again. This will first happen in China with the "LePhone" (derived from Lenovo, but it also sounds a bit French), and later it will also be launched in ...
Continue readingSteve Jobs: If you want porn, buy an Android phone
Steve Jobs has commented on applications that are rejected in the Appstore because they provide pornographic content: "Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone." ("Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone"). ...
Continue readingpre-order Motorola Backflip for 440,- Euro at Amazon
The Motorola Backflip might have an interesting design, but it can now be pre-ordered on Amazon for 440 Euros - a steep price for a device that has an interesting control concept with a touch surface on the back, but ...
Continue readingSamsung I9000 Galaxy S: new high-end Android mobile phone
With the I9000 Galaxy S, Samsung moves in the range of the Nexus One: 1 GHz CPU, 4″ Super AMOLED display, 16 or 32 GB storage, Android 2.1 with its own interface. The whole thing is packaged in a ...
Continue readingNexus One still not (officially) available in Germany
In January, there was still a rumor that the Nexus One would be available from Vodafone for €149.00 including the contract starting in February. Apparently, that did not work out, neither the Vodafone nor the Google site give a ...
Continue readingHP brings netbook with Android: Airlife 100
Android does not only run well on cell phones, but also on netbooks. HP has now presented a corresponding device: the Airlife 100. Powered by the Snapdragon processor, which already works in the Nexus, a runtime of 12 hours is supposed to ...
Continue readingMotorola Devour: another Android phone with keyboard
Motorola has apparently realized that the Milestone/Droid is also so popular because of the full keyboard: with the Devour, there is now another device that offers a full keypad - and looks even better. In addition, ...
Continue readingNexus One censors for voice input
As Reuters found out, not all words can be dictated to the Nexus One, some are censored. "that's bull #### and you know it." is then, for example, the result when you use the swear word with the animal excrement ...
Continue readingGoogle Nexus One on Vodafone from February?
T-Mobile is getting a competitor in Germany when it comes to smartphones. While the Bonn-based company won the race with the iPhone, Vodafone is now apparently launching an attack with the Nexus One. In the network, ...
Continue readingGoogle releases SDK for Android 2.1
Android 2.1 is only available on the Nexus One so far, and it is only available in the US. Google has now already published the corresponding SDK, because Android 2.1 will sooner or later be ...
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