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SE Present New W8 Live with Walkman Android smartphone

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The new Walkman Android phone, weighing 115 grams, will feature a 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen, a 1GHz processor, a 5MP rear camera, front camera for video calling and Sony’s new ‘xLOUD’ technology that provides an enhanced audio experience, according to Sony. The phone will feature ‘deep Facebook’ integration that allows users to instantly access Facebook through the most used areas of the phone such as the picture gallery, music player, phonebook and calendar. 

Sony also plans to introduce its ‘Qriocity’ music and video content services that enable consumers to access songs from all major labels and watch live movies from major studios. The phone will be available globally from this fall. But, can Sony Ericsson rework their magic with their new W8 Android Walkman phone? Sony Ericsson knows how to do Facebook. For gamers, SE brought Facebook into the mix with the Xperia Play. 

This morning, SE unveiled the Live With Walkmansmartphone featuring a button for instant music access and deep Facebook integration. Past that, there’s a dedicated hardware button that connects the user to Sony’s Qriocity music platform, offering instant access to music and videos. Pricing is as-yet unannounced but we expect to see the Live with Walkman hit shelves in October. 

Facebook features are tightly integrated into Sony’s apps, like the picture gallery, music player, address book, and calendar. Tap it, and your phone will call up additional information about artists as well as lyrics and videos. The Live is also DLNA certified, sports Sony’s Qriocity service, and features Sony’s xLOUD tech for enhanced output from the phone’s built-in speakers. 
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Monday, August 22, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels: , ,

AT&T's T-Mobile Acquisition By Virgin Mobile

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Sprint's prepaid arm, Virgin Mobile, took aim at T-Mobile spokeswoman "Carly" and an AT&T caricature in its latest advertisement. Carly interjects. Basically Virgin Mobile, channeling Sprint, is attacking AT&T and T-Mobile's recent decisions to pull the plug on unlimited data plans and double its obligatory contracts on all smartphones to two years. 

"T-Mobile has anointed itself as the value leader in wireless," Bob Stohrer, vice president of marketing for Virgin Mobile USA, said in a statement. "Yet they've conveniently left Virgin Mobile out of their comparison set, so we're crashing their party. No matter how you dress their plans up, they're no match for Virgin Mobile's no-contract, Unlimited Data offering at $35/month coupled with Android-powered phones like the new Motorola Triumph."

Lastly, Virgin's ad also attacks the one glimmer of promise in T-Mobile's otherwise disappointing second quarter earnings report: prepaid. T-Mobile director of communications, Hernan Daguerre, responded to the ad in a statement, "Virgin's new ad proves that our successful Monthly4G no annual contract plans are putting pressure on their business. 

The battle over prepaid between T-Mobile USA and Sprint Nextel's Virgin Mobile just got a little uglier.  The advertisement underscores the growing importance of the prepaid wireless business for the national carriers, which traditionally generated a bulk of their revenue with contract customers. Both Sprint and T-Mobile reported strong prepaid numbers in the second quarter. 

Sprint added 674,000 net new prepaid subscribers--with Virgin Mobile a contributor to that total, while T-Mobile added 231,000 net customers despite another ugly quarter for postpaid losses. The prepaid business, which generally attracts lower-income and credit customers, has been using smartphones to keep growth going. Dolcourt also noted that the Motorola Triumph was a real winner among options for prepaid customers. 

Virgin offers a $55-a-month plan with unlimited calling, data messaging, and Internet access. T-Mobile offers a similar plan for $50 a month. Both throttle excessive data users. Virgin is attempting to halt T-Mobile's momentum. In a new set of television commercials, Virgin Mobile's "Sparah," a manufactured celebrity couple intended to attract tabloid coverage, encounters a T-Mobile lookalike in the company's signature all-white setting, calling the place "boring." 

After an AT&T representative appears (a balding man in an ill-fitting suit), Sparah asserts that T-Mobile's customers could switch to Virgin Mobile, while the setting shifts to a nightclub party. After preaching a value message about Virgin Mobile and Android phones, the scene cuts to the faux T-Mobile spokeswoman being aggressively hit on by the AT&T representative and saying, "I'm contractually obligated to enjoy this." 

"There's clearly a blurring between what was once a hard line between post- and pre-paid [phone service]," Bob Stohrer, vice president of marketing for Virgin Mobile USA, tells Marketing Daily. Ironically, the T-Mobile commercials were initially created as a subtle jab at AT&T and its successful iPhone. 

Virgin Mobile's Sparah couple was introduced in May as a way for Virgin Mobile to tap into its target's seemingly insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. The new commercials featuring Sparah and the fake T-Mobile spokeswoman will run on cable and broadcast networks through the middle of September. 
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels: ,

Android Tablets Come to "First-Class Fliers"

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On Monday, Samsung and American Airlines announced they will provide Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 10.1 to travelers in seated in premium cabins for a select number of transcontinental and international flights. “American is the first North American airline to offer a branded tablet on board its aircraft,” says Virasb Vahidi, American Airline’s chief commercial officer in a release.

Current on-board entertainment devices will get the boot for 6,000 Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices on select flights between New York (JFK) and Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco, as well as between Boston and Los Angeles. International flights to South America and Europe will also receive the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 is thinner and lighter than the iPad 2, measuring 8.6mm thick and weighing in at 595 grams. 

The airlines already offers in-flight movie streams to iPad users via Wi-Fi. There’s only so many times I can see Country Strong on cross-country flights. AmericanAirlines gave Android a sky-high boost earlier this month when it started offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 as an entertainment device for first-class passengers. American will deploy 6,000 Galaxy Tabs on Boeing 767 flights between New York's JFK airport and Los Angeles, JFK and San Francisco, and Miami and Los Angeles. 

Besides replacing American's current entertainment system, the Wi-Fi-enabled tablets also will offer passengers Internet access during flights for an additional fee. Tablet devices are slowly creeping onto commercial flights in various forms. Qantas subsidiary Jetstar has tested using iPads as entertainment devices and Alaska Airlines recently began replacing paper flight manuals with iPads after a test period. 
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels: ,

Google's Android Mobile OS has 35 Percent Market Share

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While Android dominated, Nokia managed retain its position of first place. Particular attention was drawn to Samsung’s efforts by Pete Cunningham, principal analyst at , Canalys. “Samsung also shipped nearly 3.5 million bada operating system-based smart phones, outperforming total shipments of Windows Phone devices by more than a million units,” he said. 

The report showed the big five manufacturers – Apple, HTC, Nokia, RIM and Samsung - still remain at the top, with Apple in particular reaching a market share of 19 per cent. Canalys’ country-level data shows that the vendor remains number one in 28 countries, including mainland China, where it grew 79 per cent to 8.9 million units, thanks in part to Chinese New Year shipments.” 

Market research firm Canalys has given Google'sAndroid OS a 35 percent share of the smartphone market for the first quarter of 2011. Nokia had a share of 24 percent, with iOS on 19 percent. Compared to Canalys' figures for the fourth quarter of 2010 Apple had increased its market share by three percentage points. 

Android's increased share was largely because of strong performances from key brands, according to Canalys principal analyst Pete Cunningham. "HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson drove Android shipments in the first quarter, with each vendor shipping well over 3 million devices.

EMEA grew 67 percent year-on-year to 32.6 million units, North America grew 85 percent to 24.7 million units and Latin America grew 86 percent to 6.5 million units. Overall, worldwide smartphone shipments grew 83 percent to 101 million units. 

APAC became the largest region for Nokia, accounting for 53 percent of its overall shipments, overtaking EMEA by more than 3 million units. Nokia remains number one in 28 countries, including mainland China, where it grew 79 percent to 8.9 million units, due in part to Chinese New Year shipments. HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson drove Android shipments in the first quarter, with each vendor shipping well over 3 million devices.

Nokia, Apple, RIM, Samsung and HTC were the top five global smartphone vendors, as in Q4 2010. Apple continued to make market share gains, reaching 19 percent. The US remained the largest country for smartphone shipments, with Apple substantially extending its lead, achieving a share of 31 percent and growth of over 150 percent year on year. Androidremained the leading smartphone platform in the US for the third consecutive quarter, with a 49 percent market share. 
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Thursday, May 5, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels: , ,

Layar 5.0 App for Android Released

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Augmented Reality App developer Layar has released a new version of its app for Apple iOS and GoogleAndroid platforms. Recently, the advent of Augmented Reality on mobile phones has been tapped with several mobile augmented reality applications. Layar is like an augmented reality browser that integrates location-relevant data and shows them on a live imagery being captured using mobile camera.

Layar CEO Raimo Van der Klein said that Layar 5.0 comes the ability for more interactivity within layers with animation capabilities. New features and refined interface of Augmented Reality browser app is available only to Android and iOS platforms only at this moment. 

Mobile augmented reality company Layar announced version 5.0 of its app, which delivers an improved user interface and adds sharing capabilities through Facebook and Twitter integration. By connecting Layar with Facebook or Twitter accounts, customers can share favourite layers or augmented screenshots with friends. 

The largest open platform in mobile augmented reality, announced its new version 5.0 with an improved user-interface and sharing capabilities to Facebook and Twitter. Layar 5.0 also allows for increased interactivity within layers through its new animation capabilities. Based on user feedback, Layar also made improvements to the user interface. Navigating through content is simplified and the interface is more user friendly. 

Layar v5.0 provides for richer experiences, allowing users to have more interaction with layers and allowing developers to add event-driven animations to points of interest. Easily find your way around different types of augmented reality layers with the completely revamped user interface, offering a four-tab navigation consisting of: favorite layers, recent layers, categories/featured content, and settings. 
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels: , ,

AMD courting Android talent and as new tablets

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DigiTimes reports that at the show Lenovo, Fujitsu and Samsung will be showing off new Intel Oak Trail tablets. MSI is also said to be getting a new tablet ready that will run the AMD Brazos APU.

MSI is noting to DigiTimes that AMD’s APU has increased its presence in the tablet market. Perhaps the more interesting bit to come out of that news about AMD and MSI doing well in the tablet market together is that AMD is reportedly on the lookout for some new Android talent.

AMD is specifically searching for new blood that will work on Android driver software. This indicates that AMD might be looking to offer chipsets for notebooks, tablets, and netbooks that can run Android. That opens the interesting possibility of Fusion for Android.

It was only a matter of time before AMD followed Nvidia's lead and finally jumped onto the Android bandwagon, as the company is now recruiting engineers to create chipset drivers for Android. According to unnamed sources, the nation's second largest CPU manufacturer is now looking to offer notebook and tablet partners chipset solutions supporting Google's popular mobile platform.

"Experience with video decode acceleration within the Android web browser or video player application would be an asset. Intel is even reportedly working on an Android-ready Atom chipset. The news arrives with additional reports that MSI is gearing up to market its latest tablet using AMD's 40-nm low-power Brazos APUs-- probably the revised Ontario with HD support and a 5W thermal design. 

It's likely that both companies will showcase their Brazos-based tablets this June at COMPUTEX 2011. DigiTimes has caught an interesting tidbit of information to go along with some AMD Brazos tablets that are inbound at the show from MSI and other vendors. The new talent AMD is on the hunt for is specifically for Android driver software development. 

That opens the very interesting prospect of Fusion chips inside tablets and other gear like notebooks or netbooks that can run Android. As it stands now there is no hint that Android tablets using AMDhardware might be surfacing at the show. Perhaps later this year we will see AMD offering hardware with driver support for Android. 
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Sunday, April 10, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels: , ,

Legal status of "Android's Bionic" library uncertain

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An article discussing the legal issues surrounding the creation of a fundamental Android library has blown up into allegations of copyright infringement. The article, "Infringement and disclosure risk in development on copyleft platforms", by Raymond Nimmer, Professor of Law at University of Houston Law Center, has opened up a debate on the legal status of Android's Bionic library. In the article, Nimmer looks at the process that the Android developers created to produce the header files for Bionic, a compact alternative to glibc which also includes Android specific functionality. 

The build process for Bionic takes the GPL licensed kernel header files and, using a number of Python scripts, reprocesses them to create "clean" header files for Apache licensed Bionic. The reasoning behind the process is detailed by Google in the "Rationale" section of the README.TXT file for the tools. 

The Android operating system — which has already embroiled Google in a legal dispute with Oracle over the implementation of the Dalvik virtual machine — was built around the Linux kernel under the open-source GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2). The problem centres on the library that joins Android and the underlying Linux kernel. 

In order to create the library, known as Bionic, Google used tools to strip 750 Linux kernel header files of certain information, including code comments and whitespace. During the process, Google also inserted a notice in each file saying that the 'cleaned' files did not contain any copyrightable information.

"Google takes the position that removing this information 'cleans' the raw Linux kernel header files of any copyrightable information, such that Google is free to redistribute the files under a licence other than the GPL," Naughton wrote in the report (PDF). "Google's approach rests on two key assumptions, one micro and one macro, about the copyrightability of the Linux kernel header files," Naughton said. "On the level of individual files, it assumes that the only copyrightable information in a Linux kernel header files is the 'nondirective' text, such as comments. 

Naughton said Google was also assuming that, if the individual header files are not copyrightable, then the combination of the 750 header files was also not copyrightable. Thousands of Android software components depend on it. This fork would not be subject to the GPL licence, and could then allow proprietary licensing.

Google’s Android could face a serious legal challenge from the open source community due to the “audacious” attitude the company has taken to the GPL, according to legal experts and an open source campaigner. The issue centres on Bionic, a custom-built library Google has used to interface between the Linux kernel and user-facing programs.

Bionic contains a set of Linux kernel header files automatically generated from Linux kernel headers and necessary for user programs to make calls into the kernel. In a statement Bionic places at the beginning of each header, Google states that the header “contains only constants, structures, and macros generated from the original header, and thus, contains no copyrightable information”.

“Google’s position is a bold assault on copyright protection for software and source code,” Naughton wrote. “I have serious doubts that Google’s approach to the Bionic library works under US copyright law,” he wrote. “At a minimum, Google has taken a significant gamble. If one of the many Linux kernel copyright holders decides to sue Google, it could result in a disaster for the Android developer ecosystem, according to Mueller. 
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Saturday, April 2, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels: , ,

Motorola Atrix 4G now available for $129.99

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Just as rumored, predicted and confirmed, the Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone is available with AT&T starting today. The Atrix 4G was originally supposed to be released on March 1st, but for some unknown reason, the launch got bumped up. Amazon Wireless also has the Atrix 4G for $149.99 with a contract. 

With an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage the Atrix is a formidable offering which when coupled with the dock offers something unique. Also included is a 5mp camera capable of capturing HD video, front-facing webcam and 4G connectivity. 

The laptop dock features a large screen and full keyboard powered entirely by the handset. Unfortunately the lapdock isn't as reasonably priced as the handset. When purchased together with the Atrix it will cost $500 as part of an introductory offer. When purchased separately it will also cost $500.

There were a bevy of Android phones introduced at CES. One stood out and that was the Motorola Atrix 4G, winner of the Best of CES 2011. This was largely due to the unique accessories and capabilities of the phone. 

In particular, the ability to dock the Atrix 4G into a laptop dock accessory and transform it into a capable laptop. Unlike most phones we’ve reviewed in the past, the Atrix is unique in the breadth of accessories that transform this phone into a laptop, multimedia device and more.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels: ,

Android to generate "billion" Dollars in ad Sales in 2012?

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Forbes reports that Android could become a billion dollar ad platform in 2012. Munster predicts in 2012 that there will be 133 million Android users and at $9.85 per user, Google will rake in $1.3 billion in Android advertising revenue. Google (GOOG) could generate over a billion in Android-related advertising revenue in 2012, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.


In a research note this morning, Munster asserts that Android generated $5.90 per use in mobile advertising in 2010; he sees the total increasing to $9.85 in 2012. By 2012, he thinks there could be 133 million Android users generating $9.85 a year, which would mean $1.3 billion in Android-related revenue. Munster maintains his Overweight rating and $725 target on Google’s shares.


In comparison, Google search generated $18.85 per user and Google advertising in total generated $25.77. Additionally, we expect Google's revamped Android Market will enable users to download apps on Android more easily and could increase monetization per user from in-app advertising over the next two years. We maintain our Overweight rating on GOOG."
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels:

Will Nokia Select Android or Wp7?

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Market analysts speculate that Nokia would eventually join the Google's Android or Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 ecosystem. McKechnie has a "neutral" rating on Nokia shares. Nokia's current OS strategy (Symbian/MeeGo) is not generating the expected returns, especially in the smartphone space. Only, Microsoft's Windows 7 models are lagging behind Nokia with shipments of around 2 million units. This leaves two alternatives; either adopt Windows Phone 7 or Android." Garcha noted.

Adopting Android
Analyst Garcha said Android is probably the best option available for Nokia as this will give the company access to the most innovative, and fastest growing smartphone platform that has captured 26 percent market share globally. Android is also scalable both to lower end smartphones and tablets.

Recently, Android dethroned Symbian to become the top smartphone OS. Manufacturers shipped 33.3 million Android phones worldwide, compared to Nokia's 31 million, according to the latest data from the UK-based market research firm Canalys.

Also, Android OS has consistently seen improvements, with Google already having launched five major iterations of Android OS since its initial launch in September 2008. Garcha says by adopting Android, Nokia could have an Android product within a year, which could drive a smartphone recovery through 2012-2013 and result in earnings power of €0.96 a share in 2013.

The analyst believes within 12 months of adopting Android, Nokia could start gaining relevance in the smartphone market, causing smartphone share to recover to 26 percent by 2013, with improving average selling prices (ASPs) and gross margins (GMs). In longer term, Nokia may become a commoditized hardware vendor with margins in the 8 percent range.

Adopting Windows Phone 7 (WP7): 
By adopting WP7, Nokia could implement a decent touch screen OS for the smartphone market as WP7 offers tighter integration of Xbox and Zune services. Garcha said a Microsoft-centric strategy could allow for a smartphone share recovery from mid-2012, improved revenue mix and margin recovery, all depends upon Nokia's execution. Indeed, assuming smartphone share recovers to 26 percent by 2013, this could drive earnings of €1.01 a share for Nokia.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels:

Android Operating System Will Be New Trend

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Andoid, the operating system that created and popularized by google is now used by most users of smartphones and tablets. Android version from time to time continue to be updated to improve the performance and features.
1. Android 1.5 (cupcake)
2. Android 1.6 (Donut)
3. Android 2.1 (Eclair)
4. Android 2.2 (Froyo)
5. Android 2.3 (Gingerbeard)
6. Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)

All experienced improvement for more easier to use and rich feature set to meet the needs of users.
Google's mobile operating system Android became the most-used smartphone platform in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a report from research firm Canalys. Android surpassed Nokia’s Symbian mobile OS platform, formerly the most prominent smartphone OS for the past decade, according to the Canalys report.

In the fourth quarter 2010 data released by the research firm on Monday, Android shipments totaled 32.9 million worldwide. Nokia trailed with 31 million shipments. Smartphone sales continue rising at a meteoric rate. 
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels:

Dissecting the features in Android 3.0

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If you’ve been wondering what all of the hype around Honeycomb is about, check out these two detailed dissections of the new OS. First up is Geek.com, who breaks out the elements of the new OS, including the UI, multitasking, typing, and Google Apps. The iPad delivers on the experience, whereas the Samsung Tab just delivers functionality. With the new Honeycomb OS, you can bet that Android will start taking a bite out of the iPad’s market share in pretty short order.

Google recently revealed the preview SDK of the Android tablet operating system, Honeycomb, which includes a new user interface featuring what Google calls a “holographic theme,” redesigned standard apps like email, and a new on-screen keyboard. 

According to a recent IDC survey, price will be the distinguishing feature of Android tablets, not the new Honeycomb OS. Google rolled out its Honeycomb software developers kit. It is expected that Honeycomb will be available in a new generation of Android based tablets. 

Google has released an early preview of the Android 3.0 software development kit (SDK). Android 3.0—codenamed Honeycomb—introduces Android's new tablet user interface, which is expected to officially debut next month on Motorola's Xoom tablet. The SDK also offers Android enthusiasts an early look at the new tablet user interface. It includes a partial Android 3.0 environment that runs in the Android emulator. The Honeycomb home screen comes with sophisticated scrolling widgets and can accommodate much more content than the conventional Android home screen.

You can add elements by clicking the plus button in the top corner, which will launch the home screen editor. The Android application drawer also got a significant overhaul. It successfully booted and presented a standard Android phone user interface with a conventional notification bar at the top, but the home screen process crashed before it rendered.
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Sunday, January 30, 2011 | 0 comments | Labels:

Google's China Row Delays Android Releases

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Google dropped a bombshell in January when it announced it would considering closing its China search site and leaving the mainland market because of censorship issues and recent cyber-attacks. The first apparent casualty of the decision: China Unicom.

A week after Google's declaration that it would no longer censor search results on its Google.cn site – with the full understanding that it could be forced to close down and exit China as a result - China Unicom indefinitely delayed the launch of its first .Android powered handsets, which were due to be released on the mainland January 20. Unicom initially said it was delaying the launch of two Android-enabled devices from vendors Motorola and Samsung because of Google's possible exit from the mainland. In later reports, however, Unicom attributed the postponementto debugging problems.

The two W-CDMA smart phones - Samsung's GT-Í6500U and Motorola's XT70I - use Unicom's customized Android-enabled OS called Uphone, using Unicom's own OS, UniPlus. The Samsung smart phone incorporates Android 1.5, while the Motorola device will adopt Android 2.0.Unicom is also plarming to launch its own application store, UniStore, for the Uphone platform.

Google confirmed the Android handset postponement in a press statement. The search giant did not explain the reasons for the delay, but a Google executive is quoted as saying it would be "irresponsible" to launch the smart phones in China as planned, since it was unclear "how things are going to turn out'" in the coming weeks.

Google was considerably clearer on its reasons for ending web filtering in China. Chief legal officer David Drummond said the company had recently sustained attacks aimed "primarily" at accessing the Gmail addresses of China human rights activists as well as stealing Google's intellectual property. In an investigation it had found that the accounts of dozens of human rights advocates in Europe, China and the US had been "routinely accessed by third parties."

Drummond said that Google.cn was launched in four years in the belief that the benefits of wider access to information "outweighed our discomfort in agreeing to censor some results." However, the company had made clear that it could carefully monitor conditions in China, including new laws and other restrictions on its services. "These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered - combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web - have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility' of our business operations in China.

"We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all."

What all this means for Android's prospects in China is unclear –not least since China Mobile's OPhone OS tor its TD-SCDMA-based 3G service is also a customized Android OS.

However, the row hasn't stopped Motorola from unveiling a new app store for China that allows users to download apps to Android phones. The new storefront, SHOP4APPS, "will be available on new Motorola smart phones in China starting in time for ([Chinese New Year," Motorola said in a statement.

Perhaps tellingly. Motorola also announced a new feature on its Android handsets for China that enables users to customize Android devices by selecting their own search provider, including China's No.l search engine Baidu – marking the first time ever that Motorola has also opened up its search engine choice to consumers.

"Users will be able to select their search experience from a number of providers including Baidu and others, with whom Motorola has signed strategic agreements," said the vendor.

Meanwhile, as we went to press, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said at a news briefing that Chinese mobile companies need not worry about their Android plans being affected by Google's censorship restrictions dispute - so long as Android apps don't violate the same restrictions.
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Friday, October 15, 2010 | 4 comments | Labels:

Netbooks May Soon Be Equipped With Android

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Google's Android platform could emerge as the next challenger to Microsoft's Windows operating system.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is working with another technology giant, Hewlett-Packard (HP), to manufacture netbooks (small laptop computers designed for on-the go wireless communication and Internet access) preloaded with the Android platform.

Currently, Android is used primarily in mobile phones including T-Mobile's 61. Its incorporation
into netbooks would provide an easier way to share data—such as photos or videos—between mobile phones and PCs.

As the news spread over the Internet, opinions sprang up as to whether an Android netbook is a winning idea.

Some industry observers said if HP succeeded in selling Android-preloaded netbooks others
would follow, as it represents an opportunity to reach the growing community of software developers who are encouraged to create applications for Android and other application stores.

Others argued it is still too early to tell if this combination would be a hit because of the Limited history of both Android and netbooks. Netbooks first appeared on the market running the Linux operating system, but became popular only after manufacturers switched to Windows XP. In addition. Android needs to be more robust.

However, both sides agree ease of use would be a determining factor in whether Android netbooks catch on. Microsoft has made it easy for users to connect and install peripherals to their PCs, as well as to resolve any troubleshooting with Little technical knowledge.

Google is also pushing Android for broader applications, such as set-top boxes and in-car
navigation systems. According to Android creator Andy Rubin, who is also Google senior director, the result could be "Google-ready" devices equipped to run the company's applications.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 | 0 comments | Labels:
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