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Dell and Google Launching Phone Together? 2008-01-30 10:37:00 File this under rumor. For now. According to MarketingWeek, the word is Dell and Google are planning on making the announcement of a joint effort at next month's 3GSM in Barcelona. Makes sense to us and seems to add up when you consider that Dell recently snatched up a Motorola executive to run their new global consumer group. It would really put Dell back in the game if they came out with one of the biggest names in technology as their partner. naturally, sources close to Google deny any pending announcement.We're not holding our breath. It sure would be nice to though.UPDATE: Mike Elgan at ComputerWorld makes a few points to why this is not going to happen. Among his reasons, "Google historically doesn't partner with companies on the co-development of hardware, per se." Good point, but let's not discount that Google wasn't even in the handset game at all 6 months ago. What do we know though? His resume is steeped with credibility compared to ours.AndroidGuys | The mos ... Dell  Google

Motorola Leaving Handset Business? 2008-01-29 12:58:00 The numbers are bad, but are they that bad? According to one guy, they might be. Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura International thinks that Motorola may exit the handset business and concentrate on becoming an enterprise and government company. Further, he speculates that they might be prime for a good, old-fashioned Chinese buyout. Respect knuckles to MarketWatch for this one. AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ... Motorola

700MHz Auction Update: 'C' Block Inches Towards Reserve 2008-01-29 08:49:00 The C block closed on Monday at $3.42 billion, which was an increase of $1.27 billion over the previous week. Are we only days away from Google throwing in their $4.6B in dropping out? What if someone else wants it even more? It Has Begun!And Then There Were 214FCC Announced Full Bidder ListWhat You Need to Know (So Far)AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

Developer Challenge Deadline Extended 2008-01-29 08:39:00 Based on the great feedback you've given us, we've made significant updates to the SDK that we'll be releasing in several weeks. In order to give you extra time to take advantage of these forthcoming UI and API enhancements, we've decided to extend the submission deadline. Allow us translate that for you. "We know that our developer kit pretty much stunk, so we're giving you a newer one based on all of the complaints. And, in a show of good faith, we're extending the deadline in the hopes that those of you who were turned away by the initial offering will come back and try again."The official Android blog alerted us today that they've extended the deadline to enter your project for the $10M in booty. Now you have until April 14th to get it in. So is it back to the drawing boards for some? April 14, 2008: Deadline to submit applications for judgingMay 5, 2008: Announcement of the 50 first round winners, who will be eligible for the final roundJune 30, 2008: Deadline for the ...

HTC Loses Ground in WinMo Smartphone Market 2008-01-29 07:28:00 When factoring out touch-screen phones, High Tech Computers (HTC) has lost their foothold in the mobile industry to Motorola and Samsung. No surprises here in the US as the Motorola Q and Samsung Blackjack sold like crazy last year. Motorola, Samsung and HTC have been competing fiercely in the segment with each vendor accounting for a 20-30% share globally, with Motorola now leading the contest with a small margin, the data showed. - Internal data from Microsoft. Expect the numbers to get thinner all around as more companies jump into the game. When comparing touch-screen versions, or PDA phones, HTC still has nearly a 50% share. At least according to the same internal data. Again, this will not last long with companies like Palm, HP, and Dell looking to revive or reimagine their product lines.Read more at DigiTimes.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

34 Weeks of OHA: #4 2008-01-28 21:26:00 Open Handset Alliance Member Profiles (Week #4 - Broadcom ) 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: Broadcom CorporationHow the OHA site classifies them: Semiconductor CompanyWhat the OHA site says about them: Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, providing products that enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment.What they do: They build chips.Wikipedia proclaims them "...among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders." Their site list their offerings as including Bluetooth products, network processing solutions, digital cable products, digital TV solutions, satellite devices, DSL chipsets, mobile multimedia processors, mobile phone solutions, networking components, security processors, I/O in ...

MIT to Offer Android Based Software Development Course 2008-01-28 15:36:00 In a first-of-its-kind move, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be offering a class this term revolving around Google Android based phones. As part of their computer science program, the course will start February 8th and work with the Google supplied Android SDK. The class will be broken into teams of 3-4 students each, working on a project for the term. Without giving away too much, Mr.Yu, mobile devices platform coordinator for MIT said that the projects will focus on a range of topics, such as those dealing with location based services (LBS). So far 25 students have been invited to join the class. Finally a class where your professor is not going to throw your phone away if it rings!UPDATE: Apparently, first-of-its-kind applies to MIT only as Open Source Development of Cognitive Technology on a Mobile Platform is already a class offered at the University of Colorado. Thanks to our readers for being so alert!AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and ...

Nokia's Qt to Compete with Google's Android? 2008-01-28 09:59:00 Just a few hours ago, Nokia announced that they were purchasing Trolltech, the Norway-based software developer for approximately $153 million. That's right, Nokia just opened up. The agreement should see Nokia contributing to the development of Trolltech's Qt framework. Nokia will most likely license Trolltech's code both commercially and via strictly open-source plans. The deal is slated to be finished during the spring of 2008. Trolltech's deep understanding of open source software and its strong technology assets will enable both Nokia and others to innovate on our device platforms while reducing time-to-market," said Kai Oistamo, Executive Vice President, Devices, Nokia. Apparently, 40% of the world's market share just isn't good enough! We're not gonna hate though. In the end, it's just another move to provide customers with more choices. AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ... Google  Nokia

Palm Closing Retail Stores 2008-01-28 09:20:00 In what seems like a downward spiral for one of yesterday's bigger PDA and smartphone companies, Palm is shuttering doors on all of their retail stores as well as the locations with Airport Wireless shops. You can probably blame Research in Motion for this one as BlackBerries have really eaten into their market share. We have to agree with most people when we say that Palm's OS seems antiquated when compared to RIM, WinMo6, and even Symbian. What does all of this have to do with Android? Well, Palm is building a new Linux-based operating system that is scheduled to be released at the end of this year, competing with Google's Android Linux-based smartphone operating system. Yet another offering in an increasingly crowded field.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

AG Link Love 2008-01-27 13:05:00 We love it when a site links to us, whether it's tech related or not. Typically, we'll try to reach out to a website and thank them if we noticed they've added us a technorati fave or plugged our site somewhere. Entrecard has done very well for us in regards to opening our eyes to new blogs and sites in plenty of categories. We've met some incredible people and found some interesting sites through there. With our Entrecard contest, we've had a lot of sites linking to us, even without asking them. Today we'd like to mention a site and hopefully send them a few visits.TechFires has a very crisp, clean look to their site. Updated every few days with links to other sites, TechFires covers a wide array of tech related subject. It's written in a tone that's easy to understand which is always nice. Who wants a site that talks over their reader's heads? Never too long on words, it's a great site to drop in on once or twice a week and learn a little something new. The three ...

AG5 - January 26th Edition 2008-01-26 10:12:00 Another Saturday, another AG5. For regular visitors, AndroidGuys takes a look back at 5 headlines we think deserve a second look. If this is your first time stopping by, welcome to AndroidGuys! Here's five things to bring you up to speed. Have a great weekend and we'll see you again soon!#1 - 700MHz Auction gets going.The illustrious 'C' block reserve price of $4.6 billion was not met, but nobody was really surprised. Look for the auction to last a few weeks before we find out who wins it.#2 - Motorola releases some rather unappealing numbers.New CEO Greg Brown has a long road ahead of him as Motorola needs a wake up call of sorts. Did it come in the form of 4th quarter '07 numbers? We hope so.#3 - HTC seems to be selling Touches a pretty good rate.Given that nobody has ever seen an HTC commercial, they are doing well against the Apple iPhone. With the right mix of software and promoting, HTC could put out a very sexy handset.#4 - Android could become a major force.In the ...

700MHz Auction: Day 1 2008-01-25 11:32:00 After the first day of bidding, the C block's high bid was $1.24 billion. Roughly 1/4th of the reserve price of $4.6 billion. No word on who was high bidder as the auction is blind. For more information, check out the following posts.It Has Begun!And Then There Were 214FCC Announced Full Bidder ListWhat You Need to Know (So Far)AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

OHA News (January 25th Edition) 2008-01-25 10:26:00 Another week of lean news specifically surround the Open Handset Alliance. We're optimistic though. It seems like each passing week, some non OHA news trickles out regarding Android. It's just a matter of time before we start getting the meat and potatoes we are looking for. For example, at some point in the near future, we'll have to find out how T-Mobile and Sprint will handle Android and in what capacity. Sooner or later, we're gonna learn what nVidia is up to and just what Intel is doing for their part in the alliance.Samsung drops a little somethin' for da ladies. (GSMArena)Verizon getting a white HTC Touch ( CrunchGear)Google Docs added more features (Google Blogoscoped)HTC addressed the video driver problem (Engadget Mobile)Are cops allowed to search your phone? (PopGadget)HTC and Parrot get together (IntoMobile)LG and Samung agree to disagree (Just Another Mobile Phone Blog)Android and Funambol server synergy (Open Androids)Study shows smartphones were most returned C ...

20/20 Podcast #7 2008-01-24 21:02:00 Jamie and Scott sat down on Thursday to go over some current posts as well as recent Android related news. Recorded over two 20 minute segments, we present to you episode seven of the AndroidGuys 20/20 podcast. If you want to check out some previous podcasts, please subscribe to the feed! We're open to suggestions, so if you have anything you'd like us to cover, let us know in the comments!Part 1 (#7A) topics include the FCC Auction getting underway, Google Android and Yahoo Go!, and mobile search versus local search on phones. Shout outs to TechWag, The Big Bald Blog, and AskTheAdmin for all they have done for us lately, as well as what they have allowed us to do.Part 2 (#7B) saw us discussing things like Hop-On's Chitter Chatter, NTT DoCoMo, A La Mobile, BancoMap, lowering costs for bringing a handset, and job cuts at Sprint. Respect knuckles to Jordan over at Fandroid.net for his help with the 34 Weeks of OHA! Don't forget to subscribe to our standard feed as well as the po ...

Verizon and AT&T Get Set To Chitter-Chatter 2008-01-24 10:11:00 Verizon and AT&T will both be carrying a version of Hop On's Chitter Chatter handset. The chitter chatter is one of the first devices that operates on both CDMA and GSM networks at the touch of a button. You can read the complete article here on Mac Report.net. Kind of makes you wonder why it took so long for this technology to be developed considering most of the world operates on GSM. No particular model was released for either carrier, but Hop-On's website features the HOP2001 as "Verizon and AT&T ready". A feature the article seemed to focus on was the Chitter Chatter's ability to offer the latest GPS technology at a fraction of the cost of similiar phones. You can visit Hop-On's website here to take a look at their current line up of handsets. Click here to see the HOP2001. Looks like a great handset to run Android on!AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ... Amp