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Android Campfire 2008-01-15 08:43:00 The official Google Android blog informs us today that on January 23rd, they will be holding a campfire with developers and colleagues. Join us for food, drinks, and great conversation! Come meet other developers as well as Googlers working on Android. Talk business, talk pleasure, or just hang out -- it's up to you.There is a registration page to sign up as space will be limited.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

34 Weeks of OHA: #2 2008-01-14 21:59:00 Open Handset Alliance Member Profiles (Week #2 - Ascender ) 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: Ascender Corp.How the OHA site classifies them: Software CompanyWhat the OHA site says about them: Ascender Corp. is a leading provider of advanced font products and innovative applications for mobile devices.What they do: Fonts. Big fonts, little fonts, fat fonts, thin fonts. Chinese fonts and Hebrew fonts. Fonts from A-B. In fact, they run a Font Store, which is precisely as breathtaking and overwhelming as you'd expect it to be. Oh, and they produce the Personality Kit , which is a system for customizing your Windows Mobile phone with themes, ringtones, and ... fonts.What you may not realize is that Ascender, of whom you may never have before heard, is actually a font superpower. Ever come across Arial or Times New Roman? Comic Sans? Tahoma? Trebuchet? All Ascend ...

What Google's Android Could Learn From Yahoo's Go! 2008-01-14 10:22:00 While there wasn't a whole lot of Google Android news out of CES this year, Yahoo did release an update to their dandy little mobile web portal Yahoo Go!, and Google could learn a thing or two from Go as Android gets closer and closer to market. Go! is Yahoo's attempt to deliver their content to multiple devices regardless of manufacturer or carrier, and you know what? It does a pretty good job of it. Go! 3.0 in it's beta form fixed some issues with the previous version, but the biggest addition is the ability to add your own widgets from other sites, giving you more options to customize it to your liking. The more I used Go! the more I began to realize what I wanted out of Google's Android. If you've never seen or used Yahoo Go!, it's a program that you must install, then run on your handset. It essentially does away with the need to log onto Yahoo.com to access Yahoo's content. Email, news headlines, stock updates, sports, and even a search engine are all included. I began ... Google  Yahoo

Google's MacWorld Announcement 2008-01-14 09:20:00 Improvements to the Google services that can be integrated into the iPhone have been officially announced today. These new features and improvements provide iPhone users with a Google web application experience that is very desktop-like in terms of ease-of-use, speed, and feature richness but optimized for iPhones. Changes and improvements include improved UI, customization of default tabs, gmail that automatically shows up without refreshing, and implementation of the iGoogle gadgets. If you have an iPhone, all you have to do is navigate to http://google.com on your Safari browser. Smart money says that Android phones will operate nearly identical when it's launched. Ok, maybe not 'smart' money, but 'our' money.Official Google press releaseAndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ... Google

A La Mobile Drops Android onto Qtek 9090 2008-01-13 20:28:00 Alright, it's official. Confirming what we reported on last week, A La Mobile is the first company to offer a complete package of software based on Android. This is another step in making things feel more real each passing week. Although it's an older HTC phone, it still looks just as good as some of the other devices we've seen. On top of that, it does not need to be hacked onto the device just to get it to run.The demo unit includes a Google browser, phone dialer, audio player, Google maps, camera, games, calendar, contacts manager, calculator and notes installed. Pretty much the standard software we'd expect across the board. You can pretty much bet that A La Mobile is pimping this thing to the 34 OHA members right now.What do you think? Would you rock one of these if it ran Android?AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

AG Link Love 2008-01-13 17:59:00 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. There have been a couple of occasions in recent days where a site has mentioned us and linked to us. We're not above doing the same right back, and starting today, we will .Tech and Amusing Stuff recently added us to their blogroll by way of EntreCard. We were contacted by their admin last week and were impressed with the way he spoke with us. After checking it out, we found the site to be a nice place for both tech and amusing stuff. Lots of pictures, a clean layout, and nice topic selection make this one a nice place to visit every couple of days. The last three subject covered were Israel’s uphill subway, clever advertising, and a photo called Fir ...

AG5 - January 12th Edition 2008-01-12 17:14:00 Alright so maybe this week didn't turn out to be quite as eventful as we'd hoped for Open Handset Alliance news. CES was somewhat of a letdown in regards to Android information, leaks, and announcements. Regardless, we're true to our word and are here to compile the five articles we feel you need to take a second look at. And if this is your first time stopping by, welcome to AndroidGuys! Here's five things to bring you up to speed.#1 - Yahoo Go to play nice with AndroidRather than trying to compete with Google and all of their services, Yahoo opened up their software so that it will work on not only Android, but the other mobile operating systems as well. Smart move.#2 - Wistron Neweb GW4 will be Android CapableSince none of the four handset makers brought any Android phones to the show, the GE4 got the big news this week. A sleeker looking version of that prototype phone we saw in the video, this phone resembles the T-Mobile Dash. #3 - Penguinistas hacked Android onto devi ...

BancoMap Helps Find ATM's 2008-01-11 09:19:00 OpenAndroids alerted us to an application from BancoMap which will help you locate the nearest ATM's using the mapping program and GPS. It's one of those simple ideas that seem like it would become more practical over time, especially for travelers. According to OpenAndroids, only Italian addresses are currently supported. Click here to see a flash demonstration as to how it would work.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

OHA News (January 11th Edition) 2008-01-11 08:22:00 This week was slightly busier in regards to Open Handset Alliance news if not only for the fact that the hardware manufacturers were in Las Vegas showing off some of their upcoming devices. Although we didn't get any major Android leaks or announcements, there is still plenty to catch up on. We're expecting to see this list get bigger over the next few months as software becomes available and network providers start unveiling their plans to incorporate Android. Samsung launches F490 (CrunchGear)LG Scoop is Alltel's Rumor (Engadget Mobile)Sprint Nextel tests emergency alerts (RCRNews)Intel's iPhone-like device showed up (IntoMobile)HTC's 2007 numbers look strong (justamp.blogspot.com)LG and Samsung competing in mobile television (PhoneScoop)Sprint inches towards WiMax launch (TechNewsWorld)Intel banking on ultramobiles (TopTechNews)T-Mobile USA Investment Slows Company Profit Margins (Wireless Week)AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

AndroidGuys Contest 2008-01-10 23:55:00 It's coming. Check back for the announcement of our 3 prize giveaway!AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

Android's Challenges 2008-01-10 09:48:00 CEO's and CDO's are talking about Android and some of the things that might stand in the way of Google reaching the next level in search. Take for instance Dan Olschwang, CEO of JumpTap. He says that "they have to seriously overhaul it" to serve a mobile audience. If somebody asks, 'Where is the closest gas station?' they need that information now, and they don't need 20,000 results." Very valid point. Who is going to care to read sponsored ads for starting a gas station or buying one? Don't believe us...? Users are going to want an instant result that says "BP is 2.3 miles with a map to go along with it." Rather than thousands of results, we'll want 5 or so. Olschwang predicts that Google will not "completely fail" in mobile web but he doesn't "think they will be nearly as successful as they are on the (desktop) Web." Dan wouldn't be heartbroken if Google didn't do so good because JumpTap has developed a search engine and search-advertising platform for cellphones.T- ...

Another Android Prototype Coming Next Week? 2008-01-10 08:34:00 According a recent USAToday article, San Ramon-based a la Mobile is set to debut a new Android based phone sometime next week. We checked their website for any news around this but were yet to find anything. We did however learn a little bit about what they do. Founded in 2005, a la Mobile believes that Linux is the strategic operating system that the mobile industry is ready to adopt. Designed to be readily adaptable to wireless handsets, this new platform enables handset manufacturers to bring new Linux-based smartphones to market rapidly while drastically reducing development, testing and deployment costs. Convergent Linux is the first viable mobile operating system alternative to proprietary offerings.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

20/20 Podcast Episode #6 2008-01-09 18:55:00 Last night Jamie and Scott got together to talk about some recent news and events in the Android world. Recorded over two 20 minute segments, we present to you episode six of the AndroidGuys 20/20 podcast.About the AndroidGuys 20/20: We feel that 20 minutes is a sufficient amount of time to cover one subject in depth, without beating a dead horse. At the same time, it also allows for multiple topics to be covered in short segments.Segment one topics include: Lack of CES Android news, Yahoo! Go, and form factor of the Android prototypes and GW4.Click here to download 6ASegment two topics inlcude : Open Moko and other hardware designs, 34 Weeks of OHA, Android release within 180 days, Google service model.Click here to download 6B Don't forget to subscribe to our standard feed as well as the podcast only version.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

Android Hacked Onto Devices - Video! 2008-01-09 15:27:00 We're not even gonna pretend like we know what it takes to get this kind of stuff to happen, but 'Penguinistas' have hacked Android onto some older technologies. Behold video of Android running on pre-existing hardware devices like the Sharp Zaurus. Of course, these devices are not meant to run Android so you'll be forgiving if it is not quite as fast as it will be in real life scenarios...right? Anyways, here is a link to a few videos couresty of LinuxDevices.com.Also worth checking out is AndroidZaurus' blog as it features screenshots of Android's "Lunar Lander" game, OpenGL 3D graphics demos, style picker, and Google's index page.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...

Bonus Podcast from AndroidGuys 2008-01-09 11:23:00 A few weeks back, John and Lukai sat down with Scott and revisited John Dvorak's comments regarding Android and his reason for why the Open Handset Alliance will fail. We were around 6 weeks removed from his article and had a much clearer vision as to what the Alliance was to going to do and where technology was heading. When we started talking about the piece, we realized that it would be fun to record and release as a podcast. So, today we bring you an unearthed, never-before heard, digitally enhanced, original recording! Here's the rub: You have to subscribe to the podcast only feed for this one. We're not going to just give this stuff away for free. Ok, wait, maybe we are anyhow. To get this latest podcast click here.But wait, there's more! If you act today, we'll throw in all of our previous podcasts absolutely free!On a related note, there will be another pair of 20/20 podcasts coming later today.AndroidGuys | The most trusted site for Android news and opinion. ...