News about Google’s Android Mobile
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Since the release of the T-Mobile G1 Phone it seems that it has been comparison after comparison of the new first Google Android phone with Apple’s iPhone. I’m not surprised by that at all, I think we have waited so long for the release of the first Android phone that we all couldn’t wait to compare it to the iPhone.
It’s amazing how much humans love to compare things, if we get a chance we jump at it. I don’t deny though it’s pretty interesting to see how the two devices match up.
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Visa are developing an application for the Google Android mobile platform that will enable mobile users to pay for goods and services using their phone as well as receive information about activity on their bank accounts.
Visa is not only working with Google Android though. Plans are in place for Nokia’s new 6212 phone to have payment processing capabilities next year. The technology will allow mobile devices to be used like credit cards, effectively placing your wallet into your phone.
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I’m sitting here writing this using my Laptop, it’s great, I can use it most places, but I’ve tried putting it in my pocket and it doesn’t fit. It’s also heavy and I don’t enjoy carrying it around. As someone addicted to the internet it’s something I need to take with me if I’m going somewhere I think I won’t have access to a computer.
Will Android or mobile devices in general ever replace a Laptop? It’s far too early to say, but Android might just end up leading the way in the business world in the longer term.
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The Android platform has a problem and it’s not going to be that easy to solve. The issue is with the branding of the phone and how it’s going to be sold.
It looks like the new HTC phones from T-Mobile will have the Google logo on them. This is unusual and it kind of blurs the line in terms of is this a G Phone? or is it not really a G Phone because it’s just powered by something that Google backs and the phone isn’t made by Google?
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It’s official, T-Mobile and Google will be launching Android on September 23rd. They have called a press conference for 10.30am.
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Google have announced the system they will use to get applications developers have created to mobile users. It’s called Android Market. Google say it will be a bit like You Tube and they want to make it as open and easy as possible for developers to make their applications available.
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The people at Android have reached out to the security community and asked them for help in finding bugs and security issues in the platform. They say they have found and fixed many of their own bugs but are asking security experts to take a look and report any bugs they find directly to the Android security team.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a new mobile phone from HTC called the Dream which is believed to be the first to be powered by Android.
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Nokia has announced that it will buy the shares of Symbian Limited that it doesn’t own and make it an Open Source platform that is free. The Symbian software was started by Eriicsson, Motorola and Nokia in 1998 and has become a dominant platform to date because of the success of Nokia who currently use it.
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It looks like the stories of Android being released sooner than we had expected are probably just that- stories. The WSJ is reporting that Android handsets will be delayed and won’t be released until right at the end of the year, later than many had hoped.
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