Archive for March, 2009
Acer’s “A1″ to Arrive in Fall
You gotta love rumors that come across like “This comes from a guy, who knows a guy…“ Such is the case with the Acer Android-based handset rumor. This one comes via TalkAndroid who found it in the The Philippine Business Mirror. An unknown source within Taiwan-based Acer claims that their first Android handset will be known [...]
Phandroid Podcast: Episode 3
Episode 3 has arrived! Featuring Rob Jackson, Joey Sochacki and the return of Spancer Gardner, we take a good 45 minutes to chat about some Android Hardware rumors, cupcake improvements, the iPhone 3.0 vs. Android and ADC2! Download audio file (phandroidpodcast-3.mp3) Download the MP3 Here are some links to the items on the agenda if [...]
Google Ventures and Rich Miner
Rich Miner is VP of Mobile Platforms at Google and has been instrumental in the development and success of Android, Google’s mobile operating system for those of you who have no clue what website you’re on for one reason or another. But will he keep that job? Evidence from a Silicon Valley event for start-up companies seems to suggest [...]
Acer A1 might be here for September
The Philippine Business Mirror newspaper are today reporting that Acer are planning to launch their first Android powered handset. The release of the model due in September of this year. The newspaper states that “The A1, equipped with a touch screen, is among four handset models that Acer plans to debut that month, , asking not to be [...]
Android Developer Challenge 2
The first Android Developer Challenge (ADC) put a ton of money up for grabs and did a great job at jump starting interest as far as developing for the Android platform. Since the beginning there were plans for a second Android Developer Challenge (ADC2) and we were promised details to be announced by the end of 2008. That never happened and in [...]
Dell Droid Gets Rejected
Rumors about a Dell Android Phone have been swirling since almost the inception of Android. Let’s look back on how the Dell Droid story has played out before we dive into the most recent plot twist of the saga: Feb 2008: Dell is rumored to be creating the gPhone Feb 2008: Alienware Phone Imagined (owned by Dell) July 2008: CEO Michael Dell [...]
NitroDesk Releases TouchDown with Push Email Support in the Android Market
NitroDesk Inc. announced that they have released the next generation of their TouchDown product as a priced application in the Android Market. The new version adds Push Email support for Exchange servers as well as support for PIN based security and Remote Wipe of Exchange data. SAMMAMISH, WA (PRWEB) March 23, 2009 — NitroDesk Inc., today [...]
AndFTP (Version 1.0RC5)
AndFTP is a FTP client for Android devices. It allows managing several FTP servers. It comes with both a device file browser and a FTP file browser. It provides download and upload features with resume support. Use device menu to rename, delete, copy, set permissions and create folders. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
Piecing Together Android Handset Rumors
We got an email from a reader yesterday, directing us to a post made originally on the TmoNews Forums*. It’s from a guy who purports that he may or may not be working with with an HTC Whitestone device running Android. He also claims to have recorded a 9 minute video clip of said device and likes it better than the G1 and HTC [...]
Samsung Omnia Going Android?
The Samsung Omnia has gotten its fair share of praise but if a rumor from msmobiles is accurate, we’re going to be hearing a LOT more about Omnia. And not Omnia the phone… Omnia the LINE of many different Samsung Omnia phones - including an Android-Based Samsung Omnia! According to what they consider a “reliable source” the [...]
