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Frustrated Nexus One owner sues Google over "sporadic" 3G speed
Sep 3rd
Imagine that your name is Nathan Nabors and that you live in the sunny climes of Orlando, Florida. Imagine further that, back when Google announced its own Android phone and called it the Nexus One , you realized that your Orlando-based life would only be complete with the purchase of this shiny new gadget. So you bought one, paying the full unlocked price of $563.38 from Google’s online store …
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Huawei Bets on Google Brand, Low-End Smartphone in Europe Push
Sep 3rd
Source: Bloomberg By Matthew Campbell
Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest phone-equipment maker, is betting Google Inc. branding and smartphones targeting the lower end of the market will build its sales in Europe.
Huawei’s unveiling yesterday of a 99 pound ($152) Google- branded smartphone will help the company grab market share in Europe, Tim Watkins, the company’s western Europe vice president, said in an interview in London. Huawei hasn’t yet named the operators who will first offer the Ideos phone, which carries a Google logo and doubles as a portable wireless Internet hotspot.
The Chinese phone-equipment maker is trying to build market share and revenue outside of its home region while overcoming security concerns. The Shenzhen-based company, founded by a former Chinese military official, failed in talks to buy two U.S. assets in July on sellers’ doubts about regulatory approval, two people familiar with the matter said in August.
“This kind of device brings the price down and increases the adoption of smartphones, especially in Europe,” Francisco Jeronimo, an analyst at IDC in London, said by phone. “Other companies like Samsung and LG will have to follow this price trend.”
Google’s Android operating system became the third-best- selling operating system in the second quarter, with 17.2 percent of sales compared with 1.8 percent a year earlier, according to researcher Gartner Inc. Apple’s iOS dropped to fourth place. Nokia Oyj’s Symbian and Research In Motion Ltd. ranked first and second.
Android Growth
“We think the big growth is going to be in the Android, affordable end of the smartphone market,” Watkins said. “Huawei has established a very good brand on the infrastructure side,” and is looking to extend that success to the device market, he added.
Apple, Taiwan’s HTC Corp., and Research in Motion Ltd. are competing for high-end customers with phones that cost as much as 599 pounds without a contract. Android phones will outnumber Apple units by 2012, according to researcher iSuppli Corp.
On the network infrastructure side of Huawei’s business, “there are various options available,” including setting up separate local subsidiaries, to allay government security concerns, Watkins said. “The political stuff is clearly a challenge, but actually in many countries we can point to success,” especially in emerging markets like Africa, he said.
In addition to fellow Chinese companies like China Unicom, Huawei has won contracts to supply equipment to operators including Telstra Corp. and Vodafone Group Plc.
Security Concerns
In 2008, Huawei dropped a bid for computer-equipment supplier 3Com Corp. after the U.S. began investigating whether the deal could give China access to anti-hacking technology used by the Defense Department.
In April, India’s government blocked Huawei and ZTE Corp. from selling network equipment to domestic phone carriers because of security concerns, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
“The situation in India is changing on a daily basis, and all of our competitors are struggling with that,” Watkins said. “Business is now flowing in India.”
Google planning a Music Store to rival iTunes
Sep 3rd
As a new Android user I find rumours like these interesting but confusing. It seems to me that Google would be better off spending a bit of time enhancing their Android marketplace to make it properly useful.
Using marketplace on my G1 is painful, not to say that using Apple’s app store on an iPhone is too much better, but at least you can access it via iTunes on the desktop which makes it workable, and the iPad version is fine to use as well, so perhaps marketplace on a tablet will work ok too.
If Google do launch a service to rival iTunes for music I hope that they’ll consolidate marketplace into it as well.
My Droid X
Sep 3rd
Just testing Blogger-droid from my new toy! I’ve been saying I was going to crossover to Android for a while now but none of the devices were what I wanted or what I was wAiting for until now lol
No I haven’t left Blackberry and prob never will but like i’ve been saying, RIM needs a major WOW factor to really stay in this game 
Bye for now!
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The Best Android Apps for Your Car
Sep 3rd
Having an Android along for your daily commute or occasional car trips can make the ride a lot easier, safer, and simply more fun. Here are our favorite Android apps to have on hand when it’s time to hit the road.,
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http://lifehacker.com/5626711/the-best-android-apps-for-your-car
Generic and untouched 2.1
Sep 3rd
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Generic and untouched 2.1
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Unit Converter Lite v. 1.0
Sep 3rd
Wopnersoft’s Unit Converter v. 1.0
Unit Converter is a simple and user-friendly unit conversion application for the Android OS.
Features:
- Many common units of measure, including Area, Distance, Volume, etc.
- The ability to save commonly used conversions to favorites list.
- Settings to customize the look and feel of the application.
- Intuitive menu options to easily swap to/from unit and copy result to the clipboard.
- Quick list view to see all converted values on a single screen.
- Apps2SD for Froyo (Android 2.2).
Unit Converter Lite v. 1.0
Sep 3rd
Wopnersoft’s Unit Converter v. 1.0
Unit Converter is a simple and user-friendly unit conversion application for the Android OS.
Features:
- Many common units of measure, including Area, Distance, Volume, etc.
- The ability to save commonly used conversions to favorites list.
- Settings to customize the look and feel of the application.
- Intuitive menu options to easily swap to/from unit and copy result to the clipboard.
- Quick list view to see all converted values on a single screen.
- Apps2SD for Froyo (Android 2.2).