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More Companies Jump on Google’s Android Bandwagon

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The Open Handset Alliance–the organization responsible for Google’s Android open-source mobile operating system–has rallied more companies into its camp, significantly increasing the likelihood that there will be an influx of Android-based devices in the near future. C0nsumers will be the big winners: With Apple and RIM battling furiously, the added jolt that an influx of [...]

T-Mobile’s G1 Android Phone: The Reviews Are In

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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T-Mobile’s G1, the first phone to use Google’s Android operating system, doesn’t go officially on sale until October 22nd. But a bunch of reviews ave hit the Web. And since I don’t have a G1–I’m hoping to remedy that–I’ve been reading other folks’ takes on the device. After the jump, highly-compressed summaries of three of the [...]

A Week Dominated by a Phone That’s Not an iPhone

Saturday, September 27, 2008

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I still run hot and cold on the prospects for Google’s Android OS. With this week’s launch of the T-Mobile G1, though, I’m feeling fairly upbeat about it. For now, at least…

T-Mobile Relents, G1 Bandwidth Caps No More

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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Well, that was quick. Not much more than a day after it first disclosed a 1GB bandwidth cap for users of the G1 Android phone, T-Mobile USA did an about-face and has decided to not enforce any kind of restriction after all. In a response to questions by the New York Times’ Saul Hansell, T-Mobile said [...]

Google, Apple, and the War for Developers

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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On Tuesday morning, months of anticipation, speculation, software controversy, and hardware rumors came to a head as T-Mobile executives and Google’s top brass unveiled the G1, the first “Googlephone.” As reporters and bloggers got their hands on the detailed specifications about the device, the software, and the terms of service, hundreds of inevitable comparisons were [...]

Won’t Someone Build an Android-Based Anti-iPhone?

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

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So T-Mobile’s G1 has been unveiled. It looks neat–and it looks like the most serious rival to the iPhone yet, though the BlackBerry Bold could be a contender once AT&T starts selling the darn thing. What the G1 doesn’t seem to be is transcendent–a phone that’s as impressive as the iPhone, but in different ways. And [...]

Twelve Questions I Still Have About the T-Mobile G1 and Android

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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We now know a heck of a lot more about T-Mobile’s G1–the first “Googlephone”–than we did last night. But the phone won’t show up for almost another month. So unless you’re lucky enough to be one of the few folks who has one now–such as Walt Mossberg–it’s impossible to answer the most important question about [...]

T-Mobile Appears to Be Set To Throttle G1 Users

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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You’d think T-Mobile would have learned from all the hubbub surrounding the Comcast bandwidth throttling mess, and Rogers’ fights with Canadian customers over its paltry iPhone 3G plans. Customers want their data, and they want it unlimited and unfettered. But maybe they haven’t gotten the memo. Fine print on the carrier’s page for the device may [...]

The T-Grid: T-Mobile’s G1 Android Phone vs. the iPhone

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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It was all but official for what seemed like an eternity. Now it’s just official, period: T-Mobile is releasing the G1, the first phone powered by Google’s Android operating system. It’s essentially impossible to not instinctively compare it to the iPhone 3G. With phones more than almost any other technology device, the devil is in [...]