Archive for Stefan Frank
Google posts Android timeline, 1.0 SDK still to come
It seems that Google has posted a timeline that outlines past and future milestones for the Android smartphone operating system. There is nothing too earth shattering in the document, but they do mention that a pre-release of the 1.0 SDK will be available next month (September) with the real SDK to follow later in the [...]
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Android SDK v0.9 released: new home screen, features added, features removed
It has been a busy couple of days on the Android front. Latest news is that a new version of the Android SDK has been made available. The new version of the SDK promises a new home screen and “many” UI tweaks as well as new task management.
Also new is the requirement for [...]
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Analyst says first Android phone might lack Exchange support, but include Google ads
A Business Week article by Olga Kharif is reporting on recent statements by Moe Tanabian at IBB Consulting, who claims to have seen the first Android phone for T-Mobile. Tanabian has said that the new phone will support the rumored T-Mobile App Store, which we expected, and that the initial device, at least, will [...]
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HTC Dream approved by FCC, headed to T-Mobile
HTC Dream from FCC documents
Well, the cat has been let out of the bag, it seems. HTC’s Dream has popped up on the FCC’s website, and it appears to support 3G connectivity on the 1700MHz AWS band that T-Mobile has just recently started rolling out in the USA. As Engadget has also pointed [...]
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New York Times feels left out, offers its own Android launch date rumors
It looks like the New York Times is getting into the race for Android rumors. They have just posted a new T-Mobile/HTC Dream rumor that everybody will run with like a dog that has stolen a bone off the kitchen table. The story from the Times is located here, but feel free to read [...]
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Google CEO on CNBC - says Android by end of year, lotsa money to be earned from mobile advertising
Eric Schmidt on CNBC
This is hardly news, of course, but in case you were worried - Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, appeared on CNBC today and reiterated that Android would be ready by the end of the year. You can check out the video directly on CNBC.com if you like. Schmidt spends most of [...]
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Possible HTC Dream running Android seen in video
This is far from a sure thing, but a device that could be the HTC Dream has been caught on video running Android. This white smartphone in the video looks the part of what we have been led to expect from HTC’s Dream - a slide-up display that reveals a QWERTY keyboard and [...]
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THEM:Android will/will-not be ready for Q4. US:Puhleeze shut up
Just say no to idiots
You may have noticed that I haven’t been covering every single instance of some random analyst claiming to have sources that say that Google or HTC will or will not be ready in time for a promised Q4 Android launch date. I also feel no need to get all journalistic [...]
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T-Mobile to create app store for Android and other platforms
Today mocoNews put up a story that cites “multiple sources” as informing it of T-Mobile USA’s plans for an open application store for all of its platforms, including Android. The new application store would replace the carrier’s currently closed deck that its customers are restricted to.
Supposedly the plan is to do something similar to [...]
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ANALYST: Symbian and Android to merge. US: Ummm, doubt it.
Information week is reporting that analyst firm J. Gold Associates is saying that it expects Nokia’s newly open sourced S60 UI and Symbian OS and Google’s Android are going merge starting in the next “three to six months.”
J. Gold states that the merger makes sense because they are both open source and the move would [...]
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