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Koolu, a company that distributes and installs third party software to open-source phones, has ported the Android OS to the Openmoko Freerunner.  The beta for the Android OS on the Freerunner will begin in early December, and the final product will be released in Q1 of 2009.   Openmoko will also factory install Android to [...]

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Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo and Korean carrier KTF have decided to jointly create an Android smartphone. While it is true, many well known phone manufacturers have announced forthcoming Android devices, and this device will not come until 2009, the significance of this announcement is two-fold.”
1.  DoCoMo and KTF have stated that because the device [...]

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It appears that Chinese cell phone manufacturer Huawei, a member of the Open Handset Alliance, will have its first Android powered smartphone on the market in the first half of 2009.  A Huawei representative said that his company will manufacturer Android handsets that will then be private labeled by other companies, much in that in [...]

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The guys over at Japanese site Tech-On have discovered what makes a G1 tick, shake, and connect by taking one to pieces. Inside they found a pair of vibration motors, a sneaky antenna, and the same trackball that is used in RIM’s BlackBerries.
The engineers were impressed by the construction of the keyboard, and the creative [...]

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In the company’s quarterly earnings call, Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed that he is reducing the number of cell phone platforms that his company supports.  Symbian OS and the UIQ user interface, as seen on devices like the Motorola Z10, will no longer be used except for devices that the company has already committed to [...]

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DigiTimes is reporting that Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS is planning to introduce its first Android powered smartphone in the first half of 2009. The report also says that it will likely sell the device under its own brand in Taiwan before selling re-branded versions in other parts of the world.
It should be noted that DigiTimes [...]

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According to a Wall Street Journal story, Motorola’s new CEO, Sanjay Jha, will announce tomorrow that his company will focus on the Android platform for its top end handsets.  While Moto will continue to use its own platform for lower end devices, and will also continue to use Windows Mobile for some of its smartphones, [...]

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According to a story on the JLM Pacific Epoch website, a Lenovo Mobile brand general manager was quoted as saying that his company will be producing an Android powered cell phone for China mobile. The device is supposedly slated for release in the February/March 2009 time frame.
The Lenovo manager supposedly made the statement at [...]

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Ultra-low cost phone manufacturer Hop-on today announced that it plans to unveil a new Android powered device at the 2009 CES show in Las Vegas this coming January.
Hop-on is probably best know for its disposable cell phones.
Hop-on’s CEO, Peter Michaels, was quoted in the announcement as stating:
“Hop-on is committed in bringing the latest technology to [...]

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In case you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that the T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream) is now officially available to T-Mobile customers in its retail locations. Well, the retail locations in markets with 3G coverage, at least.
Last night’s early offering in San Francisco appears to have been a success for T-Mobile [...]

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