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The Google Maps team really are speeding through things at the moment with another iteration of their mapping software. The update for Android comes with a host of news features which brings the version number up from 4.0 to 4.1. In truth, the 0.1 difference does not do the new feature list justice. It includes [...]

Sprint has just announced that a version of the Google Nexus One will be available for use on its network, just as one is planned for Verizon’s network.  The phone will be sold directly by Google at Google.com/phone, though pricing and availability information have not yet been released.
This makes sense, really, since the same hardware [...]

Though Google has yet to make any kind of official announcement, a new version of the Google Nexus One Android smartphone that is compatible with AT&T and Rogers 3G networks is now available on the Google website.
You can see it on the order form here.
There’s no option to buy the phone with service at this [...]

Fresh out of Google Labs is the new Gesture Search application which adds a novel search method to any Android 2.0 or greater device. As its name implies, Gesture Search allows you to search your contacts, installed applications, bookmarks, or music tracks by drawing an alphabet gesture on your touchscreen. If [...]

Eric Schmidt’s keynote at the Mobile World Congress has just covered some very promising facts. Google’s CEO has alleged that Google and Google’s hardware partners, such as HTC, are said to be shipping 60,000 Android based devices each day! As with every keynote, there is residual ambiguity. The word ’shipped’ in this sense would [...]

A little tidbit from Brian Swetland, an employee of Google who works on the Linux kernel, tells us that the iteration of Android beyond Froyo will be called Gingerbread.  Looks like we hit it pretty dead on with our guess back in mid January when trying to come up with clever “G” names that hit [...]

If you use a Nexus ONE with T-Mobile, we have some good news for you. Phandroid reports that Google are cutting the Early Termination Fee (ETF) cost from $350 to $150. So what does this mean? If you cancel a contract with T-Mobile when you signed up with the Nexus One, you are contractually obliged [...]

According to an article from PC World, mobile developer Tim Novikoff submitted his Flash of Genius application to Apple’s App Store and mentioned his application’s success as a finalist in Google’s Android Developer Challenge within the application’s description. Much to his surprise, the mere mention of this achievement elicited the following response from Apple:
“During our [...]

A report from analytics group Flurry Inc. predicts that Google sold roughly 80,000 units of its Nexus One smartphone in the phone’s first month.  That doesn’t compare all that well with the DROID’s roughly 525,000 units in its first month, or the original Apple iPhone’s estimated 600,000 back in 2007.
Of course there are a lot [...]

Here’s a quick video demo of the new multitouch functionality on the Nexus One’s default browser and Google Maps application.  The firmware update that adds this capability started rolling out over the air yesterday.