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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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According to an anonymous source quoted by TechCrunch, Motorola has 50 people in its Android team and is looking to add up to 300 more to the group, for a total of 350.  That’s a pretty significant development group, if the information is correct.
While Motorola is a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, we’ve [...]

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ChinaKnowledge.com is reporting that yesterday Google extended an invitation to join the Open Handset Alliance to Taiwan’s ASUS. ASUS has been making Windows Mobile based smartphones for some time, and would probably be a decent fit for future Android OS development.
ASUS has been gaining a lot of brand recognition power lately due to its [...]

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Gary Krakow - photo courtesy TheStreet.com

Well known tech journalist Gary Krakow of MSNBC and TheStreet.com has said that he has been informed by a “source familiar with the situation” that Google’s Gphone will not be launched until some time in 2009.
We thought the Google branded Gphone concept died when Android was announced, but perhaps that [...]

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Recently our friend Sascha Segan got up close and personal with T-Mobile’s SVP of Engineering and Operations, Neville Ray, and was able to get the carrier to open up about its latest network upgrade, as well as Android.
Here is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: Is the network UMTS or HSDPA?
A: Right now it’s HSDPA 1.8. [...]

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Rumors are swirling that Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC is setting the stage to launch the first Android phone. As a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, HTC was the first to present a Google Android prototype handset called the “Dream”.
HTC is hosting a launch event in London on May 6, but has yet [...]

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