NewsFactor Network | Android-Ready Apps Flood Mobile Market October 8, 2008
Posted by Mark Blei in : Uncategorized , add a commentApplications for T-Mobile’s G1 Google Android-based mobile phone are already hitting the market. Visa will release a mobile-payment service for Android, while games and shopping apps have also been readied for Android. The flood of apps for Google’s Android highlights the shift toward mobile Web use, and the G1 will accelerate the trend.
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Google's G1 Takes On iPhone and Mobile Web September 24, 2008
Posted by Mark Blei in : Uncategorized , add a commentMove over, iPhone–the Gphone has arrived. After months of Internet-fueled speculation and hype, T-Mobile Tuesday unveiled the G1 mobile phone powered by Google’s Android operating system and bundled with Google software including search, Gmail, Maps, and YouTube. With a large touch screen and a raft of features, the new phone takes direct aim at the iPhone–but will be priced lower at $179 when it goes on sale in the U.S. Oct. 22, with a two-year voice and data plan. Unlike the rival Apple device, it adds a slide-out Qwerty keyboard. The G1 also comes loaded with a version of Amazon’s digital music store offering more than 6 million DRM-free tracks to compete with music powerhouse iTunes. At a splashy launch event in New York, however, executives from Google, T-Mobile and handset maker HTC of Taiwan emphasized that innovative new applications built on the open-source-based Android platform would be key to the device’s success over time. “We’re going to embrace third parties that have really driven the creation of the Internet to create new compelling applications for the mobile Internet,” said Cole Brodman, chief technology and innovation officer at T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile joined with Google and phone manufacturers including HTC last November to create the Open Handset Alliance, an effort aimed at transforming the mobile landscape by promoting open standards and cross-platform development. In addition to T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel was the only other major U.S. carrier to sign on. Neither Verizon Wireless or AT&T have ruled out developing Android phones, but Verizon is also working on a rival open operating system called Linux Mobile that it said in May would be the preferred software for its phones.
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