Google Android Blog width="190"

Samsung Galaxy Spica gets the bump up to 2.1

Samsung has recently announced, by way of an official press release that Android 2.1 was going to begin rolling out to those with the Galaxy Spica. As for when and where. Users in Germany can expect to see the 2.1 update sometime this month. Other areas in Europe as well as Southeast Asia, the Middle [...]

Continue reading...

The Nexus One is not a “flop”, it is an experiment [OPINION]

A post today on Silicon Alley Insider says that the Google Nexus One has been on sale for 74 days and has only sold 135,000 units. They make the comparison to the Motorola DROID and iPhone sales of their first 74 days showing that both sold around 1 million units. According to these numbers the [...]

Continue reading...

Android Market now has 30,000 to 35,000 apps

How many apps are in the Android Market? That’s not easy to pin down. Third-party market tracker AndroLib says that the number is 35,000, but a Google employee told Mobile Crunch that the official count maintained by Google is 30,000. A similar discrepancy occurred in December when AndroLib reported that the number of Android apps doubled [...]

Continue reading...

Android and iPhone fight for jaded Blackberry users

The Crowd Scientists just finished up some telling research about smartphone use and loyalty. When current Blackberry owners were asked if they wanted to switch to the newest Android device (at the time), the Nexus One, a large 32% of them said “yes” as opposed to 40% of iPhone users. These number indicate that Android’s [...]

Continue reading...

Tim Bray joins Google, take shots at “Disney-fied” iPhone

It’s a little early in the week to fan the flames of the always-growing Android vs. iPhone argument, but a prominent new Google employee has decided now is as good a time as any for such activity. Tim Bray is a former Sun Microsystems employee who announced today that he declined to continue working at [...]

Continue reading...

Apple and Google’s spat: Some points you may have missed

The New York Times Technology section recently posted this article, “Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal”, which discusses the feud between Google and Apple and their places in the mobile computing market. It’s a great article, and I highly recommend reading it. There are a few points that I think are worth highlighting here [...]

Continue reading...

The inventor of the cell phone is a fellow Android

Martin Cooper, the undisputed inventor and king of the cell phone has been sporting one of the newest Android phones on the market, the Moto DROID. I want to say that it’s because he loves the idea of an open, free operating system, and the he is a Google Android fanboy at heart but it [...]

Continue reading...

Google Product Search mobile adds “in stock” marker to products

Who really wants to call a store to see if an item is in stock? Personally, I can’t stand the process of finding something online that I want to purchase at my local Best Buy or Staples and then calling them to see if said product is in stock. Google Product Search mobile is changing that [...]

Continue reading...

An Android inspired Robot Theme for Google Chrome

Android fans who may happen to be using Chrome may want to check this out. Its an Android inspired Robot Theme for your browser. Not much to this, its a theme and it has an Android flavor. But on the plus side its another way to show your love for all things Android. I just [...]

Continue reading...

Look out, Android fans: Apple sues HTC for patent infringements

If you assume that the level of a response roughly equates to the level of a threat, the folks at Apple Inc. must feel pretty threatened. In an article released today in the New York Times, Apple confirms that it has filed lawsuits against HTC for 20 patent infringements relating to the iPhone. HTC, [...]

Continue reading...