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Archive for the 'Android' CategoryBig Win for Android in the Smartphone WarToday Google scored a big win in the ongoing Smartphone war. The Open Handset Alliance, the consortium of companies led by Google that developed the mobile phone operating system, Android, announced that they were adding fourteen new members to their number. Read the rest of this entry » G1 is cheaper to make than the iPhoneIt would appear that the T-Mobile G1 has suffered a slight PR hit. Despite retailing at twice the price of the basic model iPhone, ($399 as opposed to $199) DowJones, CNN, and iSuppli have uncovered the shocking fact that the G1 is actually 10 per cent cheaper to make. Read the rest of this entry » Google fixes Android security flawRemember a week or so ago I wrote about a flaw in Google’s Android operating system that could compromise the security of users. Well, in the interest of fairness to Google, I should report that the flaw has been fixed with an update available to all users imminently. Read the rest of this entry » Security issues with AndroidIt’s not even been a week since the release of the T-Mobile G1 Android phone, but Security professionals are already calling its security into question. Reportedly, there is a serious issue with the Android operating system that could leave it open to ‘drive by’ attacks from hackers. Read the rest of this entry » First day on the market for the G1 Android PhoneIn the early hours of this morning (our time) a little piece of tech history was made when the T-Mobile G1 went on sale in a San Francisco T-Mobile store. The G1 is the first mobile phone to use the Android platform devised by Google and its partners to revolutionise mobile phone handsets and what they can do. Read the rest of this entry » |
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