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Google Android Marketplaced goes live

zee — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:21:41 +0000

Today (22 October 2008 at 9:00 AM), Google announced the launch of “Android Market” a global location to buy, sell, download Android based applications.

Just like iPhone Application store, Android Market place is for downloading, buying and selling Android powered application. Thought currently around the globe there is only one Android powered phone G1 but there are reports of more Android Powered phones coming soon, motorolla is expected to launch.

Apart from that, Android Market will allow users to easily download applications for their Android-powered cell phone and on the other hand allow developers to submit there application for download or sale. The store will display applications on the bases of its of its rating by user, statistics & usage.Android Markeplace will have both free and paid apps.

For developers to submit there application a $25 application fee has to paid to Google after which they can simply submit there applications without any further approval or validation of there individual application. According to there blog post starting eary Q1, developers will also be able to distribute paid applications out of which 70% revenue of each purchase will go to the developers and 30% into Google for settlement of fees and other expenditures.

So far over 50 applications are up at the marketplace, many notable application like iSkoot for skype, Shazam to place your phone near audible music are up there. So lets see what else comes along .

T-Mobile G1 Reviews Google’s First Android powered cell phone

zee — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:08:45 +0000

T-Mobile releases the worlds first Android powered phone called T-Mobile G1, G1 seems like the Google 1. The phone is available for $179 with a two year contract from T-Mobile. For Europe the sales will begin in November & early 2009.

The G1 comes packed with a large touchscreen nearly the same size as that of iPhone, (not a multi-touch screen) but along with the touch screen there is full fledged physical keyboard under the slide which makes the phone a little thicker and a little heavier then iPhone. The G1 allows dragging and dropping of pictures and text, a feature the iPhone still lacks. The music player was easy to use and there is a direct link to Amazon’s music store.

Features of T-Mobile G1

3.17″ 65K color touchscreen in HVGA (480×320) resolution
Slide out QWERTY Keyboard
Battery, 5 hours talk time, 130 hours standby
3.1 MP camera, no video
GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi and UMTS/HSDPA
850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100Mhz
Dimensions, 4.60” x 2.16” x 0.62”
Weighs 5.6 ounces
Available in White, Black and Brown colors
1GB MicroSD card preinstalled. Support for upto 8GB MicroSD.
Wi-Fi, 3G (with dual-band UMTS)
multimedia messaging
e-mail support (Gmail as well as other POP3 and IMAP e-mail services)
instant messaging (with Google Talk as an option of course)
a full HTML browser
GPS functionality
a 3-megapixel camera
a music player with access to the Amazon MP3 store
Bluetooth
quad-band GSM support
one-click contextual search, which lets you search for anything simply by typing in something with the keyboard

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Cell Phone Powered by Google Android to be launched on Sep 23

Carol — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:32:19 +0000

So its all ready to launch, Google’s Android is going to go live on Sep 23. T-Mobile is going to announce the launch of the world first cell phone based on Google’s Android Operating System at New York. The new cell phone has been developed by HTC and is called “Dream”.According to HTC’s Google handset is just over 5-inches long and 3-inches wide, with a keypad underneath the screen that either slides out or swivels out. The aim of the keypad is for easy e-mail, note-taking and writing Web addresses.Internet navigational controls are situated below the screen on the handset.

Other companies including Samsung Electronics have also started developing hadsets around Android.

Android is an open source software platform that includes an OS and is designed to take advantage of Internet services for mobility. The software could become a potent new rival to Windows Mobile and other handset operating systems. At the launch ceremony early this year, Google announced that over 30 companies had joined the Open Handset Alliance.

Video of HTC Dream cell phone with Google Android Phone 2008

Source [ Gizmodo ]