Hardware and Google handset development news. Latest updates on Android cellphone development from HTC and other leading Android manufacturers from the Open Handset Alliance.

Mystery Android MID Images Surface

Monday, August 24th, 2009

More images have surfaced today of an unnamed Android MID device. The makers and indeed specs of this little 4.5-5" touchscreen tablet are currently unknown. All

Creative Reveal Android Powered Zii EGG Device

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Creative have today announced the Zii EGG developer device that will enable developers to work with their new Stemcell Computing platform known as "Zii

Kinpo Android Tablet Video Footage

Monday, June 8th, 2009

During last week's Computex Taipei 2009 show, manufacturer Kinpo revealed that they are currently working on an Android powered thin client device. The Android-based tablet will

Sony Android Walkman And Sony SatNav Planned For 2010

Monday, June 8th, 2009

According to new reports from Japan, Sony are currently working on the development of an Android powered Sony Walkman and Sony Personal Navigation Device due

HTC To Unveil The HTC Hero On June 24th?

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

HTC have announced that they will be hosting an exclusive event in London on June 24th. Whilst we don't know what exactly HTC plan to unveil

T-Mobile: 2nd Android Phone Details To Be Revealed In “Next Few Weeks”

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

In an interview with mocoNews, T-Mobile's CTO Cole Brodman has revealed that T-Mobile USA are currently getting ready to launch their second Android powered handset. According

Acer Join The Open Handset Alliance, Handsets Due Q4 2009

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Earlier today Acer issued a press release announcing that they have now joined the Open Handset Alliance. The OHA is a global alliance of technology

HTC Hero Promo Video Hints At June Launch

Monday, June 1st, 2009

A promotional video for the upcoming HTC Hero has found itself online, and it appears the handset could be available across Europe as early as

AT&T To Launch HTC Lancaster Android Phone

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

The guys over at Engadget have managed to get their hands on some leaked slides that detail an upcoming AT&T Android phone known as the

Samsung Galaxy i7500 To Launch In France Early July

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Bouygues Telecom have today announced that they will be the first carrier to launch the upcoming Samsung I7500 Android phone in Europe later

Samsung i7500 Approved By FCC

Monday, May 18th, 2009

The upcoming Samsung I7500 Android phone has recently been approved by the FCC. The official documents can be found over on the FCC

Android Powered Digital Photo Frames

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Japan's Macnica Inc and Fujitsu Software Technologies Ltd have joined forces to develop a "Software Platform for Home Network Digital Photo Frames," software that is

Samsung Bigfoot Could Be the T-Mobile G1 v2 – Runs Android 2.0 Donut

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Mobile-Review.com have revealed some new information on an upcoming Android phone from Samsung, codenamed the Samsung Bigfoot. We've seen the codename 'Bigfoot' crop up in a

More Samsung i7500 Video Footage Surfaces

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Here's yet another hands-on video for the Samsung I7500 Android phone. With a running time of around 7 minutes, the video showcases the

T-Mobile G1 V2 Bigfoot Image Discovered

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

The guys over at BoyGeniusReport.com have managed to unearth what they believe is the T-Mobile G1 v2 (Bigfoot) handset. We first heard about G1

Dell Android Netbook In The Works?

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

There's been a lot of talk recently about just when and where we can expect to see the Android platform officially up and running on

T-Mobile USA Roadmap Reveals More Android Phones Due In Fall

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

A T-Mobile USA roadmap has been leaked online that outlines the companies plans to launch additional Android powered handsets later this year. The 2009 roadmap reveals

HTC Hero Images Surface

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Here are the first live images of the Android powered HTC hero phone. The handset was first discovered in the leaked HTC roadmap for 2009

Motorola Calgary To Be Motorola’s First Android Phone?

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

According to a tipster over on BoyGeniusReport.com, Motorola are gearing up to release their first Android phone - the Motorola Calgary. The Motorola Calgary will apparently

Acer Android Phone To Launch Later This Year

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Acer president and CEO Gianfranco Lanci has today revealed that the company are currently working on several devices powered by the Android operating platform, and

Samsung I7500 High Quality Images

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Following on from yesterday's video footage of the Samsung I7500 Android phone come these high quality images covering every angle of the handset. The images highlight

Samsung I7500 Video Footage Surfaces

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Here's some hands-on video footage of the Samsung I7500 Android phone in action. The Samsung I7500 was officially announced yesterday and is expected to

Averatec To Release An Android Netbook?

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

During a recent interview with CNET, Averatec's Tae-Hyun Cho revealed that the company's upcoming TriGem sub-brand netbook will include a "surprise" operating system that will

Samsung I7500 Android Phone Now Official

Monday, April 27th, 2009

O2 Germany have today officially announced the first Samsung Android phone - the Samsung I7500 . The Samsung I7500 will mark the first Samsung device

Computex 2009 – MSI Android Netbook Showcase

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Chinese newspaper, the Economic Daily News, is reporting that the Computex 2009 event will be the stage for MSI and others to showcase their Android

Will The Skytone Alpha 680 Be The First Android Netbook?

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Chinese manufacturer Skytone have today revealed their plans to launch the first Android powered netbook. The Alpha 680 Android netbook will feature a 7-inch 800x480

Sony Ericsson Android phones Going To Be ‘Some Time’

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Sony Ericsson CEO, Hideki Komiyama has revealed that the company will not be launching an Android powered mobile phone anytime soon. In a recent interview with

Vodafone HTC Magic Now Available For Pre-order

Friday, April 17th, 2009

In a follow-up to our previous post, the Vodafone UK website is now accepting online pre-orders for the HTC Magic Android phone. The HTC

HTC Magic Pre-order From Saturday 18th April?

Friday, April 17th, 2009

We have just been tipped from a reliable source that Vodafone's HTC Magic Android phone will be available to pre-order from tomorrow (Saturday

HTC Fiesta Android Phone Coming Soon

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

HTC have recently filed details of a new Android phone with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). The Bluetooth SIG require that new Bluetooth devices

Compal Developing Android Netbooks

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Taiwanese notebook manufacturer Compal Communications, are reportedly planning to develop netbooks powered by the Android platform. According to a report by Digitimes, Compal are also believed

T-Mobile To Use Android For Home Phone And Tablet PC

Monday, April 6th, 2009

T-Mobile USA plan to extend its range of Android devices into the home, with consumer devices that will include a home phone and a table

Vodafone HTC Magic UK Pre-Order April 17th 2009

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Vodafone UK have today confirmed that their upcoming Android phone (the HTC Magic ), will be available to pre-order from April 17th ahead of

Samsung Android Phone European Release In June

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Samsung have revealed at the CTIA Wireless trade show that their first Android phone is scheduled for release in June of this year - but

Huawei G3 Android Phone Coming To T-Mobile

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Huawei have confirmed that they will be launching the third Android phone on the T-Mobile network later this year. The upcoming handset is called the G3

Orange France Launching 6 Android Phones Including HTC Hero

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

French website Mobinaute have discovered that Orange France plan to launch six new Android powered handsets in 2009, including the HTC Hero which was revealed

Rumor: Acer A1 Android Phone Set For September Release

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

The Philippine Business Mirror newspaper are today reporting that Acer are planning to launch their first Android powered handset in September of this year. According to

Samsung Android Phones Coming In Q3 2009

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Following the recent Android blurrycam image from Samsung's dealer show in Amsterdam, DigiTimes are today reporting that Samsung are planning to launch their first Android

Samsung Android Phone Revealed?

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Samsung's first Android phone was revealed earlier today at a Samsung dealer show in Amsterdam. The upcoming handset is believed to include a capacitive touchscreen,

Discount T-Mobile G1 Sale Price – $97.99

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Amazon have today slashed the price of their T-Mobile G1 black models by $82, bringing the handset down to a very affordable $97.99. Unfortunately

HTC Magic Revealed With T-Mobile Branding – Is This The G2?

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

During a recent demonstration of their new offline Gmail support for mobile devices, Google revealed a HTC Magic handset branded with the T-Mobile logo. It's looking

Vodafone HTC Magic UK Launch In April

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Order The HTC Magic FREE From Vodafone UK Today! Vodafone have today officially announced their first Android phone, the HTC Magic. The HTC Magic

Vodafone HTC Magic Details Surface

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Order The HTC Magic FREE From Vodafone UK Today! According to a report from BoyGeniusReport.com, Vodafone are set to unveil their first Android powered mobile phone

NVIDIA’s Tegra In Development With Android

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Whilst NVIDIA's current focus is mainly on Windows Mobile, the company believe that by 2012 sales of the Android platform will have surpassed that of

Samsung Delay Android Handsets Until Late 2009

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Samsung's Head of marketing for the mobile device division Younghee Lee, has told The Guardian that none of the companies Android powered handsets will be

ARCHOS Announce Android Phone

Monday, February 9th, 2009

ARCHOS have today announced plans to release their first Android powered Internet Media Tablet. Android provides the IMT with all the functionalities of a premium smartphone

O2 Germany Plan To Launch 6 to 8 Android Phones In 2009

Friday, February 6th, 2009

A popular German technology blog is reporting that O2 Germany have revealed plans to launch some 6 to 8 Android powered handsets during the course

Dell Planning To Launch Android Powered Handset?

Friday, January 30th, 2009

According to sources quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Dell are "preparing a move into cellphones as early as next month." The news comes just weeks

General Mobile Revealed Android Powered DSTL1 Handset

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Handset manufacturer General Mobile are gearing up to present their new Android powered handset at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in February. The DSTL1 is a

Huawei To Unveil Android Handset At Mobile World Congress

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Chinese manufacturer Huawei are set to unveil a new android powered handset at the Mobile World Congress trade show that takes place next month. According to

First HTC Android G2 Photos – No Keyboard

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Are these the first spyshots of the upcoming HTC G2? The new G2 handset seems to almost perfectly match the codenamed HTC Sapphire 2.0 designs

Increase G1 Battery Capacity With Seidio’s Extended Battery Upgrade

Friday, January 16th, 2009

If you're tired of having to recharge your G1 battery every few hours then take a look at this extended battery from Seidio. This rather bulky

Kogan Agora Delayed ‘Indefinitely’

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Kogan's Agora and Agora Pro Android powered handsets have been delayed indefinitely citing reasons of "potential future interoperability issues". Austalian based Kogan Technologies were planning to

HTC Hero Android Phone Details

Monday, January 12th, 2009

The HTC Hero is HTC's third handset to be powered by the android operating system. Announced at a press event in London in June, the

CES 2009 – NIMble Android Desktop Phone

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

iPhone designers Touch Revolution have today unveiled an Android powered desktop phone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The NIMble device boasts a

Giinii Movit Mini WiFi Android Tablet

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

The Giinii Movit Mini WiFi Android Tablet has surfaced during the start of CES 2009. Comparable to the iPod Touch, this Android powered tablet will

Agora Pro Video Footage

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Kogan Technologies have been circulating this hands-on video footage of their Agora Android phone to various news sites. The somewhat blurry footage shows the Android

Agora Pro Android Phone First Images

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Here are the first real spy shots of the upcoming Android powered Agora Pro from Kogan. Up until now the only available images of the

Android Running On HP Mini-Note 2133

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Following on from Venture Beat's recent port of the Android platform to an ASUS Eee PC 1000 Netbook comes this latest Android install on a

HTC Forecast G1 Sales Of Over 1 Million In 2008, 2nd Android Handset By April

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

HTC CEO Peter Chou has told Chinese newspaper, the Economic Daily News, that the company expects sales of the G1 handset top 1 million units

Samsung Android Phone Headed To T-Mobile And Sprint In Q2 2009

Friday, December 19th, 2008

Samsung have announced that their Android powered handset will be launched in the second quarter of 2009 across both the T-Mobile and Sprint networks. “We are

Confirmed: Huawei Android Phones Coming Q3 2009

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Huawei Technologies have confirmed that their Android-based phones will be made available to Australian telecommunications companies by the third quarter of 2009. A Huawei spokesperson told

Lenovo Mobile Ophone in 2009

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Computer manufacturer Lenovo are set to partner with China Mobile through their subsidiary Lenovo Mobile - to launch a Google Android powered handset in 2009. Planned

Are Sprint Planning An Android Announcement This Week?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Sprint have today revealed the lineup for their application developer conference that will take place this week, running from the 10th to the 12th of

Qigi i6 Hanset Video Demonstration

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Earlier in the week Chinese manufacturer Qigi announced the upcoming release of their first Google Android powered handset, the i6. Here's some video footage that has

The Android Dev Phone 1 Revealed

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Google have announced the release of a new G1 handset built specifically for Android developers. The new Android Dev Phone 1 is both SIM and hardware

Qigi Reveal Android Smartphone

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Chinese manufacturer Qiji have revealed a new handset that will run on the Android operating system along with Windows Mobile 6.1. Here's the translated phone specifications

Asus Planning Smartphone Blitz In 2009, Includes Android

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

In an effort to compete with main rival HTC, Asus are planning to introduce at least ten new smartphone models in 2009 - some running

Sharp: “Google’s Android is one of the options”

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

At a recent press conference in Tokyo, Sharp Corp's Executive VP Masafumi Matsumoto, has outlined a global handset strategy that will see the company drastically

NTT DoCoMo Launching Android Handset In 2009

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Japan's top mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc has unveiled plans to launch a Google Android powered handset in 2009. In a joint venture with South

Are Nokia Preparing an Android Handset For 2009?

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Engadget Mobile have today got their hands on a Nokia roadmap detailing a list of upcoming prototype devices for 2009. It seems that the list was

Motorola – No Android Phone Until Xmas 2009

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

During this morning's third quarter earnings call, Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha revealed that an Android powered handset from Motorola would not happen until the holiday

China Mobile And Lenovo Join Forces To Launch Android In 2009

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

China Mobile is currently working with Lenovo Mobile in efforts to launch an Android powered device in China in 2009. It is not clear why China

ASUS Launching First Android Handset In 2009

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

According to company reports, Asustek Computers are planning to launch their first Android powered handset in the first quarter of 2009. It is believed ASUS will

The First Android Powered Phone, T-Mobile G1 Launched!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The G1 is here. Today marks the official launch day for the first Android powered cellphone - the T-Mobile G1 . “During the past month,

T-Mobile Branded HTC Dream Images Found

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Here are a number of images showing the T-Mobile branded HTC Dream in all it's glory. Up until now we've had to settle for grainy videos

Intel ‘Atom’ To Power Android Phones?

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Intel have today unveiled the new 'Atom' brand range of low-drain processors. Previously running under the codname 'Menlow', the newly branded 'Centrino Atom' range will