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Google to Host Android Honeycomb Event

Monday, 31 January 2011 12:27 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Details are sparse but it has been confirmed that Google is sending out invitations to mobile technology press agents to an event to be held on February 2, 2011, at the company’s Mountain View headquarters.

Promising an in-depth look at the upcoming Google Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” mobile operating system, the invitations specify an inside look at the workings of the tablet OS along with hands-on demonstrations of the software available to all.

We’ll have more details following the event on Wednesday, so stay tuned!

Google Android 2.4 “Ice Cream”

Thursday, 13 January 2011 09:49 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Sources speaking to gadget blog Pocket-lint have confirmed that Google will launch the latest version of its Android mobile operating system at the Google I/O conference to be held in May, 2011.

Details concerning this latest iteration of the OS are nearly non-existent but Google’s Andy Rubin did previously confirm to TechCrunch that this version’s code name is Ice Cream, following tastefully (pun intended) in the tracks of Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb.

Google Activates 300,000 Android Phones Daily

Thursday, 09 December 2010 11:18 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Google vice president of engineering Andy Rubin yesterday posted on Twitter a number that shows Google’s push into the mobile market has been remarkably successful: Google is now activating more than 300,000 Android smartphones per day.

The news comes only a few months after a figure of 200,000 activations per day was reported this past August. This most recent tweet comes amid speculation that Android’s popularity was waning as some analysts settled on a current figure just over the 200,000 mark.

By comparison Apple’s Steve Jobs has reported that his company activates about 270,000 iPhone devices daily.

Google Mobile News Coming Soon

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 15:56 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Members of the mobile industry press corps have reportedly been receiving invitationals to a press event to be held by Google tomorrow promising the “unveiling of a couple of cool new mobile features.”

As is usually the case with such things, details are sparse but speculation abounds that Google is planning to preview a new music service to compete with iTunes, a possible desktop version of the Android Market or the upcoming Gingerbread release of the Android mobile operating system.

More news as it comes and a full review of the event and its goodies coming tomorrow!

Google App Inventor Beta

Monday, 12 July 2010 11:30 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Google has announced the beta release of their App Inventor for Android software, a freely downloadable program that allows just about anyone to create and release apps for Android-powered phones.

With an easy-to-use interface, App Inventor allows you to create mobile apps with the ability to store user data, access common phone functions such as phonebook and GPS, create and modify quizzes and much more. Based on the Open Blocks Java library distributed by MIT, users can “create just about any app you can imagine” according to Google’s corresponding press release.

Google’s App Inventor really requires a perusing to get a feel for everything that it can help you accomplish; check out appinventor.googlelabs.com to sign up for a beta invitation!

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