Google Android. That little green robot has been propping up everywhere recently but what’s it all about and why is it the fastest growing smartphone operating system in the market right now? Simply put Android is an operating system for smartphones (and now tablet PC’s) developed by Google in 2008 as the answer to the [...]
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Android in a nutshell
September 30th, 2011 
Rob 
Posted in Mobile News 
Tags: andorid mobiles, Android, Android Market, android phones, google android, google phone 
Comments OffAndroid App Inventor: Does what it says on the tin!
July 12th, 2010 Rob Got a great idea for an exciting new app but don’t have the technical know-how to make it a reality? Fear not, Google have got you covered with todays launch of the Android App Inventor, a tool that promises to make developing new apps a piece of cake (relatively speaking). Android App Inventor allows first [...]
Android Market passes 50k app milestone!
April 26th, 2010 Rob With a stunning selection of phones now on the market running Google’s Android operating system, there’s never been a better reason to join the Android revolution. From the stunning HTC Desire and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to the Motorola Milestone and HTC Tattoo, there’s an Android phone to suit all your needs. But, just in [...]
Posted in Mobile Content/Services, Mobile Phone Applications Tags: Android, Android Market, App store, iPhone 3 Comments »HTC Desire Promo Video
March 25th, 2010 Rob With less than 24 hours to go before the HTC Desire finally launches and arrives in stock at Mobiles.co.uk, we thought we’d take this opportunity to whet your appetite just that little bit more with a juicy promo video of the potential iPhone-killer in action. The phone, which is already an early contender for phone [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile Phones, New Mobile Phones Tags: Android, Android Market, Bravo, Desire, htc Comments OffGoogle Gesture Search comes to Android 1.6 and above!
March 17th, 2010 Rob You may recall last week the news that Google gesture search had launched for phones running version 2.0 or later of the Google Android operating system. Great news for Motorola Milestone and Google Nexus One owners, not so great for those of you running an Acer Liquid, HTC Tattoo or similar. Well, today we can [...]
Acer Liquid in stock now at Mobiles.co.uk!
March 15th, 2010 Rob If you’re after an Android powered mobile phone, you really are spoilt for choice these days, with great offerings from Motorola and HTC as well as exciting new launches from HTC and Sony Ericsson on the horizon. And now, we can add one more name to that list with the arrival of the Acer Liquid [...]
Acer beTouch E110 available to order!
February 24th, 2010 Annabel The beTouch E110 is the latest smartphone from Acer. When you hear ‘Acer’, laptops probably spring to mind. First entering the mobile phone market a year ago, Acer have released various handsets including the Dual-SIM DX900 and the X960. Coming in at 13.4mm thick and weighing only 105g, the beTouch E110 is a nice size [...]
Posted in Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones Tags: Acer, Android, Android Market, smartphone Comments OffGoogle announce winners of Android Developer Challenge 2!
December 2nd, 2009 Rob In case the title didn’t spell things out clearly enough, Google have announced the winners of the second annual Android Developer Challenge. As any Android enthusiast will tell you, the Android Developer Challenge is designed to reward the innovators with cold hard cash for their efforts with a total prize pool of $1.5 up for [...]
Posted in Mobile Content/Services, Mobile Phone Applications Tags: Android, Android Market, apps, Google 1 Comment »Navigon bringing SatNav to Android phones!
November 27th, 2009 Rob While the iPhone is enjoying updates to its excellent Tom Tom app and US Android users have free Google SatNav on their Droid’s (that’s Milestone to you and me) to get them from A to B, European Android fans have been some what left in the dark when it comes to turn by turn navigation. [...]
Posted in Mobile Content/Services, Mobile Phone Applications Tags: Android, Android Market, App store, SatNav 1 Comment »Android 1.6 Donut now available to developers
September 17th, 2009 Rob Android users across the land have been enjoying Cupcake for some time now but when there’s mentions of Donut on the horizon it’s bound to turn heads. No, we’re not talking about the sugary snack (though we are rather partial to a Krispy Kreme once in a while) but the latest version of the Android [...]
Posted in Mobile Content/Services, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Applications Tags: Android, Android Market 2 Comments »
