Google And Dell Set To Reveal First Android Phone

According to reports, Google is currently working with Dell to
create the first Android mobile phone, bringing back the rumors that
the Gphone is on the way.

The expectation is that Dell and Google could reveal the world’s
first Android-powered mobile phone next month at the Mobile World
Congress.

The 3GSM telecoms conference is in Barcelona next month and could be the stage for a huge announcement.

Google and Dell are rumored to be working together and neither have denied that this is not reality.

It has been rumored that Google has been working on their own Gphone
for months now, but nothing was ever confirmed outside of the Android
OS.

[Via: dbtechno.com]

SkyFire Announces New Mobile Browser for Smartphones

Skyfire has announced a new web browser for smartphones that is
designed to make it faster and more user-friendly to browse the web on
a smartphone. Skyfire uses proprietary technology to deliver web
content to mobile phones quickly, while maintaining the site's desktop
look and feel.

Support for web technologies such as AJAX, Java, and Flash video
suggest that the Skyfire browser could open up a new level of mobile
web browsing for consumers. Skyfire claims it is the fastest loading
mobile browser on the market, and offers features such as the ability
to bookmark particular areas of a web page so they can be quickly
accessed again at a later time.

Skyfire is currently in private beta for Windows Mobile 6
Professional and Standard, with a Symbian-compatible version planned in
the next month. Users can sign up for the beta at www.skyfire.com.

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CES: Spotted, First Possible Android Smartphone

A Chinese OEM was showing off a Phone at CES 2008 that will be running Android by March.

Here is what PCMag said about the specs of the Phone:

The GW4 (aka the PDA Dual Net Phone) is a
slab-style smart phone with a touch screen and QWERTY keyboard, that
was running a version of MontaVista Linux 2.6 when we saw it at the
event. But according to Wistron spokeswoman Molly Lin, the GW4 will be
running Android by March, when Wistron will start selling it to more
prominent firms for branding. As a manufacturing house, Wistron has
made desktop and laptop PCs for Dell, HP, IBM and other top brands.

The GW4 we saw had surprisingly low specs, but that's a testament to
the efficiency of Linux, Wistron execs said. The GW4 is based on a TI
OMAP 1710 chipset with a 216-MHz processor and only 64 MB of program
memory, yet the model we saw ran the Opera Web browser, played video
and flipped between a range of Web widget applications like weather and
stocks. The user interface was very responsive.
The phone will come in two tri-band GSM/GPRS versions, one for the U.S.
and one for Europe and Asia. The very slow cellular GPRS (not EDGE)
network will be complemented by 802.11g Wi-Fi with a built-in SIP VOIP
client for Internet calling. A higher-speed 3G version will come out by
the end of 2008. The GW4 also has a 2.5-inch, 320x240 touch screen and
2-megapixel camera.

To read the whole Article just click the PCMag link above.





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Wi-Fi Army Game for Google Android

Giving you a peek at what kind of gaming platform Google's Android will host is the Wi-Fi Army developed by W2Pi Entertainment. The company hopes to win funds from the Android Challenge. This shooter game involves the 3 technologies - GPS, Google Maps, and camera phone. Instead of using video graphics, you can engage real people in a (gun) phone fight. The camera phone functions as your scope to hunt other players. The GPS is used to locate other players within 300 feet radius. Once another player is detected within the range, you will be notified about this new found enemy. Google Maps provides support to find other players. Sounds cool! Presently this game allows only 500 people to play per city. The icing on the cake is that this game is Free!

Wi-Fi Army takes virtual reality to the next level by adding mobility and location-based services to it.





http://www.mobilewhack.com/wi-fi-army-a-google-android-game/




Wi-Fi Army Game for Google Android - Newlaunches.com

Android Developer Challenge Submission Delay

Delay in Android Developer Challenge leaves coders unsure....

This is taken right from the Android Challenge Group

From: "Dan Morrill" ...@google.com>

Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:45:22 -0800

Local: Thurs, Jan 3 2008 1:45 am

Subject: Android Developer Challenge Submission App

Hello, Developers!

As you probably know, the Android Developer Challenge submission period for
the first round is scheduled to run from today, 2 January, through 3 March.

Unfortunately final testing revealed some cross-browser bugs in the
application we'll be using to allow you submit your work. We're fixing
those now, and will have the site up and running as soon as we possibly
can. At the same time that the submission application becomes available,
we'll also make the final Terms and Conditions of the competition available.

We apologize for the delay, and thank you for your patience!

- Dan


Not only is there a Delay for the $10 Million Prize there is also word that Android was pushed out too soon and might experience trouble in 2008.

We will keep everyone updated.


Edit: Here is a link to the Google Group Posting.

Test your Android app on a real phone!

Framebuffer VNC server specifically for the emerging Android platform. Forked from an old version of fbvncserver originally released for the Zaurus and iPAQ devices.

This project is largely a hack to facilitate testing of the Android user experience on real handsets with full screen VNC clients running. The current test framework is ideally suited for Windows Mobile based handsets running .NET VNC Viewer.

The subversion repository contains instructions for advanced users to build the package from source, but I admit it is a pain. You will need to custom build an Android kernel, the libvncserver library, etc. For your convenience, I have supplied a statically linked fbvncserver binary to install onto the emulator as well as the kernel you will need to boot. For the brave, check out the subversion sources and read the README file for complete instructions.

Here is a link to the Developer's website.

http://devtcg.blogspot.com/2007/12/android-vnc-part-deux.html