ZDNet Australia searches through the year that was for Google.
US mobile carrier T-Mobile yesterday made the formal, nationwide launch of its G1, the first phone to run Google's Android operating system.
Google's Australia and New Zealand general manager Karim Temsamani yesterday defended the business case for the search giant's Android mobile platform against comments made by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last November.
Earlier this week, Google released a new version of the software developer kit for its Android mobile open development platform.
A pre-production unit of Kogan's Agora phone has landed in Australia, with Kogan releasing some blurry photos of the unit, along with some shaky-cam footage.
Around one third of Australia's telcos have shut their doors over time, but that isn't stopping new ventures hoping to chip away at carriers' mobile call bonanza. By fighting carriers at the smartphone rather than the home phone, could the latest two contenders be onto something big?
Given that the new iPhone 3G S is rated at up to 7.2Mbps, you'd think Telstra would be all over it as a potential show pony for Next G's purported high-speed performance. Yet the opposite seems to be true.
Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.
Google's Andy Rubin talks nuts and bolts about the Linux-based phone software, the lessons of Sidekick, and the beauty of the iPhone.
Alan Noble is the engineering and site director for Google Australia. ZDNet.com.au sat down with him to find out about the future of Web, and what Google really thinks about Microsoft's move into online applications.
2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.
A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory
While we like the design, Samsung needs to do more with the software. Without customisation, Android's absent features are glaringly obvious.
Google has rethought the Internet browser some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.
If you're prepared to manage the memory and train yourself to use the keyboard, then there are few WiMo phones sexier than the Diamond2.
The N97 features class-leading specs matched with outstanding design and build, but it loses marks for the Symbian platform that desperately needs an overhaul to stay competitive.
The iPhone 3GS is faster and we appreciate the new features and extended battery life, but call quality and 3G reception still need improvement.
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