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  • Google Gears heads for Windows Mobile phones

    Google is bringing Google Gears to mobile phones so that people on the go can access Web-based applications even when they're not connected to the Internet.

  • Motorola Droid to run Android 2.0?

    The Android news keeps getting better and better. The latest rumour from the US is that the soon to be released Motorola Droid will run Android OS version 2.0.

  • Google reveals Android source code

    A year after announcing Android, the open source phone operating system intended to jump-start the mobile Internet, Google has begun sharing the project's underlying source code.

  • Google reveals Android's sensitive inner compass

    Google has shown off Android's inner compass which allows the screen's view to mirror the holder's orientation.

  • Kogan delays Android-powered Agora indefinitely

    Australia's first smartphone to run on Google's Android, the Kogan Agora Pro, has been delayed indefinitely with its distributor citing its low-resolution display as the reason for not shipping the handset in its current form.

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  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Is Google's gPhone a threat or a promise?

    Imagine for a minute -- just imagine -- that all the Google phone rumours are true and the search giant is about to bring out its own mobile device. What can Google give us that the existing handset makers can't?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    700MHz auction: The death knell for Aussie 4G?

    The world of speculative telecommunications investments has quieted down considerably since the beginning of the decade, when hype-fuelled carriers plunked down billions to reserve the right to carry mobile phone calls, video calls, and massive volumes of spam at high speed using then-fanciful 3G mobile technology.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Cash cow in a BigTinCan?

    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?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telstra's iPhone-free parallel universe

    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.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Don't you dare Touch my new iPod

    Is Apple keeping the iPod Touch and iPhone platform closed to third party developers to protect its impressive record on security?

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  • HTC Dream vs Kogan Agora Pro

    With the Australian release of two Android powered smartphones coming closer to fruition, it's time to chuck these Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots in the ring.

  • The Android update: Video

    Google's Android operating platform is gaining momentum, with manufacturers HTC, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson all soon to release Android-powered mobiles into the market.

  • Palm Pre screenshots

    The real beauty of the Palm Pre is the webOS. Check it out in action with these screenshots of the various features and apps of the Pre.

  • iPhone 3.0: This had better be good

    When Apple whips the covers off the latest iPhone software we want to be blown away, because when it comes to a major software update copy-and-paste just doesn't cut it.

  • Aussie iPhone Apps

    Australians all let us rejoice for an iPhone App that's free. Well, not all the apps are free, some of them will cost a couple of bucks, but they all come with an Aussie twist.

Videos (3)

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    Club Builder asks whether Google's indexing of Flash content will be good for the Internet? Is Gentoo merely a testbed for rsync? And we show how Telstra wants to increase mobile phone data usage.

  • Google vs. Wolfram Alpha

    Find out which search/computational engine is the best, or if they even compare at all.

  • Is Google's Android ground-breaking?

    ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about Google's new mobile phone operating system, Android. Diaz discusses the new features available in the open-source operating system, whether it's an iPhone killer, and how the technology may eventually reach beyond phones and land inside other products such as set-top boxes, televisions, and automobiles.

Reviews (48)

  • Google Nexus One

    Google's Nexus One may not be the iPhone killer, but it offers a comparable alternative to Apple's smartphone.

  • Samsung Galaxy Icon

    While we like the design, Samsung needs to do more with the software. Without customisation, Android's absent features are glaringly obvious.

  • Modu phone

    We can appreciate the genius in the Modu concept, but the reality of this concept is half-baked at best.

  • Nokia N97 mini

    The N97 mini is better than the original, but not so when compared with smartphones from other manufacturers. Its S60 OS helps the mini feel like an old phone even before it hits the stores.

  • Samsung Galaxy Spica (i5700)

    On the surface the Spica looks like a very competent smartphone, but we're beginning to expect a lot more from manufacturers that take on Google's OS.

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