Samsung officially announced the Google Nexus S, the first Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" smartphone. The Nexus S offers a lot of similar features to Samsung's Galaxy S range of smartphones, but also includes support for near field communications (NFC). The Google Nexus S sports a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen "Contour" display which offers a curved design and a more "economic style and feel when held to a user's face," Samsung said. It's ... Read More

The Chinese are gearing up for an Android invasion come next May 2010, the Chinese manufacture Aigo, has two sleek looking Android MIDs and these things are rumored to be on the cheap. So you may be wondering what these two MIDs will be called, well unfortunately the chosen name is AigoPad, I mean, seriously? Couldn't they come up with something better, why does devices like these have to suffer ... Read More

It’s only been a matter of days since Google Maps Navigation made its way across the pond on to UK Android mobile phones and already there’s murmurings that the search giants free satnav offering could make its way on to various other smartphone platforms. So, who’s next in line for Google Maps Navigation? Speaking to online technology evangelists TechRadar, Google Maps for mobile ptoduct manager Steve Lee mentioned that the company ... Read More

Google’s semi-secret Nexus One handset has been more or less exhaustively leaked at this point, with very few cats left to let out of the bag. The only two major points left were the tech specs and the release date – and now, even those have made their way out. Our friends over at Engadget just had a chat with someone who could spill the beans – and spill they did. ... Read More

Just one month after the release of the Motorola Droid, the first software patch has arrived. Verizon has just begun distributing the OTA update – so if you aren’t seeing the update alert already, you should be seeing it before too long. First things first, make sure your device is up to at least a 40% charge (or 20%, if it’s currently plugged into a power source), as you won’t be ... Read More

Google has released a minor update for their operating system for cell phones, Android. The new version is 2.0.1 and the changes it brings along are aimed at developers rather than end users. The company fixed several known bugs of edition 2.0 and included a brand new SDK pack. Google also stated that all Android 2.0 handsets would get their update to the new version by the end of this ... Read More

Attention Android owners nlikely to be 2.0-ed any time soon! You can now stop holding your breath. Google Maps Navigation is coming to 1.6, and you can download it right now. It’s missing a feature or two (voice-activated navigation, for instance), but it’s 95% there. Of course, depending on your handset, network, and so on, your mileage (so to speak) may vary. ... Read More

In case you love Google Earth and you happen to own an iPhone then you'll be happy to know that version 2.0 is now available. The update brings support for 31 languages and lots of other features. Google Earth for iPhone 2.0 will offer you custom maps support which means you will be able to access maps created by you or other from the My Maps interface. The software will also ... Read More

Google has signed an agreement to acquire mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million in stock, the search giant's third-largest acquisition, it announced in a press release yesterday. AdMob's focus on web and app display ads - with more than 15,000 mobile websites and applications already in its network - will compliment Google's focus on search ads. "Mobile advertising has enormous potential as a marketing medium and while this industry is ... Read More

There we were ranting about Google selectively sharing Android 2.0 without making it available to developers en masse, and then they went ahead and did just that. Beginning immediately, Android 2.0 support is available in the Android SDK. Don’t expect it to be available (at least not through any official means) on any device until the Motorola Droid launches, which all signs indicate will happen sometime in early November. Here are the ... Read More