Analyst Predicts Android Overtaking iPhone In 2012

clipped from mobile.slashdot.org Market watcher Gartner is claiming that by Q4 2012 Google's Android smartphone OS will have overtaken Apple's iPhone. Currently only the sixth most popular phone OS, Android is set to rocket into second place behind Symbian if the predictions are to be believed. The reason for the changing of the guard is that "many handset makers are betting their futures on Android, while Apple is just one company." 2012 rankings place Symbian at the top followed by Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry."

Video of HTC’s Sense UI running on G1

clipped from www.androidauthority.com Video of HTC’s Sense UI running on G1 Just to show you that it can be done, below is a video of the augmented Android user-interface, HTC’s Rosie/Sense, running on a plain old G1. Thanks to HDblog.it, we can see the full glory of HTC’s Sense on the G1. Although your ‘With Google’ device may not be able to automatically gain an upgrade to this new HTC user interface, it doesn’t mean that without a little hacking, it won’t.

Dell may release an Internet ‘tapping’ device this year

clipped from www.androidauthority.com Dell may release an Internet ‘tapping’ device this year By James Tromans • June 30, 2009 • No Comments According to the WSJ, engineers at Dell are working on a pocket device for ‘tapping into the internet’. The more interesting part is that this device is alleged to run Google’s Android and measure up a little larger than an iPod touch. What’s more, the device may become available as early as later this year, as opposed to a 2010 launch that would probably be expected. With that said, rumour has it that the device could die an earth death in Dell’s labs before making it out onto shop floors.

Archos IMT with Android coming September 15?

clipped from www.androidauthority.com Archos IMT with Android coming September 15? We’ve already reported on the upcoming Android Archos internet media tablet, and in truth we still are awaiting official release date announcements and the full specification sheet. However, according to Register Hardware, Tony Limrick, Managing Director of Archos Northern Europe, advised those in attendance of their private London event held yesterday to keep 15 September free for an Archos IMT Android announcement. We can only presume this will be when everything is going public. Other than that, there is little in the way to update you on. We still have no further word on specifications, so we can only guess as to whether the 500GB device will still fit into a 1cm think shell and offer 7.2Mb/s HSDPA with a 5-inch display. We sure hope so. Other specifications are said to include:

Russian Android phone boasts dual displays

clipped from www.linuxfordevices.com Russian Android phone boasts dual displays — Vobis Computers is readying what it bills as the first Russian-market Android phone. The Highscreen PP5420 appears to be an Android-converted version of the Windows Mobile-based Mobinnova ICE smartphone, and includes a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, HSDPA support, and a secondary OLED touchscreen, says the company. ...

Nokia's open source mobile stack gets Qt

clipped from www.linuxfordevices.com Nokia's open source mobile stack gets Qt — Nokia's Maemo.org announced that with the upcoming "Harmattan" version of its Linux-based distribution, it will switch from the Gnome/GTK+ application framework to Qt, enabling both the use of KDE desktops and cross-platform development for Maemo and Symbian. Meanwhile, Nokia has dismissed a rumor that it's developing an Android-based netbook. ...

223 million open source smartphones by 2014?

clipped from www.linuxfordevices.com 223 million open source smartphones by 2014? — Shipments of smartphones with open source operating systems (OSes) will jump from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014, according to a Juniper Research report. Meanwhile, Research and Markets has released its own study on mobile open source OSes. ...

Android on ARM "very snappy," analysts say

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Android on ARM "very snappy," analysts say — Android running on ARM-based "smartbooks" looks "very snappy" compared to Windows 7 on an Intel Atom, Gartner analysts are said to have declared. Meanwhile, according to another industry report, Garmin-Asus says it will ship an Android-based Nuvifone smartphone by year's end. ...

Middleware supplies VoIP/video telephony for ARM devices

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Middleware supplies VoIP/video telephony for ARM devices — Trinity Convergence has extended its mobile VoIP/video middleware software to enable a wide range of embedded devices with IP telephony and video. The Linux-compatible VeriCall Communicator is available in voice-only and voice/video versions targeting ARM-based devices such as video doorbells and surveillance systems, says the company. ...

Palm's Linux phone "exceptional," says reviewer

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Palm's Linux phone "exceptional," says reviewer — The reviews appear to be largely positive for the Palm Pre, with eWEEK lauding its "exceptional design, aesthetics and usability." Both the smartphone and the Linux-based WebOS stack live up to their billing for ease of use, but battery life is a problem, says eWEEK. ...

Tutorial explores GNU ARM toolchain for Android

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Tutorial explores GNU ARM toolchain for Android — IBM DeveloperWorks has published an introductory tutorial on using the GNU ARM toolchain under Linux, using Android as the example. Author Bill Zimmerly provides an overview of the ARM architecture and toolchain, shows how to install the toolchain, and then describes how to write and test a simple ARM/Android program. ...

MIPS to release Android source code by August

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com MIPS to release Android source code by August — MIPS Technologies announced that source code for the Android port to MIPS released by Embedded Alley last week would be made publicly available within 60 days. MIPS also joined the Open Embedded Software Foundation consortium supporting Android, and announced that VioSoft will support the MIPS/Android platform with its Arriba tools. ...

Palm's Linux smartphone debuts

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Palm's Linux smartphone debuts — As promised, Palm's Linux-based smartphone went on sale Saturday, available exclusively for Sprint networks, says eWEEK. Early reviews have been favorable, although analysts worry about the lack of software and the ability of Sprint to effectively market the Palm Pre (pictured), says the story. ...

Hypervisor spins virtual Android

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Hypervisor spins virtual Android — Jun. 04, 2009 — Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) is shipping an Android version of its Linux-compatible OKL4 hypervisor. "OK:Android" is an off-the-shelf, paravirtualized version of Android that enables Android to run as a guest operating system (OS) in a secure "hypercell" alongside another phone OS, says the company.

Android invades more netbooks, smartphones, and -- Moblin?

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Android invades more netbooks, smartphones, and -- Moblin? — Jun. 04, 2009 — At this week's Computex show, Intel demonstrated Moblin running Android apps in a simulator. Meanwhile, Android phones were confirmed by Acer and Garmin-Asus, Acer announced an Android version of its Aspire One netbook (pictured), and Asus provided a brief glimpse of an Android netbook, reports say. ...

Google unveils Android 2.0

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Google unveils Android 2.0 — Jun. 03, 2009 — Google demonstrated an early version of Android 2.0, codenamed "Donut," at the Google I/O developer conference, and handed out free unlocked Android Dev Phones (pictured), says eWEEK. Android 2.0 adds integrated local and web search, handwriting gesture UI, Google Translate, and text-to-speech features, says the story. ...

App stores to rule smartphone roost

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com App stores to rule smartphone roost — Jun. 03, 2009 — Application stores and services will drive the smartphone market in the coming years, say reports from Ovum and In-Stat. According to Ovum, mobile apps will help make the Linux/Java-based Android the fastest growing smartphone OS by 2014, giving it an 18 percent share of a $406.7 million market. ...

Android port to MIPS completed

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Android port to MIPS completed — Jun. 02, 2009 — Embedded Alley (EA) announced it is has completed its port of the Linux/Java-based Android platform to the MIPS architecture. The Embedded Alley Development System for Android-based Devices initially targets devices ranging from set-top boxes (STBs) to industrial equipment running the MIPS-based RMI Au1250 processor.

Qualcomm spins 1.3GHz Snapdragon

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Qualcomm spins 1.3GHz Snapdragon — Jun. 01, 2009 — Qualcomm has announced a new 45-nm fabricated entry in its "Snapdragon" family of chipsets, targeting smartphones and a newly announced category of small-scale netbooks called "smartbooks." The QSD8650A includes an ARM-based, 1.3GHz applications processor, 2D/3D graphics accelerators, and "up to 30 percent lower" power consumption, the company says. ...

Qualcomm snaps to with "smartbook" push

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Qualcomm snaps to with "smartbook" push — Jun. 01, 2009 — Several companies will announce low-power netbooks this week incorporating Qualcomm's ARM-based, Linux-compatible Snapdragon processor, which is being upgraded to a 45nm, 1.3GHz "QSD8650A" version. Qualcomm and rival Freescale, which manufactures the netbook-ready i.MX515, are both branding netbooks based on their ARM-based SoCs as "smartbooks."