Sprint announced in March that it would follow suit and make available the Nexus One in the near future. Seven days later the HTC EVO 4G was announced. In late April Google announced via the Nexus One blog that Verizon customers were better off ordering the HTC Incredible, a “cousin of the Nexus One that is similarly feature-packed.” …
Android Rockets Past iPhone To Snag 28% Market Share
The NPD Group has just released its Q1 2010 numbers and Android has slipped into the number 2 slot behind RIM and ahead of the iPhone. Based on strong sales of the Droid, Eris and Incredible from partners like Verizon Wireless, Google’s mobile OS claimed 28 percent of the market while RIM retained the crown with a 36 percent share. …
Video: Coco at Google
I wish I had purchased tickets to Coco’s tour.
Exclusive: Google Goggles Translate In Action
I wrote a little piece about Google’s latest Android app Goggles Translate for the magazine, which you can read about here. That’s all well and good, but you’re better off watching this video instead.
Google Maps Gets Earth View With Official Google Earth Plugin
Available as a developer tool since 2008, Google has now officially opened up Earth View in Google Maps to everyone. You need to install the Google Earth plugin for your browser but once it’s up and running, you’ll have access to three dimensional views of certain places of interest (search for Stonehenge and zoom in, for example).
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Google Nexus One Dropped From Verizon Lineup
It seems that Google’s own flagship Android phone, the Nexus One, won’t be coming to Verizon after all. The ordering page used to list the handset as “coming soon” to Verizon, although today shoppers are greeted with a message attempting to persuade them to purchase the soon-to-be-available DROID Incredible instead.
It’s …
Google’s Free GPS Navigation Coming to Non-Android Phones
Google recently revealed that its free GPS navigation software that currently runs on newer Android devices will someday be available on other smartphone platforms such as the iPhone. No timetable’s been given but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it made available for BlackBerry and perhaps Palm devices, at the very least. Maybe …
Eric Schmidt: Chrome OS Devices To Be Disposable, Cost Under $400
Google’s Chrome OS will be here this year and in a recent interview, Google CEO Eric Schmidt explained that Chrome devices will be “completely disposable,” meaning that if you lose one you won’t lose any of your data, and should be priced similarly to netbooks—between $300 and $400.
The entire interview can be found here. …
They Should Make It: Google AdWords For Digital Billboards
Digital billboards exist, yes, but why not make some of them connected billboards that anybody could use to run custom advertising campaigns similar to how Google’s AdWords platform works?
If you do a search on Google, the ads you see on the right-hand side of the search results pages are AdWords advertisements. People and companies …
HTC Incredible Review: Flavor of the Month
It wasn’t that long ago when your choice of Android-based devices was limited to two or three models. Nowadays each carrier has at least two (AT&T: 2, T-Mobile: 6, Sprint: 3, Verizon: 5). And HTC is leading the charge with the likes of the Nexus One, Hero, Evo and now, the Droid Incredible for Verizon. I’ve had one for the last few …
Google’s OS Predicament: How Do You Print From The Cloud?
Google’s always-connected, browser-based operating system Chrome OS is set to show up on various computing devices later this year. One of the questions on people’s minds has been how an operating system that lives online and doesn’t provide traditional software installation will handle printing.
Google’s answer presented itself
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Google Working In ‘Stealth Mode’ On Android Tablet?
Funny how we didn’t hear much out of Google when the Apple iPad launched. If there’s one company that could legitimately compete by bringing a tablet with similar specs to market, it’d be Google and its Android operating system. While various Android tablets are available with 5- to 7-inch screens and 800×480 resolutions, it seems …
