The competition between Samsung Galaxy S and Google Nexus One ( video)

Quake3 demo (Google: Kwaak3) running on my Android powered Samsung Galaxy S (GT-i9000). Can't display actual frame rate due to lack of hardware buttons so can't access the in-game console. I also don't have a Bluetooth keyboard and this video is just for a bit of fun. Phone had about ~85Mb free RAM at the time of playing.


Quake 3 Running on a Nexus One

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Samsung Reveals First Google Android Phone

Samsung has now officially announced the i7500.

The phone all has support for most of the network bands out there. There is quad-band EDGE and dual-band HSDPA. On the memory front, we have an adequate (not colossal!) 8GB of capacity. The display is a largish 3.2-inch capacitive OLED one. On the imaging front, we have a well-equipped 5-megapixel camera. Apart from these, there are the usual stuff that includes WiFi, Bluetooth
and GPS.

As for the OS, it will feature the latest version of Android (cupcake!). A 528Mhz Qualcomm CPU does the number crunching inside. At 11.9 mm thi(in)ck, the phone is compact and is lightweight. And yes, it is coming this June!

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World's Second Android Phone - HTC Magic - Pics and Video

Despite all the hoopla surrounding Google's Android open-source operating system for smartphones, so far only one phone is available to date that actually runs the Android OS--the HTC Dream (also knon as the T-Mobile G1). The HTC Dream is finally going to get some company in the form of only the second official Android phone to be announced--also from HTC--the HTC Magic.

The HTC Magic will start shipping in "the spring," and it will initially only be available in Europe. European mobile phone service provider, Vodafone, snagged the initial exclusive rights to sell the HTC Magic in the U.K., Spain, Germany, and France (via SFR, which is co-owned by Vivendi and Vodafone). Vodafone claims that the HTC Magic will be "available from free on various price plans." The only place the HTC Dream will initially be available where it will not tied exclusively to a contract with Vodafone, will be in Italy. HTC promises that the HTC Magic will be available in more countries at a later date, presumably including the U.S.

World's Second Android Phone - HTC Magic video

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Google Android on the Nokia N810

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T-Mobile's Android-based G1 goes on sale

The first cell-phone based on Google Inc.'s Android platform went on sale Tuesday evening in San Francisco ahead of the start of sales across the U.S. today.

T-Mobile USA began offering the G1, made by Taiwan's High-Tech Computer (HTC), at its store on the city's Market Street at 6 p.m. The launch attracted a queue of about 150 people and was headed by Christopher Laddish, a student who had been waiting since 8 a.m. to buy the phone.

"I was sold on it without even having to pick it up," said Laddish, who was wearing a T-shirt given to him by T-Mobile that read "I was the first to get it." He said his current plan with Verizon Wireless was up for renewal on Tuesday and after shopping around he settled on the G1 because he liked products from both Google and HTC.

After a brief countdown as the clock approached 6 p.m. customers were allowed into the store to buy the phone. A few minutes later Laddish, with a large smile on his face, was surrounded by photographers and TV cameras who were there to document the start of sales.

The G1 costs $180 with a two-year service agreement and mail-in rebate. The phone without a service plan costs $400.

It has a 3.2-inch touchscreen display that slides away from the main body of the phone to expose a QWERTY keyboard. That puts it into competition with other smart phones like the Blackberry and Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone.






"I've been reading a lot about the phone for the last couple of weeks and I'm not really a big fan of the iPhone touch screen," said Chijioke Amah, who was also queuing up to buy the G1. "That's probably what made me not that interested in the iPhone. When I heard T-Mobile was going to have the Google phone with a keyboard, that's what got my attention."

Amah, who confessed to being a Mac user, said he isn't sold on the idea of typing on a touch screen and so decided the G1 would be a better choice than the iPhone as he switches from his current Blackberry.

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HTC T-Mobile Google Android - Video

The T-Mobile G1 powered by Google Android boasts cut and paste functionality, but will it be the next phone that everyone's talking about?

At a press event in New York City today, T-Mobile, Google and HTC got together to launch the T-Mobile G1, the first phone to run Google's Android OS. We were at the event and had plenty of time to gather hands on impressions of the phone. Overall we were very impressed. It wasn't a perfect device by any means, there is still obvious room for improvement, both in the hardware and the software. But we were taken in by the phone's deep polish and attention to detail, and the all-important responsiveness of the hardware


Price and availability

The T-Mobile G1 will be released on T-Mobile's U.S. network on October 22 for $180 with a two-year contract. It'll be available in all T-Mobile markets nationwide. An unlimited data plan will cost $25 per month, while unlimited data and messaging will cost $35 per month. A voice plan is required for all configurations. The T-Mobile G1 will also be released in the UK sometime in November 2008, while the other T-Mobile markets in Europe will get it in Q1 2009. Countries include Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and the Netherlands.

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