Motorola will release a phone powered by Google. It will be called the Motorola Cliq.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125260968311900507.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Motorola and Google Team Up
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Motorola and Google Team Up
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Google Android Platform
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Seems like Apple and Blackberry REALLY have to watch out now. Motorola, LG, and even Acer (random much?) have signed with Google to produce Android-based products.
The myTouch 3G and G1 from Google
Android is the popular platform for the Google G1 and the new myTouch provided by T-Mobile. Remember, Dr. Cell Phone provides repair for the G1 and myTouch. And we also work on the iPhone 3G and Blackberry Bold.
The myTouch from Google and HTC--exclusively for T-Mobile
Sprint’s New Savior: The Google Android-Based HTC Hero?
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Move over Palm Pre, Sprint has another hot touch-screensmartphone to hang its hat on: the HTC Hero.
The HTC Hero is Sprint’s first smartphone based on the Google Android mobile operating system. It is expected to be available Oct. 11, but Sprint is taking preregistration for the HTC Hero starting today.
The 3G HTC Hero comes as the hype around the Sprint-exclusive Palm Pre starts to fizzle out in the shadow of the Apple iPhone 3G S, which has sold millions of units while the Pre has sold fewer than half a million by most estimates.
Sprint said the HTC Hero will be available through all of Sprint’s retail channels and Best Buy for $179.99 after $50 instant savings, a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement.
“The arrival of HTC Hero and the Android platform to Sprint’s network is an important milestone for our customers and the U.S. wireless industry,” Kevin Packingham, senior vice president of product development for Sprint, said in a statement.
The HTC Hero is the first HTC smartphone in the U.S. to feature HTC Sense, a feature that lets users customize their smartphone via home-screen panels and widgets.
Dr. Cell Phone All Set for HTC Hero Repair
The HTC Hero smartphone features beveled edges and an angled bottom and is contoured to fit comfortably in users’ hands and against their faces while they’re on a call. The device also uses an anti-fingerprint screen coating for smudge resistance and a longer-lasting, clearer display.
The HTC Hero also features a 3.2-inch HVGA touch-screen display with pinch-to-zoom capabilties. The smartphone is optimized for Web, multimedia and other content and also includes a GPS, a digital compass, a gravity-sensor, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 5-megapixel autofocus camera and expandable microSD memory.
The HTC Hero integrates a dedicated search button that goes beyond basic search, offering users a contextual experience that searches Twitter, locates contacts, finds e-mails and searches any other area on the smartphone.
Because the HTC Hero for Sprint is Google Android-based it also offers native access to a host of Google applications like Maps, Gmail and more. In addition, it offers access to applications through the Google Android Market, Android’s storefront for free and paid mobile applications and games.
Source: http://www.crn.com/mobile/219501237;
T-Mobile’s Cinderella Story
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009T-Mobile is stepping up to the plate and competing with the big boys. Kinda.
The new myTouch 3G, which is manufactured by HTC and made exclusively for T-Mobile, will officially launch today (and Dr. Cell Phone repairs it). The Android software produced by Google is also featured on the phone.
This is big for T-Mobile. No, this is HUGE for T-Mobile. This is their iPhone 3G. This is their Blackberry Storm. This is their Palm Pre. If T-Mobile doesn’t see results, their role as player for touch screen superiority will dramatically decrease. The major carriers all have their IT phone. And now, it’s T-Mobile’s turn.
I’ve always thought of T-Mobile as Cinderella. And not the one with Hilary Duff (A Cinderella Story). Or even Drew Barrymore (Ever After). Bare with me on this metaphor…
Even Stevens was definitely better than Lizzie McGuire.
T-Mobile used to be called Voicestream. When Deutsche Telekom bought out T-Mobile, Voicestream died (and was eventually renamed T-Mobile). Voicestream is like Cinderella’s dad. Once he died, things were never the same.
T-Mobile had to start living (competing) with her cruel stepsisters (AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint). Her stepsisters treat her like dirt. She’s an afterthought. They laugh at her and don’t respect her one bit.
But now things are changing. And the myTouch 3G could be the glass slipper T-Mobile has been looking for all along…
The myTouch 3G is T-Mobile's glass slipper?
Apple vs. Google: Google CEO Schmidt resigns from Apple board
Monday, August 3rd, 2009It’s heating up.
“Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said Schmidt’s effectiveness as a board member would be diminished as Google enters more of Apple’s “core business.” Jobs said the decision was mutual.”
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12982278?source=rss
From an Apple standpoint, the move was smart. You don’t want your competition on a board that makes critical decisions. However, to say Apple is not the least bit apprehensive about Google would be foolish.
It’s obvious Google is tired of all the limelight Apple is receiving for the iPhone 3G. Google is ready to challenge Apple. They are going to do whatever it takes–beginning with the myTouch 3G (official release date on August 5th).
Dr. Cell Phone offers repair services for the myTouch 3G
Google will continue to put the pressure on. Apple knows it.
