Everything you need to know about the new HTC products and technology.

HTC made the first Android phone for T-Mobile and many other smart phones for Sprint before that. HTC is a widely known company that cnet and other tech sites have been reporting on for quite some time.

MWC 2010: HTC Legend, HTC Desire, HTC HD mini

Actually will Android run on the Legend and Desire and explicitly the HD Mini would be running on a Windows mobile system

Videos of the 3D Engine on the Google Android Nexus One Uberphone

The new 3D features  are demoed with the upcoming Google Earth app for Android. These 3D features  will surely bring along many 3D graphics applications and even games (Androlib free) - much like on the iPhone. Google also has teamed up with Cooliris to bring the 3D experiences to the Android Nexus One user.

Now watch these videos and comment in our comment area

3D Engine on Google Android Phone – Nexus One

Even complex 3D engines seem to run fine on flash 10.1

Flash Player 10.1, 3D content on Google Nexus One

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vimeo Direkt

After you have watched these videos, do you still think flash is too CPU intensive and is slowing down mobile phones?

The adMob report “January 2010 Mobile Metrics Report” shows  that Google Android Apps downloads are approaching the iPhone app downloads

Android Market is still the underdog to Apple’s App Store, and consumers considering an Android handset are likely turning to the web to scope out the applications available on Android to see how they compare to the App Store.

The image below shows that the Android app download approaches the iPhone app downloads

January 2010 Mobile Metrics Report for the iPhone, iPod-Touch, Android and webOS

• Android and iPhone users download a similar number of apps every month and spend a similar amount of time using the apps.
• iPod touch users download an average of 12 apps a month, 37% more apps than iPhone and Android users.

via adMob PDF

Google Earth for Android phone available on the Android Market and Androlib

Android User eagerly awaited the release of the Google Earth app for the AnDroid phone. (When will google earth be available on Android???)

For exploring the world from the Android smartphone in your hand,  flying around the planet, view the same 3D imagery which is available in the desktop version. Use the searching by voice for cities, places, and businesses function, etc.

Screenshots

Package name : com.google.earth

Images and download the free Droid app from Androlib

hint via XDA-Developers

via AndroidCommunity

update 2/22/2010: Your Android phone must be rooted

(A video guide to rooting your DROID! EASY PEASY!)

The Google Shopping Android Application just launched on Android Market.

What will you get when you have a combination of a Barcode Scanner by ZXing Barcode, Google’s Google Goggles and the Shopping Tab on Google.com.

Google Mobile Shopper

Image via Google Mobile Shopper

Why should this separate other product exist? Why not integrate that into Goggles.

Google Shopper

“Shopper lets you find product information quickly by using your phone’s camera. It can recognize cover art of books, CDs, DVDs, and video games, along with most barcodes. You can also speak the name of the product you’re looking for.” via

Google Shopper Android App is slightly different, its goal could be more a direct hit against Amazon.

Google Shopper Android App will save your history that you can store easy the product and price information. You can favorite items but you also can share your selected items with your friends. Google Shopper helps you to find product information quickly by using your phone’s camera.

View everything you have purchased in the past, you can track your orders and your deliveries, you also can contact the sellers and this from one one web page.

Will Google Shopper revolutionize Online Shopping?

Shop with your Android Phone wherever you are make a picture of a pair of shoes you like and get the address of the next shop where you can buy it.

Manage all Online Stores with one account.

More related information via the Official Google Mobile Blog

Are you looking to run the Google Android OS on your Windows Mobile device?

To do so, you need to download the Nexus One build and dual boot your Windows pda. Dual boot allows Windows Mobile users to run the Google Android mobile operating system on their mobile phone.

Image credits via

First watch this video and then read our How to

Dual Boot Android & Windows Mobile – HTC Touch Pro 2

comScore’s latest Smartphone Platform Market Share anylysis from Sep. 2009 – Dec. 2009

“…, Palm with 6.1 percent share (down to -2.2 percentage points), and Google with 5.2 percent share (up 2.7 percentage points).

Get an idea about how the Chrome OS tablet UI might look in hardware

While Tablet hardware is somewhat a commodity , the big issue is software. It’s a fast operating system that’s completely browser centric.

One month ago Gizmodo stated that Google and HTC are working together on a new Tablet concept which shall have its base on Google’s Chrome OS

The Google Tablet: Head to Head with Apple?

This is a video of Google’s Chrome OS Tablet concept. This video can give you an idea about how the Chrome OS tablet UI might look in hardware.

UI of Google’s Chrome OS Tablet concept

There’s no competing operating system with native apps competing for attention with Google’s web services, and there’s not necessarily a need for a contract or carrier as on smartphones.

The Most Direct Way To Get People Online is the Physical Manifestation of a Browser: And if Google wants more people on the web, a low cost, ad subsidized web tablet is probably the least complicated way to do it from a hardware, software and business partner standpoint.

That’s not too dissimilar to Google’s free software model for Android, where Microsoft has to charge licensing fees to manufacturers because they don’t have enough revenue from online services or ads to make up for the cost.… Read the rest

Android mobile applications and Web-Based-Apps for all Google Android Mobiles to manage your social network — Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Reddit, Twitter, Meebo, Google.

Image credits via web 2.0 futures

The new Android Mobile OS from Google has very quickly been accepted into the mobile phone market. It has some features that dominate other mobile operating systems, the primary one being the easy-to-understand Software Development Kit that has allowed a large number of computer programmers make Android applications that you would usually have to buy on an iPhone, or would simply be unavailable anywhere else. All of the gloss and shiny parts the android has to offer are really quite useless if you can’t use the phone for connecting to friends. The GPS system that automatically integrates with Google Maps is awesome, unless you don’t know where your friends are hanging out.

That’s where the fun part kicks in.

Facebook

The first thing I wanted to do when I got my Android phone was tell all my friends on Facebook about it. Forget telling them from my computer, I wanted to tell them from my new Android phone. I had to search for the right app to do it with, and I found several options. The first one to catch my eye was the Bloo project. Bloo is simply gorgeous, and is so much like the Read the rest

The ‘Motorola Droid’ caught a lot of attention in the last months, therefore I thought to research the web a bit to make this YouTube video, comparison review list.

Most of the information in this post are about ‘Motorola Droid’ comparison with the BlackBerry Storm 2, the Nokia N97/ 900 and my other favorite Droid the HTC-Droid Eris.

Another way leads to the ‘iPhone 3GS’ which has been compared with the Droids and with the ‘Palm Pre’, the ‘Palm Pixi’, the  HTC Touch Pro2 Windows Mobile and the Verizon Wireless Touch Pro2 smart-phones.

Motorola Droid Vs. RIM BlackBerry Storm 2

The launch of the Motorola Droid in November ‘09 wasn’t very useful for BlackBerry Storm 2. The ‘BlackBerry Storm 2′ was RIM’s second attempt to try to offer an alternative Smartphone, which should compete with Apple’s famous iPhone. Now Motorola’s Droid smartphone receives plenty of attention, that the launch of the BlackBerry Storm 2  falls into oblivion.

In this video Jon Rettinger aka jon4lakers from technobuffalo.com compares the functionality of the  Browser and Browser speed, the Text entry, customization, navigation and apps on these both smart-phones.

The Motorola (An)Droid has the better Browser rendering plus the right screen which wins against BlackBerry’s baby screen. The page load on 3G and Wifi is on The Droid much faster than on the BB. The Storm’s keyboard is much better to use then Motorola’s… Read the rest

Follow the most influential Android Geeks, Experts, and Groups on Twitter, Facebook and Google-Groups

Android is Google’s proprietary mobile phone operating system. It’s seen less media saturation than the iPhone, but its reach is growing, and it already has a passionate following online. There are literally hundreds of Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and Google groups dedicated to discussing news, applications, features, marketing, and everything else related to Android. If you’re at all interested in pursuing this underdog of an operating system, be sure to follow some of the more popular . Information on the Internet is all the same, anyway – it all gets around. Popularity on the Internet is based on each individual’s take on and dedication to the information.

Social-media-image credits to SearchEngineWatch

Here are some unique, popular sites for spreading information on all things Android.

Chrome-OS developper hardware list revealed

Warning: This page is for developers who both know how to build Chromium OS and aren’t afraid to take a screwdriver to their computer.

via The Chromium Project

Full list via getting-dev-hardware/dev-hardware-list

Google: Let the world develop! Make it excellent and for free!

Google Maps Navigation in-depth instructions for those who are living outside the United States

Yesterday before I wrote a post about ‘Google Maps Navigation’ update is available for the Android.

Right now the Google Maps Navigation Android-app is officially only in the USA available

“Sadly, the service is still U.S.-only, and Google warns that it’s still in beta,...”

via Techcrunch

But here is the solution, for people who are not living in the US, but also want to navigate with Google Maps on their Android.

Thanks to h3g3mon, for his comment on Google Maps Navigation’ update is…, he mentioned

[Think Tank #2 - SOLVED] Modifying Maps to enable Navigation outside USA as solution for all non-US citizens.

“Edit: Solution
Brut.all and TAPP got it working. Here are some more in-depth instructions for those of you having issues: …”

start the tutorial

Leave a comment we want to know your thoughts about this tutorial and your experiences with this app.

BTW here is the Google Sky Map Android-app NJoy

Today, it is obviously for free.

A few weeks ago we reported that Google Maps Navigation goes mobile now there is an update available at the Android Market.

The service is still in Beta and right now only in the United States available.

Techcrunch names the update “…A Slightly Crippled Maps Navigation…“

more via Google  ”Google Maps Navigation now available for Android 1.6“

Will you upload the update?

Tell us your experiences in the comment area.