Archive for February 15th, 2009
As Mobile World Congress begins, it is easy to forget how quickly Google has become part of the mobile story. At last year’s event, Google had only just unveiled Android, its open-source mobile operating system. The G1 phone was still just a rumour.
Sunday, February 15th, 2009
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Samsung has delayed the release of its first mobile phone based on Google's Android operating system until the second half of this year. There had been speculation that Samsung, which recently leapfrogged Nokia to become market leader in the UK, would unveil its first phone running Android at next week's Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. But Younghee Lee, head of marketing at ...
Sunday, February 15th, 2009
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A remaining joy in this gloomy world is that there's no need to venture outside to explore it. Instead, just download Google Earth, install into brain, close eyes – job done. Yep, if you're seeking disk contentment this winter then version 5.0 of Google Earth could be the best 400MB you'll ever set aside on your computer's hard drive. (There's a stripped-down iPhone/iPod Touch version, if ...
Sunday, February 15th, 2009
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