We’re not sure what is causing the delay, but T-Mobile is headquartered in Germany and the HTC Hero rebranded T-Mobile G2 Touch seems to be launching at the beginning of August there. Does that mean the UK will also be delayed until at least August 1st? Good question. A press release (translated to English) dated [...]

The folks at TMOnews have uncovered 3 videos that highlight visual voicemail working on the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G. They overview VVM for the phone, show how to save voicemails to your memory card and explain how you can view your voicemails in any order you choose. Unfortunately they’ve turned embedding off… so you’ve got to [...]

Notice the “when” – I strongly believe that Android Market will outpace the iPhone App Store at some point in the not too distant future (2 years). Steve Jobs wouldn’t agree. On the iPhone App Store’s first birthday, Apple published a Press Release boasting about their 1.5+ Billion apps, 65,000+ apps, and 100,000+ developers. And [...]

It still seems a little wonky that Acer’s Android Netbook isn’t really an Android Netbook – it boots Windows XP as well. The company is doing this to marginalize the risk of launching a netbook with an OS that is unproven on this type of hardware. Unfortunately, they are passing the costs of that safety [...]

Ever since Android Developer Challenge (ADC 2) was announced there have been questions surrounding the Official Rules – today those questions were answered on the Android Developers Blog. Eric Chu explains exactly what applications will be allowed entry and talks about use of open source apps/code within another entry: Some of you have been asking [...]

Samsung is definitely working on Android but might be taking a slightly different approach than the early market, HTC. Instead of building new brands/lines around Android, Samsung is rumored to be turning the “2nd generation” of its currently popular phones INTO Android phones. First we heard about the Instinct Q… now it’s the Samsung Behold [...]

If you had doubts about the white Sony Ericsson Rachael pictures that surfaced your concerns might be eased a bit today – more pictures of the phone have leaked in black and this time in higher quality: The Sony Ericsson Rachael is the codename for what many are calling the Xperia Android, first rumored on [...]

First came the Samsung Instinct, heralded as a self-proclaimed iPhone killer. Although it didn’t kill the iPhone it made a for a powerful feature phone that flew off the shelves rapidly while making many owners perfectly happy. Then you had the Instinct S30, referred to by many as the Instinct Mini. Now Samsung looks to [...]

Plenty of mobile enthusiasts are hot on the trail of the HTC Hero and we too are wondering when it will make its first appearance on the shelves. The latest information is pointing towards July 21st or thereabouts: HTC and exclusive networks Orange and T-Mobile are remaining tight lipped, but the first chink of light [...]

This past week there was a ton of hype/buzz about Chrome OS and many are now questioning how it will be positioned compared to Android. Head Android Andy Rubin clarified this a bit at a joint T-Mobile and Google Media event in London. In the process he let loose some interesting nuggets of knowledge. First [...]

T-Mobile seems to have a fetish for renaming HTC Androids and the latest such phone – the HTC Hero – is no different. They initially renamed it to G1 Touch but have officially updated the name and it will now be the T-Mobile G2 Touch. This was announced and confirmed via Twitter along with pricing [...]

I don’t know how we missed bringing this to you but we did… better late than never, right? The Sony Ericsson Rachael has leaked out as a potential Android phone along with render pics and a UI video: Looking pretty darn good – and that is even the best of it! The UI video seems [...]

I had to throw in a Galaxy pun in the post title – because the video below takes all the “play on words” for the Samsung Galaxy and puts them into video form, complete with a Stars-Wars-like Galaxy destroyer and Mega-Man-ish main character: Pretty awesome if you ask me… but couldn’t they have visited somewhere [...]

The Samsung Galaxy might be the most slept on mobile phone on the market – the vast majority of Android talk takes place in HTC’s orbit. But that might change soon as the Galaxy is already available in Germany and Spain and will soon make its way to Italy and the UK. The phone first [...]

Google CEO Eric Schmidt was recently captured in a picture by BusinessInsider, showing him using a phone that clearly sports a BlackBerry logo on the back. It seems that the device of choice for the CEO of Android’s owner is a BlackBerry Curve – strange huh? A lot of other people felt the same, for [...]

Some lucky folks who aren’t us had the privilege of playing with the HTC Hero and put it through a pretty in depth photo shoot. I’ve posted most of the pictures below, but visit the folks at HDBlog.it (translated) who put together the original:

I recorded the full presentation from the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Event/Celebration in New York City for your viewing pleasure. So here you have it in a little video series… VP of Marketing Denny Marie Post and Chief Technology Officer Cole Brodman present Android Fans with the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G: Finally got them all! Sorry for [...]

When pictures of the HTC Hero were first leaked it was seen sporting a hot pink exterior that made you go “hmmmm”: There is no telling if a hot pink Hero will surface… but the closest thing to it so far has popped up at Carphone Warehouse. They’ve got the HTC Hero listed for pre-registration [...]

Amazon has had “phones” section of their website for quite awhile, but today the company announced a beta program called “Amazon Wireless” to simplify the process of purchasing cellular phones and service plans. While the press release promotes AmazonWireless.com, visiting that URL forwards you to http://wireless.amazon.com where the new interface is found: Right now the [...]

If you’re gonna be in the Mountain View, California area on July 20th and 21st, you may want to swing by the Googleplex. Bring your laptop, and empty stomachs. Google will be hosting a hackathon, where you’ll be able to get your grubby hands on the Google Wave APIs and get a better familirization on [...]