The potential block of Google’s AdMob buyout will be further delayed as the FTC takes time to assess the impact of Apple’s iAd system on the mobile advertising market. According to a report at the Wall Street Journal the FTC is taking seriously Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s claims that iAd demonstrates healthy competition in the mobile [...]

If one thing is very clear, Google has been taking gaming quite seriously as of late. Last month they brought ex-SCEA manager of developer relations Mark DeLoura (pictured) on board as their Developer Advocate for Gaming, they recently acquired LabPixies to help boost development of games and apps for Google’s various platforms, and have put an [...]

Engadget Mobile is reporting on a tip they have received that Verizon will begin testing out their latest Android device from Motorola next week. The phone is supposedly going to be called the “Xtreme,” and signs are pointing towards it being on the higher end of the device spectrum. Could the earlier report on the Wi-Fi [...]

And so the patent wars continue, as HTC today has announced that it will countersue Apple for infringing on five of their patents. This latest bit of patent flinging comes as a response to Apple’s original suit back in March challenging HTC for violating over 20 of the iPhone-maker’s patents, a case that attacks Google [...]

Leave it to the Chinese to clone any piece of tech they can get their hands on, even the ones that most people don’t even want anymore. Take for example this HTC Hero clone, which actually runs Android. That’s quite a step up for cloning. No word on which version of Android it is running, [...]

Rogers is really pushing out its Social View line of phones, and joining the upcoming Acer Liquid E (new pricing info on that here) will be the Motorola QUENCH. The QUENCH will be launching next week at a price of $49.99 on a 3-year plan or $424.99 if you are afraid of commitment. The QUENCH [...]

Wouldn’t it be great if you could unlock your doors, start your car, and sync your car’s GPS system to Google Maps all from your Android handset? So does General Motors, and that is exactly why they are currently mulling over the idea with Google. A report at Motor Trend says GM is in negotiations [...]

It’s May 12th and – historically – the date has no real meaning to us. It’s still a celebration, though, because Sprint, Disney, and HTC will be in New York within the confines of a nice gathering place to show off the HTC EVO 4G to their attendees (oh and I heard some Prince of [...]

We heard that you’d be able to pre-order the LG Ally on May 13th, the other day, and LG and Verizon confirmed it at their event yesterday: you’ll be able to preorder the device for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate (2-year contract required). The Ally will be available May 20th and ships with Android [...]

Something very interesting just bombarded its way into our tip box. It seems that a new model from Motorola has just gotten its WiFi certification, and it appears that it might be the rumored Motorola Droid 2 (Motorola Shadow, anyone?). The model number spotted in the certification is the A955 (similar to the original Droid’s [...]

T-Mobile’s announced their plans for pricing and availability for their latest Android-powered device, the T-Mobile Garminfone. You’ll be able to grab this thing for $200 on contract (2 years) on several qualifying rate plans. If you want to nix the ties of contractual obligations, you can expect to plunk down $450, instead. The phone will [...]

About a week ago, we reported on early pricing and availability details for the Acer Liquid E heading to Rogers Wireless in Canada. For a 3-year commitment, it was believed that you could have the phone for just $49.99 ($349.99 off contract). MobileSyrup reports that one retailer’s (we’re not sure whose) inventory system actually shows [...]

Remember that phone we thought could be the Samsung Galaxy 3? Well, the phone exists in the wild, but we’re still not sure on its marketing name, right now. The GT-i5801 looks a lot like the Samsung Galaxy A that just enjoyed a South Korean launch not too long ago. Howard Chui got his hands [...]

So the iPhone is already getting its crack at Android, and the Nokia N900 wants to take its crown back. Back in January, we saw that Android could be dual-booted alongside Maemo, but the implementation wasn’t too promising at that point. The project – now known as NITDroid – has made some huge strides and [...]

After a few swings and a whole lot of misses, we’re now getting a new date for the supposed (and I use that word very strongly) update for the Sprint HTC Hero. A lot of windows have been missed, including a May 7th date that would’ve helped to soothe the pain of many Hero users [...]

Several HTC Droid Eris users on Verizon will be happy to know that they weren’t forgotten as Big Red rolled out the Android 2.1 update that was rumored to be released yesterday. The update (ROM: 2.36.605.1/Radio: 2.42.00.04.12) fixes a number of bugs, improves on several areas of the phone’s functionality, and – of course – brings [...]

Whether or not you’re a fan of T-Mobile’s secret “projects” (with the most recent being the long-speculated Project Dark that brought some interesting plan options to the carrier) they probably interest you just as much as the biggest magenta fanboys themselves. A new project name is being thrown around – Project Emerald – and this [...]

If you’re drenched in the hacking and development scene, then you already know what JIT is or does. While I can’t put my finger on any specifics (because it’s stuff that – at my level of (non)expertise – goes way over my head) let’s just say that it gives you a tremendous boost of speed [...]

Cherrypal, a company focused on producing low-end computers for developing countries, is going with Android on their $99 netbook. Saving some money on physical storage with a focus on the cloud, the computers will house internals that fall short of  matchinch those of the typical smartphone: 533MHz ARM A9 CPU, 256MB of RAM, 2GB storage, [...]

All speculation and arguments regarding Verizon procuring the iPhone aside, the relationship between Google and Verizon is showing no signs of fizzling out. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon exec Lowell McAdam has come out with the news that Google and Verizon are currently collaborating on the development of a tablet device. Very [...]