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The site had an article that spells out the specs for the Android phone. Take a look(verbatim from the article):

• 528Mhz Qualcomm 7201 processor
• Data kit for USB connectivity in the box
• 64MB Internal RAM
• 128MB Internal ROM
• 1GB MicroSD card
• 5 Row QWERTY keypad
• Trackball
• Dedicated camera button
• 3.1MP camera (no flash) 2048 x 1536
• Video playback files - H.264, streaming, 3GPP, MPEG4, and Codec 3GP
• Dedicated YouTube Player
• Audio playback files - MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, MIDI, REAL AUDIO, OGG
• Wallpaper supports JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF
• Speakerphone (mono, natch)
• Ringtones (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA)
• HTTP, WAP Push, xHTML
• Bluetooth (class 1)
• Picture Caller ID
• SMS and MMS support (Take that Apple!)
• POP, IMAP, and SMTP, AOL, and GMAIL email
• AIM, MSN, YAHOO, and GTALK messaging
• Quad Band (850, 900, 1800, 1900)
• 3G
• 802.11b & 802.11g
• UMTS (1,4), HSDPA, SUPL
• 1150mAh battery
• Screen size is 3.17? with HVGA (480 x 320)
• Handset 117 x 55 x 16mm
• 5.6 oz weight
• Sync capable with Google Calendar
• Downloadable content via Android Marketplace
• Google Streetview with built-in compass

Spec wise things look ok, but when it comes to looks, I guess people expected a lot more.

Apple's skills has always been cutting edge technology and making it accessible. The technology work to delight the masses. Its has all the requirements to be a viable platform. the first ever, fully equipped, functional hand held computer. That was the scariest thing. Will Gphone beat iPhone? Google's Open handset Alliances( The Coalition behind Android) could actually dwarf Apple Platform. It got formidable resources and deep pockets. Google makes its money on a free and open web, its projects are built to be hacked, making it the favorite of third party programmers. Speculations emerged that its Gphone is more secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone, and its pack of cutting edge technology. Well just bring it Google! Users don't care whether it got symbian, windows, androids or whatever. what they want is its works better . Gphone vs. iPhone: a good match, the search king vs. the consumers electronics champs.

I'm glad to have been correct to suggest the phone would make it out before next year and expect this to be a very popular 2008 Christmas Gift, even if the pricing is higher than I expect which is $150-$250 or perhaps even less to undercut the Apple iPhone market.

This earlier-than-announced launch is probably very bad news for Sprint's instinct and other smartphones, as it is likely that we'll see the smartphones of choice become either Apple or Android based phones.

Según medios estadounidenses, la empresa T-Mobile será la primera operadora de telecomunicaciones en lanzar un teléfono inteligente equipado con el software Android, creado por el buscador. LEER MAS >> ]]> http://designfail.wordpress.com/?p=527 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:43:35 +0000 DF http://designfail.wordpress.com/?p=527 Most of us know that Google and Verizon are about to make a deal to run Google software on cellphones (GPhones).
So here is my speculation on how Verizon cell phone may work with Google's Android software to retrieve contacts:)

Please note, this is just a Photoshop speculation, nothing to do with the real Android performance.
Disclaimer: Google, Android, Verizon logos and trademarks belong to their respective owners.

O Smartphone ( celular inteligente ) da Google, terá o sistema de código fonte aberto ( Android ) incorporado em suas especificações, um jornal note-americano publicou que o celular já foi homologado na FCC ( é a Anatel dos EUA ) com o nome de DREAM e aparentemente quem vem com o primeiro modelo é a HTC. Mais um ponto pra Google e minhas tristezas para a Apple, pois parece que este será um adversário muito forte contra o Iphone.

Por ter o Android ( Sistema Operacional da Google para aparelhos móveis ), muitos compradores terão a garantia de terem sempre softwares novos e dos mais variados tipos, pois muitos programadores irão querer desenvolver para esta plataforma Open Source. E o melhor, a Google não irá controlar o que o usuário instalará em seu telefone ( ao contrário da Apple que avalia quais softwares entrarão no sincronizador).

Fiz esta imagem abaixo, com os futuros ( rumor )aparelhos:

Abaixo links do futuro Smartphone e mais sobre o Android.

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Abraços pessoal.

Many versions of the names though are doing their rounds as few of the insiders were heard talking about the codes like "G1" and the "kila". HTC though is bringing up its Dream which would be equipped with Android.

However, the latest specs are said to be these as put up by the Androidguys:

UMTS/HSDPA 3.6Mbps
Qualcomm MSM7201A 528MHz processor
Synaptics capacitive touchscreen
GPS w/built-in compass
128MB RAM / 256MB Flash

I hope to develop an app myself for Android. Hope that'll be soon.

Here are the latest specs as put up by the Android Guys:

• 528Mhz Qualcomm 7201 processor
• Data kit for USB connectivity in the box
• 64MB Internal RAM
• 128MB Internal ROM
• 1GB MicroSD card
• 5 Row QWERTY keypad
• Trackball
• Dedicated camera button
• 3.1MP camera (no flash) 2048 x 1536
• Video playback files - H.264, streaming, 3GPP, MPEG4, and Codec 3GP
• Dedicated YouTube Player
• Audio playback files - MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, MIDI, REAL AUDIO, OGG
• Wallpaper supports JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF
• Speakerphone (mono, natch)
• Ringtones (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA)
• HTTP, WAP Push, xHTML
• Bluetooth (class 1)
• Picture Caller ID
• SMS and MMS support (Take that Apple!)
• POP, IMAP, and SMTP, AOL, and GMAIL email
• AIM, MSN, YAHOO, and GTALK messaging
• Quad Band (850, 900, 1800, 1900)
• 3G
• 802.11b & 802.11g
  
• UMTS (1,4), HSDPA, SUPL
  
• 1150mAh battery
• Screen size is 3.17″ with HVGA (480  x 320)
• Handset 117 x 55 x 16mm
• 5.6 oz weight
  
• Sync capable with Google Calendar
• Downloadable content via Android Marketplace
• Google Streetview with built-in compass

THE DEVICES

3G is represented by the iPhone and WiMax by Dream or more commonly known as Google phone which is to be manufactured by HTC. HTC as many would know is already producing competing devices against iPhone. A comparison between iPhone 3G and HTC Touch Diamond can be found here.

THE AVAILABILITY

iPhone is now available from 22nd August 2008 in India, while Dream will make its worldwide debut during October and November.

THE PRICING

iPhone is available for Rs 36100 for the 16 GB model where as gPhone is likely to be highly subsidized by ad revenue therefore much cheaper to the end consumer.

THE NETWORK/TECHNOLOGY

WiMax works over Internet and Cellular networks both. In current deployments, speeds are often closer to 2 Mbit/s at 10 km being stationery.3G works over cellular networks, speeds on paper are 2Mbit/s stationery but it drop to 384 Kbps in a moving vehicle. 

THE USES

Advantages which both technologies offer are similar.

· Fast downloads

· Interactive gaming

· Global positioning over Internet 

· Video calls - Face-to-face collaboration provides for a more effective exchange of information, faster problem resolution and increased productivity.

· Emergency Response: Effective disaster management requires an immediate,accurate assessment of the situation and continuous monitoring of events during response

· Manufacturing: Utilizing 3G visual communications, field engineers can quickly address equipment maintenance issues or supply chain disruptions,visually exchanging critical information with remote engineering or home office support to assess and resolve the situation.

· Site Assessment: 3G visual communications can enable remote collaboration on potential construction sites,as well as visual updates on project progress.

THE 3G DISADVANTAGE

Although 3G was successfully introduced to users across the world, some issues are debated by 3G providers and users:

· Expensive input fees for the 3G service licenses

· Numerous differences in the licensing terms

· Large amount of debt currently sustained by many telecommunication companies, which makes it a challenge to build the necessary infrastructure for 3G

· Lack of member state support for financially troubled operators

· Expense of 3G phones

· Lack of buy-in by 2G mobile users for the new 3G wireless services

· Lack of coverage, because it is still a new service

· High prices of 3G mobile services in some countries, including Internet access

· Current lack of user need for 3G voice and data services in a hand-held device

· High power usage

INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S POLICY

With the government auctioning the 3G spectrum last month, 3G operators such as Airtel and Vodafone were in jubilation mode till Department of Telecommunication, Government of India announced deregulation of VoIP which will hugely benefit consumers since TRAI on Monday allowed the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to permit local, STD and ISD calls from Computers to Mobile and land lines or vice versa without any restriction. However for using VOIP landline service, consumers will have to spend only Rs 500 to Rs 1,500 for buying a specialised device to convert a landline into a VOIP phone that also needs a broadband connection

THE WINNER – gPhone/WiMax

Technological factors and cost factors e.g. few entry barriers, lack of IPRs etc. make WiMax easily win the battle. Also WiMAX is a possible replacement candidate for cellular phone technologies such as GSM and CDMA, and can also be used as a layover to increase capacity.

THE FUTURE

Given the limited wired infrastructure as a result of prohibitive costs and unsympathetic geography in India the costs to install a WiMAX station are likely to be small in comparison to developing a wired solution. Here WiMAX can enhance wireless infrastructure in an inexpensive, decentralized, deployment-friendly and effective manner.Due to the huge potential benefits to the populations of nations on account of providing services such as education, tele medicine, entertainment these technologies must be taken to the rural areas of India for Inclusive growth.

Many people are touting Google's Android to be the next big thing with the potential of displacing iPhone from its venerated position. Surely its not going to easy though.

For starters, the number of iPhones that have been sold is in itself a record. Can any other phone, be it from Google or anybody else, really match that? The phone industry has been revolutionized ever since the iPhone was launched. Apple thinks differently and thinks for the users and that philosophy has been embodied in the iPhone. As of now, the iPhone seems to be the yardstick against which all other phones would be measured. Would the Google phone measure up to this high standard? This remains to be seen.

Apple's iPhone has also got a lot of support. With companies like Yahoo, etc. offering customized offerings for the iPhone, the dominance is being further entrenched. With Mobile Me and the App Store, Apple has also strengthened its position. The controversies not withstanding, the App Store has registered record number of downloads. With the possible introduction of a subscription based iTunes in September, Apple is surely offering a whole lot of options for the users.

Google's Android is surely facing a much tougher challenge when compared to what its search faced. The dominant search engine before Google was Yahoo. But the advantage that Google had was that Yahoo decided to bask in its glory of being the leader and did very little to further cement its position. Google took full advantage of that. But in Apple, Google has a more difficult opponent. Not only does Apple enjoy a huge fanbase but the company is always trying to improve its products.

The competition that Google would face in Apple would be something totally new for them. Going by Google's credentials this should be a very keenly fought contest.

 El pasado viernes, Apple adelantaba por primera vez en la historia al buscador de Internet en valor en Bolsa con una capitalización de 158.840 millones de dólares, frente a los 157.230 millones de dólares de Google.

 Todo es efímero en Wall Street y el título le duró a Apple sólo unas horas, pero sirvió para llamar la atención de mercados y analistas sobre la evolución de dos de los principales gigantes del panorama tecnológico estadounidense.

De la mano, principalmente, del popular iPhone, y del aumento de la venta de ordenadores en todo el mundo, las acciones de Apple han avanzado un 44 por ciento en los últimos doce meses y sus posibilidades de ascenso parecen no tener fin.

 Apple lanzó su teléfono móvil en junio de 2007 y el pasado julio introducía simultáneamente en 21 países la versión 3G, de la que se vendieron un millón de unidades en sólo un fin de semana.

 El nuevo iPhone tiene un precio más bajo y una importante novedad: los usuarios pueden ahora descargar aplicaciones para el teléfono creadas por Apple u otras empresas que se compran en la tienda online de la firma.

Aunque Apple sólo se queda con un 30 por ciento de las ventas y muchas de ellas son, incluso, gratis, el éxito de estos programas -se han vendido ya 60 millones- repercute en mayores ventas para el teléfono.

 Google, por su parte, se enfrenta a un panorama distinto. Sus títulos, que superaron los 700 dólares a finales de 2007, cayeron hasta los 413 dólares el pasado marzo por el descenso de los usuarios que "pinchan" en los anuncios publicados por el buscador, su principal fuente de ingresos.

 Aunque Google ha argumentado que la bajada se debe también a otros factores, los analistas creen que la empresa podría no ser tan inmune a la crisis económica como parecía.

 Los inversores se muestran también impacientes por la falta de modelos de negocio para rentabilizar costosas inversiones de la firma como el servicio de vídeo por Internet YouTube.

 Los expertos no logran ponerse de acuerdo sobre cómo será la evolución de ambas empresas en el futuro y quién se impondrá como rey de Silicon Valley.

Con sus sedes situadas sólo unos pocos kilómetros una de otra, los dos grupos fueron fundados en condiciones similares -en ambos casos fueron dos amigos quienes crearon la empresa- pero les separan más de tres décadas y modelos de negocio muy distintos.

 Google ha visto caer sus ingresos y valor en Bolsa en los últimos meses, pero la firma ha apostado por lo que parece ser el futuro del sector: servicios de software basados en la red y financiados por publicidad.

Además, la compañía tiene un importante as en la manga que podría convertirse en un serio competidor para el iPhone: el buscador lanzará el próximo otoño un teléfono móvil operado por T-Mobile y fabricado por HTC que usará el software Android de Google.

Apple, por su parte, deberá demostrar que es capaz de mantener su ritmo de crecimiento actual en el futuro.

Algunos expertos apuntan que el margen de beneficio del iPhone es menor que el del iPod o el Mac y añaden que el aumento del software disponible en Internet acabará haciendo irrelevante qué sistema operativo usa cada aparato, reduciendo la fidelidad de los usuarios de Macintosh.

Apple, además, se enfrenta al problema de que el éxito de la compañía está fuertemente identificado con la personalidad de Steve Jobs, su co-fundador y consejero delegado.

Jobs, que superó un cáncer de páncreas hace unos años, ha aparecido considerablemente demacrado en sus últimos actos públicos y cada vez que los rumores sobre sus problemas de salud inundan el mercado las acciones de Apple bajan con fuerza.

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The HTC Dream, some prefer to call it the GooglePhone or GPhone, seems to be newest gladiator in this colosseum where phones try to "kill" each other. The notable thing about the HTC is that its based on Google's Android platform. The HTC Dream is yet to hit the market but there have been a lot of videos and photos going around in the blogosphere. Here's a video:

If we go by the video then the Dream would be just another also-ran. No way is it going to kill the iPhone. The video shows that the touch screen is really unresponsive. Also the slide-out keyboard is something I never liked and neither endorsed. Just too many moving parts there. There seem to be a few applications on the phone but the video is just too blurry to make them out properly. Judging by this video, the HTC Dream does not seem to pose a threat to the iPhone unless HTC improves it drastically.

Even if HTC does improve the Dream to match the iPhone in terms of ease-of-use and performance, it will still have a very hard time dislodging the iPhone from its lofty pedestal. The Apple App Store, despite numerous reports about Apple's policy, has been a significant success and has further cemented the iPhone position as the leader. The variety and number of applications that are already available for the iPhone are huge. For the Dream to be as successful, HTC and Google need to come up with something similar to the App Store and make sure that consumers can get their hands on applications. That would be a pretty uphill task for sure.

Needless to say, we still need to be looking forward to the Dream since its success would directly have an impact on Google's Android. Hopefully Google would be able to muster the support of the developer community and offer a store for Android applications. Shall we call it the Dream Store?

Despues de haber tenido un retraso por cuestiones de testing por fin el gPhone mirará la luz! El nuevo gPhone vendra en conjunción de T-mobile quien proveera por primera vez de manera comercial un telefono celular con sistema operativo Android para Octubre de este año. Se espera que este móvil competirá con cualquier de las aplicaciones disponibles para el iPhone, ademas de poder correr aplicaciones creadas para Palm, Research in Motion, Microsoft and Nokia tanto para accesar a internet como para el procesamiento de datos. Actualmente el gPhone solo esta esperando el visto bueno de la  Federal Communications Commission para certificarce como telefono estandar y salir al mercado. Ademas de T-mobile otras compañías ya estan trabajando en la optimización para Android de la cuales estan Qualcomm, Sprint, Vringo. Lo bueno del lanzamiento de Android es que ya hay mas de 1700 aplicaciones para esta plataforma creadas por developers alrededor del mundo.

"El momento ha llegado de que el mostruo de internet ahora este presente en los telefonos celulares"

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invocando a Android desde GearLog

As ultimas fofocas no vale de Silicio dizem que podemos estar brevemente em aguardo dum telefone com sistema operacional Android da Google, segundo o Slashdot a gigante T-Mobile será a primeira a disponibilizar telefones com o mesmo, mas dizem as primeiras analises (e parece existir um video no Youtube com alguma coisa) que a interface do mesmo está longe da belezura do momento do "panzer" Steve Jobs, o IPhone.

Your new phone

Les fondateurs du moteur de recherche Google, Larry Page, Sergei Brin et son patron Eric Schmidt ont suggéré, au cours d’un entretien avec le périodique Hollywood Reporter, la possible réalisation d’un “gPhone”, annonce lundi le site Datanews.

Des spéculations ont déjà eu cours dans le passé concernant un éventuel téléphone mobile de Google. Ce dernier avait alors fait savoir qu’il privilégiait la mise en place d’un système d’exploitation “open source” destiné à d’autres concepteurs plutôt que de fabriquer lui-même un téléphone mobile. La direction de Google n’avait toutefois jamais déclaré clairement avoir abandonné le projet de gPhone.

Selon le site internet TechCrunch, l’entreprise américaine du nom de “Ammunition Design Group” serait actuellement occupée à développer le gPhone. Cette société a auparavant développé des ordinateurs et téléphones (PDA) pour Palm, Dell et HP. Détail piquant: selon Datanews, le fondateur d’Ammunition Design Group, Robert Brunner, a été directeur du design industriel chez Apple, qui produit l’iPhone, jusqu’en 1997. (belga)

Given the recent developer discontentwith Android SDK from Google, it is clear that Google is learning what it takes to bring a quality Mobile OS to market. However, according to this report, analyst Jack Gold thinks, Google should tie up with the Symbian foundation and forget about Android. Now, that would make a lot of sense. Google could contribute its OS to the Symbian foundation, be a major player on the foundation and devote its resource to its core strength of developing multi-platform applications.

Google still contend that an Android-based device, aka the GPhone, will be out in the second half of 2008. Certainly, the pressure is mounting with iPhone 3G out in the wild, and RIM, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and LG announcing a stellar lineup for the rest of year (see this post for RIM, this post for Nokia, this post for Sony Ericsson, post one and two for Samsung, and this one for LG). Not to mention, yesterday's Microsoft employee memo by Steve Ballmer hinting at a Zune phone on the horizon. So is GPhone a pipe dream? I think not, and blogosphere certainly does not think so. However, when will it launch is debatable. I believe that Google will most probably announce the GPhone in 2009 at their major developer shin-dig.

So if it really has to be the 'Google' way, the rumor about g-phone being the centerpiece of it, does not sound convincing. There is a philosophical difference in how 'Google' thinks about its businesses than 'Apple'. Google will never be the 'sexy machine' company that will pull users into using it. Rather, it is known for working below the surface and capturing the whole ecosystem under its clutches. So whosoever makes any money in the system, a cut of it is always bound to be directed to Google's coffer. Open Handset Alliance (OHA) or Open Social platform under the 'Android' program is a very definite indicator to that direction.

After Google bought Android in July 2005, Silicon Valley pulsed with gossip and speculation about what the search giant was planning. Everyone figured Apple had a phone in the works and assumed Google must be developing one too...but when Google finally broke its silence in early November, there was nothing about a gPhone. In stead there was a talk of building an alliance of 34 wireless companies including Intel & Sprint Nextel. This was how Google planned to shake up the nearly trillion-dollar global wireless market? A consortium?

Read more about this interesting 'Wired' article here.

Though the importance of the client device, supposedly named gPhone, is equally strategic to Andy Rubin, the original proponent of Android, now in Google; it should not be compared to the iPhone for fairness' sake.

"The comparison between Android and the iPhone is unfair. The iPhone, with all its glorious UI experience, is a very closed and tightly controlled platform. The promise of Android is not a better user experience but rather an open experience - the sort of stuff that the mobile web really requires at this stage."

Read the full story here.

With the power of openness, comes the loss of control. But that does not matter as long as the user can fulfill their goal seamlessly rather than worrying about compatibility all the time. Again from the Facebook experience, we have seen users are not willing to trust the third party applications in terms of security and traceability. Google will have to address that problem in a major way if Android has to become the de facto mobile web standard in the near future. They need to carefully trade off how much control to let go and how much to retain, in order to maintain sanity.

Web has changed from being only PC centric for a fairly long time. And since Mobile web, that is 'always on' and 'always available', scores a major point towards being 'Cloud Computing Ready', Google seems to have big plans to create completely new grounds of business with the launch of Android, particularly in PAAS (Platform as Service) or IAAS (Infrastructure as service). These new offerings will allow anyone to create and launch web applications on Google 'App Engine' hosting service. Even some applications can be custom made by the user communities for very narrow usage bands. And that just may be the beginning of a very different kind of Internet. Sounds too much like Web 3.0? We will have to wait and watch it play out to know the real worth of such ambitious vision...