ANDROID

A first look at Google Goggles (VIDEO)

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Google announced a very cool new product on Monday at its Searchology event called Google Goggles - a new feature that allows you to search with images. By using a camera on your Android cell phone, you can take a picture of your location or object, and then enter it in and Google Goggles will pull up information associated with the image.

Google rolls out real-time search, visual search coming soon

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Google has beefed up its search capabilities by releasing real-time search and announcing a new product in Google Labs called Google Googles which is a visual search feature. Google made the announcements during Google's 3rd annual review of Internet search technology; an event the company calls Searchology.
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Europeans shy away from Google Android phones

Operators pushed market share of cellphones running Google's software a little higher in September quarter in Western Europe, but consumers showed little interest toward them, research firm IDC said on Saturday.
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Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less

New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.
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Google PC will start in seven seconds or less

New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.
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BlackBerry CEOs stick to strategy, dismiss analysts

Research In Motion's top executives say the BlackBerry will hold its ground in a fierce battle with Apple's iPhone and other rivals, even as a boom in smartphone sales shakes up a market segment that their company once ruled.
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Dell to introduce smartphone based on Android

Dell Inc said on Friday it will sell smartphones equipped with Google Inc's Android mobile software, as the computer maker enters a market that is growing fast but crowded with competitors.
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Google buys mobile ad firm for $750 million

Google Inc said on Monday that it was acquiring of AdMob, one of the largest mobile advertising networks, for $750 million, widening its bet that cell phone advertising could become the Internet's next-big money maker.
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Droid Wars: Motorola Droid VS HTC Droid Eris

The HTC Droid Eris began selling available alongside the Motorola Droid today in Verizon stores nationwide and its appears to be ahead of its Droid competitor in three key aspects.
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Verizon to sell HTC Android phone for $99.99

Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that it would sell an HTC Corp phone based on Google Inc's Android system for $99.99, potentially putting pressure on smaller carrier Sprint Nextel Corp .
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Daily Wrap Up - Nov 3

The board of General Motors Co has opted to keep Opel, undoing months of painstaking negotiations to sell the European unit to a Russian-backed group led by Canada's Magna.
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Sony Ericsson unveils first Android phone

Sony Ericsson unveiled its flagship X10 mobile phone on Tuesday, its first to run on Google Inc's Android operating system, hoping the device will help reverse its loss of market share.
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Sony Ericsson unveils its first Android phone

Sony Ericsson unveiled its new X10 flagship mobile phone on Tuesday, its first to run on Google's Android operating system, but said it would not go on sale until early next year.
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Analyst: Motorola Droid to steal customers from RIM, Palm

Motorola's growing popularity with its upcoming Motorola Droid smartphone with Google's Android operating system may help increase the company's market share, but analysts warn this will largely affect rivals like Research In Motion and Palm.
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Motorola Droid Reviews Roundup

Motorola has been generating a lot of buzz with its Motorola Droid which is all set to beat the iPhone. After the entire sneak peak on the pictures and specs, it has finally been given a test run and the reviews are out.
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Motorola sees better-than-expected Q4 profit

Motorola Inc forecast a higher-than-expected profit for the current quarter, when it will start selling two new Google Android phones in hopes of regaining ground lost to iPhone.
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Verizon's Motorola Droid price and release date confirmed

After weeks of buzz, Verizon Wireless today officially took the wraps off the Droid, a smartphone built by Motorola and powered by Google's Android 2.0 operating system, by confirming the new phone will hit stores on November 6.

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