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Study: iPhone Most Popular With Lower Earners

Here's a bit of a surprise: The majority of iPhone users aren't exactly rolling in the dough. Even given the not-so-low price of the device, some new numbers from ComScore indicate most people with iPhones make ... continue

Google Explains Android’s “Kill Switch”

The discovery of a so-called "kill switch" within the new T-Mobile G1's Android Market app store is causing a minor uproar throughout the blogosphere and tech media world. It's no surprise -- we saw plenty of ... continue

Apple Tells Silverlight to Step Away From the iPhone

Microsoft's new Silverlight 2.0, announced yesterday and available for the first time today, won't be hitting the iPhone any time soon. The company tells Wired's WebMonkey it has talked with Apple, but says: "At the end of ... continue

iPhone Inspired Carrier-Switching — Can G1 Do The Same?

Nearly a third of all iPhone 3G users switched carriers to get the new device this summer, some new research has found. A study by the NPD Group discovered 30 percent of all U.S. iPhone users ... continue

Forget Android — This Phone Can Start Your Car

You think the iPhone or maybe the new Android G1 phone is powerful? Wait till you see what Japan is cooking up in its latest mobile device. A new phone about to be revealed by Sharp and ... continue

Where the T-Mobile G1 Fails

And so it was, that on the 23rd day of September in the year of our lord 2008 that Google entered the mobile space with the T-Mobile G1. Having spent a good couple of hours reading every ... continue

Android’s First Offering: The Full Scoop on G1

Google's first foray into the mobile world is finally upon us. T-Mobile, HTC, and Google showed off the Android G1 -- formerly known as the Gphone and the Dream -- at a media event Tuesday. ... continue

Watch the Android Announcement Live

We've heard months of buzz about the first Android phone -- the T-Mobile G1, formerly called the Dream -- and today, we finally get to see the thing for the first time. Want to watch the Android announcement ... continue

Repeat after me: the Google Phone is not an iPhone killer

As the fabled first GPhone gets closer to launch (T-Mobile is expected to make the formal announcement tomorrow) the blogosphere and press have run heavy coverage comparing the Android powered HTC Dream to Apple's iPhone, complete with ... continue

Ten Months Later…an Android SDK Update

After months of developer agony, Google has finally released its beta version of the Android SDK -- the same day its first Android phone was formally approved by the FCC. The SDK, 0.9 beta, builds on the "early ... continue

HTC Dream running Android looking good

A blurry video allegedly showing HTC's Dream cell phone running Google's Android has surface on YouTube. From the blurry pics, the Dream includes a slide out keyboard in addition to a near full sized touch screen. The ... continue

Nokia Shifts To Open Source

Just a day after announcing its acquisition of location-based social network Plazes, Nokia has another new property under its belt. The mobile maker has bought out cell phone software developer Symbian -- a company of which it already ... continue