After more than a year of waiting, Garmin is set to show off their newly announced nuvifone A50 next week at Mobile World Congress. As it turns out, the device is more GPS than phone. Surprise!
Garmin Announces nuvifone A50 Ahead of Mobile World Congress
Name of Next Android Release to be “Gingerbread”
In a post on LWN.net, Brian Swetland reveals the name of Android’s next release.
“We maintain a set of patches on top of Linux, which we periodically rebase to the latest released Linux kernel. We’ve been doing this roughly every other kernel release since about 2.6.14. This week we’re finalizing our move to 2.6.32 for the Android ‘Froyo’ release, and we’ll likely be on .33 or .34 for ‘Gingerbread.'”
So what do you think “H” will be? Hamburger probably won’t work, as it doesn’t fall under the “sweets” category. Maybe they’ll use Hersheys, Hot Fudge, or possibly Hollow Chocolate Bunnies.
Yummm…. Bunnies.
Motorola Officially Announces Devour for Verizon
We were pretty accurate when we said that “any day now” we’ll get something official about the Devour. Motorola has just announced the first Verizon handset to feature MOTOBLUR Based on Android 1.6, the Devour is expected in the first quarter of this year.ÂÂ
Dell Officially Announces Android Handset for AT&T
After months of speculation, finally today at CES, No. 2 PC-maker Dell confirmed it’s launching an Android handset for the U.S. The not-so-surprising news is that the carrier behind this launch is the iPhone’s own home network: AT&T.
10 Nexus One Questions and Answers
After going from hot rumor to official announcement, it’s time we take a look at what the Nexus One is and isn’t. We’ll do our best to get to the point and answer any questions you might have about the phone. Below are the top 10 questions we’ve been receiving from readers and interested parties. Feel free to add your own questions at the end for others!
Nexus One to be $530 Full Price, $180 on Contract
Here we go! The details are going from a trickle to a downright deluge these last few hours. As we near the January 5th press event, chances are pretty good that we’ll know all the ins and outs before their officially announced. Here’s what Gizmodo is reporting this evening…
The full cost of the handset will be $530 unsubsidized. Google won’t deliver us from the evil that is the US system (yet). Don’t feel like dropping a mortgage payment? Sign a 2-year agreement and get it for $180.00 instead. As of right now, there’s only one rate plan to choose from: $39.99 Even More + Text + Web for $79.99 a month.
Nexus One Unboxing
There should be little doubt that this phone is a Google branded experience. Look at that box – there’s literally nothing on there save for the Google logo and Nexus One name. Reminiscent of you-know-what.  The chaps at TechCrunch were passed 4 pictures of the Nexus One as well as quick bootup video. Naturally, we felt obligated to share!
Reuters: Nexus One Available Directly Through Google Website January 5
Reuters is reporting that a source of theirs indicates a January 5th date for the Nexus One to go on sale. They’ve been advised that it will be at a “reduced price to consumers who agree to a service contract from Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA“. Are we skeptical? Sure. It’s only a couple weeks away but whatever. We thought it would be months before Google Goggles was ready and here it was rolled out days after we learned of it.ÂÂ
Google Employees “Dogfooding” a Mobile Lab
The big Android news this weekend is piecing together whether or not Google employees were given handsets which will end up being “The Google Phone” that’s often been rumored. We posted an article earlier today about the subject and it seems Google has something official to say about the matter.
T-Mobile Rounds out 2009 with 4th Android Handset – Behold II Announced
T-Mobile USA has officially announced their 4th Android handset as the Samsung Behold II. A touch-only device, the Behold II is both Android-based and TouchWiz interface. Starting November 18th, the phone goes on sale online and at T-Mobile stores nationwide, the phone will drop at $229 beginning Nov. 18, 2009. We previously reported the phone for $199 so we feel compelled to clear that up.