LG reveals its first Android handset

Raising its stake in the heated battle over the local smartphone market, LG Electronics, the world’s third-largest mobile phone maker, yesterday opened a smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system. Korean clienteles have access to merely one other Android-based smartphone, the Motoroi from U.S.-based Motorola. That makes LG’s latest handset the first locally made Android-based smartphone. (Read More)

Opera browser unveilings on Android

Web browser Opera has hurled a beta version of its Mini 5 software on the Google Android operating system. The browser, popular because it bandages web pages and makes them knowingly quicker to load, is the first to rival the official Android browser and is available via the Android Market Opera claims more than 50 million (Read More)

AT&T adds Google Android platform to its portfolio with Motorola’s Backflip release

AT&T has unconfined the Motorola Backflip, in a move that extra theGoogle Android platform to its portfolio of mobile handsets. The Motorola Backflip comes with a unique back-flipping QWERTY keypad and back-of-display touchpad. The gadget allows its users to steer its screen by touching a pane armed behind it, consequently no necessity to keep fingers on the screen. Mobile TV, music, video, (Read More)

T-Mobile’s Rocket Launches March 14, Plans Tweaked

Today T-Mobile USA announced that its first HSPA+ laptop dongle, the webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, will be available starting March 14 for $100 after rebates with new agreement. T-Mobile also announced new plans for webConnect devices. Customers can …(follow link to read)

Casio Brigade Stomps Over to Verizon

Today Verizon Wireless launched the Casio G’zOne Brigade, which was first announced in November 2009. This mil-spec rugged device is a sideways clamshell that has both a numeric keypad on the front and a full QWERTY keyboard inside …(follow link to read)

Opera Debuts Mini 5 Beta for Android

Today Opera Software made a beta version of Opera Mini 5 available for the Android platform. Opera says that the Android version of Opera Mini 5 offers all the same features that other versions do, including tabbed browsing, the …(follow link to read)

Verizon’s First LTE Handset Coming Mid-2011

In a recent interview, Verizon Wireless’ chief technology officer, Tony Malone, indicated that the company will have a Long Term Evolution handset ready for the market by the middle of 2011. That’s about six months sooner than Verizon had …(follow link to read)

Twisted Pair’s Wave Shoves Push-to-Talk Over IP

Blackberry owners and other smartphone users will soon be able to connect to Twisted Pair’s Wave radio platform. Twisted Pair today announced Mobile Communicator for Blackberry, which lets Blackberry owners talk using Radio-over-IP (RoIP). The thin client software on …(follow link to read)

Gowalla Scores an App Hat Trick

In the last couple of days leading up to the South By Southwest interactive (SXSWi) festival in Austin, TX, the location-based social networking service Gowalla has released new apps for the Google Android and Palm WebOS platform, as well …(follow link to read)

Windows Phone 7 Series Won’t Ignore Adobe Flash

Mike Chambers, principal Product Manager for developer relations for the Flash Platform at Adobe, made a statement on his personal blog concerning Flash on the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series OS. Chambers says that “Adobe and Microsoft are working …(follow link to read)

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