Handango To Offer Android Applications; Expects 100 By Launch paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 30 Sep 2008 3:54 PM PDT Handango said it will start selling Google Android applications when the phones become available next month. The company, which sells apps for about nine different operating systems already, such as Windows Mobile, Palm , Symbian and BlackBerry, appears to be one of the first independent companies to say that they will support applications for the T-Mobile G1 at least on this scale. Fighting Reality, Microsoft Will Keep Charging for Windows Mobile [Delusions Of Grandeur] Gizmodo Tue, 30 Sep 2008 1:18 PM PDT One of the reasons you’re going to see Android on a ton of phones—aside from Google’s juggernautical influence—isn’t because of its ass-beating potential, but because hardware makers…

Out of the gates, Android a long way from enterprise ready SearchMobileComputing.com Tue, 30 Sep 2008 9:53 AM PDT For avid Google-philes, T-Mobile and HTC’s Android-powered G1 has almost everything they could ask for: easy access to a variety Google services, both a touch screen and flip-out keyboard and a speedy 3G connection. Motorola confirms Android plans, but won’t say how big BetaNews Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:13 AM PDT Motorola first endorsed Google’s Android platform almost a year ago. Yet now that HTC and T-Mobile are about to release the G1 phone, Motorola has confirmed to BetaNews that it will actually dive into the Android waters. Motorola Building 350 Person Android Team OSNews Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:45 AM PDT No, Motorola isn’t building an army of humanoid robots. The fading mobile phone powerhouse already has 50 developers on its android-based mobile phone OS team, and it intends to expand to 350, according to TechCrunch. Other major handset vendors seem to be expressing interest in the new Google OS as well. Will intense pressure from competitors backing an open OS be just what iPhone fans have … 10 fails for the T-Mobile G1 (Google Android) Macworld UK Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:39 AM PDT T-Mobile’s G1 mobile phone debuted last week and critics have been quick to compare it with Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s BlackBerry. A location-aware complement to GPS? Linux Devices Tue, 30 Sep 2008 1:06 PM PDT Although most location-aware apps in the mobile industry, such as the many location apps targeted at the Google Android platform, leverage GPS technology, Kow said that there’s also a place for mesh-networked WiFi in location applications. Fighting Reality, Microsoft Will Keep Charging for Windows Mobile [Delusions Of Grandeur] Gizmodo Tue, 30 Sep 2008 1:18 PM PDT One of the reasons you’re going to see Android on a ton of phones—aside from Google’s juggernautical influence—isn’t because of its ass-beating potential, but because hardware makers… Microsoft to continue charging fees for Windows Mobile Mobile Burn Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:27 AM PDT Microsoft’s Steve Balmer today said that his company has no plans to make the Windows Mobile smartphone operating system royalty free. One of the attractions of the Android OS from Google is that it is open source and available to manufacturers for no cost. Hottest smartphones and cell phones coming in October infoSyncWorld Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:10 PM PDT Smartphones powered by Windows Mobile, BlackBerry OS, Google Android and Symbian will be released in October.

Digia ship @Web for UIQ 3 touchscreen phones All About Symbian Tue, 30 Sep 2008 7:39 AM PDT Digia have today announced the immediate shipping of @Web , their Webkit based UIQ 3 browser. This application, which has been in fairly open beta testing for the last few months, brings full S60, iPhone & Google Android style browsing to the UIQ 3 platform.

T-Mobile halts Android pre-orders Silicon.com Tue, 30 Sep 2008 1:18 AM PDT “Overwhelming popularity” for Google phone Location Based Technologies Announces PocketFinder Support for Smartphones Worldwide Centre Daily Times Tue, 30 Sep 2008 4:27 AM PDT Location Based Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:LBAS), a leading-edge family service provider of personal locator devices and services, today announced it will enable Google Android-based smartphones, worldwide, to deliver all benefits and features of the PocketFinder(R) service along with full integration of PocketFinder location devices.