Game theory: Google’s Android is good for gamers Guardian Unlimited Wed, 01 Oct 2008 4:55 PM PDT Like most tech-watchers, I spent last week poring over the T-Mobile G1 specifications – but I simply wanted to know if Android is any good for games. One thing’s for certain, this is going to be a very different proposition from the iPhone. Sure, we’re getting the same veteran publishers signing up to support the platform. Gameloft, Glu and Namco are all on board. Glu has a new puzzle title … Android debuts Linux Devices Wed, 01 Oct 2008 2:01 PM PDT — Sep. 23, 2008 — [Updated 2:15PM] — T-Mobile, Google, and HTC announced the first phone based on the Google-sponsored Android Java/Linux stack. Apple Drops N.D.A. for iPhone Apps Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 01 Oct 2008 2:29 PM PDT Maybe it’s the beating Apple’s stock has been taking as of late, or the heat the company is feeling from Google’s Android, but today Apple lifted its controversial veil of secrecy over the iPhone and exposed it to open source. Apple drops secrecy pledge The Globe and Mail Wed, 01 Oct 2008 3:30 PM PDT Move prompted by release of the first phone with Google’s Android software, an open-source operating system that lets developers make and sell programs without restriction WebKit passes third Acid test The Register Wed, 01 Oct 2008 4:06 PM PDT Recovers from trip WebKit – the framework that underpins Apple’s Safari, Google’s Chrome browser, and its Android phone platform – has become the first browser to pass the full Acid 3 test .… HTC predicts 400 to 500K G1s sold in 2008 MacNN Wed, 01 Oct 2008 1:39 PM PDT Taiwan based smart phone maker HTC said it estimates T-Mobile will sell between 400,000 and 500,000 G1 handsets, with its Android platform developed by Google, before the end of 2008. According to a Wednesday report, the smartphoneës exclusive US carrier, T-Mobile, will order between 1.5 and 2 million units in total, sales of which are estimated to add NT$7 billion (the equivalent of about $218 … Apple drops secrecy pledge for iPhone developers The State Wed, 01 Oct 2008 1:13 PM PDT Apple Inc. will no longer force iPhone software developers to sign a nondisclosure agreement that many had said was hampering their ability to work. The switch, announced Wednesday, comes a week after the introduction of the first phone loaded with Google Inc.’s Android software, an open-source operating system that lets developers make and sell programs without restriction. In contrast, Apple …

Apple drops secrecy pledge for iPhone developers The State Wed, 01 Oct 2008 1:13 PM PDT Apple Inc. will no longer force iPhone software developers to sign a nondisclosure agreement that many had said was hampering their ability to work. The switch, announced Wednesday, comes a week after the introduction of the first phone loaded with Google Inc.’s Android software, an open-source operating system that lets developers make and sell programs without restriction. In contrast, Apple … Leave Windows Mobile al-o-o-o-o-o-ne! ZDNet Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:08 AM PDT You will buy a Google Android phone because it has so much stuff on it that comes free. The user interface. The services. The applications. You will buy a Windows Mobile phone because Microsoft convinced you to buy it. Just as with a Blackberry or an iPhone.

Security experts warn of smartphone hacking risk vnunet.com Wed, 01 Oct 2008 8:22 AM PDT Andrea-Marie Vassou, Security experts have warned that new smartphones, such as the Apple iPhone, and those using Google’s Android software could be at an increased risk of attack from malicious software….

T-Mobile temporarily halts Google Android pre-sales PC Advisor Wed, 01 Oct 2008 1:23 AM PDT G1 sales delayed due to ‘overwhelming popularity’ T-Mobile temporarily stopped pre-sales of its G1 smartphone, which uses the Google Android platform, in the US last weekend. Android: Mobile Industry at a Crossroads TechNewsWorld.com Wed, 01 Oct 2008 5:04 AM PDT Google showed off its new brainchild last week:a smartphone design in collaboration with its Android partners, Taiwan’s handset maker HTC, and the wireless carrier T-Mobile USA. The phone specs are all over the place on the Internet. It looks quite attractive, but perhaps because of the Apple iPhone’s lasting impression, many tech pundits gave only a “pass” grade on its appearance. GALLERY: T-Mobile G1 unboxing pictures – unleashing the Android Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Wed, 01 Oct 2008 4:15 AM PDT I’m often unmoved by internet unboxings, very often in fact. But images of a Google Android T-Mobile G1 is something a little different both because we’re all as curious as children at the top of the stairs spying on their parents’ dinner parties and because I think I’m going to get one now that my contract’s run out and I’m bored of looking at everyone else’s iPhones. Android to get Major Asian Boost? BWCS Wed, 01 Oct 2008 1:44 AM PDT China Mobile is in line to be the first operator in Asia to sell phones complete with Google’s Android software. According to various press reports, the mobile giant which boasts some 410 million customers is set to sign a deal giving it the rights to distribute an Android phone.

A big week for mobile eyefortravel.com Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:53 PM PDT The two biggest forces for the mobile internet adoption – devices and data – got a huge boost this week. Brussels has moved to place a €1 per MB cap on mobile data charges and Google has launched its first Android device, the G1.