Samsung recently announced that it had shipped more than 5 million of its touchscreen F480 mobile phone units. The company now claims to hold 25% of the world’s touchscreen mobile phone market. Most of the touchscreen devices shipped recently use Samsung’s very own TouchWIZ UI, though some models for North America, such as the Instinct, do not use that interface.
Well, we are waiting to see what kind of UI the company would bring to Android. Would they be using the selfsame TouchWIZ technology on Google’s platform or would they go for Android’s own native interface, such as the thing we see on the HTC Dream and HTC Magic? Maybe they will introduce their technology. After all, Samsung has brought it to Windows Mobile and Symbian as well, right? Well, let us wait and watch for more.
Samsung F480
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Google has recently announced that it is establishing an Android support team in Taiwan, the main agenda of which is to support various hardware makers developing Android-based products.
There had also been a rumor that the team would be providing support for companies manufacturing Android-based netbooks, but Google has flatly denied the report, categorically stating that they would be there only to support mobile phones. Of course, they might even consider offering support for netbooks at a later point in time, but right now, it is only mobile phones.
Source: EngadgetMobile
Google has just released its first Android Dev Phone 1 update, the Android 1.1, for its totally unlocked version of the G1. Most of the fixes in this update have to do with POP accounts. Also, paid apps are now supported with a catch and that is, that you will not be able to access any paid adds that use Android’s copy protection features. So ADP1 owners will have access to paid apps that do not have copy protection, but that does not come to a very large number at all.
There seems really no point in this exercise, coz this is not going to be able to stop piracy in any way. And anyway, buying a $400 SIM-unlocked phone that does not come with support does not seem such a great idea to build brand loyalty. What say you, guys?
Android Dev Phone 1
Source: EngadgetMobile
