May 13th, 2008 | by Jason Chen, Developer Advocate | published in Google Android
As you may have heard, the results from Android Developer Challenge Part 1, Round 1 were announced to all the participants late last week. We’re still working on pulling together a more extensive listing for each application that made it into the top …
May 9th, 2008 | by Eric Chu, Android Mobile Platform | published in Google Android
The last few weeks were both extremely intense and rewarding. Based on feedback from the judges, it was apparent that large number of applications were compelling, innovative and well implemented. The quality of these entries clearly reflects the crea…
Fast and easy access to Google on Sprint phones
May 7th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Chris Barton, Strategic Partner Development TeamToday we’re happy to announce that we’ll be working with Sprint to provide quick and easy access to Google search, Google Maps for mobile, YouTube, and other Google mobile services on Sprint’s n…
May 1st, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Ulf Waschbusch, Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile teamGoogle fürs iPhone jetzt auch in deutsch! Et en français .. en in het Nederlands and in many more languages. When we launched our new Google interface for the iPhone at Macworld i…
April 30th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Alexandra Kenin, Product Marketing Manager, mobile adsLast week we launched our new mobile image ads, which give mobile web publishers the flexibility to display image ads in addition to text ads on their sites. As of today, AdSense for mobi…
April 23rd, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Alexandra Kenin, Product Marketing Manager, Mobile AdsThe mobile ads team is happy to announce the launch of mobile image ads. These look like standard image ads for desktop web pages but they are smaller to fit on mobile screens and they run…
Android Developers Have Risen to the Challenge
April 18th, 2008 | by Azhar Hashem, Product Marketing Manager for Android, Google Developer Products Team | published in Google Android
I’m thrilled to share the news that developers from over 70 countries submitted 1,788 entries to the Android Developer Challenge!Here are a few facts that I thought were interesting. When we announced the Android Developer Challenge back in January, de…
Better Know Your Mobile: Using Shortcut Keys and BlackBerry Convenience Keys for Google Maps
April 17th, 2008 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Chris Nguyen and Tom Dimopoulos, Mobile Product Specialists, Google mobile teamHave we mentioned that we like doing things faster? In the spirit of speed and helping you to Better Know Your Mobile, the next couple of videos in our series will…
Now available: orkut on your mobile phone
April 16th, 2008 | by Lawrence | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Hazel Mary, Software EngineerHave you ever wanted to check if your buddy responded to your scrap about this evening’s plans, but not been close to a computer? Do you wish you could pass the time on your long commute home by browsing through y…
Do you have nomophobia?
April 11th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Lawrence Chang, Product Marketing Manager, Google mobile teamA recent article in the Evening Standard introduced a “new, peculiarly 21st century affliction” called nomophobia or “no mobile phobia,” which is exactly what it sounds like – the f…
Better Know Your Mobile: Using My Location and Traffic features on Google Maps
April 7th, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Chris Nguyen and Tom Dimopoulos, Mobile Product Specialists, Google mobile teamWe’ve found that a lot of you that use our services like Google Maps for mobile haven’t yet tried some of the great features that are available. Well, those days …
Android Developer Challenge Judges
April 7th, 2008 | by David McLaughlin, Developer Advocate | published in Google Android
We have received a few inquiries regarding the judges who will be evaluating entries to the Android Developer Challenge (ADC). All Entries will be judged by a panel of experts in the fields of mobile devices, cellular telecommunications, software deve…
April 4th, 2008 | by Dan Morrill | published in Google Android
Spring is on the way, and temperatures are rising. We’re no exception, and things are starting to heat up over here in Android-land, too.
The Android Developer Challenge deadline is approaching quickly. Wow, that’s strange to me. On one hand, we’ve…
April 3rd, 2008 | by Dan Morrill | published in Google Android
Originally by Sung Hu Kim, Product Marketing Manager for Android, Google mobile team
As some of you may have heard, Wireless Week has chosen the Open Handset Alliance and Android for its Emerging Technology Award, noting that “Android’s potential pr…
April 3rd, 2008 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Posted by Sung Hu Kim, Product Marketing Manager for Android, Google mobile team As some of you may have heard, Wireless Week has chosen the Open Handset Alliance and Android for its Emerging Technology Award, noting that “Android’s potential promises …