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The Android Community today announced that a company called Aardvarks Labs is in the midst of developing and ultimately releasing a Microsoft Exchange Mail program.  The software app will be available by the first quarter of 2009 for the T-Mobile G1 device with other Android based phone support as new devices emerge.  

While the full version isn't expected to hit the Android Market until 2009 a beta version is expected in the "near future."

If you were one of the lucky T-Mobile customers to receive your T-Mobile G1 Google Android based device this week you probably stared at awe, not just at the amazing OS and the neat design, but also at the fact that an on-screen virtual keyboard was missing from the unit, a feature found on almost every other available Pocket PC device on the market.

Now comes word that Google is "working" on a virtual keyboard, but that it may take until March 2009 to be released.

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Handango is the leader in the Mobile Apps marketplace, and that fact has been displayed this week as reports surface that Handango is ahead of the actual Google Markeplace in bringing Google Android Apps on board.  The company is also offering some very un-Handango like terms, including the ability for developers to offer freeware applications through the carrier.  

Google Android developers can also offer a one-time purchase price and subscription terms.

Its still unclear how Google will react,

Its Official, the T-Mobile G1, also referred to as the Google G1, or more aptly the coolest phone ever! has been announced, and will begin shipping on October 22nd 2008 to lucky T-Mobile customers throughout the U.S.

During a webinar today Google officials including founders Sergei Brin and Larry Page along with T-Mobile and HTC officials announced the new pocket pc that will feature Google Android.

The Quad-Band GSM device with 3G data speeds, Edge and GPRS was a big splash at the web broadcasted
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If the report from the Wall Street Journal are to be believe, the HTC Android based pocket pc will be announced by Google and T-Mobile next week, and it looks like with cost of $200 with a 2 year contract the Android based cell phone is ready to compete with the iPhone and other industry leading cell phones.

Find out more at the WSJ

Finding local search results just became alot easier thanks to Google's GeoLocationAPI, a software upgrade that allows users to search for items in their area via Google. For example a user can type in "Pizza Hut" and  Google will return only the Pizza Huts in their direct vicinity. 

The program works by finding a users location based on the nearest cell phone towers in their direct area, the searches implemented by the customer then come back with local proximity search results d

Last week we reported on the Google Android Marketplace, Google's answer to the iPhone App Store. Now we wanted to show off some of the Marketplaces screen shots. The first device to feature Google Android will ship with a version of the marketplace that will only feature Freeware applications, with the developer base growing from there. Either way its impressive yet simply.

First users will find the Applications/Games/Search and My Downloads Section, this is the starting point of the appli

The Apple App Store isn't the only mobile software offering, Google has announced their Google Android Application distribution option, a program they've dubbed "Google Marketplace."  Through the Marketplace Android users will be able to find software, purchase those options, download the Android programs, and ultimately install the programs on their Google Android operated cellular devices.  

The Marketplace will also feature a feedback system, which Google says will operate much like the

Sunday, July 27th 2008 --  It seems that the folks at J. Gold Associates are under the impression that the Google Android OS and the Nokia Symbian OS may be a quick merger away. In fact they claim in the net 3 to 6 months news of the new partnership may emerge.

It appears to be an odd announcement with very little proof, in fact Google, Nokia, and Symbian execs are adamantly denying the rumors, with Google pointing to the fact that their own devices are do out by late 2008 and Symbian remi

Thursday, May 29th 2008 -- The Google I/O Conference held today showcased two new features for the soon to be released Google Android Mobile Operating System.

Google has announced that they are delaying the new Google Android SDK Developers Challenge while several issues with the programs API information are fixed, along with a user interface issue that has recently arose.

Google Inc. offered more information regarding the Google Mobile Operating System today via their official blog. The device will be called Android and will run as previously reported on the Linux operating system, an OS that has recently become a rising star in the cellular device market. Furthermore Google is promising that the open source Mobile OS will offer a more comprehensive interface, further reflecting the true interface of a computer desktop.

Last week we reported on recent talks between Google and several US Based cellular Carriers, including Verizon and T-Mobile, today Google has announced which carriers will offer the new Google based Cellular handset. The company has also announced which handset manufacturers will carry the device, among the manufacturers is HTC, the main manufacturer of Windows Mobile devices worldwide, a move that was expected by many industry insiders.