Android Marketplace Crosses 30,000 Apps Milestone

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will still be able to run Android apps despite dropping the Dalvik platform according to reports. Circulating rumours have it that that RIM is developing its own software to enable the...

According to recent data put forward by the Android Developer Community, the problem of fragmentation in the Android OS is slowly declining but still a significant number of mobile phones are running on the older versions of the...

Motorola, the US-based mobile phone manufacturer, has set in motion plans to roll out its very own app store for its range of Android mobile phones in an attempt to tap into the lucrative mobile app market by providing quality...

The number of applications currently in the Google Android Marketplace has apparently reached more than 20,000, slightly more than one year after it was launched. The figures were collected and crunched by Android-focused...

In a move that could pave the way for rather widespread dissemination mobile porn in the future, a full-fledged adult app store has been released for the Google’s Android mobile operating system.A Seattle-based start-up...

After Motorola, it’s LG that seems to be getting the Android blessings to weather down the aftermaths of the credit crunch, with the handset maker pushing a website for its Android-powered LG GW620 online. LG has largely...

Taiwanese manufacturer Acer has demoed a new smartphone called the Liquid which is build around an ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1GHz which runs on Google's Android 1.6 OS. It is the first time that the two...

Nokia vehemently denied that it is working on an Android smartphone shortly after the Guardian reported that the Finnish manufacturer was mulling plans to launch a touchscreen Android device in September 2009. A spokesperson for...

Google has released its first patch, v1.1, for unlocked G1 Smartphones which have been used by developers and apparently fixes a number of issues and bugs. The patch also allows users to see paid apps in Google's Marketplace and...

Vodafone has announced that it will be shipping the HTC Magic, the second phone based on Google's Android platform, later in April 2009; punters can already pre-register to get it first. The phone is essentially a leaner,...

Rumours are abound that Nokia will be soon joining the league of the device makers which have their own online mobile applications store, according to market sources.  Reports suggest that the Finnish mobile handset giant...

Microsoft has a brand new software store that sells Microsoft products exclusively and even allows customers to download their packages locally rather than ordering (and waiting for) them by snail mail. Microsoft store as it is...

The launch of the first Android phone yesterday did not spark as much buzz and frenzy as when the original iPhone was launched. There were queues formed outside the T-Mobile Store on Oxford Circus from early morning but early...

The first smartphone featuring Google’s “Android” platform, the HTC G1, was unleashed over the T-Mobile network on Tuesday.  In addition to the smartphone, Google has also rolled out its application...

The Telegraph has become the first mainstream publisher in the UK to launch an application for the Google Android platform as part of its Telegraph Labs list of projects. When the Labs was launched back in April 2008, the first...