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Google Maps Navigation Hits All Android 1.6 Handsets
6:34AM John Herrman | Google Maps Navigation, even if it’s not perfect, was one of the juiciest features of Android 2.0. Today, Google’s finally set it free: It’s now available for any handset in the US with Android 1.6 Donut, including the G1 and MyTouch 3G. More »
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Acer Liquid Finally Gives Android The Snapdragon It Deserves
12:23AM John Herrman | The day Qualcomm’s crushingly fast Snapdragon platform showed up in its first phone was the very day I started desperately wanting it to run Android. It had to happen. And now, courtesy of Acer, it will. More »
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Android 1.6 SDK Now Available, Possibly Hitting Phones Next Month
11:00AM Adrian Covert | The Android Team released the SDK for Android 1.6 a.k.a. “Donut” which, among other things, promises CDMA compatibility, screen resolution scaling and support for gestures. Even better, Donut might be available on phones as early as next month. More »
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Android Market 1.6 Update Finally Brings App Screenshots
12:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Android 1.6 Donut will also see an update to Android Market, and while it’s not a major change, it’s certainly a welcome one. The most important change: Developers will soon be allowed to upload screenshots for their apps. More »
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Google Plans Three More Android Updates This Year
8:50PM John Herrman | Official word about Android’s 2009 roadmap has been handed down, and it contradicts the early scuttlebutt: the mobile OS will get not two, but three updates by 2010, each named for a slightly more esoteric dessert than the last. More »
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Two More Android Updates This Year
5:43AM Jason Chen | In addition to the one minor and one major (Cupcake) update Google rolled out, there’s going to be two more updates for the 2009 year. One’s minor and one’s major (Donut). [Mobile Crunch]
Phones
8:50PM John Herrman | As expected, HTC has dropped the details on a new Android phone—the leaked-to-all-hell Hero, no less. And HTC’s fantastic, also-leaked Android interface overhaul is here, too: it’s called Sense. Oh, and it’s got Flash support. More »
HTC Debuts Hero, With Fresh “Sense” Face For Android
8:50PM John Herrman | As expected, HTC has dropped the details on a new Android phone—the leaked-to-all-hell Hero, no less. And HTC’s fantastic, also-leaked Android interface overhaul is here, too: it’s called Sense. Oh, and it’s got Flash support. More »
Software
Google Android 2.0 Donut Has Universal Search and Text-to-Speech Powers
6:19AM Matt Buchanan | Sort of odd that Android, made by Google, is behind both the iPhone and Palm Pre in rocking the universal search thing. But Google showed off that, a text-to-speech API for Google Voice Search in any app, and other Android 2.0 Donut goodness at Google I/O today. [Engadget] More »
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HTC’s Android Interface Makes Us Temporarily Forget All About Palm Pre
11:40PM Matt Buchanan | Palm what? A better look at HTC’s custom Android “Donut” build for Hero shows us just how buttery smooth and slick Android can be, and it’s incredible. More »
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