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MIPS Joins the Push to Move Android Beyond Phones
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| As the tech world readies itself for the
| unveiling of Googleâs Android-based â and
| much-hyped â Nexus One, MIPS Technologies Inc.
| this morning said it will team with a host of
| partners to showcase new Android-based
| offerings at this weekâs CES. Among them are
| set-top boxes, a netbook and a social media
| center designed to enable consumers to consume
| and share TV content.
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http://gigaom.com/2010/01/05/mips-joins-the-push-to-move-android-beyond-phones/
MIPS squeezes Android into set-top box
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| MIPS Technologies is hoping Google's Android
| OS can find fame and fortune outside the
| mobile world where Google hasn't set its
| sights on making a device of its own (yet).
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/06/mips_android_stb_ces/
MIPS Puts Android on TV
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| MIPS Technologies has announced plans to
| design set-top boxes running the Android
| platform. Linux is already a popular embedded
| software option for device makers. However,
| building a device around Android -- which is
| based on the Linux kernel -- could enable set-
| top boxes to run a wide variety of extra
| applications.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/MIPS-Puts-Android-on-TV-69039.html
Recent:
The Androidification of Everything
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| The bigger indicator of momentum for Android
| is the excitement it has generated in the
| semiconductor industry. EETimes reports
| that, in addition to chip companies ARM and
| MIPS, semiconductor design firms such as
| Aricent and Mentor Graphics have established
| special Android-focused businesses.
| Freescale Semiconductor is working on an
| Android-based netbook design, as is
| Qualcomm.
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http://gigaom.com/2009/12/30/the-androidification-of-everything/
Android Phones to Challenge iPhone Supremacy
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| Now bitter industry rival SK Telecom is
| looking to generate just as much buzz by
| getting out of the gate early on premium
| phones powered by the Google-backed Android
| operating system.
|
| SK Telecom, the country's biggest mobile
| telephony operator, currently plans to release
| its first Android phone, produced by Motorola,
| sometime around mid-January, industry sources
| said.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/12/123_58177.html
T-Mobile G1 To Get Android OS Upgrade?
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| AndroidSpin, an Android focused news site, has
| reported that the very first Android based
| smartphone, the T-Mobile G1, will be getting
| an over-the-air update.
|
| This will upgrade its software with Android
| 2.0 or possibly Android 2.1, which
| incidentally is the operating system of soon-
| to-launch Nexus One also know as the Google
| Phone.
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http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/12/29/t-mobile-g1-get-android-os-upgrade/
First android-based tablet pc for india
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| Notion Ink, a Hyderabad-based technology
| start-up, has developed the first touchscreen
| tablet which uses Googleâs open source
| operating system Android, Nvidiaâs yet-to-be
| launched Tegra processor chips and a power-
| saving display screen from the US-based
| fabless developer Pixel Qi.
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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/first-android-based-tablet-pc-for-india/380542/
Android is big in the mobile OS game
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| ACCORDING TO STATISTICS from Comscore,
| Google's Android OS has made a quick and big
| impression on US mobile users.
|
| User statistics compiled by the firm show
| that Android has had an impact on Americans
| already and is the second most popular
| platform for accessing social media sites
| and mobile media.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1566683/android-mobile-os-game
Forrester: Google Android Smartphones to Take 10% of Market in 2010
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| 3. Mobile devices based on the Google Android
| operating systems will take 10% of the mobile
| device market in 2010. According to Forrester
| that uptake will be due to "heavy industry
| support" from Qualcomm (QCOM), Verizon (VZ),
| Motorola (MOT) and Google (GOOG), as well as
| the growing embrace of the open OS by
| developers.
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http://www.cio.com/article/511783/Forrester_Google_Android_Smartphones_to_Take_10_of_Market_in_2010?source=rss_news
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