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• FryUp: do androids queue up for positronic phones?

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• Android SDK updated

  The Android software developer's kit (SDK) has been updated with a new user interface and new developer tools, among other changes.

• Android comes to life in Barcelona

  Google's Android software platform for mobile phones is coming to life in Barcelona, with a number of chip manufacturers showing it running on prototype or proof-of-concept phones at the Mobile World Congress on Monday.

• ARM to show off Android platform next week at trade show

  ARM will demonstrate Google's Android on an early prototype device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, one of several demonstrations of the mobile platform that will occur at the conference, Google said on Thursday.

• NTT DoCoMo in talks on Android-based cell phone

  Japan's biggest mobile telecom carrier gave its strongest support yet to Google's Android platform on Thursday when it said it is considering a cell phone based on the technology.

• Study: Google Android faces big problems, tight deadline

  A new study says Google faces some big problems in making its Android handset software stack a success.

• Google’s 10th year of life poses major strategic challenges

  In a single decade, Google has emerged from its humble beginnings as a Stanford University research project and become one of the most recognised brands in the world, as well as a competitor to technology giant Microsoft.

• Google's Android could be a game-changer

  Will the GooglePhone matter? Recently, Google officially unveiled its long-rumoured mobile phone software. Dubbed "Android", the Linux-based software stack is being backed by more than 30 partners, including handset makers Motorola, Samsung, LG and HTC, and service providers Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and NTT DoCoMo.

• Google's got it wrong with Android

  That's right: Google has announced a consortium of companies to develop an "open" mobile device platform, designed to unleash the creativity and innovation heretofore stifled by the major big, bad wireless carriers.

• China Mobile in talks with Apple to sell iPhone

  China Mobile is in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in China, the company's CEO said this week. But he's not keen on the type of revenue-sharing model that Apple has insisted on elsewhere in the world.

• Interoperability an issue for Android: analyst

  Phones built with Google's Android operating system may suffer from a lack of interoperability, and IT executives will probably be wary about supporting multiple devices built with the much-hyped software platform, says Ken Dulaney, a Gartner analyst.

• Google touts 'Android,' its new open mobile platform

  Google and several other technology companies unveiled a new mobile platform called Android on Monday. The system is expected to yield an actual phone in the second half of 2008.