The new HTC Desire is going to be a mobile phone that will run on the Android operating system of Google. There has been a teaser image that has been released in connection with the mega event and some sources report that the image represents the back of the HTC Desire. The mobile phone manufacturer has been sending out invitations for the event to the UK Media and they are all geared up to see what HTC has up its sleeve on that day. The mobile manufacturer has not yet released any specifications about the phone and it is widely anticipated that these specifications are to be revealed in the mega event that is going to be held in London that day.

Samsung is aware of the fact that the GPS system that is not meeting the customer performance expectations and this is the reason why it is evaluating the situation to provide an update as soon as possible. Samsung also understands the fact that the GPS feature may not be required by some people but there are certain Android applications that cannot do without the GPS platform. The common Android features that require the GPS interface are Google Search, Foursquare, Gowalla and SCVNGR. These applications depend on the technology completely.  The company is still in the process of evaluating on how serious the issue is before it addresses the problem on these handsets.

When you compare the G1 handset of T-Mobile to Google’s Nexus One it has been observed that the handset had survived for a longer period. It is sad that the G1 is about to enter the pages of tech history. Handset lovers will no longer be able to find this model in the authorized T-Mobile outlets anymore. The model is now old and it is not in a position to keep up with the latest models that have been launched in the market recently. G1 cannot be ignored significantly as it is the first Android SmartPhone that had been launched in the market. It is sad that we are no longer going to see the mobile handset again in the market!

It is anticipated that the launch of this mobile will be done during the later part of the year as RIM is about to launch the next version of the mobile OS sometime later in 2010. It has been observed that RIM has witnessed a considerable fall in its market share on account of the stiff competition that it is facing because of the Google Android mobile OS and the iPhone launched by Apple. The same phone is expected to be launched by Rogers in Canada later this year. The mobile is expected to go on sale first in the USA market through T-Mobile.

The Nexus Phone was released in the month of January and Google has anticipated that the phone would be a bold experiment to sell the above phones to customers over the Internet to consumers without any mobile contract. The company miserably failed in its endeavor and attributed this failure to poor sales and bad customer service.

The other contributing factors to the above decision also pointed out that other mobile phones that were equipped with the Android OS were going to be launched soon in the market and they were potential rivals to the Nexus. Among these phones was the much hyped HTC Corp’s Droid Incredible. This resulted in Google failing to chalk out a successful strategy to sell the Nexus handsets to the public.

Revenues from the sales of the new smartphone will be only a small part of total turnover of the search giant. Thus, low margin, to which Google employs to stimulate sales, will eventually lead to what every one million Nexus One shipped will give only 1% of the overall profitability of the company, the income of which is 500 million to 1.6 billion dollars.

Pessimistic forecast of sales is due to several factors, including the lack of retail channel to the outside line and the choice of operator T-Mobile, which was only in fourth place in the rating of the U.S. cellular providers.

Meanwhile, Google is not fixed on only one Nexus One produced by HTC. It is expected that there will be other devices in the line. However, competitors are not lagging behind: experts believe that sales of Motorola Droid will exceed 7.5 million units this year, while the sales of Apple iPhone continue to go up.

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Susan Voysitski, the vice president of the product management department of Google, said that mobile advertising is very promising and growing industry, in which AdMob has achieved a great success.

AdMob Founder Omar Hamoui noted that the deal between the two companies will benefit all – advertisers, developers and ordinary users.

By acquiring AdMob, Google will further enhance its experience in mobile advertising. As mobile advertising continues to grow, Google will be able to offer more effective tools for creating, serving and evaluating mobile ads formats.

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The rumors, that Google is going to produce it’s own smartphone, have been denied by the head of Android development department Andy Rubin. He stressed that Google is not going to compete with partners by releasing their own phone. Andy Rubin added that the company is not engaged in hardware.

At the same time Google accepts that sometimes the company participates in the development of Android-phones, as it was in the case of the G1. Andy Rubin joked that such participation is not always of benefit, and so Google does not want to create its own smartphone.

we should remind that the rumors, that Google is going to produce its own phone leaked a few years ago, long before the Android. In mid-October of this year, even Motorola Droid was rumored as Google’s phone.

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Android 2.0 Eclair specifications:

* Support for multiple Google Accounts and Exchange
* Quick Contact menu for quick access to contact information, including reports of calls and data communication
* General folder for incoming e-mail
* Search in SMS and MMS
* Automatically delete old messages after exceeding the limit set by the user
* Improved work the camera (white balance, color effects, macro mode, built-in flash)
* Improved on-screen keyboard
* Updated browser (just changed the interface and added support for HTML5)
* Added support of Bluetooth 2.1 with profiles OPP and PBAP
* Improved graphics hardware acceleration

Meanwhile, here’s the Android 2.0 official video promo:

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At this moment Google Search Options are available only in the US and only for for iPhone, Android and webOS.

It’s not a secret that this feature provides more relevant web searches. For example, the users can filter the search results by forums and reviews, by time e.t.c.

To test the new Search Options, you should search on google.com on your smartphone and select the Options tabs.

It’s not known whether or when Google will make Search Options available for Windows Mobile, Symbian S6 and BlackBerry.

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