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Today, Google announced the launch of their Google Voice app for BlackBerry and Android devices (but not *yet* for iPhones). So what’s the big deal and what exactly does Google Voice do for you?

Let me attempt to clarify. When you sign up, you’re given one Google Voice number. You then assign however many phone numbers you want to this service. The next time someone dials the Google Voice number, it rings all of the assigned numbers simultaneously. Not only that but you can assign which phone to ring according to time of day. So if someone calls the Google Voice number during your work hours, it’ll ring your work phone; during the evening it’ll ring your home phone. When you make calls or send SMS texts from your GV-enabled BlackBerry or Android phone, the other side will think it’s from your Google Voice number. Pretty snazzy, eh?

But wait, that’s not all, folks! Billy Mays says the Google Voice app will integrate with your phone’s native address book, will transcribe your voicemails to text, and will allow you to make cheap international calls. Check the vid after the ‘leap’.

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T-Mobile got all official today with the pricing and launch month for the HTC myTouch3G, the second phone to hit the carrier sporting the Android OS.  Expect it sometime early August for $199.99 after a 2-year contract signing, but you can preorder it come July8th.  The phone will be available in white, black and distinctive merlot (red).   Features include WiFi, Quad-band EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA (1700MHz/2100MHz), GPS, 3.2-inch touchscreen, MS Exchange support, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus and a microSD card slot.

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Well, well, it looks like the Dell smartphone rumors were true. What we have here is a leaked snapshot of a Dell branded Android smartphone. Reports indicate Dell is set to release multiple handsets in 2G and 3G flavors in the near future. Let’s just hope the UI doesn’t come in that ‘trix are for kids’ theme.

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Garmin-Asus announced a joint collaboration on an Android phone, to be released in Q1 of 2010. It seems like everyone and their cupcake baking mothers are developing some kind of Android phone. Let’s hope the experience of this duo can produce an intuitive, well designed phone with (one can only assume) solid GPS features.

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How about a game of Zelda on your G1? Super Mario? Or any NES game ever created? Well, now you can with the NESEmu app for your T-mobile G1 Android. Play all your favorite NES games in all their 8-bit glory on the go. Download it from the Android Market for $1.99.

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Most companies probably cringe at the thought of ‘leaked news’, but if I were Motorola I might be jumping for joy.  Why?  They need all the press they can get.  Today leaked images of two upcoming Android based phones appeared.

First up is the Calgary (pictured above).  It sports a slide out QWERTY keyboard that is a mix of touch and chicklet, a touchscreen and some sort of software with a focus on ’social networking’. This phone will be out in Q2.

Next up, is the Motorola Iron Man, which sounds so stupid it probably isnt’ even real.  This one sports a slide down QWERTY keyboard and the usual smartphone features one has come to expect.  This phone will be out in Q3.

So, yeah, all we really have are some crappy pictures of rumored handsets.

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Looks like the Samsung I7500 has been confirmed by both 02 and Samsung. The I7500 is Samsung’s first Android device with a large 3.2″ OLED touch screen and loaded with Cupcake goodness. Other features include:

• HSDPA at 7.2Mbps
• Wi-Fi/GPS/Bluetooth 2.0
• 5 megapixel camera with autofocus
• 1500 mAh battery
• 8GB onboard memory
• MicroSDHC slot up to 32GB
• 3.5mm headphone jack

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If you ain’t heard, Android officially released the SDK for Android 1.5 today!  Also, HTC has provided the necessary system images to upgrade your phone to the matching OS, which has long been referred to as Cupcake.  The only catch: You’ll need an Android Dev Phone 1 (ADP1) to make the jump.  As they note, 1.5 is not intended for daily use, but for development and will lack some of the features found on an end user’s device.

Sorry, still no word on an official launch date of Android 1.5, but you can probably expect it in early May.

[via Android-Developers]

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The good folks at Google released their highly useful Google Product Search for the Android and iPhone. So what’s it do? Say you’re looking for that high-end speaker set you’ve been drooling over for the past two months, but you were waiting for that “aw-screw-it-that’s-good-enough-for-me” price, and wanted to read just one more review, while pouring over the technical specs for the umpteenth time, desperately seeking to unload your hard earned cash before the significant other drags your sorry arse to the Bloomingdale’s one day sales event to buy the “must have” shoes to match the outfit bought from the last one day sales event from a couple of days ago…

Yeap, if that’s you then the Google Product Search IS for you. Simply type in the specific product model, click search, and out pops a list with the best prices, product reviews, specifications, etc, etc. Not only that but you can now do this anywhere with your iPhone or Android device.

[via Phonescoop]

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Forget 2009 as the Year of the Ox. Google CEO Eric Schmidt expects 2009 to be the year of the Android. It appears his thoughts are correct based on numerous vendors, such as Samsung, hopping onto the Android bandwagon. With the G2 aka Magic just around the corner, along with a slew of other cool devices, expect a lot of Android hype in the coming months.

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