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The iPhone might be the hottest tech toy out there right now, but it pales in comparison to the amount of change that Android can -- and possibly will -- bring to the mobile world. With the first open network for users and open platform for developers, everything will change.

Google and T-Mobile recently announced one of the biggest developments in the mobile industry, and things are bound to get very interesting, as the competition heats up between mobile telecommunication companies. Prices will lower, service will expand and functionality will increase. BlackBerry and iPhone, you better watch out.

You read correctly so don't go rubbing your eyeballs out in hopes you may see something different when you're finished.
I have chosen to join the AndroidGuys team couple days ago, this decision came into place when I saw that I didn't have enough time for my class work. Anyway, I will be blogging from time to time at AndroidGuys so stay tuned and join the feed over there why don't you?

Got a response from the Enkin guys, apparently there was a mix up so all is well.
Enkin is looking most likely to be an application that most Android users will be using in the very near future to come.
Thanks to Rafael Spring and Max Braun for taking timeout to answer a a few questions relating to Enkin and other things.

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We both study at the University of Koblenz-Landau in Koblenz, Germany. The course is called Computational Visualistics, which is basically Computer Science, but with an emphasis on its visual elements like computer graphics or image processing.

Got a response from the Enkin guys, apparently there was a mix up so all is well.
Enkin is looking most likely to be an application that most Android users will be using in the very near future to come.
Thanks to Rafael Spring and Max Braun for taking timeout to answer a a few questions relating to Enkin and other things.

Tell Us About yourselves

We both study at the University of Koblenz-Landau in Koblenz, Germany. The course is called Computational Visualistics, which is basically Computer Science, but with an emphasis on its visual elements like computer graphics or image processing.

But it was in Japan where we started to work on Enkin. We spent six months at the University of Osaka doing robotics research. Btw: they have real androids there!

Where did the idea of Enkin come from

2013 is a long long wait for Mobile Linux to kick some serious "behind", ABI Research has predicted that by 2013 Mobile Linux will be 20% of Mid-Ranged and High-End Mobile Devices.

No doubt that Google Android will be apart of that 20% along with other Linux offerings from the LiMo Foundation, Azingo, OpenMoko and even Nokia's Maemo project that is running on their Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.
Microsoft, Symbian, (which sounds like a sex machine than anything else) along with Apple better watch out as Mobile Linux is set to take over in all it's fragmentation glory.

Running late with the Weekly Poll but its here nonetheless with another burning question that caught my attention yesterday. Before we get into that, lets see how last week poll went along, the question was:

Can Google Android compete with Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, iPhone? Here are the vote results

There was a article on AndroidGuys about whether Google and the OHA sould approve Android applications yesterday which caused a mini uprising mainly because of the Headline which was a little off, but the article was good nonetheless.

Think the HTC "DREAM" was a fluke? Well check out these Google Android phones below their Windows Mobile counterparts. This is a huge speculation on my part, but i strongly believe those 4 phones are Google Android phones, there is no denying it.

You see that one beside the phone with the qwerty keyboard? doesn't it look similar to the phone used to demonstrate Google Android in the video I posted a while back? Look closely and you will see that it's basically the same thing. Same color, same size probably because the picture could make the phone look bigger than it really is.

Is that number a beast or what? The Google Android Developer Challenge saw developers from over 70 countries submit 1,788 entries to the Challenge, all hoping to get some dough.

Yes you read right, Rafael Spring and Max Braun has agreed to an interview with Android Colosseum, we will be chatting mainly about their Google Android application Enkin which has been getting allot of buzz.

Trust me, you need to see this application for yourselves, they have a intro/demo video of Enkin and it is just superb to say the least. Still doubtful if Google Android will deliver? check out the video right here

This week has been a really fair week where Google Android is concerned, nothing new about Android has been revealed but that didn't stop some impressively skilled set of guys from turning the Blosphere inside out with their port of Android to the Nokia N810 and then to the HTC Tilt. So what is the next high road set for Android? Not Symbian of course!

Are we seeing the beginning of another lawsuit against Google in the making? Unlikely, but for the Government, or lets just say two Republican Representative and a Democrat, to say that Google deliberately manipulated the outcome of the FCC's recent 700MHz auction at a hearing today. They claimed that Google unfairly managed to obtain an open wireless network without having to win it, by promising to bid at least $4.6 billion on the 22MHz block if the winner was forced to allow open (third-party) access.

Rafael Spring and Max Braun are the developers behind this GPS application which is called Enkin which has been submitted to the Android Developer Challenge first round. These guys specialize in robotics and Computational Visualistics, impressive yeah? Check out the video below along with their PDF Documentation of Enkin

Yesterday in San Francisco, Google held small talks about Android which is vewry interesting and draws applause form the crowd looking on. Google developer and Linux kernel contributor Robert Love speaks of Android software development kit (SDK) and a technical overview of the architecture.

The weekly poll series continues, last week was the first time I started the poll series and the votes was not as much as I wanted, but nevertheless, giving up is not apart of my soul. any way, let me reaveal the last poll numbers:

Who Will Unveil The First Android Phone?

HTC: 6
Samsung: 1
Motorola: 0
LG: 0
Stewie Griffin: 1

For todays poll, I ask the question that I believe everyone is wondering, Can Google Android compete with Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, iPhone?

Take your time and think it over before you make your choice younglins.

Google Android competitor in the Linux Mobile Colosseum, has revealed the price of their next phone. OpenMoko's Neo Freerunner will set you back $399 for a device that has a 500MHz ARM4 chipset, 3D etc, we don't usually see phones with that type of hardware going for such a cheap price.

OpenMoko has drawn first blood, now lets sit back and wait for HTC to unveil the "DREAM" so the whole world can see what Android and Google is capable of.