The Apple iPhone, which has been setting the bar in touch-screen smartphones, could soon be overtaken by an army of Google-powered handsets.Android-based phones – handsets that use the open source Google mobile operating system – are on the march as …

Google to unveil music search to rival iTunes Google is tipped to launch new music search pages this week in an effort to rival Apple’s retail music service iTunes.??According to reports coming out of the US, Google’s new music pages will package images of musicians and bands, album artwork, lyrics and song previews, along with a way to buy songs. A number of major music labels are reported to have already jumped on board including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner and EMI.

Verizon Wireless Motorola Droid Android Phone on EBay. Motorola Droid has popped up in an EBay auction. There have been 7 bids and you’ll need to put up $1,000+ to get in on the action, with the auction ending in 5 days. Seems like this seller just took pictures from the web and plans on selling the device the day he gets it on October 29th but no date has been set in stone by Verizon as of yet.

Verizon Wireless Motorola Droid Android Phone on EBay. Motorola Droid has popped up in an EBay auction. There have been 7 bids and you’ll need to put up $1,000+ to get in on the action, with the auction ending in 5 days. Seems like this seller just took pictures from the web and plans on selling the device the day he gets it on October 29th but no date has been set in stone by Verizon as of yet.

Amazon is already feeling the heat of competition. After the release of Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader, Amazon dropped the price of its Kindle e-book reader. It also decided to stop the production of the U.S only version of Kindle e-book reader. The declaration came on October 22, 2009. Information Week reports:From three e-reader models, Amazon has reduced the number to two: one with a wireless connection that can roam internationally and the larger Kindle DX.

HTC HD2 is an Android based handset manufactured by HTC Corporation. It runs on 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 320MB RAM and 512MB ROM. It also has an amazing 5 mega-pixel camera. Features Google Android Operating System 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 320MB RAM and 512MB ROM 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen Wi-Fi (with router capabilities) 3G with HSDPA and EDGE/GPRS Bluetooth, USB GPS with A-GPS 5 Mega-pixel camera MicroSD card support 3.5mm jack You can check the promo and demo videos below.

There are many cloned mobiles from Sciphone like Sciphone i9+++ , SciPhone N19 and more which are similar to Apple iPhone or some other Android or Windows Mobile . Sciphone N21 is another mobile which is based on Android. SciPhone N21 Google Android Smart Phone comes with Google Android operating system and features a 5.0 MP Camera with auto focus. The other important feature of SciPhone N21 is the dual SIM support.

On Thursday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin made a surprise visit to the Web 2.0 Summit and was interviewed on-stage by John Battelle for about 18 minutes. Our full notes from that day are here, but the video above gives a good sense of where Brin’s head is at right now. Also check out his what he’s wearing on his feet at the beginning See more here: Sergey Brin’s Surprise Web 2.0 Visit: The Video

TechCrunch is reporting that sales of the iPhone app iFog [$0.99 - iTunes link] have shot up following a T-Mobile commercial for the myTouch (their rebranded Google Android Magic, which in no way is meant to glom any mind share from i(Pod) touch), where Saturday Night Live alum, Dana Carvey demonstrates a similar Android app. Given [...] This is a story by the iPhone Blog.

Posted October 24th, 2009 by admin Categories: Iphone Accessories, Iphone Reviews · Tags: newsComments: Add a comment  TechCrunch is reporting that sales of the iPhone app iFog [$0.99 - iTunes link] have shot up following a T-Mobile commercial for the myTouch (their rebranded Google Android Magic, which in no way is meant to glom any mind share from i(Pod) touch), where Saturday Night Live alum, Dana Carvey demonstrates a similar Android app.