"I Love Katamari" for the iPhone and iPod touch

I Love Katamari for the iPhone and iPod touch was released recently, and iPhone/iPod touch owners everywhere rejoiced. OK, only Katamari Damacy fans would rejoice, but c'mon, who isn't a fan of a game where you can roll up pretty much anything and everything into a giant ball?

When I heard the news, I immediately went to the App Store and plunked down US$7.99 of my own money for the game. I absolutely loved playing Katamari Damacy as well as its sequel, We Love Katamari on the PlayStation 2, and looked forward to see how the iPhone/iPod touch version would fare.
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Rumor has Android G2 in the works

On the heels of Google revealing enhancements to its Android mobile platform, rumors are circulating that we may soon be seeing a new Android device.

The T-Mobile G2, as the device will reportedly be called, will debut on January 26, according to "rumors" reported by Cell Phone Signal. The new device is expected to have a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, VGA camera for video calls, a full touch screen, and Wi-Fi connectivity, according to the blog.

Boy Genius Report has reported a follow-up rumor that says those specs are pretty accurate, but that the release date will actually be in April. Boy Genius' tipster said the G2 wouldn't have a physical QWERTY keyboard, but there would still be a trackball at the bottom of the device.
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Google reveals upcoming Android features

Imminent enhancements to Google's Android mobile platform have been revealed last week, in the form of a development effort called "Cupcake."

Android is in the process of being turned by Google from its own development project into open source. This week, some of the changes made to the mobile operating system by a private group of developers came to light in Cupcake--the Android code the group shares with the outside world. Now, according to the Android road map, the Cupcake enhancements have started to be merged into the wider, open-source Android project.

The private development branch will continue to operate, and the current merging of the new features into the master Android branch will be completed in early January.
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Will 2009 be the year of the Android?

Though Apple had been making headlines with the iPhone 3G, the smart phone to beat in 2009 is the Android-based HTC G1. Powering the G1 is an open source operating system which has loads of potential. However it's not alone, as Windows Mobile and Symbian are already dominant in the smart phone market and RIM gaining ground with its consumer-led BlackBerrys. The G1 is already shipping in the US, but we'll only be able to see what the open source platform and community can really do next year.

What do you think? Will you wait for an Android smart phone?

Report: Samsung readying Android phone

The latest to line up with word of an entry into the Android phone sweepstakes: Samsung Electronics.

Korea IT News reports that the electronics giant plans to offer a phone based on Google's Android operating system in the second quarter of 2009. The device will be released in North America through Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA, according to the report.

"To this end," the report says, Samsung "has added 30 experts in Linux and Java to the task force team of its information and communications division." T-Mobile was the first carrier to offer an Android-based phone, the G1, which went on sale earlier this fall.

The Samsung device is expected to be a "full touch-screen phone" and will include "the Google Map-based location information service, messenger G-Talk, the G-mail application and Google Search," according to Korea IT News.

Samsung is a member of Google's Open Handset Alliance.

Earlier this week, China's Huawei Technologies talked about its Android plans, saying that its smart phone would be ready in the third quarter.

Via CNET News

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