Xperia X10 Will Get Android 2.3 Update

Finally, Sony Ericsson has announced its going to roll out the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for Xperia X10 users this summer while X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro and X8 users will be left behind on Android 2.1.

Apple Cracks Down On Amazon Appstore

Apple filed a complaint against Amazon for infringing on its "App Store" trademark name by using it in their own marketplace for Android apps called the "Amazon Appstore". Bloomberg reports:

"Amazon has begun improperly using Apple's App Store mark in connection with Amazon's mobile software developer program," Apple said in the complaint. Amazon also plans to use the name with a mobile software download service, the complaint states.

What was Amazon thinking? They are very likely to lose this battle against Apple and will most likely have to rename their marketplace for Andriod apps. 

Sony Releasing Official PlayStation App

Sony has announced that it is releasing the official free PlayStation app for both iOS and Android devices. The PlayStation app will only be available in Europe when it comes out soon but there are already plans to add more countries. Version 1.0 will have the following features with more to come:

• Check out your PlayStation Network trophies and keep up to date with your friends’ games and online status.
• Discover all the latest games, news and hardware for your PlayStation 3, PSP and PlayStation 2.
• Read all the announcements on the European PlayStation.Blog.
• Share your favourite products or news with your friends on Facebook, Twitter or via e-mail.

Source PlayStation via MacRumors

Google Nexus S Announced, Gingerbread Pre-Loaded

Google have announced their official Android 2.3 Gingerbread running Nexus S by Samsung. The Nexus S will be available December 16th for $199 on a two-year contract with T-Mobile or $529 unlocked. Google's Nexus S features the following hardware specs:

• 4" WVGA Screen with 480x800 resolution
• Contour Display with curved glass screen
• Super AMOLED
• 235 ppi
• Capacitive touch sensor
• Anti-fingerprint display coating
• 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor
• 16GB iNAND flash memory
• Back-facing 5 megapixels camera with flash and auto focus
• 720 x 480 video resolution
• Front-facing VGA camera
• Wi-Fi 802.11 n/b/g
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR

Check out the creative Nexus S ad below.

Source Google Nexus S

Google Holding Mobile Event Today

Google is going to be holding an event today in their San Francisco offices at 12PM PST (9PM British Time), where they are going to be “unveiling a couple of cool new mobile features”. The last time they held an event similar to this, they unveiled Google Navigation, which was a great addition to Android. So hopefully they will announce something on par with Google Nav.

The event could be the unveiling of the Google music service which we’ve been expecting since Google I/O. And if this is indeed what is being announced today, it will be the first step for Google to take a bite out of Apple’s music business, (No pun intended!) and could convert iPhone users locked in the iTunes universe to Android. However, I do not think that it will be the launch of Android 3.0. Mainly because it is to soon after 2.2 was announced at Google I/O.

There are some rumours floating around of them releasing the Nexus Two with Gingerbread 3.0, but again, this is probably not going to happen as we would of seen some sort of leak by now.

Source AllThingsD

The First Trojan for Android is Discovered

 

Well it seems like Android is becoming a PC, as security firm Kaspersky detected a trojan going by the name of "Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a”. This trojan is downloaded  as an Android app and according to  Kaspersky it is the first known Android targeted trojan.

The trojan poses as a media player app but when the app is installed, it starts sending SMS's to premium rate numbers without telling the user. As the creators of the trojan usually set up the numbers, they benefit from this scam. These types of trojans have been on mobile phones for years, but as far as I am aware, this is the first time it has been put on an Android device.

Kaspersky Lab is supposedly working on Android-specific antivirus software and plans to release it early next year. Even though there are antivirus apps already available in the Android Market, it was supposed to be unnecessary. But I guess it is only a matter of time before we see the 1990s war between the Mac and PC start all over again.

Source CNET