Who Is ANDROID Trademark Owner?

Word Mark	ANDROID
Goods and Services	IC 014. US 002 027 028 050. G & S: Timepieces, watches and watch bands. FIRST USE: 19941101. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19941201
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code	(4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number	77342820
Filing Date	December 3, 2007
Current Filing Basis	1A
Original Filing Basis	1A
Published for Opposition	April 29, 2008
Registration Number	3467615
Registration Date	July 15, 2008
Owner	(REGISTRANT) OKO International Co. CORPORATION FLORIDA 336 Powerline Road Deerfield Beach FLORIDA 33442
Attorney of Record	Edward M. Weisz
Prior Registrations	3079247
Type of Mark	TRADEMARK
Register	PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator	LIVE

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Word Mark	ANDROID
Goods and Services	IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: mobile phones; operating system software; software for use in developing, executing, and running other software on mobile devices, computers, computer networks, and global communication networks; computer software development tools; computer software for use in transmitting and receiving data over computer networks and global communication networks; computer software for managing communications and data exchange among and between mobile devices and desktop computers; computer middleware, namely, software that mediates between the operating system of a mobile device and the application software of a mobile device; computer application software for mobile phones
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code	(4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number	77318565
Filing Date	October 31, 2007
Current Filing Basis	1B
Original Filing Basis	1B
Owner	(APPLICANT) Google Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CALIFORNIA 94043
Type of Mark	TRADEMARK
Register	PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator	LIVE

Found on US Patent and Trademark Office

They Did Take Back My "Android" on Twitter

I was worrying about I will lose it someday, then here comes the day, I just got the mail:

from Keerthi Prakash
to Frank
date Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:59 AM
subject Twitter Support
mailed-by twitter.com

Hey,

We noticed that you are using the username android. The username android is acutually trademarked by the company Goolge.Inc.
We have released the username to the company. We have meanwhile changed the username to NOTandroid

Please change it anything you are comfortable with and continue twittering. :)
More information here:
http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/14609

We sincerely appreciate your cooperation and understanding.

Thanks in Advance!

Regards,
Twitter Support

WTF is NOTandroid? You can just delete my account. 

"We sincerely appreciate your cooperation and understanding."

Cooperation, I have no choice, right? And I don't understand, you don't need to appreciate too.

Just tell me: You don't have fucking right to use this name.

三星的Android手机就要来了

看到很多新闻曝光了三星第一款Android手机，还说三星将在第三季度率先发布Android手机，并给出了这个手机的一些参数：相关消息人士透露三星的Android手机在外观设计以及硬件方面会与HTC的第二款Android手机Magic相似，有着528 MHz处理器，四频，并且有HSDPA 7.2 与 HSUPA 1.4，蓝牙，采用MicroSD记忆卡。而数字相机的部分，则是3或5百万像素。

说道528MHz的处理器，怎么感觉是G1使用的高通的CPU，但是有一点是可以肯定的，三星一定是使用自家的CPU，自家的全部解决方案。

Google在台湾建立Android技术支持团队

据digitimes的报道，Google最近在台湾建立了Android团队，可以更方便的为台湾本地的硬件制造商提供技术上的支持，帮助他们开发基于Android系统的产品，包括上网本和手机还有一些嵌入式系统，引述Google台湾的总裁简立峰。

HTC Magic

Android系统比较有特色的几种应用

购物软件

ShopSavvy, Barcode Scanner, CompareEverywhere这3款软件多是利用摄像头去扫描并识别条形码，然后连接网络数据库去比较价格的。对于普通购物者，这对精打细算非常有帮助，他可以帮助你找出价格最低的地方。

语音识别软件

Shazam, 还有Google本身的语音识别和搜索功能，都是很有特色的软件。Shazam可以听歌并识别他们，对于那些在电台听歌却不知道歌名的人很有帮助。

地图定位

Latitude, 帮助你知道并找到朋友的位置，利用网络和GPS定位，可以轻松追踪到他们的行踪

How to get RC33 on your G1 without the wait

1. Grab the RC33 update from Google here.

2. Rename it from signed-PLAT-RC33-from-RC30.f06aa9b3.zip to update.zip, and place it at the root (the very top directory) of your Micro SD card. (If you added the file to your microSD card by connecting the handset to your computer via USB [rather than using a dedicated microSD card reader], make sure to unmount it and disconnect the USB cable now.

3. Turn off your G1, then turn it back on by holding the Home+End keys until you see an icon popup after the T-Mobile G1 logo.

4. From the icon screen, open the keyboard and hit Alt+L. This allows you to see what’s going on during the update.

5. Press Alt+S to begin the update. Remember, the update needs to be in the root of the Micro SD card and needs to be named update.zip.

6. Once it finishes, follow the onscreen instructions and press Home+Back to finish.

7. The G1 will reboot a few times to flash different parts of the firmware.

If all went well, you should now be running the latest update, RC33. To make sure all your hard work wasn’t for nothing, hit Menu > Settings > About Phone > scroll to Build Number. You should see RC33 in there somewhere. Congrats!

Notes:

• Some microSD cards don’t seem to play friendly with this process. If you have trouble with one card, try another..

RC33 download link obtained via the always ingenious xda-dev community.

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/02/05/how-to-get-rc33-on-your-g1-without-the-wait/

富士通推出Android嵌入式设计服务

富士通推出Android嵌入式设计服务，利用他们在嵌入式设备方面的经验，富士通现在帮助其他公司在移动电话、汽车、或者其他的系统上部署Android系统。

富士通提供的这些服务包括顾问咨询、培训、工程和嵌入中间件。

对于终端客户来说，以后Android系统将会遍及他们的应用范围，你可能会见手机、汽车、机顶盒，甚至ATM中见到这个熟悉的界面。

Android手机发展方向

Google的Android系统整合了Linux和Java，也就是把两方面的优势汇聚在一起，Linux的开源，Java的通用和易用性。这是一个优点，希望能借助Google的实力让Android系统普及。

Android的出现可以追溯到2005年Google收购的一家公司，但是Android和大家正式见面不过两年，Android 1.0版本和T-Mobile G1的发布也还不到半年，可以说这个系统还是在开始的阶段。按照Google的意图，他希望Android能像PC上的Windows一样流行。这是一个很好的想法，Android是免费的系统，这样直接就降低了产品的成本，相比Windows Mobile，这是绝对的优势。第三方软件其实并不是问题，随着时间的推移这会慢慢丰富的。

现在已经出现了两款Android系统手机，其中就有一款中国的琦基i6 Goal，而且从新闻中获得的消息，接下来有华为，联想，三星等等厂商要推出Android系统手机。不同厂商使用的硬件不同，那么问题就来了，如何让一个应用程序兼容所有的手机，就比如说屏幕分辨率，G1用的是480*320，作为一款智能手机，使用了Linux系统，使用触摸屏，足够大的屏幕和分辨率的确是必须的。个人认为分辨率低于G1的手机使用Android系统并不合适。Kogan Agora这款本来是世界上第二款Android的手机搁浅了，据Kogan说，是担心和以后的应用程序不兼容，假如程序开发者设计的分辨率高于320*240，那么他在Agora上就可能不能正常运行。当然手机的屏幕都不会很大，影响便携性，但是Android的确是针对高端的手机。还有几家厂商很快就要推出新的Android手机了，让我们拭目以待。