Roundup: 18 Android phones coming this year, MySpace hoping for innovation, and more

Roundup: 18 Android phones coming this year, MySpace hoping for innovation, and more

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Google: Expect 18 Android phones by the end of the year — That number could be as high as 20, says Andy Rubin, senior director for mobile platforms.

News Corp. and MySpace execs say MySpace needs to innovate — During an interview at the All… Continue Reading

Google Android phones ready to invade Asia — with a stylus

Google Android phones ready to invade Asia — with a stylus

Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Google’s mobile phone system Android, has emerged from relative silence with a CNET interview entitled “Android a ‘revolution,’” which reads like the speech of a victor.

Rubin’s confidence comes coincidentally just as VentureBeat learns that John Lagerling, Google’s head of mobile in Japan,… Continue Reading

More rumors on the Google Phone

More rumors on the Google Phone

(Updated with comments from Simeonov)

A venture capitalist says he has caught wind of a project at Google to make its own phone, and has details from an “inside source.”

There have long been rumors that a Google phone is in the works, but nothing has been… Continue Reading