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Opera Mini, the popular Java mobile browser has been successfully ported to Google Android OS.

This was done by the lead developer for Opera Mini for Android known as MicroEmulator, who used the original Opera Mini code base and a wrapper capable of translating J2ME API calls into Android API calls.

Simple. :)

The upcoming HTC smartphone, based on Google's Android OS will be named "Dream".

The handset will measure about 5" long and 3" wide, and will feature a large touchscreen with a full sliding (or swiveling) QWERTY keypad underneath, and Internet navigational controls.

The release is expected in the end of the year.

Google has developed a screen plug-in for Windows Mobile devices that allows users to initiate Google searches directly from their handset's home screen.

Google is no doubt the most popular search engine in the Web.

Therefore Opera Software decided to replace Yahoo! with Google Search in its Opera Mini and Opera Mobile Web browsers.

Now anyone using either of these apps can access Google anytime directly from the browser's main page, and start searching the information they need right away.

How do you like that? According to Google, Apple iPhone generates 50 times more searches than any other mobile device...

Well, it's quite predictable, and the cause is obvious here: the iPhone is a very popular Internet-centric handset, and Google Search bar is integrated in its Safari web browser.

Google came up with a new free search application for S60 devices.

After you install it, the app creates a shortcut to a Google search box on the home screen. Just type in your query, and the client will automatically connect to the Internet and display the search results.

The new application is now available for download.

Nokia announced it will add Google Search to its N96, N78, 6220 and 6210 handsets with more models to follow.

Google has released a new version of the Android SDK (m5-rc14).

It comes with several new features and improvements including a new user interface, the ability to create layout animations for applications, forward and reverse geo-coding, and support for new media codecs.

According to T-Mobile CEO Hamid Akhavan, the company will soon start selling the iconic iPhone in Austria, namely by mid-2008.

He also stated that T-Mobile plans to release a Google Android-based smartphone in Q4 2008.

Apparently, Google plans to release a new Android SDK in a couple of weeks, and according to the review at Reg Developer, the updated kit should be more functional than the previous one, and will also include a new user interface.