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NEC will launch new Android products

2010-12-23T13:30:00.000-08:00

By Rob Coppinger A DUAL SCREEN tablet will be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show by NEC, following its November release of the single display Cloud Communicator Lifetouch. The dual-screen tablet also comes under the Cloud Communicator Lifetouch banner and both tablets use an unspecified Android operating system, and have 7-inch LCD touchscreens, 3G and WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity plus a stylus for pen input. NEC also says that the dual-screen tablet will do "multi-tasking, with the ability to run different programs on each LCD screen", which it claims is an industry first. The apps for the Cloud Communicators can be found at the Andronavi online store. The fact that NEC has felt the need to use a third party store tells us two things, (a), that the tablets' OS won't be the highly anticipated tablet friendly Honeycomb, and (b), neither Communicator will have a phone function. Where tablets are also phones, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, they have access to Google's Android marketplace, but if the device is not a phone it is not compatible with Android apps.

Google Nexus S

2010-12-23T13:25:00.000-08:00

The Nexus S specifications of a Samsung Cortex A8 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 512MB of RAM, 16GB of NAND flash storage, a 4-inch Super AMOLED 480x800 WVGA capacitive touchscreen, a 5MP camera and a 1,500mAh battery with a weight of 129g sound good, but they are not a million miles beyond the Nexus One. The Nexus One specifications were a Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of NAND flash storage, a 3.7-inch 480x800 capacitive touchscreen, a 5MP auto-focus LED flash camera, 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth, and a 1,400mAh battery, all wrapped up in 130g. So while the display and battery are both slightly larger and the display is now Super AMOLED, the only real performance enhancing difference between them is the huge leap in storage. What the newer processor and larger display do provide is a very smooth user interface and fast browsing. The fifth version of Android, Gingerbread 2.3 has the now familiar set of homepages that can be swiped between, and the apps page. Browsing is fast, as fast as Windows Phone 7, which is pretty fast, and Youtube looks and sounds good on the Nexus S. Like other handsets the 4-inch display delivers a much more comfortable Internet experience, especially in landscape mode, and it makes pinch to zoom less susceptible to uncommanded actions. For web browsing, a 4-inch display should really be seen as a minimum. Despite the smoother user interface, the increased memory probably has more to do with support for Flash 10.1 and the adoption of the voice action feature. Both of these are bound to be computationally demanding, Flash being particularly renowned for its CPU intensive nature. So how does voice action fair? Not that great, as even in a quiet office environment the voice recognition doesn't always work. Asking the handset to call Incisive Media found it floundering with suggestions that had the word media in them but none were accurate. How tough is the word "incisive"? The big shock came when I looked for the FM radio. It's a pretty standard feature on handsets. The LG Optimus One, a lower spec Android handset, has an FM radio but the more capable Nexus S smartphone does not. However, if you don't mind paying for a hefty data allowance there are plenty of Internet radio apps, 1,050 according to Android Marketplace. Finally, Google makes the claim that the curved display makes it more comfortable to use, but that wasn't The INQUIRER's experience. It wasn't any easier on the ear than any flat-screen handset. Launched a few months after the Nexus One was cancelled, the Nexus S is very similar in its specifications to its predecessor and could really be seen as just a small improvement over it. The name Nexus S, instead of Nexus Two, is probably a way of leaving the bad press of the first phone behind, as might be the choice of a Samsung handset instead of the HTC Bravo that was used for Nexus One. With the voice actions feature providing real product differentiation, when it works, and sales and customer service handed over to people that know what they're doing, such as Carphone Warehouse, the Nexus S could be the success that everyone expected the Nexus One would be. Source:The inquirer

LG releases Android Froyo based phones

2010-07-06T10:59:00.000-07:00

Korean manufacter LG Electronics is releasing a series of phones that it says will run on "a number operating systems as well as Android." Practically this means that while HTC Droid, Incredible and EVO 4G owners wait for an official Froyo update, LG is belting out a new range of smartphones with the latest Android goodness. The LG Optimus Series of 10 smartphones will start appearing in the second half of this year. The Optimus One and Optimus Chic will both ship first with Android 2.2 onboard. LG says that the Optimus One is your bog standard Android smartphone, but the Optimus Chic is designed for fashion aficionados with its "tasteful design incorporating soft and smooth lines." LG will also be introducing its first tablet device later this year. The company claims its tablet running the Android OS will "manage vastly superior performance" than other similar devices while being thinner and lighter.

HTC upgrades its Hero smartphone

2010-07-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

Users of HTC Hero smartphones, who have been waiting for ages for an update to Android 2.1, are finally starting to download it like a mad thing.
The Taiwanese mobile phone maker has started an over the air rollout of the update that will bring the phone out of an Android dark ages into a 2.1 renaissance.
HTC confirmed that it started rolling out the Android 2.1 OS yesterday and that the update is available for Hero phones in Europe. However users should back up their data as this second part of the update will wipe their handsets. The updates first part started rolling out weeks ago.
For now only unlocked handsets are able to get the update. Network operators in the UK that offer the handset, T-Mobile, which calls it the G2 Touch, and Orange that doesn't, expect to offer the update in the near future.
Pictures of an update availability notification message screen circulating on the interweb shows that a download file for the Android 2.1 update is 80MB big. HTC has recommended that users use a WiFi connection to download the updates for 2.1 because of their size.
If you don't want to wait for UK networks to bother to offer the upgrade then there is always the option of getting an O2 contract for the Desire that comes with 2.1.
So far we have not had any word from readers as to how they like the HTC Hero update, so we are hoping that some of you will post below.
UPDATE: The 3 network has told The INQUIRER that its over the air update for its HTC Hero users to upgrade to the Android 2.1 OS is planned for July.

Intel will ship x86 Android 2.2 this summer

2010-06-28T09:34:00.000-07:00

Intel is going to ship a native x86 version of the Linux-based Android 2.2 operating system for use on netbooks and tablets. Renee James, Intel's SVP for software and services, told APC that she expects developers will get the opportunity to play with it this summer.
It's an important step that will have Microsoft looking nervously over its shoulder, as it will see Google's mobile OS, already very popular on smartphones, moving to the PC standard x86 architecture.
Android was originally built to run on ARM chips in smartphones, but Intel has been beavering away at adapting Android's open source code to run as a native x86 operating system. This makes sense, as it will allow Intel's partners to use its Atom processor for Android-based devices. It might deal a blow to ARM chip designs already seen on smartphones and other small devices.
So far Microsoft has dominated the netbook market based on Intel's Atom processor, while Android has mainly focused on ARM processor-based smartphones. But getting an x86 version of Android 2.2, code named 'Froyo', might help Intel's Atom chips make inroads into the smartbook market, and possibly even enter the smartphone market as well.
As The INQUIRER revealed at Computex, Intel and Google are already working on a Atom-based smartphone that will run on a yet to be identified release of Android.
By Asavin Wattanajantra

Not fast, just Flash

2010-06-22T12:23:00.000-07:00

Users will likely have a long wait while Android users can expect to experience the application's abilities first. While 10.1 has been released for proper computers the makers of the handheld variety have only just been given the tools for their OS. Today Google, Symbian, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Meego, LiMo and Palm all got what they need to make it happen. Android phones will likely get 10.1 before those with Windows phones because Adobe is only working to make it compatible with Windows Phone 7, the release date for which is unknown. However a Flash Beta 3 update is on the Android Market and the full release will be available via an over the air update. Available that is for users that have upgraded to Android 2.2, which is expected later this year. Devices supporting 2.2 and so Flash 10.1 are expected to include the Dell Streak, Google Nexus One, HTC's Evo, Incredible and Desire and the Samsung Galaxy S. Flash Player 10.1 for mobiles has been redesigned to optimise it for power management, CPU use, multi-touch screens, zooming and auto-switching screen orientation. Adobe says, "The...rendering feature ensures that Flash content is running only when it becomes visible...reducing CPU and battery consumption. Flash automatically slows down when the device [is in] screen saver mode.

HTC's Android 2.1 update will wipe your data

2010-06-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

BACKUP YOUR DATA because the second of two HTC Hero updates to upgrade the phone to Android 2.1 will wipe the handset, says its manufacturer. The first update to bring Android 2.1, also known as Éclair, to the Hero is underway with a second and final update to take place before the end of this month. Only once that is downloaded and installed will the phone have the Android 2.1 OS. This second update is so large that HTC said, "we would advise using a WiFi connection for this download to avoid additional data charges." The updates, detected when Hero automatically checks for software updates, will be pushed to users' phones and they will be asked to accept the over the air change. Users of HTC's Desire and Droid Incredible models and its future Evo 4G and MyTouch slide products might be offered updates to Android 2.2, Froyo. HTC intends to announce a full list of updates for Froyo later this year with the updates expected to take place before year end.

There was new competitor Sony PSP.

2009-10-01T10:15:00.001-07:00

The conceptual device Hardkernel ODROID, presented to rather near past, should arrive in online sale at the very beginning of November, but today it is already possible to issue the advanced order on it. In the first days after release ODROID 320 dollars and when in December offline-sale will begin will cost, the price will fall to 250 US dollars. The given handheld is an answer to mobile console Sony PSP, but it works on operating system Google Android presumably versions 1.6. Here is established processor Samsung S5 PC100 with clock frequency of 833 MHz, and the volume of operative memory is 512 Mb. On each side from 3 , 5 - the inch touch display there are buttons of management which very much will be useful in games, in the device modules WiFi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth, and for 3G module, unfortunately, places were not.

RAmos realise Android tablet on next week?

2009-09-20T09:56:00.000-07:00

Chinese portable multimedia player maker RAmos will soon release an Android-powered mobile Internet device that will have the capability of playing back 1080p high-definition videos, according to a recent Pocketables report. The official release is expected to come at a press event on Friday, September 25th, with the device based largely on, if not simply a rebadged version of, the Rockchip Android-powered MID concept spotted last month. The device will sport an ARM chip and is said to be capable of playing back 1080p MKV (H.264/VC-1), AVI (XviD/DivX), and other video formats with 30-40Mbps bitrates. Visually, the Rockchip concept and the Ramos device look identical, but the former was said to use the Rockchip RK2808 chipset, which is said to have support only for 720p videos. It is therefore believed the RAmos device will have a different graphics chipset.

Inventec has released Android communicator

2009-06-09T13:21:00.000-07:00

Company Inventec has released communicator IAC, which, however, is not how many communicators (since on it it is impossible to call), how many a mobile Internet tablet. The device is executed in forms-factors sajd-slajdera with the QWERTY-keyboard and equipped by the 4-inch display. As the central processor is used ARM-processor Cortex A8 with clock frequency of 1 GHz is used. The device is capable to reproduce HD-video (720p). The device works under control of operational system Google Android.

BenQ will release some devices on the basis of Android

2009-06-05T04:06:00.000-07:00

BenQ general manager Peter Chen has informed that BenQ company in connection with growing popularity of platform Google Android plans to release some smart phones and netbooks on the basis of this OS by 2010. He has underlined, that first will be presented Android-phones working on hardware platforms Intel and Qualcomm, and portable computers will be release later. In spite of the fact that the operational system is financially more accessible to developers, the amount of accessible software products still is not enough, that is a barrier to small suppliers of the personal computer, has noted Chen. Several years ago company BenQ had certain weight in the world mobile market, but acquisition of mobile division Siemens has led only to losses and loss of trust of buyers. Now BenQ hopes to restore the name and influence with new smart phones on the basis of Android.

Sony Ericsson prepares release of phone with Android 2.0

2009-05-23T11:34:00.000-07:00

Head Sony Ericsson Hideki (Dick) Komiyama has declared, that the company can release phone with operational system Android. As the company does not hurry up anywhere, therefore performance of such problem can occupy time. Despite it, such phone from Sony Ericsson can will appear on sale much earlier, than it seems. Representatives of the company declare, that job over phone goes, but it will be already intended for operational system Android of the second generation - Android 2.0. It is especially interesting, that company Google, the developer of this operational system while a uniform word has not mentioned about Android 2.0 for mobile phones. Now the decision is known under code name Donut. It is supposed, that the same user interface, as on HTC Hero (also known as Rosie) will be used here. Everything, that at present is known about the new version of a platform, it that it will be equipped by much bigger multimedia functionality, than previous. Policy Sony Ericsson is now that, that the company does not wish to be limited to several operational systems for phones which will leave in the future. At present it is phones from OS Symbian and Windows Mobile. Symbian OS it will be installed on phone from Sony Ericsson with 12,1-megapixels camera. To them becomes Sony Ericsson which have been shown in February on the World Mobile Congress under brand Entertainment Unlimited. Similar, that under the same brand on May, 28th there is new phone. Probably, then we learn, when on sale will appear Idou.

Lenovo Ophone is ready to release.

2009-05-16T14:03:00.000-07:00

Do your remember phone Ophone from company Lenovo which has been painted as true murderer Apple iPhone? And so, it has not changed the status, unlike many similar devices, is not going to release after the marked term. Planned date of its release is on May, 17th, 2009, that is it is literally the day after tomorrow. At first it will appear in territory of China, and then will extend worldwide. Lenovo Ophone is touchphone with the big touch screen on all obverse panel, and it works not on Chinese anonymous operational system any there, no, on it is installed Google Android with the latest updates. Phone fine feels both in GSM, and in networks of the third generation and even has built in TV-tuner, accepting digital signals. The manufacturer also marks support of so-called networks 4G, but that it is meant it, while is not clear. In China this device will be on sale in a network of operator China Mobile, and the world version should extend not blocked. Well, we will wait for all couple of days, and then we esteem the first responses from happy owners Lenovo Ophone, the murderer iPhone.

Motorola Ironman and Calgary: November Android-phones.

2009-05-01T05:23:00.000-07:00

Not the secret, that Motorola works over phones with platform Google Android. According to the head of mobile division Motorola, Sannjay Jha, "googlophones" will be let out by a celebratory season (in November). While in a network images of two Android-models Motorola - Calgary and Ironman are accessible. The first device represents lateral slider with the big touch screen and the sliding QWERTY-keyboard, and the second - vertical slider with the touch screen (not such big, as at Calgary) and QWERTY. On hearings, in job at Motorola is also premium level "googlophone". It will be executed from expensive materials, and cost will be comparable to price with AURA (V).

Xperia X2 again it was lighted on the Internet.

2009-05-01T05:15:00.000-07:00

Xperia X1 is a communicator on Windows Mobile from Sony Ericsson which was issued in the last autumn, and before was very frequent visitor on news portals. About it one hundred hearings has been thought up not, but nevertheless it has reached counters, and turn Xperia X2 now has come. This model, as well as more senior, already has had time to become a subject of discussions at various forums but while there are no official statements that it is in working out. But nevertheless there is a small probability, that it will be made nevertheless, as the director of firm Skyhook Ted Morgan has casually let out it in the interview. This firm is engaged in working out navigating under Windows Mobile, and, according to Ted, Sony Ericsson already asked him to write the program for Xperia X2. But for that moment the contract has not been signed, as SE was not defined yet, what OS to him to choose - Windows Mobile or Google Android. In a word, the situation with this communicator exactly repeats this with the first Xperia so, that in the near future we should expect ostensibly the casual information leakage comprising photos of a new communicator and its technical characteristics.

SciPhone Dream G2 on the basis of Android

2009-04-21T11:23:00.000-07:00

Company SciPhone has presented the new smartphone under name SciPhone Dream G2. The given device is intended for use in networks GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900 MHz) and works under control of Google Android. SciPhone Dream G2 can offer to users the 2,8-inch touch display with resolution 240 х 320 pixels, 4-megapixels camera, an FM-tuner, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR with support of profiles A2DP, AVRCP, GAVDP, USB 2.0, 80 mbyte of the built in memory and слот for flash cards microSD (up to 16 Gb ). The battery has capacity 1 200 mAh, and it will suffice on 2-3 business hours of the smartphone in a mode of conversation and 100-200 business hours in an expectation mode. The sizes of the device is 56 x 107,2 x 11,8 millimetres, and its weight of 110 grammes.

Linux-phones Earn popularity

2009-04-20T12:31:00.000-07:00

Companies Panasonic and NEC announced nine cellular telephones on the basis of mobile operational system Linux Mobile (LiMo). Popularity of open operational systems has considerably increased after an exit of a novelty from Apple and developed Google mobile OS Android. Use of alternatives to "classical" operational systems allow, among other, to lower cost of phones. Representatives of fund LiMo Foundation have informed, that five companies - Aromasoft, CasioHitachi Mobile Communications, Marvell, Opera Software and Swisscom - have joined membership in this noncommercial fund, having increased amount of its members to 55. Companies Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, taking second and third places among world manufacturers of mobile phones, are members of fund LiMo, but yet did not announce commercial models. Only NEC, Panasonic and Motorola have shown phones using software LiMo. In 2009 phones on the basis of LiMo have promised to present such operators, as Vodafone, Orange, Japanese NTT DoCoMo, Korean SK Telecom, and American Verizon Wireless and Telefonica.

Ten the best news of week about mobile phones - on April, 19th

2009-04-20T12:25:00.000-07:00

1. Company Samsung is going to to release phones with platform Android in June? Can seem, that developers Android have started up this hearing when there was nothing more interesting, but we believe, that we will soon see, how, at least, one more manufacturer will apply this operational system in phones! Possibly, on a place of such company it can appear Samsung if to believe hearings, that they have three phones on platform Android which should appear in Europe till the end of this year, and the first of them should be presented in June. 2. Whether there can be phone S8000 the first? In March we saw some pictures of phone S8000 with marks Anycall, but hearings now go, that phone with the touch screen could be phone Samsung number one on platform Android. With navigator GPS, the display on organic light-emitting diodes, support of communication of the third generation, Wi-Fi and 5-megapixels camera, it has impressive characteristics, but in our opinion, Cupcake Android it is required hardly more keys, than at the moment is available in model S8000? 3. A free charge of devices at Heathrow airport! If you make flight from Heathrow airport, look there for devices with doubtful name Power Poles, their only 47, and in them it is possible to recharge phone, laptop or any other device is free! This service is sponsored by company Samsung, and now to find Pole it is possible in terminals one and three. 4. Chargers for a mobile phone against the universal decision If you have lost charge device or simply regularly use more than one device instead of what to buy new gymnastics or to wait for occurrence fantastic universal зарядных ports, will pay the attention to this excellent product! It is inserted into USB-port of the personal computer and allows to load some phones simultaneously! 5. Under company Nokia forecasts, all the worst remains behind Company Nokia has strongly suffered during a current economic crisis, however they predict, that in second half of 2009 any more will not be worse, even, probably, the situation will slightly be adjusted for them and other manufacturers of mobile phones! After their report on profit falling on 90 %, such forecasts are extremely necessary for them! 6. Phone LG SV710 Suit. Not on every day Though it is improbable, that this new phone LG will enter on the European coast, to mention it nevertheless costs! Phone SV710 Suit completely corresponds to the name (Suit - in a translation from English «the business suit»), after all in it is available the special software for office expenses and the information on trips, that very much approaches for businessmen who rotate in high circles, but not so high that the smart phone was necessary to them. 7. Phones Sony Ericsson S312 and W205 on video Recently this month we have covered the announcement of three phones of an average level from Sony Ericsson which should appear soon - S312 and W205. Now company Sony Ericsson offers advertising videoclips with phones S312 and W205, and we can meet them more close! 8. Program Photo Browser from Nokia is accessible to all! Well, at least, for all, at whom a mobile phone on platform Symbian S60, 3 edition. If to you has liked 3D Photo Browser - the program for viewing of images with 3D-models which has been installed on phone Nokia 5800 then address to Nokia Beta Labs and can download it on the mobile phone on platform S60 3rd! For these phones even there are two versions, differing presence or absence accelerometr. 9. Conceptual phone which we would like to have … Phone Kyocera EOS has been developed by Susan MakKinni (Susan McKinney), and in him there is everything, that is necessary for a future mobile phone. It is equipped by the flexible screen on organic light-emitting diodes which turns to the excellent large-format display, the keyboard with keys which disappear when in them necessity disappears, and again appear, when become necessary, besides, there is a system of produce kinetic energy which uses your movements for gymnastics! 10. Actual phone which we do not want! Advertised by the person who has forgotten to shave, this mobile phone RongZun (or it should be called Wrong‘Un, in a translation from English "wrong") has the built in electrorazor. It is possible to clean a protective cap from the basis of phone and to start to have a shave, where the person would not be and what it did - in a bathroom, in a train or in the middle of a dinner! On site Gizmodo there is a videoclip in of 8 minutes for the devoted.

On May, 5th - date of official relise HTC Magic.

2009-04-20T12:06:00.001-07:00

Second phone on the basis of OS Android will be offered subscribers of network Vodafone UK on May, 5th, informs an official site of the operator. The device working by means of operational system Google, should enter the market on April, 17th, but its release has been detained in connection with «change at the last minute hardware components». Which characteristics have undergone to change, the company does not inform. We will remind, that Magic possesses 3,2 "the QVGA-screen and has no QWERTY-keyboard (unlike predecessor G1). Among its other functions - 3,2 Mp the camera with an auto focus, the GPS-receiver and support of wireless reports HSDPA and Wi-Fi. Vodafone Magic it will be offered subscribers free of charge under condition of connection to the tariff plan providing payment approximately of $50 a month within one and a half years. At the contract conclusion for two years the sum of monthly payments will make $40.

Lenovo OPhone copies the interface iPhone.

2009-04-11T22:58:00.000-07:00

First Android-phone of company Lenovo is created just like iPhone. In it specifies not only the name, OPhone, but also the user interface, which screenshot has got to a network. Being afraid of reaction Apple, Lenovo will providently release OPhone only in the native market - in China. "Googlophone" even in job and, on hearings, will offer buyers support of flash cards microSD, Bluetooth, the virtual QWERTY-keyboard, 5-Mp camera with flash and autofocusing. On sale the communicator should appear in the first half of the year. There are no doubts that in China it will use a great demand. Itself Apple till now has not deduced iPhone on the Chinese market officially. Negotiations with cellular operator China Mobile largest in the country pass hard.

T-Mobile prepares for the grandiose announcement on April, 21st

2009-04-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

The operator of cellular communication T-Mobile has delivered the invitation to press action which will take place on April, 21st in New York. The company prepares for the important announcement, informs Gizmodo. It is supposed, that on this action American version HTC Magic - the second mobile phone on platform Google Android will be officially announced. Unlike first phone which in networks T-Mobile is on sale under name G1, in the new device there will be no physical keyboard. The American variant of the device is planned to equip 5-MT with the chamber. It is hardware a novelty it is constructed on processor Qualcomm with clock frequency of 528 MHz. The volume of operative memory makes 192 MB, constant memory in capacity of 512 MB it is possible to expand with micro-SD-cards. Recently it became known that in Europe the novelty will go on sale in May - a month later, than it was planned earlier. In the USA the smart phone is not announced yet.

Date of release of the first googlophone from Samsung is named

2009-04-04T10:19:00.000-07:00

Company Samsung has confirmed, that works over the first googlophone. It in interview Forbes was declared by the vice-president of the telecommunication giant on global marketing Won-Pyo Hong. According to Mr. Honga, the device will be presented in June, and not to the USA, and in Europe where «crisis is felt less, and consumer ability of the population above». But the main thing - that only in the Old World it is possible to sell the same device simultaneously in networks of several operators. Well and to the North America - probably, as indemnification - till the end of a year Samsung will put at once two Android-communicators: one - for operator Sprint, another - for T-Mobile. In connection with features of marketing and preferences of mobile operators communicators will not be similar at all against each other. Despite all it, Samsung still concerns to Google Android frostily enough, considering this mobile OS only as one of set. We will remind, that in the beginning of year Koreans announced 8-megapixels cameraphone under control of Symbian; besides, in a company active many communicators on the basis of Windows Mobile. Release possibility same year one more smartphones - on the basis of Linux (in cooperation with Limo Foundation) is not excluded.

Foxconn will be engaged in manufacture of Android smartphones

2009-03-31T12:17:00.000-07:00

Company Foxconn has opened own department R&D which will be engaged in manufacture of smart phones on the basis of operational system Google Android, informs DigiTimes with the link to article of Chinese edition Economic Daily News. As potential partner Foxconn represents the American manufacturer of mobile phones Motorola. It is necessary to notice, that company Motorola declared for a long time the intention to concentrate on open platform Android per 2009, marks a source.

HTC: the competition in the market of Android-devices will become aggravated

2009-03-30T11:15:00.000-07:00

High Tech Computer(HTC) company, one of leaders in the market of "clever" phones, predicts a serious aggravation of a competition among manufacturers of mobile phones on the basis of platform Android. There will be it already in the second quarter 2009 when on the market there are many manufacturers who while will stand aside. Among beginners such large companies, as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Motorola and Sony Ericsson are specified. While it is spoken about release possibility at least six new devices which in Europe will extend the operator of mobile communication Orange. At the same time itself HTC does not plan to hand over easily a position - the exit of two-three novelties specially for Europe is already planned. However, aside there are no also Taiwan companies. Such manufacturers as Acer and Asustek Computer also prepare own Android-novelties which will appear on sale in the second quarter. In case of Acer model Acer A1 prepares for release, sales should start in September.

Google has updated Android Developer Phone

2009-03-12T11:59:00.000-07:00

Company Google has presented updating for the open version of operational system Android Developer Phone. This working out - open analogue of version Android which is used on smart phone G1. Besides, the platform can be used without any bindings to a network of the cellular operator or smart phone model. Basically, owners of smart phones could test version 1.1 updating for couple of weeks before official start, it is accessible to free downloading and the "retail" version of operational system. In updated Android Developer Phone 1.1 program bugs and the mistakes connected with incorrect job of the device in the sleeping mode are corrected some. Also the post subsystem is improved, in particular, support POP3, informing on new messages and sending of letters under the schedule are added. Users can find some more pleasant surprises in job with ММС and vocal search.