Garmin-Asus Eee Phone: instead of Android will have Windows Mobile 6.5?

Accessible mobile phone EeePhone is surrounded by rumors. The device is developing an a recently formed alliance Garmin-Asus. There was an information, that instead of Linux-platform Android of the company can install on Eee Phone a Windows Mobile 6.5 OS which has been announced during the Mobile World congress. Representatives Garmin and Asus refuse to make a comments about Eee Phone. Perhaps, the Asus executive director is unique official, who is confirming the fact of its development. However even he is avaricious on a detail. However, it is not excluded, that Garmin-Asus will present at once a few Eee Phone with a miscellaneous software. As was in a case with netbooks Eee PC - buyers could choose models with Linux or with Windows.

Freescale will release a platform for netbooks with Android and Xandros.

Having announced the last month a platform for netbooks with support 3G on the basis of the i.MX515 processor, Freescale Semiconductor company on MWC 2009 has continued to follow in this direction. The manufacturer has declared about cooperation with a lot of the companies for chips adaptation for OS Android from Google, HyperSpace - «hot start» systems from Phoenix Technologyes and Xandros Linux. The basic purpose of the company is a promotion i.MX515 for notebooks with the integrated 3G communications module. In this direction Freescale is actively cooperates with Wavecom and Option companies. The choice of the open systems for i.MX515 chips will allow Freescale to successfully compete on the netbooks market in a budgetary segment. The company already showed the first samples of reference-design on i. MX515 with 1 GHz frequency on the CES 2009, and mass release of these processors is planned for second half of 2009. It is possible to expect occurrence a netbooks on Freescale platform under control of Android in the autumn of this year.

MWC2009. Third day. Neo, LG, QiGi.

Neo company does not a leaders of the mobile industry, however its phones are allocated among production of competitors. On an exhibition to Barcelona the company has brought some devices among which is present Neo 808i. The information on this phone appeared in the past to year and it can safely nominate for a rank of the smallest functional mobile. At the size 72х41х14 mm phone is equipped by the color display, 1,2-megapixel camera, FM-tuner, slot microSD and МР3-player. Except for this device was been shown not less exotic phone Neo Eclipse with an arcual back panel and classical monoblock Neo 909b working under control of OS Android. When these devices will reach users - it is still not known. LG representatives have confirmed, that the announced in July of the last year smartphone LG KS360, becomes the first device of the company working under control of Google Android. Functional's of the updated version device will not differ from original LG KS360. Unique difference of two devices is Google Android OS. LG KS360 has the 2,4-inch touch display, 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth module, FM-tuner and the put forward QWERTY-keyboard. Updated version LG KS360 will appear in the summer. Besides up to the end of year LG plans to release two more Android-smartphone. Chinese companies TechFaith Wireless and QIGI have brought on the World mobile congress in Barcelona the new communicator QiGi i6. Distinctive feature of this device is the opportunity of work under control of two OS: Google Android, and Windows Mobile 6.1. Beside this, communicator have processor with clock frequency 624 MHz, 2,8-inch touch display, 2-megapixel camera, the GPS-module, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the slot for microSD memory cards (up to 4 gigabytes). The sizes of the device 109 x 58 x 14,9 millimeters.