Mar 11
Today’s average forum goer at the Android Forums has something new to chatter about today. Going straght down to the juicy details: there’s about half a gig of RAM, 320MB of that is usable, 8 megapixel camera, a Snapdragon that’s downclocked to 768Mhz (but the new Sense Ui is still said to be “blazing fast”), and measures exactly 117.5 x 58.5 x 11.9mm, meaning that’s it’s just a bit narrower, shorter, and thicker than the Nexus One.
The back still looks like it’s keeping the contoured curves along with the Verizon branding. Interestingly, the entire shell on the inside is colored red, much like the HD Mini’s yellow. So far we dig it’s coming out sometimes in April or May. More photos are at the “More” of the post.
Source: Android Forums
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Mar 10
By Stefan Etienne Filed under: HTC, Handsets at: 5:38 pm
While the official European release date for the HTC Legend stood as sometimes in April, Dutch site Tweakers.net proves otherwise. Several forum members are pleased to announce that they received their units this morning.
This is somewhat special since usually handset makers are stiff when it comes to releasing their gadgets early, HTC being one of them.
Alas, there was no word of the Legend coming to a little place called the U.S., but according to all rumors that points to a solid yes.
Source: Engadget, Tweakers
Mar 10
The Palm Pre. Palm’s quick-thinking solution in order to get into the new age of smartphones. Has it? It surely has, that you can say. While webOS 1.4 though has gotten faster and more responsive, it still leaves much to be desired. Review is after the break.
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Mar 10
As much as this is off the tip of the hat, so to speak, this might just be the real deal here folks. A recent leak is that the HTC Desire, the Sense UI counterpart of the Nexus One, is making its way to T-Mobile instead of AT&T, or in extraordinary cases, both. A ninja that seems pretty accurate says that after speaking to three T-Mobile retail store managers one of the employees responded:
“My manager said that [he/she] trained on a phone but was sworn to secrecy. It’s probably the Desire…[he/she] said it was awesome and it was Android.”
The second manager responded that the handset he/she was training with was not the CLIQ XT, but was “all touchscreen” and “large”. Pretty much fits the bill of the Desire right? Of course, this is just a margarita drizzled with salt, so don’t come banging on our door if it’s not real; we’re posting this because we love you guys.
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Mar 08
As all of you might know, Google Android is a mobile phone operating system that is open-source. Meaning that developers can develop as much as they please, ideas can be shared, and everything is open. More specifically, by defualt all Android phones allow you to install non-Android market apps.
AT&T has removed that feature. So besides the Backflip looking weird, running Android 1.5, using Yahoo! search instead of Google, AT&T’s bloatware apps that are included in each handset, and now not being able to install non-Market apps is impossible. How much more can you cripple an Android? What’s worse is that other hardware — the Dell Mini 5 for example, and even the HTC Desire — might get the same treatment.
Source: AndroidandMe
Mar 08
The HTC HD2 was taking its red carpet debut last night. Despite the doomed fate of Windows Mobile 6.5, the Sense UI looks magnificent on the gigantic 4.3-inch WVGA display, complimented by the Blockbuster movie app which allow users to download movies straight to their phone. And of course there’s the almost possible update to Windows Phone 7 series that the HD2 could make, but that’s not looking good right now. There isn’t a confirmed and official release date, somewhere around March 24th for $199 on contract/$449 off contract seems very realistic. One more shot after the break with the HD2 in T-Mobile branding; a series of shots are at the source link.
Source: TmoNews
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Mar 07
For you AT&T fans out there who have been missing on the Android craze, today marks the first Android phone making its way to your speedy network. Priced at a sweet $99 on rebate with a 2-year contract, the BACKFLIP includes GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), tri-band 7.2Mbps HSPA 3G (850/1900/2100 MHz), a 3.1″ HVGA touch-screen display, Android OS 1.5 (soon upgradeable to 2.1), 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, aGPS, 3.5 mm headphone jack, microSD slot (up to 32GB), fully QWERTY “back flipping” keyboard, and all decorated by Motorola’s MOTOBLUR social networking UI. So, will you bite?
Source: AT&T, BGR
Mar 06
One word of caution: please take this well-written report with a grain of salt. On to the story: BGR is claiming (you know, a rumor) that Verizon has begun internal training with its employees on the EV-DO variant of the Nexus One — the Verizon version. While internally a release date has not been put up yet, it’s nice to see Verizon has officially started, meaning that we’re getting closer to that release date. Although the only proof of this going on is a “couple of emails that were bounced around”. Hopefully I think I (and you too!) can believe this.
Source: BGR
Mar 05
Just as a case in point, the headline is nearly exactly what HTC said. Moving on to the story, Crave UK loved their Nexus One, until one day it appeared with the purple screen seen above. According to Crave, the Nexus One was innocently charging on a desk. They also swore that they didn’t kill their wonderful Nexus One, and couldn’t understand how it ended up in a purple coating. So Google encouraged them to contact HTC; problem is HTC was stumped. But then they pressed on and got this response from Mr. Clever HTC Support Guy:
“Putting a phone in a tight pair of jeans and sitting down would usually cause that kind of damage,” and “People sometimes forget that they don’t go in pockets.”
Could you please put that by me again? A phone can’t go into a pocket you say? On the flipside of things, CNET UK recieved a new Nexus One courtesy of HTC, and said they’ll be watching this one.
This better not happen with the Nexus One we just got yesterday from Google .
Source: Crave UK
Mar 05
Are you interested in seeing the Legendary unibody, sleek and silver, HTC Legend? Of course you are, and that’s why Chris Davies over at SlashGear has his grimy paws on one (we’re jealous), and also did an unboxing video which is embedded above. It’s a near-retail version; reason why I say that is because the microSD card was not included, and there’s no graphic on the box. This should definitely change when the Legend comes in April. Now check out the video and tell us what you think!
Source: MobileCrunch, SlashGear
