March 14th, 2010
Opera has announced its Mini 5 browser for the Google OS. Opera for Android is a beta version that allows tabbed browsing, ’speed dial’ bookmarks, power scrolling with touchscreen as well as physical keyboard support. The browser provides upto 90% compressed webpages that allows faster browsing. The Opera link feature allows the user to sync bookmarks between the mobile phone and desktop computer. It also features an in-built password manager. The browser can be downloaded free from HERE. It is also available through the Android Market.
Categories: Android, Google, Softwares, Tech Industry News, mobile app |
Tags: Android, android market, opera mini, opera mini 5, opera mini 5 browser for Google OS android phones | 1 Comment
March 11th, 2010
As this is Oscar week, we will just start this post with an instance from Jerry Maguire in which football star Rod Tidwell tells his agent Jerry Maguireto shut up and “show him the money!” Well, we can understand how he felt after hearing Sony Ericsson make YET another comment about the Xperia X10. We first heard of the Android-driven device in early November when we were told it would be available in Q1 2010. At the recent MWC in Barcelona, we were shown Mini and Mini Pro versions of the device and told it would be coming a bit later.
And NOW we have a Sony Ericsson spokesperson telling CNET that it could come in the second half of the year with a new version of Android. Honestly, we were very impressed by the specs of the X10 (a 8.1 MP shooter, 4.0 inch touchscreen, and every connectivity option in town) but the inordinate delay in its arrival is really making us wonder if like the original Xperia, it would be actually outdated by the time it arrived. It must be one of the few smartphones in cellphone history to have three different avatars, none of which happen to be in the market.
So allow us to paraphrase Rod Tidwell and say, “Enough talk, Sony E. Show us the X10 in the market. Please!”
Categories: Android, rumor, smartphones, sony ericsson |
Tags: 2010 android, Android, android by se, se xperia, sony ericsson, x10 android, xperia launch, xperia x 10, xperia x10 | No Comments
March 8th, 2010
GigaByte’s GSmart Android is yet to hit the streets and here is another android phone from the Taiwanese cellphone manufacturer. Dubbed GSmart G1305 Codfish, the handset has been leaked by French website PointGPhone with a few pictures and specifications of the phone. The website calls it “good manufacturing quality” and is “very responsive”. The leaked specifications include a Android 1.6 Donut with a custom UI, 5MP camera, 3.2″ touchscreen and other ‘decent features’. In terms of specifications, the handset sure looks better than the GSmart Android, but nothing in particular impress us (including the v1.6 of Android).
Another similarity in the two Android handsets from GigaByte? No one knows the pricing and availability details of both (i.e. if they would be available).
via [PointGPhone & Engadget]
Categories: Android, Leaked / Spyshots, smartphones |
Tags: Android, android 1.6, codfish, Gigabyte, gigabyte android, gigabyte android phone | No Comments
March 7th, 2010
Everyone knew that Android would not be limited to powering cellphones. Android powered netbooks and media players were anticipated even before the google OS picked up momentun. But, recently we have seen the OS powering a few not-s0-expected devices. First we saw the Android powered landline phone and now we have the Android powered VoIP phone on display at MSI’s booth at CeBIT.
The device, MS-9A31 is a landline-cum-VoIP hybrid featuring a large touchscreen. The phone supports DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication), video conferencing and instant messaging. Connectivity options include two LAN ports and a USB port. It also has a card reader for multimedia file transfer. There is no news on pricing or availability of the phone. Check out the video (more…)
Categories: Android, First look, Launch Pad, Videos, Wireless Gadgets |
Tags: Android, android gadgtet, android phone, android voip phone, cebit, cebit 2010, MSI, os, voip, voip phone | No Comments
March 3rd, 2010
There were multiple rumors that a strong reason (or perhaps the only) for Google not integrating multi-touch (pinch to zoom that is) in the US release of Android phones (until now) was a lawsuit threat from Apple. Apple holds patents related to multitouch technology and this happens to be one of the 20 patents that Apple has shortlisted while suing HTC yesterday. Anyone going through the Apple suit against HTC gets it clear that Apple has targeted the Android OS more than HTC, however Google is not officially named in the lawsuit.
Google has not shied away from giving a statement in favour of HTC and this making it clear that they are up for a fight. “We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to develop it,”- Google
HTC has also given a statement stressing (more…)
Categories: Android, Apple, Google, HTC, Tech Industry News |
Tags: Android, apple android lawsuit, apple htc lawsuit details, apple lawsuit, apple vs google, dispute, htc lawsuit for android, htc sued, iphone vs android, lawsuit, patents | No Comments
February 8th, 2010
When it comes to design, Motorola is coming out with something entirely new and impressive these days. After a backwords flipping QWERTY with the Motorola Backflip, here comes multiple orientation keyboard phone — Motosplit. The rumored Motosplit is expected to have a unique form-factor, according to the leaked design image shown above. The phone is rumored to be featuring a multi-sliding keyboard. The keyboard can be a numeric keypad as well as a full QWERTY because it uses touch sensitive monochrome displays for keys.
The cut-outs for the ‘touch-keys’ match the counter of a standard finger to make typing easier. The key label would change according to the slide layout in use. The keyboard can be slide downwards for use as a standard numerical keypad and can also slide sideways to be used as QWERTY in landscape mode.
Other rumored specifications include a screen-size same as that of the Motorola Droid (3.7“, 480 x 854) and a snapdragon 1GHz processor. The phone is expected to be official in Q3 2010.
via [AndroidCommunity] (more…)
Categories: Android, Leaked / Spyshots, motorola, rumor |
Tags: Android, changing qwerty, motorola, motorola android, motorola motosplit, motosplit, rumor, touch qwerty, touchscreen qwerty | 1 Comment
January 29th, 2010
Motorola CEO Mr Sanjay Jha revealed during their last quarter earnings call that they are indeed working on a Google branded phone. I can imagine that a co like Motorola that is making a comeback to the mobile arena and going profitable again with good releases like the Droid, needs to gather some media spotlight / momentum before it actually rolls out devices and this early disclosure of ‘Motoogle‘ phone is nothing but that. Mr Jha didn’t give any specific details on the Google branded phone, but this announcement comes just days after we heard the Droid 2 / Nexus 2 report. So did we really see the next Google phone as pictures below?
Apple / Palm often claim their software+hardware integration is unmatched. And perhaps this is where Google and Microsoft are now working towards, by closely working with handset manufacturers to (more…)
Categories: Android, motorola, smartphones |
Tags: Android, droid, droid 2, google phone, motogoogle, motorla google phone, nexus 2, nexus one, nexus two | 3 Comments
January 22nd, 2010
Gigabyte is a Taiwanese cellphone manufacturer known for its GSmart series of phones. The company is adding its first Android phone as the GSmart series. Gigabyte has released the pricing and the specifications of the unnamed phone which would fit right in the affordable range of Android phones.
The specification of the phone are as follows – (more…)
Categories: Android, Launch Pad |
Tags: Android, android 1.6, Gigabyte, gigabyte android phone, gsmart | 1 Comment
January 17th, 2010
Eric Tseng, senior product manager (Android), has spilled the beans on the name of the next version of Android. Eric told Engadget, that the next version of Android would be called Froyo which is short for “frozen yogurt”. The new name fits right in the delicious lineup of android names after Cupcake, Donut and Eclair.
Apart from the name, no other details were given by Eric like when the next version would be released or what the next version would have to offer. For now, the name sure gets us tempted for another delicious version of Android that would hopefully arrive just in time for a showdown with the upcoming iPhone 4th Gen 
Categories: Android, Softwares |
Tags: Android, android 2010, android froyo, eric tseng, froyo, nexus two | No Comments
January 16th, 2010
Motorola is working so close with Android, that anything new from Motorola these days has Android written over it. From Motorola Droid to the recently leaked Motorola Sholes and even an Android app store, its Android all the way for Motorola. Add to the list, the leaked (more…)
Categories: Android, motorola, rumor, smartphones |
Tags: Android, app store, motorola droid, motorola mb 511, motorola rumor, motorola ruth, motorola ruth specs, motorola sholes | No Comments
January 15th, 2010
The 2010 Nokia UI that we saw earlier is the S^4 UI Concept Proposal submitted by Nokia. Symbian OS 4 is expected to be launched by NOKIA along with some sleeky models most probably sometime in 2010 itself. The inspiration of this OS is taken from Android but we know where the actual push comes from, its the “iPhone”. Latest version of Symbian OSes are built and tested out on QT which have the capability to support hybrid, touch screen and other model phones.
Nokia is working on building clean and interactive (more…)
Categories: Softwares, nokia, smartphones |
Tags: Android, iphone, nokia, nokia touch phone, symbian 4, Symbian OS, touchscreen | No Comments
January 15th, 2010
From consumer complaints to confusion to the software problems, Google is seeing it all. But this one has come right out of the blue.
From what we read, it seems like Nexusone is being sued for copyright violations.
Now this one starts with Philip K Dicks novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”. This book was widely appreciated and thence later made into a sci-fi movie called “Blade Runner” having Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer in the lead , which again was a huge hit among the sci-fi movie fans. (more…)
Categories: Android, Google, HTC, Tech Industry News, smartphones |
Tags: Android, Blade Runner, copyright, copyright violation, George Lucas, google phone, google sued, Harrison Ford, Isa Dick, motorola, nexus one sued, Nexus-6, philip k dick | 6 Comments
January 12th, 2010
The Lenovo LePhone announced for China at CES 2010 is surely a beauty. Powered by the Snapdragon the Le Phone is the latest to be added to the 1GHz smartphone club. Other features include:
- 3.7″ capacitive touchscreen screen (800×480)
- Android 1.6 OS
- A-GPS, WiFi
- 3.5mm audio jack
- attachable QWERTY that houses a 2nd battery and speakers
- 3MP camera on the back
- Front camera for video calling
Sourece
Categories: Android, First look, Lenovo, smartphones |
Tags: Android, ces, ces 2010, hybrid cellphone, lenovo android, lenovo smartphone, lephone | No Comments
January 11th, 2010
It has been more than a year since Google’s mobile operating system, Android, was released. And the last few months have finally seen it making its presence felt in the market with a number of terrific handsets, most notably the Motorola Droid and the HTC Hero. Ironically, it is this very profusion of handsets that is providing the OS with its biggest challenge. For, just about every major handset out there is running a different version of Android – the Hero is on 1.5, the Droid on 2.0, the Nexus One on 2.1 and there a few handsets on 1.6 too. And they are all different in more than nomenclature – those using versions 2.0 and 2.1 get the joys of voice navigation and better apps, among a host of other features.
Android fan boys, and many others, will point out that this is in fact is a good thing as it just shows how rapidly the OS is developing and that even the much-hyped Symbian and iPhone operating systems have different versions running on devices. While I can see their point, there is one crucial difference between what happens to Symbian and the iPhone OS and Android – in the case of the former two, the user has the power to upgrade, while in the case of Android, he or she is almost always at the mercy of the manufacturer.
For instance, I have the HTC Hero since September and have been waiting for an upgrade to 2.1, or heck, even 1.6. I do have the option to root my device and upgrade it but that would render its warranty void. (more…)
Categories: Android, Google, Reviews, smartphones |
Tags: Android, droid, Google, Hero, htc hero, motorola droid, Samsung Galaxy, smartphones | 1 Comment
January 1st, 2010
When it comes to Android, Motorola and HTC seems to be the top phone manufacturers putting a huge stake on the Google’s open source operating system. After the success of Droid, Motorola has been working on a number of new android handsets and even on an android application store. The latest rumors are that Motorola is all set to unveil two more Android devices next week at CES.
According to Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry, Motorola may announce two new android handsets in CES 2010, one on each AT&T and Verizon. Both the handsets are expected to have an OLED acreen and a slide-out QWERTY. The AT&T handset is expected to be the rumored Motorola Backflip (shown in picture above). Backflip has a (more…)
Categories: Android, Leaked / Spyshots, motorola, rumor |
Tags: Android, ces, ces 2010, motorola, motorola android, motorola backflip, motorola ces 2010, motorola sholes | 2 Comments
December 30th, 2009
Google had a Android press event scheduled for next week. Though no specific details about what to expect is out, the word on the street is that the Nexus One would see an official unveiling at the event. Its been a year since we saw the first Android G1 and since then the devices have poured in plenty. The Motorola Droid that runs the latest Android 2.0 has been rated the gadget of the year and this Android event would ideally be a platform where Google would highlight whats next! The rumors of Nexus One making a official launch at this event is supported by leaked screenshots of the Nexus One’s order page.
As per the screen grabs of the landing page that is seen, the NexusOne shall be offered with and without contract. Nexus One on a T-mobile contract for 2 yrs would cost you $180 with a Nexus plan of $79. The unsubsidized version would cost $530. But what Google really plans with this is a mystery. After denying that they are getting into hardware, this seems to be a Android device that Google has designed and is promoting under its own banner (expected to be sold at google.com/phone). We should expect some clarity next week. Till then keep drooling over the leaked Nexus One videos and pictures. (more…)
Categories: Android, Google, Tech Industry News |
Tags: Android, android 2.1, google phone, gphone, nexus one, nexus one launch | 3 Comments
December 22nd, 2009
The Motorola XT701, aka Motorola Sholes, is the latest smartphone from Motorola. The pictures shown here are the unofficial leaked images of the phone. The handset is said to be headed to the Chinese market. The images have supposedley been leaked from China’s FCC, which is also called the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The handset has been approved by them and is expected to hit the Chinese market by early 2010.
Though the images above show an 8MP camera, the leaked specifications mention a 5MP camera. Below are the leaked specs of the handset. Apparently, the Sholes branding was the (more…)
Categories: Android, Leaked / Spyshots, motorola |
Tags: Android, motorola rumor, motorola sholes, motorola sholes image, motorola sholes specs, motorola xt701 | 4 Comments
December 16th, 2009
Though unofficial but the news is that the Android Market is 20000 strong with over 60% free apps to offer. While this may seem minuscule compared to the 100,000+ apps on the iTunes app store, the face that there were 9 Android handsets released this year and another 50 expected next year, this could well be the beginning of the Android revolution. The Droid and the Nexus One has already given Android a significant mindshare over the iPhone 3GS, however the biggest challenge for any iPhone competitor including the Palm Pre is the App store (I hate pointing that again and again). With such growth of Android apps we might well see things changing in 2010.
The only thing that Android apps are missing probably is the big hits like we have seen with the App Store. For example the TomTom navigation app that till recently sold for over $100 for the iPhone managed to get 80,000 purchases in Q3 2009. This brought the co. $8 million in revenue. Once Android market proves its commercial ability in a comparable manner, we can cheer the 000’s of Android apps with much more confidence!
Source: Android Apps stats and image
Categories: Android, Softwares, mobile app |
Tags: Android, android apps, android market, app store vs android market, apps, iphone vs android | 1 Comment
December 16th, 2009
HTC Legend is believed to be the successor of the HTC Hero and we have leaked picture (rendered) and rumored specification list. The Hero successor has undergone some essential upgradation while still maintaining the elegance and the ease-of-use of its predecessor.
While b0th the handsets have the same screen size and resolution, HTC Legend will be the first HTC handset to feature an AMOLED touchscreen. Legend packs in a optical sensor instead of the trackball we saw in the Hero and also adds a LED flash to the camera. A faster 600MHz qualcomm processor will power the Legend. Other specs are mostly the same as that of HTC Hero. Below is the specification list of the HTC Legend. (more…)
Categories: Android, HTC, smartphones |
Tags: Android, HTC, htc hero, htc legend, htc legend specifications, htc legend specs | 10 Comments
December 13th, 2009
Motorola is working on its web-based application store for Android called “SHOP4APPS”. Android and Me got a sneak peek of the application store during its testing.
Are they building an application store for just a couple of devices? Motorola sure sees a bright future for itself in Android. With the Android Market already in place, an introduction of a Motorola-branded Android application store would give its users more options to shop for apps.
The purchase of applications can be done through (more…)
Categories: Android, Future WIP, motorola |
Tags: Android, android app store, android applications, android market, apps, motorola, motorola app store, shop4apps | 7 Comments
