10 Mar 10 HTC Supersonic – WiMAX Android phone Video Leaked
Watch the video below of the rumoured HTC Supersonic, said to be going to Sprint and would be the first Android phone that supports WiMAX.
The screen is much larger than the Nexus One, said to be sporting a 4.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen display.
1 GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm,
1GB of ROM
Running Android 2.1 with the HTC Sense!
These Android phones just keep coming from HTC and they get better and better.
Tags: AMOLED, HTC, HTC Sense, HTC Supersonic, Nexus One, Qualcomm, Snapdragon, WiMAX
29 Oct 09 Date announced for Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless
iDon’t have a real keyboard.
iDon’t run simultaneous apps.
iDon’t take night shots.
iDon’t allow open development.
iDon’t customize.
iDon’t run widgets.
iDon’t have interchangeable batteries.
Everything iDont.
DroidDoes.
This is obviously a competition teaser targetted to iPhone and using iDon’t to highlight things that the iPhone doesn’t do.
Ending it with a DroidDoes makes it sounds like it overcomes the shortchange of the iPhone.
The date for the Motorola Droid has been announced, revealed from DroidDoes website and also from their emails if you have submitted your email address earlier on their teaser site.
It’s 6th November 2009, mark your calendar if you’re interested with Motorola Droid Android phone from Verizon Wireless.
For the first hands-on report of the phone, Engadget has more information. Click here.
Tags: Droid Does, DroidDoes, Motorola, Motorola Droid, Verizon, Verizon Wireless
20 Oct 09 Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless
Hello Moto.
Shortly after the announcement of Motorola’s first Android phone – Cliq for US market and Dext for the rest of the world, Verizon Wireless has released teaser to the next Motorola Android, the Motorola Droid.
The Motorola Cliq has yet to even reach production but the next phone is ready to be announced.
This shows how much hype or explosion we are going to expect out of Google’s Android platform.
The teaser ads can be seen on US national tv, and a video supposedly showing the Droid booting up can be seen below.
The rumoured specifications of the Motorola Droid are briefly covered on Brighthand.com.
The ads or teasers link to the official website of Motorola Droid : http://droiddoes.com/
You are supposed to submit your email for early notification of the phone availability on the website.
It is definitely still early to talk about Android 2.0 and probably what could be seen was in the early demonstrations but this Droid is said to be running on Android 2.0. I’m not sure how reliable but it just seems to me that manufacturers are getting even more desperate to show that they will have phones which are much superior than the newer ones, both released or unreleased, and asking the Android fans to wait some more?
So I guess we won’t be seeing much yet eh?
Tags: Droid Does, DroidDoes, Motorola, Motorola Droid
19 Oct 09 HTC Hero and Android wins T3 Gadget Awards
T3, a leading technology magazine especially about gadgets, gizmos has recently announced its list of Gadget winners.
T3 stood for Tomorrow’s Technology Today, but this isn’t used anywhere in the magazine or on the website anymore. Other than being published in its home country – UK, T3 magazine is available in most countries in the world, and has syndicated/localised versions in over 20 countries.
Above is a Malaysian T3 magazine cover, cover girl is Felixia Yeap.
Well, highlighting the list of awards, we shall only target HTC Hero and Android, as that’s what this blog is about.
HTC Hero
1) Phone of the Year
2) Gadget of the Year
T3 Says : “HTC, Google and the legions of people who would rather not buy an Apple at last have something to shout about. The Hero is a full featured, wonderfully usable, beautifully presented handset with a similarly lovely open source OS.”
and also : “HTC burst out of the blocks with the G1 and Magic, but really hit a Usain Bolt-like stride with the Hero. A mix of svelte good looks – the jutting “chin” on the bottom lends it an iconic air – and slickly intuitive usability, the Hero seems to do everything well, without fuss. In a year of classic gadgets, this summed up all that was good in tech in 2009: digital social networks, which the Hero regularly updates you on; the transformation of the phone into an omni-competent browser/media player/comms device; the tactile triumph of the touchscreen; the emergence of cloud storage. That’s why it’s our Gadget of the Year.”
Android
1) Launch of the Year
T3 Says : “What all the phones to carry Android so far have in common is intuitive touchscreen controls and innovative, always-on connectivity. Next year it moves up to netbooks, tablets and laptops; Apple and Microsoft have every reason to be concerned. Very concerned.”
Google
1) Tech Brand of the Year
T3 Says : “Boosting profits by 18 per cent to $1.8 billion in 2009, Google had arguably its highest-profile year ever. Its search engine saw off Microsoft’s Bing. The Android mobile OS appeared in the Motorola DEXT and HTC Hero among others, and its off to conquer the netbook market next.”
For the rest of the award winners, check out the full list here.
Tags: Android, Felixia Yeap, Gadget of the Year, Google, HTC Hero, Phone of the Year, T3, T3 Gadget Awards
29 Sep 09 Celcom’s First Hint on HTC Hero Pricing
Celcom has finally dropped its first hint of HTC Hero pricing via its subsidiary Blue Cube. Blue Cube is a mobile telecommunication retail outlet and marketing channel for Celcom products and solutions.
This news is something many looked forward to, after the recent HTC Hero official launch event in Malaysia over three weeks ago which priced it at RM 2,399.
Blue Cube reveals now that the Hero is priced at RM 1,799 with two options of monthly commitment; either RM 148 or RM 250.
The bundle comes with a 16GB Micro SD card and a bluetooth headset. 
HTC HERO ™
| Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900/ HSDPA 900/ 2100 |
| DATA | HSDPA, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wifi, Bluetooth, USB |
| Dimensions | 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm |
| 135 gms | |
| Display | 320 x 480 pixels |
| Multimedia | 5MP |
| Auto Focus | |
| Touch focus (via software update) | |
| MP3 Player | |
| Video | |
| Digital compass | |
| GPS Support | |
| Business | Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake) |
| Qualcomm MSM 7200A 528 MHz processor | |
| GPS Support | |
| Full QWERTY Keyboard | |
| Multi-touch input method | |
| Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate | |
| Sense UI | |
| Ringtones | MP3 Ringtones, Polyphonic |
| Colours | Brown, White (teflon coating), Graphite, Black, Pink |
| Memory | 288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM |
| Battery | Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) |
| Standby | Up to 440 h (2G) / Up to 750 h (3G) |
A check on Celcom’s HTC Magic shows that the Magic has an even more magical price of RM 1,499 and with the same required monthly commitment as the HTC Hero.
Of course, the Magic being an earlier model, is lacking some features and its free bundle only includes a 8GB Micro SD card.
I think the Hero is really attractive, what say you?
Tags: Blue Cube, Celcom, HTC, HTC Hero, HTC Magic, Malaysia Android
17 Sep 09 Download Android 1.6 SDK – Donut
Android has released Android 1.6 SDK for download and with features like :
- CDMA phone support
- more screen resolutions
- updated Camera, Camcorder, and Gallery
- quick search box with multiple sources including online and device
- Virtual Private Network (VPN) configuration
- battery usage indicator
- the awaited Android Market update
- text-to-speech engine
- Gestures API
Following is a quick intro on Google Android 1.6
Download the latest 1.6 SDK here.
This build will be in devices coming October 2009.
Tags: Android 1.6 SDK, Donut
15 Sep 09 LG confirms first Android GW620 Eve
So it turns out that the news about possible LG first Android GW620 Eve is true.
LG has confirmed that their first Android is LG GW620.
A couple of photos of the LG GW620 were also released although no pricing nor full specifications of the device are made available yet.
What was announced though, is that the phone will be available in the fourth quarter of 2009 for selected European markets.
Some basic features of the phone made known were
- slideout QWERTY keypad
- 3″ touchscreen
Seems like a teaser right? Coming soon to the country near you.
11 Sep 09 Motorola launches first Android – Motorola Cliq
Motorola announced their first Android phone, Motorola Cliq for the US and will be carried by T-Mobile. Cliq will be available in the 4th quarter this year and will be launched in other countries as Motorola Dext on carriers like Orange, America Movil, and Telefonica.
The news of Motorola joining the ranks of Android manufacturers came in July and the Android developer platform was ready then, so people were essentially interested to know what kind of phone Motorola will come up with, and if it would be as iconic as the Motorola Razr.
During the launch of Motorola Cliq, Motorola’s co-chief executive Sanjay Jha reveals the first Android phone which sports a customized UI named MotoBlur.
I think the MotoBlur software is sleek and it has heavy integration with social networks like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and many more.
Motorola calls Cliq – “The first phone with social skills.”
Watch the video below shared by phonedog.com, demonstrating the Motorola Cliq on MotoBlur.
Notice the contact photo is a twitter avatar picture, I’m guessing it would change whenever new photos are uploaded.
You might also want to check out the live coverage of the announcement by Engadget.
Features-wise, the Cliq is a 3G/HSDPA and WiFi device – not surprising. It is a slide phone with QWERTY keyboard (virtual keyboard as well – capacitive touchscreen) and comes with a 5.0 megapixel camera with auto focus and a 3.5mm audio jack.
It supports Geo Tagging and a phone owner could also wipe data from a lost or stolen phone remotely or even find out where the phone is by using the device’s Global Positioning System technology.
No pricing information is immediately available yet, just keep checking out the Motorola Cliq product page.
Something’s blurry in my mind though, why MotoBlur?
Is MotoClear set for something else?
Tags: America Movil, Motorola, Motorola Cliq, Motorola Dext, Orange, Sanjay Jha, T-Mobile, Telefonica
08 Sep 09 Android Market apps breached 10k mark
Although Android Market still far behind Apple App Store in terms of the number of applications, developers and the revenue generated, the potential of Android Market is still appealing.
There might be a number of things Google has to work out with Android Market and it has been looked into. There are video and photos of the next Android Market update or refresh which might give a boost to the market.
One thing’s missing with Android Market is the number of apps available. With over a year of the opening of Android Market, what’s the number of apps available?
The answer to that question, although not directly accurate, could now be obtained from AndroidLib.
AndroidLib.com is a website which allows Android users to search for apps and games from Android Market and easily download them to their devices. The website has a new Market stats link, which reveals the number of new applications and games published per day in the Android’s Market. It also indicates that there are at least 10,000 apps and games available on the platform today.
More than 60% of apps are free to download.
Despite the issues users are facing with the Android Market, it is said that the Android Market have grown over 4.4 times since May when there were only some 2,300 applications.
Tags: Android Market, AndroidLib, statistics
02 Sep 09 Android Market still far behind Apple App Store
It’s obvious enough by just comparing the sites of Apple App Store and Android Market to know which markets better.
If visual is not enough, according to the numbers crunched by Admob and GigaOM, there are some $200 million worth of applications sold in Apple’s iPhone store every month and only about $5 million a month in Android’s Market. That is only 2.5 percent of the Apple App Store.
LarvaLabs, a top mobile application developer that develops mobile entertainment applications for the T-Mobile Sidekick, iPhone / iPod Touch and Android platforms, too blog about it’s meager sales from the Android market.
LarvaLabs have two highly ranked apps (#1 and #5) selling for $4.99, which is on the upper end of the price range but they could only bring in an average of $62.39 average. Ouch!
They made a comparison of the same #5 ranking iPhone app and estimated revenue is around $3,500 a day. Compare $62 to $3,500 a day?
Google has a lot more work to get done on Android Market to fill up the mobile market and go head to head with iPhone based on these concrete numbers. First off, would be revamping the market and the usability of it.
I wonder if the reason for Android being the developer phone/geek phone in the first place that brought to this situation. Being developers, they are more unlikely to purchase apps from Android market while iPhone targets a wider range of users and coupled with the Apple’s easy purchase system is far ahead in sales.
So it doesn’t take a genius now to know that iPhone developers are making more than Android developers.
Since the barrier of entry to Android development is easier and everything from developing apps to selling apps are easier, the number of Android developers could have outgrown Apple’s.
Next up we shall see how many Android developers are around as compared to iPhone developers? That would basically give us a hint on how tough the competition is going for a share from the Android apps meager sales?
Tags: Admob, Android developer, Android Market, Apple App Store, GigaOM, iPhone developer, LarvaLab
