Welcome back. We knew you’d make it. After all, this is one of those moments you look forward to all week, right? (Don’t dash our dreams?) Last week was a pretty interesting week in the cell phone industry, but we made it through it with barely a scratch, so we’re good to shove on to the next week. No worries, it’s not that easy to take us out. But anyway, here’s your latest Week in Review. Hope you like it.
Monday, April 19th:
First off, we started the week with a review. That’s right, we love to bring you the latest and greatest, and what’s a better way to do that then to give you an opinion on the latest (and potentially greatest) handsets that hit the market? This time around, the Droid Incredible by HTC got the keen-eyed treatment of the guys over at Android Community and SlashGear. Two reviews for the (free) price of one; doesn’t get any better than that, right?
And then we got some FCC goodness about where the Dell Mini 5, or Streak, if you prefer, might be heading in the near future. According to the documents, it looks like the Android tablet could see some shelf time on T-Mobile USA. Hopefully that means at a subsidized price, because we’re a bit worried about what this thing may cost out-right. Hopefully Dell won’t slap us all in the face too hard.
Tuesday, April 20th:
Do you want an HTC EVO 4G? You know, Sprint’s first 3G/WiMAX handset? The brother to the HTC HD2. Yeah, you remember. Anyway, do you want one? Are you a Sprint Premiere customer? Would you like to win an HTC EVO 4G, a quick gig as a para-professional blogger, and an “extended Summer weekend?” Great. Then you need to check ou the contest Sprint has going on right now, and fill out in 150 words or less why you’d be a perfect fit for the winner’s crown.
Research In Motion’s mobile Operating Systems are one of the best in the industry, no doubt about that, but they need a revamp in aesthetics. If these leaks of OS 6.0 are accurate, then it seems that RIM does indeed have some things held up their sleeve to fix the stagnant nature of the OS. We’re eagerly anticipating the official results, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed.
Wednesday, April 21st:
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 may not be our favorite Android phone (or any kind of phone, for that matter) out there, and one of the reasons could definitely be the fact that on both the software and hardware end of things, the device simply just doesn’t support multitouch. It’s even been confirmed that the X10 won’t be getting any kind of multitouch support in the future. But, sure enough, there’s a video out there that shows multitouch working just fine on an X10. So, consider us confused. Check out the video to see it for yourself.
More bad news for Android users: the HTC Hero’s update to Android 2.1 isn’t coming until June. We know, we know, it’s blasphemy, and we wish we didn’t have to say anything. But, thanks to an HTC representative directly asked, they’ve confirmed that the Hero will be getting two updates in June. The first will be a prep update, to ready the device for the impending major upgrade to 2.1. A few days later, you’ll get the prodigal OTA, and then everything will be right with the word. Unless, of course, Android’s Froyo (2.x) comes out a month before you get that update. Then, well, we wish you the best of luck.
Thursday, April 22nd:
If you’re one of the many owners out there with a Nexus One, then hopefully you haven’t had any real issues with your 3G coverage. Because Google doesn’t care anymore. Really. They’re stopping any and all investigations into engineering solutions for the problem. They do suggest, however, that you should try moving from your home (permanently?), or try holding your phone in a different way: like upside down. And, we wish we were joking about that.
Using Google Maps is great, but if you’re driving around, it’s probably not a good idea to keep typing directions into your phone. So, the best way to fix that is to speak to your phone. Right? Well, if you’re using Windows Mobile or Symbian S60, you can sure give it a shot. Google Maps v4.1 gives you the power, folks. Use it wisely, okay?
Friday, April 23rd:
We close the week with something that we thought was impossible: Android running on an original iPhone. Thanks to a hacker (obviously), if you want to go through the steps, you’ll be able to dual-boot the iPhone OS and Android OS, whenever you like. Simply turning off and on your device will give you the option. And, from what we can see in the video, everything seems to be working just fine.
Another model number for what seems to be the Samsung Galaxy S appeared, and this time it’s heading to South Korea. The model number in question is the Samsung SHW-M110S, and it rocks the same 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, Android OS, and TouchWiz 3.0 User Interface that we’ve come to love on the Galaxy S.
