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Motorola Android Smartphone on September 10th

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:29:25 +0000

Finally, Motorola has officially announced that it will introduce its Android smartphone next month on September 10th at San Francisco, which could be the leaked Motorola Morrison and Sholes. Android Community will be there to bring you the live event coverage, we will be also following up the press event as soon as it is available!

Android Community unboxed the HTC Hero with Sense UI overview

Kim Poh Liaw — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:33:03 +0000

After their first HTC Hero hands on video from the HTC press event last month, Android Community has got a review unit from the HTC and here is a nice unboxing video plus a Sense UI overview done by Chris. With its 3.2-inch HVGA display, the HTC Hero boasts a broad variety of hardware features including a GPS, digital compass, gravity-sensor, 3.5mm stereo headset jack, a 5 mega-pixel autofocus camera and expandable MicroSD memory.

Other than the new Sense UI, the web browser on the HTC Hero supports flash animation. You will be able to view YouTube videos using Flash technology, and enable full screen viewing mode by simply double tapping the screen. Watch the unboxing video embeded below.

Bsquare Announces Flash Platform Port for Android Smartphones and Smartbooks

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:15:18 +0000

Bsquare Corporation today announced the development of an Adobe Flash Platform technology browser plug-in for ARM-based devices running Google’s Android 1.5 “Cupcake” platform. The port is significant in that it will enable OEMs to provide a richer Web browsing and media experience on smartphones and smartbooks.

“The next version of Google’s Android operating system, ‘Cupcake’ should be attractive to a wider segment of developers,” said Larry Stapleton, Bsquare’s Vice President of Global Sales. “Our Flash Platform technology browser plug-in will be valuable to OEMs building ARM-based smartbooks and to those who are developing other types of Android devices requiring a rich media experience that is fundamentally different than anything else available for users today.”

Bsquare has worked on over 50 different Flash projects for customer devices including handsets, set top boxes, digital signage, consumer devices and netbooks.

[via Android Community]

Video: HTC Hero Hands On

Kim Poh Liaw — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:42:41 +0000

Want to know more about HTC Hero? Android Community was on the HTC Hero press event and done a 15 minutes video walkthrough with one of the HTC staff. Added with the new HTC Sense user interface, the HTC Hero can be customized with many different widgets developed by HTC. You can also profile each customization into different scenes so that you could quickly switch to a different set of widgets you needs.

T-Mobile Rolls Out Android 1.5 Cupcake

Kim Poh Liaw — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:11:49 +0000

Finally, T-Mobile G1 users in US are now start getting Android 1.5 Cupcake over the air updates. The new Android 1.5 is bringing few improvements and adding a soft QWERTY keyboard to allow text input via the touch screen. It will also add the ability to upload photo / video directly to Picasa and YouTube from the G1.

[via Android Community]

Android 1.5 for T-Mobile G1 Postponed to Early June

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:00:28 +0000

Posted on its support forum, T-Mobile has told its T-Mobile G1 users that it will only roll out the Android 1.5 updates in early June. The message seems to be deleted from its forum, so it is still not confirmed if the released has been postponed to the next two weeks.

G1 community,

We’d like to provide an update on the rollout of Android 1.5 for T-Mobile G1 customers.
We are working diligently to get Android 1.5 out as soon as possible, while aiming to ensure a consistent, positive experience for our customers. We’re finalizing the build this week to ensure optimal functionality and smooth delivery. Therefore, the rollout schedule has been reset by approximately a week, and we expect all G1 customers will have the update by early June.Your device will notify you when the update is available. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

[via mobile crunch]

T-Mobile G1 Users in UK Getting Android 1.5 Updates?

Kim Poh Liaw — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:06:54 +0000

A few T-Mobile G1 users from Android Community forum has reported to have received the latest cupcake updates from T-Mobile UK. The over-the-air updates is about 44MB in filesize and will updates the Android to version 1.5. There are also many others in UK did not receive the updates notifications yet but should be getting it by end May.

The new Android 1.5 is adding a soft QWERTY keyboard to allow text input via the touch screen. It will also add the ability to upload photo / video directly to Picasa and YouTube from the G1.

HTC Magic aka T-Mobile G2 Got FCC Approved

Kim Poh Liaw — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:47:53 +0000

Announced during the Mobile World Congress last month, the HTC Magic has been found approved by the FCC with T-Mobile branding. There isn’t an official name yet for T-Mobile but it would mostly use the T-Mobile G2. The HTC Magic has a 3.2″ QVGA touch screen display and features a trackball and navigational buttons for quick, easy access. The full touch screen does not have a physical QWERTY keyboard. Instead, it will have a on-screen soft keyboard for all the text input.

HTC Magic Specifications:

Processor: Qualcomm MSM7201a, 528 MHz
Operating System: Android
Memory: 512 MB ROM / 192 MB RAM
Dimensions: 113 x 55 x 13.65 mm ( 4.45 x 2.17 x 0.54 inches)
Weight: 118.5 grams ( 4.18 ounces) with battery
Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320×480 HVGA resolution
Network HSDPA/WCDMA:
- 900/2100 MHz
- Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
- 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
Device Control Trackball with Enter button
GPS Internal GPS antenna
Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
Wi-Fi
HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC-LC, MIDI, OGG
Video supported formats MP4, 3GP
Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1340 mAh
Talk time:
- Up to 400 minutes for WCDMA
- Up to 450 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
- Up to 660 hours for WCDMA
- Up to 420 hours for GSM
microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

[via Engadget / Android Community]

First Samsung Android Smartphone in Pictured

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:13:39 +0000

Taken from a Samsung Dealer show in Amsterdam today, GSMHelpDesk has been presented a powerpoint slide show with a list of upcoming Samsung mobile devices which unveiled the Samsung Android smartphone for the first time. According to the source, the Samsung Android smartphone is using a capacitive touch screen and powered by a 528 MHz cpu.

The blur device picture did not reveal its hardware design in detail, it looks like there are 4 buttons and a navigation pad below the full touch screen. GSMHelpDesk said it will be available in 2 version, with one made for US and another for Europe countries. Detail specifications of the new Android smartphone is not available but official announcement should be made very soon.

[via Android Community]

Android Market Paid Applications Available Next Week

Kim Poh Liaw — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:10:28 +0000

Google has started to accept paid Android applications submission from developers last week, promised to make the paid applications available next week. When available, the paid applications will be available to US users and followed by additional countries in the coming months. More roll out plan will be announced by the end of this quarter.

According to google, Google Checkout will be used as the online payment solution for Android Market. Other than the paid applications announcement, Android Market will start to be available to Singapore users in few weeks time and Australia next week.

[via Android Community]