First Sony Ericsson Xperia (X5?) Android phone “Rachael”, and strange “Kiki” with transparent display
It is no secret that Sony Ericsson is working on at least one Android phone to be released later this year.
They told us about it themselves. And now the details start trickling out.
The first Sony Ericsson Android smartphone is codenamed “Rachael“, has got a big touchscreen display, and is built on Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon [...]
Archos Android Tablet confirmed for September?
Remember that promised Archos Internet Multimedia Tablet (IMT)?
Well, according to Tony Limrick, Managing Director of Archos Northern Europe, the French company will be ready to launch it on September 15.
In fact, Archos readies more than one Android device, but it’s not clear yet when it will introduce them.
Anyway, RegHardware says that the devices were described [...]
HTC Hero approved by FCC, AT&T 3G bands included
Last week, when HTC announced its brand new Hero Android smartphone, the Taiwanese company said nothing about a North American release.
However, it’s highly probable that the Hero will be launched both in the US and in Canada. For this to happen, the smartphone first needs the FCC’s approval – and it just got it, with [...]
HighScreen PP5420 – Android phone for Russia
With Android OS freely available for everyone, some new unknown players are bound to come up with their own Android phones.
Well, we’ve already seen some of them, like DSTL1 from General Mobile, or Kogan Agora. At least in press releases.
Well, here’s another one for you.
HIGHSCREEN PP5420 (now, what a name!…)from Vobis Computer to be [...]
HTC Hero costs €99 in Spain with an Orange contract
Although Orange UK offers the HTC Hero for free on select plans, Orange Spain has announced that its Hero will be sold for prices starting at €99 (with a contract agreement and a monthly plan of €29).
The new Android smartphone will be available in Spain starting next week, and it looks like customers can already [...]
Nvidia Tegra-based smartphone coming in Q4 2009?
The world’s first smartphone to use Nvidia’s Tegra chip could be launched as early as the fourth quarter of 2009, believes Mike Rayfield, general manager of Nvidia’s mobile unit.
The Street reports that Samsung and Motorola are likely to manufacture the Tegra-based smartphone, and that this might have Android on board.
Designed for MIDs and smartphones, the [...]
Rumor: Sprint Testing HTC Hero, Samsung Android Device
We are hearing whispers that Sprint is currently performing internal tests on not one but two Android handsets, and will both be available by next year.
The first handset is rumored to be the HTC Hero, which was announced earlier this week alongside a new UI called Sense, and apparently will be ready before the end [...]
Google intros AdSense for Mobile Applications (iPhone and Android)
Google has announced the beta release of AdSense for Mobile Applications, available at the moment only for iPhone and Android smartphones.
Leveraging on the fact that people use more and more smartphones, which come with a continuously increased number of applications, Google wants to make things easier for developers, publishers and end users.
More exactly, thanks to [...]
HTC Hero will come with full Adobe Flash support
HTC Hero, the new smartphone unveiled just hours ago, will be the first Android handset to come with support for Adobe Flash.
This will enable the Hero to provide a rich Web browsing experience, as well as access to a lot of Flash-based content available on the Web (videos, games and so on).
You can watch how [...]
HTC Hero in live pictures; the first review already published
Now that the HTC Hero is finally official, how about some high-quality live pictures with it?
First of all, I must say that this third Android smartphone from HTC looks good. Maybe not better than the Magic, but certainly better than the G1.
HTC Hero will be available in two colors (white and black/graphite), although we previously [...]