Amazon Developing an Android Tablet PC

AMAZON mentioned is developing Android-based tablet computer. If the rumor is true, IPAD competitors increased by one. However, as quoted from techcrunch.com on Tuesday (28 / 9), certainty about the specifications of these products is unknown yet. To be sure, the Amazon to work hard to develop a device other than the Kindle, an electronic book reader device that uses Amazon's operating system.

A day earlier, on Monday (27 / 9), techcrunch.com mentioned that Amazon is preparing the launch of online Android application store itself. Applications offered through the applications store must use the access control technology of Amazon Digital Rights Management (DRM).

In determining the price, Amazon has to choose almost. Identified, the installation of applications in the application store will be charged of U.S. $ 99. In addition, Amazon will also take 20 percent of the list price.

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) Starts To Develop Games For Androis OS Platform

The growth of Android users number who continue to increase every year, pushing the game developer Electronic Arts (EA) to develop games for the Android OS platform.

EA CFO Eric Brown reveals EA will try to take advantage of the growth of Android users. "Big waves to encourage better growth in mobile is applications, including for the Android operating system," Brown said as quoted by infosyncworld, Saturday (18/09/2010).

Not only the EA, a number of game companies will also develop games for Android. Namely, id Mobile, Ngmoco and Epic. Even Gameloft has recently been launched Asphalt 5 for Android.

The battle of game developers for mobile platform indeed continue to heat up. Not only on the side of the game, but also from the sales price. Last June, EA lowered the selling price for the iPhone platform games. A number of famous games such as Madden NFL, FIFA 2010 and SimCity sold only approximately USD0,99.

There are at least 14 games are trimmed by EA, ie SimCity, Madden NFL 2010, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010, FIFA 10, Need for Speed Shift, Need for Speed Undercover, Command & Conquer Red Alert, NBA Live, CLUE, Trivial Pursuit, CONNECT 4, Battleship, YAHTZEE Adventures, and The Game of Life: Classic Edition.

HTC Desire - Full Technical Specifications Of HTC Desire Android Smartphone

HTC Corporation, Taiwan based SmartPhones manufacturer, recently launched its newest handset and claimed as one of the most powerful SmartPhones, HTC Desire. HTC Desire was earlier know as HTC Bravo. This device looks like Nexus One and it almost has the same specs. In essence they are virtually the same device in terms of hardware, just a few things to distinguish them. The Desire has an optical trackpad and a couple of hardware buttons where the Nexus just has a hardware trackball.

The HTC Desire also has an FM Radio and is 'missing' the dual noise-cancelling microphones that the Nexus has. This device come with HTC Sense UI and runs on Android 2.1 operating system and a 1 GHz processor

In the HTC official webpage said that "the HTC Desire delivers intense brilliance, sharp contrast, and true colors on the expansive 3.7-inch AMOLED display. The 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor makes the phone incredibly responsive as you multitask from app to app without skipping a beat, while the instinctive HTC Sense experience lets you wield the power of the HTC Desire with the greatest of ease."

Full Technical Specifications Of HTC Desire:

» Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces) with battery

» CPU: 1 GHz

» Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

» Capacity: 1400 mAh

» Talk time: GSM: Up to 400 mins

» Standby time: GSM: Up to 340 hours

» Camera: 5 megapixel, Face detection capability, Auto focus and flash

» 3.5 mm stereo audio jack

» Standard micro-USB

» G-Sensor

» Digital compass

» Proximity sensor

» Ambient light sensor

» Facebook integration

» Friend Stream

» Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter

» Video sharing on YouTube

» HTC Peep for twittering

» Display: AMOLED capacitive touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability

» Size: 3.7 inches

» Resolution: 480 X 800 WVGA

» Operating System: Android 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense

» ROM: 512 MB

» RAM: 576 MB

» microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) Supports up to 32 GB

» HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz

» GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

» 3G: Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed / Up to 2 Mbps upload speed

» Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g

» Tethering: Internet sharing through USB

» Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate / A2DP for wireless stereo headsets

» FM Radio

» Internal GPS antenna

» Google Maps

» HTC Footprints

T-Mobile Unveils Android 2.1-Powered T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide

T-Mobile, the German mobile phones provider, recently announces that they are going to launch its latest Android phone called MyTouch 3G Slide. As the name mentioned, of course this MyTouch 3G Slide is a side-slider phone with a full keyboard, 3G and Android 2.1. The Slide version is different from the previous original MyTouch products. The design of MyTouch 3G Slide is completely different, as you can see in the picture.

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide has a 3.4" HVGA screen, but it will offer some different experiences than you would expected before. T-Mobile have thrown in some custom interface changes, on a level that can almost rival what HTC have done.

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide features includes a 5MP camera, quad-band GSM/EDGE and 3G with HSPA (T-Mo frequencies obviously), Wi-Fi, 8GB microSD card in the box, Google Maps Navigation, Swype keyboard and media syncing with doubleTwist. Another addition to Android capabilities by T-Mobile is the Genius button. It lets you control the myTouch 3G Slide using voice commands and uses text-to-speech to answer back to you.

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Key Features:

* Android 2.1

* 3.4-inch touchsreen

* Slide-out QWERTY

* Compatible with HSPA+

* New Version of Sense UI

* 5 Megapixel camera

* music player

* 8GB microSD card

* Enhanced video capabilities for snapping photos and videos.

No words on the release date and price but it’s expected that the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide will hit T-Mobile USA in June, and available in black, white and red color schemes.

Google Nexus One Feature Overview & Full Technical Specifications

The Google Nexus One is Google's new Android Smartphone that uses the Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair), an open source mobile operating system. Google Nexus One devices is manufactured by Taiwan based Smartphones Manufacturer, HTC Corporation, and became available since January 5, 2010. Features of the phone include the ability to transcribe voice to text, noise canceling dual microphones, and GPS guided turn-by-turn voice directions to drivers.

The Google Nexus One mobile device is sold unlocked (not restricted to use on a single network provider). Google currently offers it for use on the T-Mobile and AT&T networks in the United States; a version for use on Vodafone (European) networks was announced on 26 April 2010, available in the UK on 30 April 2010. On March 16, 2010, the Nexus One device became available on the Google web store for sale in Canada for use with Rogers Wireless, Telus, Bell and Wind Mobile. The phone will also be available with Sprint-Nextel as announced on March 17, 2010. There is no release date or price details for the Nexus One on Sprint.

Google Nexus One Full Specifications

Dimensions :

Height : 119mm

Width : 59.8mm

Depth : 11.5mm

Weight : 100g without battery and 130g with battery

Processor :

Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz (Snapdragon)

Display :

800 x 480 pixels 3.7 inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen with 100,000:1 typical contrast ratio and 1 ms typical response rate

Capacity :

Ram : 512 MB

Flash : 512 MB

Micro SD Card : 4GB expandable to 32 GB

Battery Life :

Removable 1400 mAH battery

Talk Time on 2G networks : Up to 10 hours

Talk Time on 3G networks : Up to 7 hours

Standby Time on 2G networks : Up to 290 hours

Standby Time on 3G networks : Up to 250 hours

Internet use on 3G networks : Up to 5 hours

Internet use on Wi-Fi : Up to 6.5 hours

Video playback : Up to 7 hours

Audio playback : Up to 20 hours

Camera Images and Videos :

5 Megapixel camera with autofocus from 6 cm to infinity,LED Flash and 2X digital zoom. User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver

Support JPEG (encode and decode) GIF PNG BMP formats

Video captured at 720x480 pixels at 20 frames/sec or Google-Nexus-One-specs higher and depending on lighting conditions

Cellular and Wireless :

UMTS Band 1/4/8 2100/AWS/900

HSDPA 7.2 Mbps

HSUPA 2 Mbps

GSM/EDGE 850,900,1800,1900 MHz

Wi-Fi 802.12b/g

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

A2DP stero Bluetooth

Buttons and Controls :

Power key

Volume up/down key

Tricolor clickable trackball

4 illuminated softkeys : Back,Menu,Home,Search

Teflon coated back cover

Connectors :

3.5 mm 4 connector stereo headset jack

Tricolor charging and notification indicator

Speaker

Microphone

Micro USB port

Dock pins

Additional Features :

Light Sensor

Proxinmity Sensor

Sim card and Micro SD card slot

Haptic feedback

Second microphone for active noise cancellation

Multitasking

Voice commands

Wi-fi

GPS Turn by Turn and digotal compass

Application store :

Android Market with 16,000 applications

LG Electronics Inc To Launch LG LU 2300 & LG SU 950/LG KU 9500 Android Smartphones

LG Electronics Inc. recently unveils its newest Android Smartphones. Previously the LG LU 2300 Smartphone got a positive responses from the smartphone market. And now one of the top cellphone manufacturer has launched the LG SU 950/LG KU 9500.

Both of these handsets are going to be run on the open-source Android Mobile OS with 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPUs, a 3.5″ AMOLED 800X480 touchscreen display, and a nice 5 MP camera. The LG SU2300 however will have a full slide out QWERTY keyboard with a built in trackpad- While both devices will have Dolby mobile surround sound, terrestrial DMB, Wi-Fi and GPS.

What else; well LG also mentioned something about the "LG Air Sync" in its press releases, which said that they want to make it a possible for users to share their contacts, calendar, mail, photos, music and videos with a PS or web server wirelessly. The LG SU950/KU9500 will also be running on Android 2.1 and will be released in June through KT or SK Telecom in Korea.

HTC Legend Specification And Product Overview

HTC (High Tech Computer) Corporation, Taiwan based manufacturer of Smartphones has already launched its newest mobile phone model called HTC Legend. The new HTC Legend mobile device is a smartphone that has an Android Eclair 2.1 mobile operating system.

In its press release, HTC Corp said that the newest smartphones, HTC Legend boasts a unique design with a smooth, continuous surface, machined from a single aluminum block into a seamless compact frame. To complement its looks, the HTC Legend includes a stunning 3.2 inch, AMOLED HVGA display. The traditional trackball has also been replaced with an optical joystick, surrounded by a narrow button to improve usability without interrupting its unique design.

HTC Legend has 3.2 inches display which is supporting 320×480 pixels resolution. The HTC Legend comes with 384MB RAM and 512MB ROM while processor of the phone is a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227. I think it will be a slower processor against other companies smartphones. But other features and specifications are comparatively not good but the best.

Specification Of HTC Legend:

» Platform: Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense

» OS: Android 2.1 Operating System

» CPU Processing Speed: 600 MHz processor

» Storage: 512 MB ROM and 384 MB RAM

» Expansion slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) Supports up to 32 GB

» Network Bands: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

» Display; 3.2 inches AMOLED touchscreen

» Resolution: 320 x 480 pixel

» Dimensions: (LxWxT) 112 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm (4.41 x 2.22 x 0.45 inches)

» Camera: 5 megapixel camera with Auto focus and flash, Widescreen photo capture and Geotagging

» 3G: Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed and Up to 2 Mbps upload speed

» GPRS: Up to 114 kbps downloading

» EDGE: Up to 560 kbps downloading

» Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g

» GPS: Internal GPS antenna with built-in GPS receiver

» Bluetooth: 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate

» Multimedia: Audio and Video player

» Connectors: 3.5 mm audio jack, Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)

» Sensors: G-Sensor, Digital compass, Proximity sensor & Ambient light sensor

» Power & Battery: 1300 mAH battery, 440 hours standby time, 8 hours talk time

» Weight: 126 grams with battery

HTC Magic Android Has Sold 1 Million Units

The first Android CellPhone from HTC, HTC magic successfully to demonstrate a significant sales. According to the reports, as many as 1 million units of HTC Magic have been sold. The successful sales figure is quite impressive considering the newest Android-powered Magic from HTC just went on sale in August in the U.S. market as T-Mobile's myTouch 3G.

The touch-screen handset is similar to the T-Mobile G1, but it ditches the full QWERTY keyboard for a touch-centric interface. The Magic has all the features one expects from a high-end smartphone including Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS, and a full HTML browser.

The achievement made by HTC be regarded as their great success. The Magic introduced first on May and up to now already sold to 1 million units. Of course this huge number of sales became something of surprises. The reason is because Android as the operating system that is still 'green' in the smart phone segment.

As reported in Information Week, Thursday (13/8/2009), this result certainly be a good step for this Taiwan-based vendor. For, in August they will releases their upcoming series titled myTouch latest 3G in the United States. Overview myTouch 3G is similar to the T-Mobile G1, which is a smart phone based on Android and became the first in the world.

In fact, HTC has phones that also use other operating systems such as Windows Mobile. And HTC recorded sells the most smartphones with Windows Mobile in the world, however the company is placing a stronger emphasis on the Android operating system. The latest, HTC Hero, which recently also launched using Android operating system inside it.

In addition to HTC, some vendors also expressed its interest to the Android, but the company that is very serious at this time is Motorola. Says, Motorola has set up two primary products with Android.

Matter of speed, browsing speed of Android ran fast enough and comfortable. This mobile phone is supported with the 3G network and HSDPA 3.5 G, and brained by Qualcomm 528Mhz processor.