Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Word has it that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 will be getting an Android 2.1 update later in the second half of the year, introducing multitouch capability as well. It is interesting to note that by that time, Android 2.2, also known as Froyo, will be available then, making such ... Full story

Also, 63% own Macs, 8.5% iPhones, 2.89% Linux boxes and 1.3% Android phones Click to enlarge. Source: Chitika Labs Dan Ruby at Chitika Labs — the folks who run the much revised live iPad tracker (907,000 as of Friday afternoon) — sent along the bar chart at right. It shows, based on a survey of nearly 75,000 early ... Full story

As I wrote a few weeks ago, frustration with AT&T coverage in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood led me to put my iPhone 3GS aside and switch to a Verizon Wireless Droid. I found that I liked the reliability of Verizon’s  service, and loved certain things about Android–but that the overall experience was way less polished and ... Full story

I’m still at Twitter’s Chirp conference, where Cofounder Ev Williams told a questioner In the audience that there will be an official Twitter client for phones based on Google’s Android operating system. He wouldn’t say if the company I’d building a new or will acquire an existing app. But he said they’d hoped to have been ready to announce the details at Chirp but fell ... Full story

This might not be a worry to you unless you have rather sharp eyes, but the folks over at DisplayMate Technology Corporation have discovered that the picture gallery in Android 2.1 offers lower image quality than that of the previous version. When using a Motorola Droid, it was discovered that the picture gallery in Android 2.0.1 was using a 24-bit color depth, but that ... Full story

This might not be a worry to you unless you have rather sharp eyes, but the folks over at DisplayMate Technology Corporation have discovered that the picture gallery in Android 2.1 offers lower image quality than that of the previous version. When using a Motorola Droid, it was discovered that the picture gallery in Android 2.0.1 was using a 24-bit color depth, but that ... Full story

SlashGear went hands on with the interesting Sagem Puma phone that runs Android. The phone is cool and a second-generation version is expected in 2011.Continental and Nokia are working together on specifications and other tech to allow an in-car screen to control apps on a smartphone. That would mean things like Ovi Maps navigation could ... Full story

Looks like Sagem wants in on the Android game too, as the French phone company has mentioned that they’re considering an entry-level version of their sports/lifestyle themed device that will be powered by Google’s Android OS. This news comes just after the pre-launch event last night for the Sagem Puma phone. The ... Full story

AT&T (T) today said it will “soon unveil” the Android-based Dell (DELL) Aero smartphone. It will be Dell’s first smartphone available in the U.S. The company said the phone “will feature a new, beautiful custom user interface” developed by Dell and AT&T. Details on the planned launch were not disclosed. Full story

Loading Android onto hitherto Windows Mobile devices isn’t exactly new – we’ve seen various builds of Google’s platform on everything from the Samsung Omnia i900, the HTC Diamond and dual-booting on the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 – but until now each of the implementations have been pretty half-hearted.  Arriving full of functionality and just gagging to get its binary on your HTC Touch Pro2, however, ... Full story