Verizon announces its requirement for an “Android Devices Expert”

Verizon has announced on its career board, that it wants to employ an android devices expert.  This works in favour of the rumour that verizon is planning to launch an android powered phone soon.

The actual job offering is as follows :

“This is a senior specialist position for mobile devices on technical track. It will be responsible for end to end delivery of innovative java based mobile applications on existing or pre-commercial handsets with an initial focus on voicemail applications. It is also expected to drive application development; conduct required testing and provides production support.”

The responsibilities that he would have to handle, are :

  • Provide leadership to a team of designers and development engineers throughout the application development process
  • Lead multi-departmental teams in an effort to deploy and integrate voicemail services on devices
  • Manage relationships with device vendors and certification bodies, as well as internal marketing teams

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HTC Magic available in spain

HTC Magic has been officially launched in Spain, by Vodafone. It came as a surprise package, as its been released almost a week prior to the possible date of its release, 5th May. The phone is available in online stores of the carrier. But, will be available in the retail stores starting next week. The price starts from 19 pounds.

Magic comes with a 3.2″ HVGA (320*480 pixels) capacitive touchscreen display, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, HSPA and WIFI b/g. It also sports a 3.2 MP camera. It has 512 MB internal memory.

Just like the dream, it comes with the Google suite of applications, like Gmail, internet browser, Android Market, Gtalk, Youtube, etc.

The icing on the cake is, I feel, the 512 MB ROM. Also, it does not have a keyboard. So, this makes the device comparatively lighter.

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I7500 officially announced for the Germany market

Samsung’s first Android phone, I7500 has been officially announced and slated for a June release.

Just a day back, we had rumours about the I7500 being the first android phone by Samsung. But today, it has been officially announced by both Samsung and O2 Germany. The specifications are:

  • Android 1.5 OS
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, dual-band UMTS/HSPA
  • 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A CPU
  • 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive OLED touchscreen display
  • 5 megapixel camera with LED flash
  • Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth
  • GPS
  • 8GB internal flash memory
  • microSD slot
  • 3.5 mm stereo jack
  • Metal case, 11.9 mm thick

Here are some live images of the phone :

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Vodofone to release second Android phone in Europe

Vodafone is all set to release HTC MAGIC, the second major Android phone next month. It will be first released in Germany (May 5) followed by France, the United Kingdom, Austria, Spain and Italy.

The Magic was annouced at MWC, 2009 in Barcelona. The Magic uses SIP (soft input panel) for inputing text and dumps the hardware keyboard.

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China Mobile is going to release Magic in near future in Chinese market.

The Android is on fire right now as the T-Mobile G1’s sales crossed 1 million in just 6 months!