How important is HTC HERO for HTC and Android OS?

It has been three years since the Apple released their iPhone and since then, we have seen a lot companies coming out with “iPhone-killers”, but no company till now has been actually able to offer something that iPhone offers: coolness. As odd as it sounds, but people now want easy-to-use interface, something which has no-to-very-little learning curve. HTC has released a lot handsets in the past few years and lets face it, it is through HTC that Windows Mobile is alive till now. Otherwise, it would been dead a long time back.

Last year, HTC came up with T-Mobile G1, which was the first Google Android phone, but it was never touted as ‘iphone-killer’, because it just was not one. By various online sources, HTC HERO is going to be the first real “iPhone-killer” and I too agree that HTC HERO is the first phone that has a UI that is more slick and fluid than iPhone’s UI. The phone is so much straight forward and easy to use and combined with the power and flexibility of the Android OS, looks we’ve a winner in our hands.

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HTC has done a tremendous work in customizing the Google Android OS so that even a beginner can jump-start using it. It is, however, interesting to note that myriad of HTC’s Windows Mobile phones are running the same processor  suffer from sluggishness. I am not sure the reason behind this: either Android OS is highly CPU efficient or Windows Mobile is a BETA product. Whatever the case is, we are sure about one thing: Google Android OS will very soon become the favorite OS of a lot of people around.

Is this the Sony Ericsson’s Android phone? “Rachael”

A danish phone website has come up with the details of Sony Ericsson handset, which appears to be an Android phone. The rumored Android phone from SE is codenamed “Rachael”, which is powered by the mighty Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that runs at a mind-boggling clock speed of 1GHz. Other than that, it comes with a 8MP camera and HSPA.

It appears to be a very thin handset, but thankfully, Sony Ericsson has equipped it with a 3.5mm headphone jack, which should allow you to plug-in your favorite earphones/headphones.

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[via mobil]

Archos to shake hands with Android : launching an Android powered Tablet in September

We have had news about Android powered Tablet PC in the making. But, this time the news comes from Archos IMT. Archos is supposedly working on an Android powered Tablet PC, to be launched soon.

Tony Limrick, Managing Director of Archos Northern Europe, made this announcement at an event in London, and also asked the viewers to keep September 15 open in their calendar. So, is it supposed to be its launch day ? Possible.

The tablet seems to have quite impressive features. No clue was given by Tony Limrick on the day of the announcement, but a couple of months back, the possible features of the device were let out :

  • 5-inch display
  • 7.2Mb/s HSDPA
  • 2Mb/s HSUPA
  • 500GB of storage
  • Ability to play HD movies
  • Only 10mm thick
  • 7 hours of video playback time
  • 800MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 3440 processor described as “laptop-like”

If these specs are to be believed, then we have a really great device in the making. But, what would be the price of such an impressive device ? Are u ready to shell out a fortune for a tablet PC ?

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[via phandroid]

Vobis Computer to launch Android powered Highscreen PP5420 in Russia

Vobis Computer is reportedly planning to launch Android powered, HIGHSCREEN PP5420 in Russia starting next week. According to reports, it will retail at about approximately $510.

The device sports a 3″ WQVGA screen, Qualcomm MSM7201 processor, a 3MP camera with auto focus, a front-facing camera for video calling, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, WiFi, GPS and UMTS/HSDPA.

Google Android is getting really popular with cell-phone manufacturers around the world. The main reason is the availability of the open-source OS for free. Also, the current Android devices available in the market, like the HTC Dream, Magic and Hero have been quite popular with the masses. The PP4520 has got quite impressive features, for a mid-range mobile phone. So, let us hope this device too gets the same popularity as the other Android devices.

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[via androidauthority]

Android to hit Japan on July 10

Android just hit the Asian market (read India) with the launch of HTC Magic, a couple of days back. Now, Google’s Eric Chu sent a note to the application developers, in which he had mentioned that Android will be launched in Japan on July 10. He also mentioned that Android is also supposed to hit Bulgaria and Romania some time in the future.

He mentioned in the note “These markets do not yet have Android devices but we expect them to become available soon. Also, the first Android-powered phone will launch in Japan on July 10th (local time), after which free apps will be visible to users in that market. ”

There was no mention about which Android devices would be available in these countries. Also, we have no clue about the pricing and data plans. But, Android is surely going places.  It remains to be seen, how an open-source OS does in the Asian market.

[via androidauthority]