Acer confirms the launch an Android powered phone by the year end

About a month back, we had got some speculation that Acer is planning to launch an Android powered phone by the year end. Today, Acer confirmed the news.

As per reports, the company plans to sell 10 models of smartphones this year, with all BUT ONE using Microsoft’s Windows Mobile software. Acer’s Aymar de Lencquesaing said at the Global Technology Summit in Paris, “Late 2009, we’re releasing a smartphone… full touch, at the price of feature phones today”.

There are many other companies, like HP, Samsung, Motorola, etc. who are planning to launch Android powered devices. So, the competition in the Android market seems to be quite happening. But, it still remains to be seen, who wins the race.

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Android devices released in Taiwan today

HTC Dream and HTC Magic, the two Android powered mobile phones have been officially launched in Taiwan today.

Here are a few pictures of the official release :

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It remains to see how well these two devices are able to capture the Taiwanese market. It would be interesting to see how well the Magic is accepted in the Asian market, as Magic has a capacitive screen and there is no hardware keyboard to input the text. And, it is difficult to type in Asian characters (Chinese, Taiwanese, etc.) on the capacitive screen. Perhaps, that’s the major reason that the devices with resistive screen are still ruling the Asian market.

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First Android based PMP to be launched by GiiNii?

Ginii is all set to launch the very first Andriod powered Portable Media Player, named Movit Mini, some time in October this year.

The Movit Mini would probably come with a 4.3-inch touchscreen display with 480 x 272 resolution, 256MB of T-Flash memory, a webcam, built-in microphone, MP3/MP4 player, web browser, Skype VoIP service, Android OS, mini USB 2.0 port, WiFi and Bluetooth radios (optional). The price has not been announced.

Its surprising to see the varied areas of technology, that are trying to use, or should I say, “curb” the potentials of Android OS.

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A sneak peak into Alpha 680, one of the first Android netbook

Every other company in the netbook and the notebook arena is trying to be the first to come out with an Android powered notebook or netbook. Last month Skytone, a Chinese manufacturer, reported the launch of their first Android powered netbook.

Here are a few pictures of the device :

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Some of the features include :

  • Operating System : Google Android
  • Display : 7“ TFT LCD true color
  • Resolution : 800 x 480( WVGA)
  • Connectivity : ADSL, WIFI, GPRS, CDMA,EDGE,WCDMA
  • Memory : 128MB DDR2 (up to 256MB Optional)
  • Storage : 1 GB Nand Flash Memory (up to 4GB Optional)
  • CPU : ARM11 533 MHz 32bit

For more details, click here.

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