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Two new Android-based Archos home tablets

Published on: 5th March, 2010

On March 1st, 2010, Archos has officially presented the company’s home-oriented tablets to run Android. Archos 7 and Archos 8 are both using ARM9 CPUs, alongside the Google platform.
Archos 8 is a unique digital photo frame, especially designed for use on the web and video playback. It is less than 0.5 inches thick and can [...]

Owners of iPhone most eager to recommend their phones

Published on: 2nd March, 2010

It seems iPhone and iPod owners are the most inclined to recommend their devices to friends, as latest researches reveal. A high number of iPhone users, about 91 percent, and 88 percent of iPod touch owners would gladly tell their friends to buy such devices, as January information says. At the same time, only 84 [...]

HTC Incredible has been recently spotted

Published on: 1st March, 2010

A recent leaked video supposedly shows the future HTC smartphone – Incredible. The handset seems to pair HTC’s Sense UI with Android 2.1. It also benefits from a Snapdragon CPU and from a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen (the same as for the Nexus One). The other rumored features include an optical trackpad, a 5-megapixel camera, which [...]

Two new Archos tablets designed for home use

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

According to a recent report, as the CeBIT show in Germany is really close, Archos will present two new Android-based tablets. The information seems to come from the maker’s German PR company. Several other minor details have been revealed by CarryPad and it also seems that the two devices will be dedicated to home use. [...]

Acer swells its phone ranks with four new models

Published on: 18th February, 2010

On February 15, 2010, Acer presented four new phones, two Android-based and two Windows Mobile-based. The best in the series is the beTouch E400, which is the company’s first Android 2.1 phone, even if it carries only a 600MHz processor; this is way the device’s price is expected to drop below the Liquid A1’s price. [...]

iPad has catalyzed the iPhone application development

Published on: 18th February, 2010

Analysts say that the iPad has catalyzed the iPhone application development in a spectacular way compared to Android. iPhone application development nearly tripled in January versus December, from 600 new applications to over 1,600. The iPad launch is considered a potential opportunity for early applications to get more sales.
Google’s platform has seen a development jump [...]

Voice translation feature for smartphones from Google

Published on: 13th February, 2010

On February 7, 2010, Google announced the possibility of voice-to-voice translation for phones, being the first company to do this. Based on existing text conversion, voice recognition and search from Android, the company seems to be currently developing a new system which will be able to recognize a spoken foreign language and reproduce the text [...]

Samsung’s Android-based Galaxy 2 spotted

Published on: 3rd February, 2010

The upcoming Galaxy 2 smartphone has recently appeared in a press image. Like the Nexus One and other high-end handsets, Samsung’s Galaxy 2 is expected to integrate a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 32GB of internal memory. A 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera and a set of usual smartphone specifications like GPS and Wi-Fi are [...]

Political fight could delay Chinese Android phones

Published on: 25th January, 2010

The launch of a pair of Android phones was postponed by Google due to the political dispute it has with China. Tensions determined by the Chinese government supposed hacking into US-based servers as well as the anti-censorship response of Google has lead to the latter’s decision of cancelling the release of new Motorola and Android [...]

First Korean Android 2.0 smartphone – the MOTOROI

Published on: 22nd January, 2010

Motorola introduced, a few days ago, the first smartphone to ship on the Korean market with an Android 2.0 operating system. The MOTOROI is a slate-like version of the well known Droid and will be available through SK Telecom. It will sport a 3.7-inch touchscreen with a 480×854 resolution. Although similar to its American relative, [...]

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