Archive for January 28th, 2009

General Mobile’s Dual-Sim Handset to Debut at MWC

Author : admin Published: January 28th, 2009

Boy how we envy those who get to go to Barcelona next month. Handset maker General Mobile will be in attendance with their DSLT-1 phone, a dual-sim Android handset. The fine folks at AndroidAuthority have gotten word directly from the handset maker that they’ll be bringing the phone along for the trip. What you see below is only a [...]

Kogan Down, Not Out – New Agora and Android Netbook on the Way

Author : admin Published: January 28th, 2009

It would be right about now that the second Android handset, the Agora Pro, would be making its way throughout the world to the homes of those who pre-ordered it. Unfortunately, an almost 11th hour situation arose and Kogan was forced to shelve the phone. But don’t count the Australian company out just yet. Not only is Ruslan Kogan going [...]

Kogan Getting Back On Track

Author : admin Published: January 28th, 2009

Kogan’s failure to follow through with their timeline on releasing the Kogan Agora was disappointing but almost expected when put in perspective to industry norms. But the whole “indefinitely delayed” label was pure ugh. We knew that Kogan would follow up their doughnut with something else… and slowly more details are [...]

Gimme Cupcake Dawgz

Author : admin Published: January 28th, 2009

First of all, in tribute to David’s explanation of Android Market’s comment system (first comment of yesterday’s post) we wanted to assure him that, “yo all deez dawgz wants dem cupcakes as badz as u!” And we’ve got proof: Now if you want to see an example of the REAL cupcake - sans dogs, dawgs or doggydawgzyos [...]

Android Cupcake gets Video Demo

Author : admin Published: January 28th, 2009

More and more developers are getting their hands on Cupcake, the non-official next-gen build of Android, as Google seemingly relax their grip on the software. After we saw screenshots late last week, now it's time for some video: a walkthrough of firmware 1.5. In it, the new portrait-orientation keyboard is demonstrated ... Read more @ [...]

General Mobile DLST1 dual-SIM Android phone coming to MWC

Author : admin Published: January 28th, 2009

General Mobile have been flaunting renders of their DLST1, the handset they intend to be their first Android smartphone. With a 3-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash (made by Sharp) and WiFi b/g, the specs certainly look promising. Still, there's plenty of work to be done before General ... Read more @ Android [...]