Archive for February, 2009
Huawei Android Phone: Press Release
Huawei’s first Andriod Phone was on display at Mobile World Congress and it looked every bit the part of the next Android Phone we desperately want to own: They issued the following Press Release: Huawei Showcases its First Android Smartphone Commercial launch in Q3 2009 Huawei Technologies (”Huawei”), a leader in providing [...]
Freescale Android Netbook: $199 This Summer?
Chip maker Freescale thinks that the number of Netbooks sold in 2009 will double to 30 Million and they want a piece of the pie currently claimed by the likes of Intel, AMD and VIA. And it appears they’ve got an appetite for Android, possibly rolling out a $199 Android Netbook as early as this summer. Glen Burchers, Marketing Director for [...]
AndFTP (Version 1.0RC2)
AndFTP is a FTP client for Android devices. It allows managing several FTP servers. It comes with both a device file browser and a FTP file browser. It provides download and upload features with resume support. Use device menu to rename, delete, copy, set permissions and create folders. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
TTS Translator 1.1 (Version 1.3)
TTS Translator allows you to input words or phrases in one language and see the translated result in a textual representation as well as being spoken back to you by the eSpeak synthesized voice engine. Includes 20 different language combinations, history management and SMS and email integration. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
YGPS Satellites (Version 1.0.1)
Visualizes GPS satellite constellation and signal strength. Read more @ AndAppStore.com New Listings
Week-old Android build demoed on TI uber-dev-device
Texas Instruments were demonstrating their Zoom OMAP34x-II Mobile Development Platform at Mobile World Congress this week, and among the software was a very recent build of Android. In fact, according to the TI staff, the Android build they're running is only a week old. The Zoom is intended for developers interested ... Read more @ Android [...]
HTC Magic hands-on: Gallery and Video
You've seen the preliminary video, you've read the specs; now it's time for the motherload of HTC Magic information. We sat down with HTC's digital communications manager, Eric Lin, to talk Android, Vodafone and all things Magic. In terms of the hardware, under the hood there's little different to the G1. ... Read more @ Android Community
Huawei Android prototype at MWC09
Usually it's tough to get company reps to stop talking about their products long enough to escape from the booth, but someone seems to have failed to tell Huawei that. The company announced back in January that it would be bringing its first Android phone to Mobile World Congress, but ... Read more @ Android Community
Google offline GMail webapp video demo from MWC09
Google have developed a webapp version of GMail for Android that supports offline use, demonstrating it at a Mobile World Congress panel this morning. The app - which caches not only the user data but also an executable version of the software itself - relies on the AppCache and Database ... Read more @ Android Community
New Cupcake Detail Emerges – Live Folders
The folks over at MobileCrunch were playing around with the newly announced HTC Magic when they came aross a feature of Cupcake that hasn’t been mentioned anywhere else that we know of. Up until now, doing a long press on the home screen resulted in the ability to add or edit applications, shortcuts, widgets, and wallpaper options. Looks [...]
