Archive for June, 2009
Qualcomm Demos Android Smartbook By ASUS
Although the battle for the Netbook trademark has officially come to an end, Qualcomm is straying from the term. In the (first) video shown below the Qualcomm representative refers to the device as an ASUS Android Netbook, but when and if this device reaches market it will likely be called a Smartbook - a combination of the words [...]
Android-Based Asus Eee PC Spied at Computex [VIDEO]
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Engadget and Tweaktown came across a prototype Asus Eee PC running Android with a Snapdragon processor. The chip, made by Qualcomm supports 1Ghz speeds and 720p HD resolution for video. It’s also ridiculous when it comes to power consumption as the model demonstrated here doesn’t even need a fan to keep it cool. Imagine the [...]
Android 1.5 Cupcake DOES Have Auto-Rotate Keyboard, Enable It!
I’ve been seeing and hearing a lot of people asking why Andriod 1.5 Cupcake has the on-screen keyboard as promised, but why it doesn’t auto-rotate or why they can’t force it into landscape mode. Don’t panic… it is there… you just need to enable it by default in your main phone settings: The soft keyboard was [...]
Google Sky Map: Real Life Example!
When Google officially launched Sky Map a few weeks ago I was incredibly excited. The past few years I’ve really become interested in the universe beyond earth, sparked by the amazing images from (and story of) the Hubble Space Telescope. I enjoy looking at the night sky, and while deep/philosophical thoughts aren’t uncommon, sometimes [...]
HTC Hero ROM gets video demo on G1
Master ROM-fondler Haykuro has done it again, and delivered a video of the HTC Hero Android build running on a G1. Over six minutes long, the video shows more of the new homescreen, together with a changed QWERTY on-screen keyboard and a new Twitter app. The ROM seems to use a combination of standard Android code and HTC’s own [...]
Android based Qualcomm Snapdragon Smartbooks [Video]
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Computex 2009 is taking place this week, and Qualcomm have kicked things off with a netbook running Android. Actually, this is a Smartbook, not a netbook, and rather than using the typical Atom processor it’s based on Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. That means the Smartbook - which is thinner than the ASUS Eee PC 1008HA - can [...]
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