Archive for June, 2009
HTC Hero in Video
Below are two videos that show off the just announced HTC Hero. The first is a 5 minute clip which gives you the run through of some of it’s main features, showing off widgets and customization. Set to some really cool music, viewers can really get a ’sense’ for what Sense does to Android. The second comes courtesty of T3, [...]
HTC Hero video demo: Sense UI, Twitter, Flickr and more
We know we’ve kept you waiting for our official HTC Hero hands-on demo video, but we hope you’ll find its been worthwhile. Android Community dragged one of HTC’s demo team away and made him spend fifteen minutes running through the Hero, covering all the new features in their Sense UI. While it’s still early days, our [...]
Tech Buzz Android widget for the tech news fiend
Considering the fact that you are reading this post, you must be a fan of technology news. With the Android cupcake update, we gained the ability to get widgets on the Android platform and so far there have been over 200 widgets hit the Android Marketplace. One of the cooler widgets for geeks looking to keep up with their tech news without having [...]
T-Mobile UK rename HTC Hero as G1Touch; on sale mid-July from free
T-Mobile UK are the second carrier to announce that they will be offering the HTC Hero, after Orange UK threw their hat into the ring earlier. Unlike Orange, however, T-Mobile will be renaming the Hero; it will be known as the T-Mobile G1Touch, to better link with the original G1. The specifications of the device are, unsurprisingly, exactly [...]
Orange UK to offer free HTC Hero from early July
UK carrier Orange has confirmed that it will be offering the HTC Hero, the new Android smartphone that was announced just hours ago in London. According to the carrier, the Hero will be available in early July, and will be exclusive to Orange in its graphite finish. It’s unclear whether that means they won’t be offering the white [...]
HTC Hero official video demo
We’re still waiting for our own hands-on demo video of the HTC Hero to finish uploading, so while you’re waiting how about the company’s own video. The official footage shows much of HTC Sense, the company’s new UI, which increases the number of Android homescreen panes to seven and brings a whole load of new widgets to [...]
You Ask HTC: Hero and Sense Questions
I’ve got a meeting with HTC Executives coming up here shortly and I’ll likely have another opportunity later this evening to speak with the folks at HTC and Google. I’ve got some questions already lined up but what do YOU want to know about the HTC Hero and HTC Sense? I’ll try to get as much information as I can but I want [...]
Kogan Breathes New Life into Agora
About six months ago the rumors of an Agora made Android phone began swirling the internet, filling our nose with the sweet, sweet scent of of fatty touch screens and full, portrait, keyboards. Then about two weeks later, it died; I mean, went to live upstate with a nice family on a big farm where it could run and play in the river with all the [...]
Flash Demo’d on HTC Hero
Adrian Ludwig demonstrates Flash on the HTC Hero, browsing websites that have Flash content; and I have to say, it looks good. He starts at Yahoo! Movies, and loads up a trailer for Transformers 2. A good call with anything involving Megan Fox(y). He demonstrates that double tapping on a video brings it up into full screen mode, for full screen [...]
HTC Hero launches: HTC Sense UI and Flash
We’re at HTC’s London press event this morning, and as expected the company announced the HTC Hero. The third Android smartphone from HTC, the Hero has the same 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen, HSPA and WiFi b/g connectivity, but throws in HTC Sense, the company’s latest custom UI. HTC Sense includes various widgets and [...]
