Tag: Android Phones
HTC Desire 500 revealed: Mid-range sidekick to HTC One Mini
Today sees the launch of the HTC Desire 500 Android phone, a mid-range handset for those with not enough readies to snap up one of HTC's premium HTC One range smartphones. That's not to say it isn't a capable handset…
HTC One Max bumps Android king's size up to 5.9-inches
Yet another handset bearing the HTC One name looks set to be on its way, with today brining forth the newly leaked HTC One Max Android handset. Captured on camera by gadget hunters ePrice, the re-worked flagship handset is said…
Sony Xperia Z joined by Xperia SP and Xperia L smartphone siblings
Basking in the reflected glory of Sony's well-received Xperia Z smartphone are two new Xperia devices today. Forming ranks in the low-to-mid range categories, Sony have today unvielied the Sony Xperia SP and Sony Xperia L smartphones. Of the two,…
300,000 Android phones activated every day, says Rubin
Here's a stat to make Steve Jobs a little sweaty under that turtle-neck collar of his; over 300,000 Android phones are activated every day, meaning around nearly 10 million users are switching to Google's mobile platform every month. That's compared…
NVIDIA aiming for quad-core Tegra 4 Android phones
Android phones are about to get quite ridiculously powerful if NVIDIA have anything to do about it. While we're still in love with Tegra 2 chipsets, the manufacturer is lining up quad-core Tegra 4 chips for use inside Android devices….
FourSquare iPhone app arrives in London
Well, Foursquare lets you see little comments and tips that people have left pegged to locations in London. You too can leave these tips reader, call them geo-tagged tweets if you will. Like some kind of game, you get rewarded for leaving more tips by being given badges. You set up a minimal profile, and add friends and can also contact your friends over the service.
LG confirms GW620 (Etna) Android phone
Oddly LG hasn't mentioned any specs for the phone, but if it is the same as the leak, and the leakers have been bang on so far, it will have Bluetooth and a five mega pixel camera.
Google Wave on the iPhone video preview
Google Wave seems to be massively dividing the tech community at the moment. Some people expect it to revolutionise the way in which we work and reposition Google once more as an incredible innovator while others are a lot more cynical.
Garmin-Asus go Android with their smartphones next year
It’s always struck me as a strange marriage but the satnav/netbook team of Garmin-Asus announced today that their first Android-based mobile phone will be in our hands by the end of Q1 next year.
Their announcement at Computex, Taipei, might be lacking a little thunder after Acer pre-trumped them in both timescale and device but it’s another interesting move away from the Microsoft stables. Garmin-Asus’s current launches, the M20 and the G60, both run Windows Mobile and it’d be no surprise if Asus doesn’t follow Acer’s lead with Android platforms on their PCs too.
If having Garmin in on the deal didn’t already feel like a way Asus could financially hedge bets, then it does now. They’re saying that it’s Garmin who’ll still be taking care of the location-based services as well as geo-tagging but I can still see most users opting for Google maps.
All the same, I’m looking forward to getting my hands on one of these. Say what you like about Asus but they’re innovative. The Keyboard and touchscreen Eee PC T91 are evidence of that if nothing else. I’d be surprised if they made a mess of Android, especially with Garmin sitting on their shoulder.
(via PC World)
