September 10th, 2010
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Last week Samsung took the wraps of their first Android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and now it seems that UK mobile phone operator Vodafone will be selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
There are no details as yet on how much Vodafone will be selling the Galaxy Tab for, it will probably be sold for a subsidized price, when users sign up to a contract for 3G data with Vodafone.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab features a 7 inch touchscreen WSVGA display and it comes with Android 2.2, it is also a fully functioning phone which will let you make and receive voice and video calls plus SMS, MMS and email
There are two cameras on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, a 3 megapixel camera on the back for taking photos, and a VGA video camera on the front for making video calls.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab will feature a number of built in Google services, which includes Google Navigation, Google Goggles and Google Places, it also feature built in GPS, and it will come in two sizes 16GB and 32GB.
There are no details as yet on how much the Samsung Galaxy Tab will retail for on Vodafone, you can head on over to the Vodafone website and register for updates.
September 10th, 2010
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Huawei SmaKit S7 is one of the many Android tablets that will challenge the Archos products and the iPad to a duel this year. This 3G Android device comes with a 7 inch widescreen display, with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. It also supports 720p high definition content and we learn that the tablet can be connected via the home network to a TV, or other Android gear.
Stunning everyone at MWC 2010, this device is part of the Internet Tablet segment and its specs list includes a HDMI out interface, two USB 2.0 interface (tablet dock), a microSDHC card slot (32GB supported) and a built-in webcam. The product weighs 500 grams and its battery life is around 4 hours, in the case of 720p HD video playback.
S7 is expected to debut this summer and last we saw it, during MWC 2010, the device ran Android 1.6, but Android 2.1 could replace it soon.
September 10th, 2010
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The lesser of ASUS’ two Eee Pad tablets announced at Computex this year, the EP101TC, is getting itself a software rejig ahead of its planned early 2011 launch. Originally slated to run on Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Compact 7 — a wordy OS, if nothing else — the Pad will now entrust its operational infrastructure to Google’s Android. ASUS is currently working on prototypes with Froyo on board, but Gingerbread (or Android 3.0) has not been ruled out as a possible final OS choice. We’re told to expect the first public demos at CES 2011, with retail units likely following on from there at a relatively brisk pace.
September 10th, 2010
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Samsung’s plans to create the Galaxy Tab Android tablet can’t come as much of a surprise at this point, but today’s announcement at IFA 2010 marks the first time we’re seeing official specs from the company.
Official pricing is still unknown, but we now know that the device is due to hit European markets in mid-September, and the U.S. and Asia by year’s end. The Galaxy Tab’s size and specs put it somewhere between the phone-like Dell Streak and the magazine-size Apple iPad. The Tab uses a 7-inch capacitive touch screen with a 1,024×600 Wide Super VGA (WSVGA) resolution. It ships with Android 2.2 (Froyo), the complete Google apps Market, Flash 10.1, 16GB or 32GB of memory, GPS, and integrated sensors, such as a gyroscope, accelerometer, light sensor, and geomagnetic sensor.
The whole thing runs on an ARM Cortex A8 1GHz applications processor, tied to a PowerVR SGX540 graphics processor. If you’re feeling photogenic, a 3.2 megapixel camera on the back includes auto-focus and an LED flash and records video up to 720×480. A video chat-compatible camera on the front of the Tab uses a 1.3 megapixel VGA resolution to beam your pretty mug to your friends and family.
Battery life is rated at an impressive 7 hours of continuous video playback.
As far as connectivity goes, the Tab promises Wi-Fi compatibility up to 802.11n, as well as cellular 2.5G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) and 3G (HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps). Specific carrier agreements have not been announced.
For reasons seemingly known only to Peter Chou himself, HTC has mostly steered clear of producing high-quality physical QWERTY devices running Android, despite the fact that there might be no phone manufacturer in the world more skilled at making them (let us remind you of the Touch Pro2, among many others dating back the better part of a decade). Anyhow, we caught wind last month of a possible entry in the form of the so-called “Vision,” but we didn’t have any visuals — just a user agent profile that may or may not amount to anything. Well, that seems to be changing today with a couple blurry shots out of a Croatian site that allegedly shows the goods featuring a 3.7-inch display, a 1GHz processor (Snapdragon, we assume), and Android 2.1 with Sense (the launcher looks like stock Android in this photo, but the status bar is clearly HTC custom). At a glance, it doesn’t seem to be the prettiest thing in the world — but for a form factor traditionally associated with power users and suits, this might be just the ticket.
Details still haven’t been confirmed yet, but word is that the upcoming HTC Vision will sport some pretty juicy specifications. If the rumors are true, it’ll boast a dual-core 800MHz processor, Android 3.0, and a huge 4.3-inch display. There are suggestions that the HTC Vision might be the Project Emerald that is going on at T-Mobile, though of course, there isn’t any way to confirm this just yet. If everything falls into the place, the Vision could be ready for T-Mobile to sell by the holidays, which is encouraging news.
source: ubergizmo June 26th 2010
HTC’s rumored Vision may have received more concrete info through a talk with an HTC representative at a Seattle event. The design could be one of HTC’s fastest as it could use a dual-core 800MHz processor. It would run Android 3.0 and have a 4.3-inch screen that would use a new form of screen technology.
Scotty Brown of Android Guys suggests that the Vision might be none other than Project Emerald, T-Mobile’s plan to replace the Sidekick in spirit, though not necessarily in price. If so, the special display may be Samsung’s Super AMOLED. However, the last mention of the phone also referred to a 1GHz single-core processor, suggesting either that specs have changed or that some of the story is inaccurate.
For a company with as rich of a reputation for landscape QWERTY sliders as HTC has, you’d think they’d be tripping over themselves to release a truly high-end Android phone with a keyboard, but not so much — the closest they’ve come so far would be the midrange myTouch 3G Slide, and that puppy ain’t even out yet. We broke the news last night about three seemingly new names for upcoming HTC devices — Vision, LED, and Glacier — and Dutch site Tweakers.net is now reporting on a user agent profile for the Vision that lists the device featuring that mythical holy trinity: WVGA display, QWERTY, and Android. Furthermore, they’ve got the director of HTC Benelux on record saying that they’re planning more Android phones with keyboards — so that’s a Good Thing to hear at a time when huge slates seem to be stealing the show in every segment of the market. With the Nexus One, Desire, Droid Incredible, and EVO 4G all alive and well, we think these guys would be well-served to play with other form factors for a minute or two, yeah?
source: engadget May 21st 2010
HTC must have the most hyperactive R&D department in the smartphone world, planning several more smartphones this calendar year, still, with the rumoured HTC Vision being dubbed the HTC Desire with a Qwerty keyboard added for good measure.
Desire + keyboard = more desirable? The simple question is: should you care? The simple answer is: it depends. It depends on whether you care for keyboard or not, because as a standalone device, the HTC Desire is one of the best mobile phones available on the market, period. So, if HTC somehow manages to keep all the HTC Desire functionality and attractive form factor, and somehow sneak a keyboard into the device for those who want tactile feedback, it’s almost impossible to not recommend purchasing it.
