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T-Mobile MyTouch 3G now official, costs $199.99
Author: +866.com21 Jun
We knew that the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G was going to be announced this month and, well, the smartphone is now finally official.
Sadly, T-Mobile USA will only sell its second Android handset starting early August. However, the carrier’s current customers will be able to pre-order it as of July 8 and thus receive it sometime later that month. The smartphone’s price is of $199.99 with a contract agreement for two years.
As expected, the MyTouch 3G will be offered in three color versions: white, black and merlot.
Unlike its predecessor (T-Mobile G1), MyTouch 3G doesn’t have a hardware keyboard, so it’s slightly thinner.
The new smartphone obviously features stuff like Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, YouTube and Picasa access and so on. It is highly customizable (including apps like Sherpa) and it comes with a 4GB card in the box.
Other than that, the specs of MyTouch 3G are similar to the ones of HTC Magic: 3.2 inch touchscreen display with 320 x 480 pixels, GPS, Wi-Fi and a 3.2MP camera with autofocus and video recording.
The official website of T-Mobile’s MyTouch 3G can be accessed here.
Via Press release
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Sony Ericsson C510a to hit Canada via Rogers?
Author: +866.com28 Apr
The Sony Ericsson C510 Cyber-shot is not the newest SE phone in town, but it’s still a 2009 handset – it was announced back in January, at the same time with the W508 Walkman clamshell.
The North American version of C510, namely the Sony Ericsson C510a, has just appeared on SE Canada’s official website. And since it’s a GSM/HSDPA phone, it’s very likely that it will be launched by Rogers – Canada’s only GSM carrier (well, Fido’s a GSM operator too, but it belongs to Rogers anyway).
Of course, the exact release date of the C510a is not known, but Canadian mobile users will probably be able to buy it in the next few months, maybe at about the same time with the Android-powered HTC Dream and HTC Magic.
In case you don’t know yet, the specs and features of Sony Ericsson C510 / C510a include:
- 2.2 inches TFT scratch-resistant display with 262K colors and 240 x 320 pixels
- 3.2 MP camera with autofocus, face detection, geotagging and LED flash
- Slide in lens cover
- Illuminated imaging shortcuts
- Auto-rotation
- Google Maps
- Access NetFront browser
- Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Media player
- FM radio with RDS
- 100MB of internal memory
- Memory Stick Micro M2 cards support, up to 8GB
- 107 x 47 x 12.5 mm
- 92 grams
Sony Ericsson C510 retails for about €200 ($272) in Europe, so the Canadian C510a shouldn’t be too expensive.
Via Mobile Syrup
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Android Cupcake Update May Break Apps
Author: +866.com27 Apr
It looks like the highly-anticipated Android 1.5 Cupcake update might cause a problem or two for certain existing Apps. Google has tested a number of popular Android apps that are available on the Android Market, and discovered that a large number of them were broken due to “bad techniques” whilst in development. Google has since created a list of 5 things to avoid when building an Android app, which are:
Using Internal APIs
Directly Manipulating Settings
Going Overboard with Layouts
Bad Hardware Assumptions
Incautious Rotations
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Lenovo OPhone In China
Author: +866.com27 Apr
Apple’s iPhone might be dominating statistics and sales worldwide, but it looks like Android is set to beat Apple’s iPhone in one market, and that’s the China market. Rumor indicates that the Android-powered Lenovo OPhone will be launching this May on China Mobile. It seems that Apple had a little trouble coming to a deal with China Mobile regarding its iPhone, especially since the carrier wanted to sell the iPhone apps on their own market, which Apple unsurprisingly refused. With the open source nature of Google’s Android, China Mobile is free to tinker with the OS as it sees fit, which should be enough to satisfy the telco giant.
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Google AppWidget For Android
Author: +866.com27 Apr
Google seems pretty proud of its AppWidget framework for the Android platform. Such an improvement would allow developers to come up with widgets that users can interact with via the Android mobile home screen. One of the newer features of the Android 1.5 SDK is the ability for users to use widgets to pause and switch music tracks, display live snippets of information and even link to full-featured apps directly on the home screen. It sure looks like Google is intent on giving the iPhone a run for its money.
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Skytone Netbooks Powered By Android
Author: +866.com27 Apr
It looks like Google’s Android isn’t going to be content to be available just on mobile phones, as it’s moving to netbooks as well. A Chinese company is looking to bring technology to children in developing countries with its Skytone line of products. The rumored price for its netbooks is $99, which is certainly interesting. Windows and Linux might just have a rather strong contender muscling its way into the netbook market, which can only be good for consumers.
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Google Product Search For iPhone And Android
Author: +866.com27 Apr
Are you used to using Google Product Search on your computer to do product price comparisons and such? Well, there is good news for Android and iPhone users, as Google Product Search is now available for those platforms. All you’ll need to go is go to google.com and hit the “more” tab, followed by the “shopping” tab. The service is currently only available to those in the US and the UK.
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Strong Year For Android
Author: +866.com22 Apr
Sure it’s the global economic crisis, and everybody’s having problems, but Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, is predicting some good times for Google’s Android platform. In the company’s first quarter investors’ conference, Schmidt said that he expects a very strong year for Android, which is certainly good news for readers and users too. It will be interesting to see the developments for Android, as the year goes along.
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Install Cupcake On Your G1 Now
Author: +866.com22 Apr
Google certainly looks like it has been sitting on the Cupcake update for quite a while now, and we know that most of us are an impatient lot. The good news is a blogger called haykuro has successfully ported the software from the upcoming HTC Magic (G2) over to the current G1. It might be a little trickier than clicking a button or two, but if you’ve fiddled with firmware updates before, it shouldn’t be too hard. The additional bonus for all your hard work is that the APNs for T-Mobile USA and AT&T already come pre-loaded in the software. Once you’ve got this Cupcake update installed, you’ll probably care a lot less about when Google decides to release the Cupcake update.
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Symbian Ported To Run On Atom
Author: +866.com22 Apr
We’ve seen many people put Google’s Android platform on netbooks, both for fun and for research purposes. Now it looks like the folks over at Symbian don’t want to be left out, as they’ve managed to compile and run a S60 Symbian build on one of Intel’s Atom reference boards. Of course, we’re not sure if anybody would want a Symbian-powered netbook at the moment, but it’s certainly good to see the Symbian folks looking into the possibility of it.