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Many people have been waiting on baited breath for news from Google to make an official announcement about a rumoured “gPhone”, the internet search giant’s first attempt in the mobile phones industry.
This phone has been hotly tipped by industry insiders and internet geeks as the true opposition to Apple’s iPhone in the latest mobile phone war. Both companies have developed a perception of “hipness” in “techy” circles and seem likely to be direct competitors when getting the image-conscious buyer to buy the latest mobile gadget.
In early November this anticipation was dashed as Google, along with an alliance of mobile phone-related companies, declared its mobile phone project was not for a single handset. Rather, the company is planning to develop a platform, or operating system, that will allow greater functionality to all mobile phones. The formation of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), which includes such industry heavyweights as Samsung, Motorola, T-Mobile and O2’s parent Telephonica, is gathering to support Google’s venture, called Android.
Android is set to be the next multi-platform mobile software operating on many different handsets. It promises to bring not only an operating system but also middleware and key applications. Many of Google’s most popular applications like GMail and Google Maps already have mobile versions phone users can run through Java. Android intends to make applications like this more functional on mobile phones but also to provide a fuller internet experience on the go.
While mobile phones are seeing speed increases, they still struggle with web pages when browsing the internet with HSDPA and GPRS and often users are stuck having to view cut-down WAP pages instead. With the gathered intelligence from Google and other partners, the belief is that that all mobile phones will have the capability for full web browsing.
Aside from the internet focus, developers will be provided an easier platform to develop their applications for Android. Aside from Google’s own applications, it will be much simpler for independent software developers to make programs that not only work on multiple phones but also collaborate with other applications.
When asked at its announcement whether Android will turn into an actual gPhone in the future, Google said this is not a gPhone per se, but that Android provides the ideal breeding ground for their own mobile phones.
But while consumers are speculating over one particular phone they fail to see the possibility that Android will effectively create thousands of “gPhones”. So until the announcement of a specific Google-branded handset, everyone will just have to wait and drool over the fake pictures posted on websites for the next year or two.
Andy Adams is a technical writer who is working in the mobile communications and computing industry.
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Posted by admin on Aug 1, 2006 in Articles | 0 comments
susan hargreaves asked: Samsung have now released their first ever mobile phone to feature the Google Android operating system in the UK, the Samsung Galaxy has been released on O2 pay monthly tariffs with further network launches planned over the coming days.
The Samsung Galaxy is also known as the Samsung i7500 and is the manufacturers first leap into the Android phone market, facing competition from the likes of the HTC Hero we explore what the Galaxy has to offer a smartphone user.
Samsung I7500 is a cutting-edge and first Android-powered smartphone, featuring a 3.2 inch AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google Mobile services and full web browsing at blazing speeds. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.
The Samsung Galaxy mobile phone comes with a 3.2” OLED touch screen panel with a screen resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. This OLED screen is already used in other high-end Samsung mobiles like Samsung Omnia HD, Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition, etc. This high quality display provides direct access to the full set of Google suite applications. This Samsung I7500 mobile phone is quad-band EDGE compatible, and has dual band HSDPA too. Samsung I7500 sim free mobile phone comes with most of the significant applications like Gmail, Google search, street view, maps, talk, YouTube, calendar, etc.
Samsung I7500 mobile phone sports a 5MP digital camera (with flash) which can be used as a video recorder or camcorder too. Headphone jack is also availed in this smart widget thereby avoiding cumbrous adaptors. This Samsung I7500 smartphone is very compact and user friendly, and Samsung I7500 mobile phone has 11.9mm thick chassis.
This Samsung Galaxy 3G mobile phone comes with Wi-Fi connectivity too, thereby providing high speed internet access to the users. The connectivity options are enriched with the incorporation of Bluetooth and GPS. The samsung I7500 Sim Free device has an internal memory of 8GB, which can be expanded according to the user demands via micro SD Cards. It is reported that the microSD card slot in this Samsung I7500 sim free handset can be expanded upto 32GB to meet all possible futuristic demands.
Although initially released on O2 the Samsung Galaxy should be available on Orange deals over the next couple of days despite rumours that the Galaxy was to be a network exclusive for O2.
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Posted by admin on Jul 1, 2006 in Articles | 0 comments
Andrew Ramsey asked: The HTC Tattoo uses the cupcake version of the android operating system which is the latest version of this revolutionary operating system. It is a refined handset with many useful features that make it a handy phone in many ways. It is a compact unit with powerful Qualcomm MSM 7200A 528 MHz processor at its heart which makes it responsive and effective in every way.
The camera provided with the handset is a 3.15 mega pixel camera which offers good quality imagery. The camera works at a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and includes auto focus as part of its package which helps to ensure quality of picture as much as possible. Video recording and playback are a viable alternative that is provided with this handset and is useful as it is now the most common form of taking images.
The display screen is a touch screen which measures 2.8 inches and is a TFT screen. The screen offers excellent colourful imagery due to its ability to display up to 65,000 colours at a pixel size of 240 x 320 pixels. To access the multiple functions contained within the phone, the touch screen uses the competent Sense user interface. An accelerometer sensor is provided which will automatically rotate images without the need of user input.
The HSDPA and Wi-Fi connections provide internet access at speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps. With the additional connections of GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, Blue tooth and miniUSB, the phone can be connected to multiple devices and conduct numerous tasks. Satellite navigation is provided due to the GPS function which also comes with A-GPS support.
The HTC Tattoo comes with an MP3/MP4 player as its means of providing entertainment. The players will play all major audio and video file types and thanks to its expansive memory of 256 Mb RAM and 512 Mb ROM, provides hours of pleasurable music and video. The phone is surprisingly small considering its wealth of functionality it is 106 mm by 55 mm wide and 14 mm thick. Although compact in size. like the HTC touch Pro 2, it is big on features and is a popular handset.
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