Google sees mobile ad rates passing PC rates

Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones. Google Engineering Vice President Vic Gundotra did not say when he expected the crossover in the so-called cost per click of its search ads to occur, during a webcast to analysts about the company’s mobile business on Monday. But he said that mobile ad rates have increased “dramatically” in recent years. And he noted that the number of Google searches on mobile phones have increased five-fold in the last two years. “We hope and believe that there’s even a chance that we could exceed desktop in the future,” Gundotra said in reference to the cost per click of mobile ads. He cited the availability of technology, such as the GPS data that can tell Google a phone user’s physical whereabouts, as helping the company create more “relevant” online ads.

Google, the world’s No.1 Internet search engine with $23.7 billion in 2009 revenue, has stepped up its mobile efforts as consumers increasingly access the Web from smartphones like Apple Inc’s iPhone. Google offers its own Android operating system that handset manufacturers like Motorola Inc and HTC use in their devices, and in January, Google began selling the Nexus One phone directly on its Web site. In November, Google announced plans to acquire mobile advertising firm AdMob for $750 million, though the deal is currently facing regulatory review. The mobile briefing comes as Google is in a standoff with China, the world’s largest Internet market by users, over the future of its Internet search website in the country. Google has said it will no longer censor search results in China, a move that some analysts believe could mean the end of its Chinese language web site Google.cn. Asked what the search situation might mean for Google’s mobile plans in China, Google CFO Patrick Pichette said on the webcast on Monday that Android was an “open source” platform that’s available to everybody and that the company thought China represented “another great market in which Android should flourish.”

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Reuters – Tuesday, March 16

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HTC HD2 verses iPhone

I currently own an iphone and was waiting for the new version to come out in June or so.  However, I am not over happy with the iPhone and even hate some aspects of the phone.  Especially bluetooth and lack of Flash and other simple things I would expect to work like other phones.

So, I would like to hear from others that have experience with the NEW HTC HD2 or any other phone that might compete.  The looks of the new HTC has got me interested.  The iPhone screen is also a bit small for my tastes.  I would love to see it increased in size, even if the phone itself is larger.  I use my iphone for so many things that a larger phone would be nice.

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Awesome Android

Well…. All is well here, it’s been a while since I last posted, but I don’t guess anyone’s been reading anyway. In my previous posts, I’ve been talking about my new HTC Droid Eris from Verizon, and I told that I debated purchasing a netbook from Verizon, but decided to purchase an Acer from Wal-Mart. Well, I’m sure glad I did. Verizon’s netbook costs ~ $100 and then there’s a minimum service addition of ~ $40 per month. Well, with my new HTC Eris and my netbook, I’m able to tether completely free! That’s right, I downloaded easy tether lite to my Eris and to my netbook, and here I am, in the middle of nowhere, making a blog post on my netbook . I spoke with Verizon, and the Eris does not natively support tethering, so they have no way of adding the service to my account. Apparently, lots of Eris users have been able to achieve the same results! Very excited!

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HTC Snap - Simply Stylish

This stylish handset has all the features that make it uncomplicated to use so that the users can enjoy using it. HTC Snap makes the users make use of it in an effortless manner and also adds some style to their persona due to its heart throbbing looks. 

HTC Snap

If one looks at the features and the specifications of this cell phone then it can be known that it has been designed with the priority of making the users enjoy a hassle free usage and that too when they are enjoying a wide array of features. The elegance that this cell phone has makes it look simple yet greatly classy one.

E-mail prioritization feature

This is the highlight of this cell phone and is definitely one that most of the users are expected to enjoy also.  HTC snap comes with an inner circle feature that allows the users to prioritize their E-mails into groups and only those recipients whose name the user has defined are going to appear. 

Most of the mobile phone users feel distracted when E-mails from unimportant sources arrive and they have kept an important chore aside to check that, but with this inner circle feature, HTC Snap has eliminated this problem completely.

A glance at the general specs  

This cell phone is 12mm thick and the overall design somewhat resembles to the Blackberry Bold. Snap features many other interesting features also QWERTY keyboard, 3G HSPA connectivity, good battery back up, E-mail support and calendar support.

To make the typing experience more enjoyable and easy navigation, there is a presence of intuitive track ball.  This cell phone measures 4.5 inch * 2.4 inch * 0.4 inch.  The 2.4 inch QVGA non touch display makes the overall using experience an effortless one.  It can be surely said that the feature set supported by HTC Snap proves that the attention that it is getting is not an undue one.

The HTC Mobile Deals are available on oue online Contract Mobile Phones shop UK.

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Is the motorola back flip or htc tilt 2 better?

Question:
i like bulky phones so i like the tilt but the motorola is supposed to be better. what do u think? add detail please!
Answer:
ive got a motorola pebble + a sony erriccson walkman both are fat

Counting patents: Apple, Google, HTC

With 3,013 patents in its portfolio, Apple would seem to have a significant advantage

Click to enlarge. Source: Deutsche Bank

In the context of Apple vs. HTC (and by proxy, Google), the bar chart at right could prove to be pretty important.

Buried on page 5 of a note to clients issued Sunday by Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore, it compares the number of patents issued over the years to Apple, Google and HTC.

It turns out Apple’s (AAPL) patent department has been pretty busy, especially in the past few years; the company has amassed a total portfolio of more than 3,000 patents. Google (GOOG), by contrast, has been issued 316 and HTC only 58. Writes Whitmore:

“HTC has had comparatively few patent filings leading up to the introduction of the original iPhone in June 2007. Specifically, HTC filed zero patents with the US Patent office between 2004 and 2007 while Apple filed 507 and Google filed 67 over the same period.”

To be sure, not all patents are equal and not all these Apple patents were iPhone-related. But the numbers are suggestive because they represent the ammunition each company’s lawyers will bring with them when the battle is joined.

Apple seems to be heavily armed, Google less so and HTC even less.

The cases could take years to be resolved, but if Apple wins, it will have effectively established the validity of its portfolio. Meanwhile, Whitmore writes:

“The suit has a twofold benefit of applying pressure to additional handset manufacturers using or contemplating use of the Android OS (e.g. Samsung and Motorola). In addition, Apple’s suit could have the effect of slowing investment from developers currently working on or considering developing on the Android platform.”

See also:

• Steve Jobs: A man aggrieved
• Apple vs. HTC: What the experts say
• Apple strikes back, sues HTC

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[Via http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com]

Curvaceous HTC Tatto

The HTC family has some of the most stunning handsets in the league and HTC Tatto is one such phone with 3G Smartphone features. The HTC Tattoo handset has some remarkable features that make it distinctive from the rest of the lot. The phone has a curvaceous body and that is a high point in the phone.

The basic dimensions and specifications of the phone include following:

HTC Tattoo

There are lot many qualities in the handset and to start with, the basic dimensions of the phone are 10.6cm by 5.52cm by 1.4cm. The total weight of the phone is 113 grams along with the weight of the batteries.

• The HTC Tattoo handset is in possession of a touch screen that is 2.8 inches when you measure it diagonally. The screen displays 65 thousand colours so that the user can enjoy wallpapers and snaps.
• The phone comes with the most perfect Qualcomm processor and that makes the speed of the phone quick. The A GPS navigation of the phone enables the users to find locations and directions for themselves even when they are roaming worldwide.
• Technologically also there is a lot to look forward in the phone. There is EDGE and GPRS technologies, Bluetooth facility, GPRS, WLAN WiFi and indeed the USB port is always there.
• Otherwise the phone works on the quad band GSM technology and to support it is the 3G HSDPA technology which together are responsible for the excellent network coverage we get in the phone. 
• The basic memory of the phone is 256MB and 512 MB respectively that is the RAM and ROM. Other than the two, one can use memory card to expand the memory.
• The battery fitted in the phone offers six and a half hours of talk time and on standby it can provide up to five hundred and twenty hours.

The HTC Tattoo Blue phone has an excellent digital camera of 3.2 megapixels that can even take videos. HTC Tatoo is an excellent phone with music player and video player integrated for more entertainment.

 The HTC mobile phone is available with gift : Home Theatre Gift Contracts.

[Via http://thephoneonline.wordpress.com]

Sense UI vs Android UI

For those of you not familiar with HTC’s, Motorola’s, and other manufacturer’s phones running what is called the “Android OS”, here’s a quick rundown of what it is and why the two versions of it are so great.

But first, vocabulary you’re going to want to familiarize yourself with:

Important Terms

• Android OS: Google’s open-source operating system based on Linux and used by cell phone users all over the world
• Sense UI: a user interface designed and implemented by HTC that runs on all HTC-branded phones and the Google Nexus One, laid over the default Android interface
• Android UI: the user interface designed and implemented into the core Android OS by Google, used on all other Android phoness
• MotoBlur UI: a third, less common UI, very social networking-based, for phones like the Cliq, Devour, and Backflip

Phones

• Droid: a Motorola phone for the Verizon Wireless network, one of the most powerful Android-branded consumer phones, with slide-out keyboard
• Nexus One: Google’s first cell phone, running on T-Mobile, one of the most powerful Android phones currently available
• Hero: a popular HTC phone for the Sprint and GSM networks, with the bottom “lip”
• Eris: another Verizon Wireless Android device, running Android v1.6, has a Nexus One-like form factor
• Desire/Legend: two similar HTC phones that have yet to be released; promise to be the best Android phones yet
• Cliq: a Motorola slider phone running on T-Mobile, includes the MotoBlur UI
• Devour: a Motorola slider phone with MotoBlur, coined “the Droid’s little brother”, running on Verizon Wireless
• Backflip: AT&T’s first Android phone, includes the MotoBlur UI and a very unique design

So, what is the Android UI? Basically, it’s what most Android users are seeing on their phones if they have any phone such as the Motorola Droid and Google G1. The real distinguishing feature about the Android UI is how industrial it looks. It’s very clean-cut, uses matte colors, orange highlights, green checkmark and radio buttons, and a lot of silver and dark grey interface elements. Here’s an example:

This is an example of the 2.0 firmware Android lockscreen, found on the Motorola Droid. This is one of the better examples of the Android v2.0 UI’s flashy interface elements.

This shows what the screen on a Droid might look like while docked in a desktop dock. Android v2.0+ has a unique interface when docked that allows users to access, music, photo slideshows, and alarm clock settings, as well as weather, straight from the dock interface.

This is what a typical Android v2.0+ settings menu looks like. As all Android-based interfaces, it is very simple, easy to navigate, and the icon metaphors are east to decipher.

This is an example of the older v1.5 – v1.6 Android interface. Very plain, and sort of feels like an old Linux distribution. Good thing, too, because the Android OS is actually based on Linux.

So all in all, the default Android interface has come a long way from 1.5 to 2.0, and we have yet to see a good many changes come with 2.1 (whenever that is). Maybe not interface-related changes, per say, but it’s very possible that the Droid, which runs Android v2.0.1 and the default Android UI, might get some sort of Sense UI upgrade in the near future.

And now, Sense UI… My favorite. The Sense UI is an HTC-created interface that is laid over the Android system to make it look beautiful. Some people may disagree, but this being my personal blog, if you don’t like the Sense UI, you have no soul, and no sense of great design. Sense is gorgeous. Let me explain.

Let’s start with the lock screen.

It’s simple, it’s elegant, and it’s not obtrusive if you’ve got a background image you want to see when you turn your phone on.

Press the bar and drag down to unlock the phone. This version is the HTC Hero version of the lockscreen. The Droid Eris has more of a curved version of the clock/unlock bar that’s shown above.

This is what a Sense UI phone’s home screen looks like. The icons are a style fitting of the phone, and the bottom bar allows for quick access to applications, phone functions, and settings. The flip clock/weather widget on the top animates when the time or weather changes. Pretty cool. When I had my Eris (before I switched to the Droid), that was my favorite feature.

This is the “new” Sense UI, which people are guessing will be updated later this year. It’s codenamed “Espresso”, and is generally a nicer-looking update to the current Sense UI. As long as it has that widget… :p

So, to close, I hope you learned a bit about the two Android interfaces available to consumers on current Android-based phones. I know I didn’t cover everything there is to know about the UI’s, nor did I explain the (form) features of the phones that factor into the decision to run Sense or not, but that may be for another time. Until my next post.

[Via http://chrisdazzo.wordpress.com]

HTC: We have our own patents

Although not disclosing too much information, HTC don’t seem to be too worried about Apple’s ‘let’s sue because we’re scared’ tactics.

In an article on the Mobile Blog, HTC have said they will protect its’ innovations as creations and that they have their own patents. Google are also said to stand strongly behind HTC on the issue – and why wouldn’t they seeing as they develop the Android system themselves.

Read the full article here

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Droid Eris 2.1 Leaked

Few weeks ago I mentioned how some of the Droid Eris users were getting Android 2.1 OS update. Some of us began to wonder if the OTA update was finally being delivered to the Droid Eris users. But that wasn’t the case. With Android 2.1 OS OTA around the corner we come across leaked 2.1 OS update. Yesterday an HTC employee in China supposedly posted the ROM on XDA, what he posted was a valid 2.1 OS.

You can follow these directions to get your very own Android 2.1 OS. Follow these simple direction.

You can always go back to the original source for help XDA-Developers

Motorola Droid users you’re in for a surprise too. Phandroid has mentioned that:

Over at DroidLife, Kellex had to do a factory reset on his Droid and used the “fresh start” as an opportunity to test out the Motorola Droid 2.1 Update that had been leaked and posted a few days ago.

You can follow those links and get yourself started on it too.

-=VERY IMPORTANT=-

I highly recommend that you back up everything from your device before performing any of these steps.

A lot of you have been asking if you update your Droid Eris on your own, will you still be able to get the VZWs (Big Red) official Android 2.1 OS push?

The answer is no. If you loaded this IMG file you should not receive the OTA update when Verizon pushes it. Your phone will show that it is already up to date. Unless they change something major you will have to revert back to 1.5 and then wait for the OTA. But with this IMG you should be able to receive any future fixes from Big Red just not the 2.1.

I was going to give this a shot but I think I’ll wait for the official release by VZW. If the Big Red takes forever with the  official push then I’ll just update it myself.

VIA | XDA Forum, Thekrtek, Phandroid

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5Words: Being Sued is a Drag

HTC won’t enjoy Apple lawsuit.

A Palm Pre-like BlackBerry slider?

Daily Show, Colbert depart Hulu.

Twitter and Microsoft: crazy idea?

Analyst: Microsoft Palm buyout unlikely.

Twitter employee quits his blog.

Western Digital’s Solid State Drives.

Apple and Amazon’s music squabble.

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The Connection

Making that connection with a consumer is what I love most about advertising. The ability to take a meaningless product and give it a life outside of its packaging. What is for sale is no longer an item for sale. There is no monetary value attached to it because no price could be put on such a product that defines you, right? That is advertising to me and that is why I want to pursue my career in such a hardworking and competitive industry. I can’t wait to start.

Below are a few of the ads that produce that connection or feeling I am talking about. These are some of the advertisements I most admire.

HTC – “You”

Agency: http://www.deutschinc.com/

Travelers – “Prized Possession”

Nike – “Move”

I remember seeing this commercial when I was in high school and watched it over and over again. Still one of my all time favorites.

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Facts about the HTC Desire, Legend and HD mini you may not have known

A few facts about the HTC Desire, Legend and HD mini that you may not have been aware of.

HTC HD mini

• You can use it as a WiFi router
• The phone antenna is actually on the removable back cover
• HTC designed the inside to be as beautiful on the inside as it is outside

HTC Legend

• The device chassis is crafted out of a single block of aluminum.
• The battery door houses the antenna for the phone.
• HTC Leap is installed, which means if you pinch the screen all of your home screens will be displayed.

HTC Desire

• The web browser installed is a bespoke one designed by HTC
• Press and hold on word on a web page and a contextual menu will be displayed that allows you to copy the word, look it up on Wikipedia, in a dictionary or translate it.

[Via http://blog.clove.co.uk]

The Importance of Accreditations

When crossing borders to obtain healthcare many patients are enticed by the cheaper price and the higher personal comfort that many healthcare facilities can offer. However, to find information about patient safety regulations and quality of the provider, consumers are compelled to do their own research.

As a help, there are several healthcare organizations that guide, inspect and educate healthcare providers to obtain and maintain the high standards of patient care and safety. One of the best symbols for this is International Accreditation.

Accreditation is a process of both internal and external evaluation used by healthcare organizations to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards. It is important to remember that medical standards vary around the world, and the practice of international accreditation is fairly new.

To look for the provider’s international accreditation should be an important factor in the patient’s decision making. To make things more complicated for the patient there is not one single organization responsible for accrediting the providers and ensuring that their operating standards are wholly safe and ethical. However, with this in mind, there are several organizations that perform international accreditation.

Below is a list of the most common global accreditation organizations:

Joint Commission International (JCI), based in the U.S.

Australian Council for Healthcare Standards International (ACHSI), based in Australia

HealtCare Tourism International (HTC), based in the U.S.

The United Kingdom Accreditation Forum, based in the U.K.

The International Medical Travel Association, based in Singapore

Accreditation Canada, based in Canada

Several medical facilities also hold an ISO certification (International Organization for Standardization). However, ISO is not considered to be an international healtcare accreditation scheme.

[Via http://novasans.wordpress.com]

HTC Desire 720p video recording?!

An HTC representative has said that the Desire can record video at 720p in a video recorded at the Mobile World Congress.

Now, whether the phone actually ships with the software to record in 720p is another question. Other reports have suggested recording resolutions of WVGA (800×480) but if the hardware can support it then the software will surely follow in a future firmware update.

Start watching from about 3:10 for the HTC Desire talk.

[Via http://desirefanatics.wordpress.com]

Cannot answer/ask question from my smartphone?

Question:
If I open Yahoo!Answers from my smartphone (I use HTC Touch Duo),
I cannot click "continue" (after I wrote my question) and "preview" for my answers.

Is anything wrong with Yahoo!Anwers, or my phone setting?
Answer:
sepertinya itu karena YA nya yang sedang dalam mengalami gangguan.
karena aku sendiri dulu pernah atau sering malah mengalaminya, ketika aku selesai mengetik sebuah pertanyaan atau jawaban dan mengeklik icon continue, ga terjadi apa2 karena memang icon tsb ga bisa diklik.
pada waktu itu lektop, ataupun koneksi aku ga ada masalah. Buktinya untuk browsing or searching di link lain ga ada masalah.
itu aja sih menurutku.

BTW, mickah masih ingat akuh gak?
inih seseorang yang duluh pernah menggilah di persajakan yahooh answer.
nih nyaih! nyaih blorong yang sempat menghilang karena sudah tobat.
eh sekarang kumat lagih! wkwkkwkwk

Windows Phone 7 on HTC Touch Diamond2??

We can’t believe ourselves. If this is not a fake, that’s what we hope, Windows Phone 7 would be available for a lot of devices! It would mean that devices like Touch Diamond2, Touch Pro2, HD and so on, would be capable of running it!!!

Moreover, look at the background behind the phone. It seems to be the same one of PocketNow community! Are they hiding us something?

Anyway the picture il very blurred, so this could be a fake too. So, time will tell us everything.

[Via http://mobile512.wordpress.com]

HTC COMES OUT BLAZING!

At MWC 2010, technologies and innovations concerning the present mobile market are numerous and fun. HTC comes out blazing with three new phones to show off. They three’d them! Haha…ha. Ha.

HTC Desire

A Close Relative to the Nexus One

Do you desire this multi-touch, 3.7″ AMOLED equipped phone? Do you lust for its 1 GHz Snapdragon processor? Do you desire Android 2.1 with Sense UI? Do  you long to feel its optical touchpad? I do.

HTC Legend

The HTC Hero's Evolution.

Legends use legendary things, right? The older HTC Hero has been upgraded. It is now thinner and lighter (low-carb diet), faster (agility training), better looking (tips from me) but still featuring its heroic signature, the Android chin. The AMOLED display is sure to make you stare, 384 MB of RAM for speed, and 600 MHz of processing power is nothing to scoff at. Android 2.1 with Sense, you won’t miss anything with the Legend.

HTC HD2 Mini

The Beast Shrunk

Last but not least. Well, maybe in size. HTC has decided to come out with a smaller version of their beastly HTC HD2 phone.  The screen of course is smaller resolution, and the processing speed of the device is smaller, but not really noticeable with everyday tasks. Although this runs Windows Mobile (hopefully 7 in the future), the Sense UI is still there and this phone looks pretty nice as well.

Conclusion

I have always liked the design and performance of HTC phones. With their new hardware and software innovations, it’s not hard to see them as one of the top brands in mobile phones. I am down for doing a review, no, multiple reviews if any of you decide to get me one of these phones. You know you want to.

[Via http://threemythoughts.wordpress.com]

HTC Desire, Legend, and HD Mini Official Specs/Pics Leak

HTC is having a hard time keeping the lid on these bad boys. Have a look below for full specs and some, what looks like, official pics.

HD Mini

 No Specs for the HD Mini

HTC Legend 

* CPU speed – 600 MHz
* Platform
- Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense
* Memory ROM – 512 MB, RAM: 384 MB
* Dimensions – (LxWxT) 112 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm (4.41 x 2.22 x 0.45 inches)
* Weight – 126 grams (4.44 ounces) with battery
* Display – 3.2-inch AMOLED touch-sensitive screen with 320 X 480 HVGA resolution
* Network – HSPA/WCDMA:
o Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
o Upload speed of up to 2 Mbps and download speed of up to 7.2 Mbps
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
o 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Onscreen navigation – Optical trackball
* GPS – Internal GPS antenna
* Sensors -
o G-Sensor
o Digital compass
o Proximity sensor
o Ambient light sensor
* Connectivity – Bluetooth® 2.1 with FTP/OPP for file transfer, A2DP for wireless stereo headsets, and PBAP for
phonebook access from the car kit
* Wi-Fi® – IEEE 802.11 b/g
* 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
* Standard Micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
* Camera – 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flash
* Audio supported formats -
o Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma
o Recording: .amr
* Video supported formats -
o Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv
o Recording: .3gp
* Battery – Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer or Lithium-ion battery
* Capacity – 1300 mAh
* Talk time -
o Up to 440 minutes for WCDMA
o Up to 490 minutes for GSM
* Standby time -
o Up to 560 hours for WCDMA
o Up to 440 hours for GSM
* Expansion slot – microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
* AC adapter – Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz
* DC output – 5V and 1A
* Special feature – Friend Stream

HTC Bravo AKA Desire

* CPU Speed – 1 GHz
* Platform – Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC SenseTM
* Memory – ROM: 512 MB, RAM: 576 MB
* Dimensions – (LxWxT) 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm (4.7 x 2.36 x 0.47 inches)
* Weight – 135 grams (4.76 ounces) with battery
* Display – 3.7-inch AMOLED touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
* Network – HSPA/WCDMA:
o Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
o Upload speed of up to 2 Mbps and download speed of up to 7.2 Mbps
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
o 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)
* Onscreen navigation – Optical Trackball
* GPS – Internal GPS antenna
* Sensors -
o Proximity sensor
o Ambient light sensor
o G-Sensor
o Digital compass
* Connectivity – Bluetooth® 2.1 with FTP/OPP for file transfer, A2DP for wireless stereo headsets,
and PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit
* Wi-Fi® – IEEE 802.11 b/g
* 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
* Standard Micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
* Camera – 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flashlight
* Audio supported formats
o Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma,
o Recording: .amr
* Video supported formats
o Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv
o · Recording: .3gp
* Battery – Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
* Capacity – 1400 mAh
* Talk time:
o Up to 390 minutes for WCDMA
o Up to 400 minutes for GSM
* Standby time:
o Up to 360 hours for WCDMA
o Up to 340 hours for GSM
* Expansion Slot – microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
* AC Adapter Voltage range/frequency – 100 ~ 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
* DC output – 5 V and 1 A
* Special Feature – Friend Stream

[Via http://thegadgetgurus.net]

HTC Fuze: Instant Messaging?

Question:
Okay I checked to see how much TExts i have left, and a text message came. And it usually shows this:

Next Bill Cycle: 02/26/2010
Messaging: 32 of 200

But this time it showed this, and my dad never changed da plan, it says:

Next Bill Cycle: 02/26/2010
Messaging: 32 of 200
TXT/IM: 0 of unlimited


If it says I have 0 of unlimited TXT/IM, then how can it say i have 32 of 200 texts?
Messaging is the same as texts, but messenger is IM
I dont get it ! does that mean i can IM (AIM, Yahoo messenger, etc) unlimited but have only 200 texts?

im suppossed to have 200 texts only lol

THANKS!
Answer:
well IM counts as a text message..yea sometimes att messes up and things like that.. i dont have data on my phone but everytime i text to see how many minutes are used it says "data" unlimited.. and i know i dont have data..... so disregard it...

HTC Legend Gets Outed With First Pics [Htc]

HTC’s had some faulty plumbing lately: first pics of the Incredible leak over the weekend, and now we’ve got our first look at the HTC Legend in the wild—complete with an ooo-shiny aluminum back. The design—particularly the aluminum casing and optical sensor trackpad—jives with what we’d heard recently, as does the apparent HTC Sense interface. It’s a different look for HTC, but I’d say not an unwelcome one. It’s especially comforting to know we’re not looking at a slew of brown-backed *cough* Incredible *cough* handsets. If the rest of the rumored specs—inclduing a 5.0-megapixel with LED flash, a 600MHz processor, and 512MB of internal memory—pan out, this looks like a nice step up from the Hero. Hopefully we’ll find out for sure at the Mobile World Congress next week. [Engadget]

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Please help me find the right deal?

Question:
so i might go on contract?
and i would like it for about 12-18 months, 100-200 minutes, 300-400 texts, unlimited internet, please.
and with a nokia n97 mini or a htc g1 thank you.
Answer:
Well, both of the phones you want to get are GSM phones so you have two choices: AT&T or T-Mobile. While you can use the Nokia n97 on either network, the g1 is a T-Mobile phone, so I would recommend going with T-Mobile. I personally don't know if you can get a plan with just 100-200 minuets a month from them, and even though you want to get a contract with them, you may want to see how their prepaid service would work for you. You would have to pay the entire cost of the g1 up front, but if you really don't talk that much, it would be a waste to 450 minuets in it.

Android to join Palm at GDC this year and offer free phones

Palm isn’t the only company who thinks quality games are an important part of a mobile platform. Android has jumped on the GDC (Game Developers Conference) wagon and will be working with developers at the show in San Francisco on March 9th and 10th. They will be giving demonstrations and working with developers on developing Java and C++ games for the Android platform. Google says that 7/10 of their 20,000 applications are games and that they are very excited to support the growing trend by helping developers create some games. We don’t know just yet if this means we will see EA or any other big mobile developers showing off any 3D games, but it is a possibility. No one thought Palm would do it, we have seen Apple hold the 3D game flag for some time, and now it is Google’s turn to show us just what Android can do. Also Google will be offering up some rewards for developers in attendance!

If you sign up before February 4th for the All Access or Tutorials and Summits passes then you will receive either a Motorola Droid or Google’s Nexus One from HTC. Show up to help out Google and in return Google will give you one of the two hottest Android phones available today!

[Via Android Developers Blog]

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QUICK, ANSWER!!! 10 pnts for best answer!!?

Question:
QUICKFIRE VS. HTC TILT VS. Samsung IMPRESSION VS. Lg XENON WHICH IS BETTER????
Answer:
It all depends on how muh you are looking to spend. The Impression and Xenon are only 10 dollar data packages while the tilt is 30. I dont know about the Quickfire but I have personally used it before and thought it was terrrible. I used to own an impression and loved it. texting was great, battery life was suprisingly good, and the web browsing was pretty quick. I would go with the impression because you would get more bang for your buck

The HTC Discover

This concept came from a British designer named Timur Pinar. The Phone features a 10 megapixel camera, a 16:9 screen setting, Stereo Bluetooth support, 3G, and Wi-Fi. Timur Pinar claims that the device borrows a few design traits from previous Google Android phones, like HTC Magic or Hero, like the “chin”. This time, this element is incorporated into the brushed aluminum bezel and what differentiates this model from others is its new concave front design. The device also has HTC’s Sense UI.

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HTC Supersonic Sense UI + 2.1 + Wimax

WOW Now this is THE device I am waiting for! Below are all the juicy details:

HTC ‘Supersonic’ to ring in WiMAX on Sprint, Android-style: “Remember that mysterious HTC A9292 with WiMAX rumored for Sprint a few days back? Well, take a seat, folks — we think we’ve got the lowdown on it here from a trusted source, and it’s a bit of a monster:

• Codename is ‘Supersonic’ — a name we’ve heard at least once before.
• Feels a lot like you’d expect an Android-powered HD2 to feel thanks to a 4.3-inch non-AMOLED display and a svelte shell. (For reference, the HD2 is 11mm thick, but we don’t have exact dimensions here.)
• It’s got a kickstand on the back. This wouldn’t be a first for HTC; the Imagio on Verizon has one, for example.
• Runs Android 2.1 with HTC’s Sense UI.
• Our tipster saw it in white; production devices could be available in different colors, of course, but white seems like it’d be an intriguing choice for a phone of the HD2’s size and shape.
• The phone’s software stack is buggy enough right now to suggest that we’re not looking at a release any time soon, but we don’t have details on the projected launch window.
• It’s fast — Snapdragon fast, it seems, though our tipster can’t confirm the processor under the hood.

HTC ‘Supersonic’ to ring in WiMAX on Sprint, Android-style originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Estimated Nexus One Sales: Only 20,000 Units in the First Week

Flurry, which monitors usage of over 10,000 developers, has published some (projected) sales numbers for Google’s and HTC’s new flag ship smart phone, the Nexus One. According to Flurry, only about 20,000 Nexus Ones were sold in its first week on the market. It was outsold by Droid by more than 12 times, myTouch 3G by 3 times and iPhone 3GS by 80 times.

“To estimate first week sales totals for the Nexus One, myTouch 3G, Droid and iPhone 3GS, Flurry detected new handsets within its system, and then made adjustments to account for varying levels of Flurry application penetration by handset. Flurry additionally crosschecked its estimates against Apple actual sales, released for iPhone 3GS, which totaled more than one million units over the three days, June 19 – 21, 2009. Flurry first week sales estimates can be found in the table below.”

Nexus One was a highly anticipated mobile phone, but Google didn’t spend millions of dollars advertising it, opting for a sort of a soft launch for the device. Verizon and Motorola, on the other hand, had spent close to 100 million dollars advertising the Droid, and if Flurry’s numbers are correct, it definitely shows the difference a good advertising campaign can make.

via Estimated Nexus One Sales: Only 20,000 Units in the First Week

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What phone and carrier should i get?

Question:
i have an iphone with at&t right now. however, i have had many issues and both apple and at&t have refused to give me satisfactory support. im planning on moving to a different carrier but i don't know which one to go to. if i move to verizon, im getting either an env touch or moto droid. if i move to sprint, im either getting a samsung moment or htc touch pro 2. help?
Answer:
Definitely go with Verizon. They are very helpful and have excellent call service (I live in rural North Dakota and I even get good service out here, although we don't even have at&t :) My aunt just bought the Droid and it is absolutely amazing. It even has a feature that lets you take a picture of a bar code and it will tell you what it its and average prices (I just think thats cool) I figure you just had an iPhone so a Droid would be a good replacement. Source(s): I have been a Verizon customer for 6 years

What cellphone are you holding on to right now?

Question:
*i'm Holding an HTC Tattoo*..love it <3
Answer:
I phone and a blackberry.

Turn up the heat...

Good morning kids and HAPPY FRIGGIN’ FRIDAY!!!

The Consumer Electronics Show is going on this week in Las Vegas. Top products include several 3D televisions and Bluray-3D, so you can enjoy all those 3D movies at home from the comfort of your couch. Among them is Samsung’s new 9000 series LED TV with a touchscreen remote control. DirecTV will be the first to offer 3D-TV with service beginning in June. Sony and Disney studios also announced they will have Bluray-3D titles available this year.

AT&T announced it will begin carrying 5 new smartphones on the Android platform. One from Motorola, one from Dell, and possibly three from HTC. I have had my new phone, the HTC Hero from Sprint, for about 3 weeks now and I am loving it! Fast, easy to use, tons of applications, and sexy! I am a fan of the Android phones!

Other popular devices include touchscreen laptops such as the TouchSmart from HP, which is a laptop that converts to a tablet with a twist and fold of the screen. Panasonic unveiled their 152-inch plasma television! That’s like taking my current TV screen and stacking it 3 wide and 3 high! New versions of the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi phones currently available through Sprint will be coming to the Verizon network. The new Palm Pre Plus should ship January 25th to Verizon subscribers. Google also announced the new HTC Nexus One smartphone is now available to T-Mobile customers and will be available to Verizon customers this spring.

There are way more devices, gadgets, and technologies on display at CES than I have time for. If you want, check out http://www.engadget.com/ces for full coverage. And Randy, hope you had fun out there. Don’t forget to bring me the new Samsung LED TV. A 55-inch should do.

For the couple weeks that surround Christmas and New Year’s Day, it is kind of quiet. Well, except for your occasional terror plot, Alabama winning the National Title, and me hitting a hole-in-one last night on Golden Tee… again. Other than that, nothing. So, you have reached the end of this week’s post. The Boat Show is going on downtown at the convention center. Don’t know, but maybe I’ll see you there. Either way, have a great weekend and try to stay warm!

Stephen R. Schermerhorn
Thinking warm thoughts

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Dell, HTC, and Motorola smartphones coming to AT&T with Android in 2010

AT&T’s news press room is giving anyone who will listen the scoop on 2010. AT&T will be offering a new SDK for developers and a few Android phones in their new ‘Bring apps to all‘ initiative. Today AT&T announced they will be offering 5 new Android handsets in the first half of 2010 from Dell, HTC, and Motorola. They don’t say specifically which but we will do our best to venture a guess. The Motorola handset will feature Motoblur and what AT&T says is “a unique new form factor”. So they must be talking about the rumored Motorola Backflip which was expected to come sometime in 2010. As far as Dell goes I think it is safe to assume this will be Dell’s Mini 3 which launched in China earlier last year. Hopefully it will come with WiFi and no dumbing down of features. HTC is the trickiest, we could see the rumored Hero 2, the Dragon, or even the HTC Legend which looks to be a successor to the Hero. Whatever it ends up being we are expecting some Android on AT&T which is currently the largest GSM carrier in the United States. Once this happens Android will be on all 4 major carriers leaving behind iPhone who is stuck with AT&T and Palm witht he Pre/Pixi who is stuck on Sprint but rumored to arrive on Verizon soon. Anyone else excited to see if Android phones work better or worse then the iPhone with AT&T’s 3G?

AT&T’s official press release can be found here

 

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Nexus One

Another awesome phone from Google : Nexus One, manufactured by HTC and powered by Android operating system.

This phone officially got released on 5th Jan 2010.

Check out its technical specifications here.

Take a Nexus tour here.

Get all other general information here on wiki.

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