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
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
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
[Follow Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Twitter @philiped]
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.
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.
Friday, March 5, 2010
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
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
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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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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