Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Android Phone from Huawei
About a week ago Huawei announced an Android powered phone at the Mobile World Congress ‘09. Huawei is not really known outside of China except as a mobile infrastructure provider. Though many people outside the People’s Republic do not know that brand, everyone in China knows it. Being the biggest mobile phone market (more that 400 mio. mobile subscribers) speaks for itself. The phone itself looks like a direct iPhone copy but with a good OS 
Android on ASUS Eee PC
Besides the Chinese dudes I just read from other (free) Chinese dudes in Taiwan over at ASUS. They are working on a custom version of Android to run it on their Eee PCs which come with Windows XP right now. Google’s Carolyn Penner said that Android hasn’t been designed for phone exclusively. It is rather been intended to run on any kind of mobile device – this would include the Eee PC as well. Especially on such extreme mobile device it is quite important to use as less resources as possible. Microsoft’s Windows – no matter if it is XP, Vista or even WM Mobile – was never really fast.
HTC Magic w/o SIM Lock
I just found: HTC confirmed that the Vodafone / HTC Magic will not come with a SIM Lock like the T-Mobile G1. This is good news!
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
The brand new HTC Magic is the second Android phone that has been published by HTC so far. Besides the existing
HTC Dream (aka T-Mobile G1) and the less popular
Kogan Agora this seems to be the third official real phone running Android.
Besides the missing keyboard the specifications are about the same like the G1 has.
HTC Magic Specifications
| Processor |
Qualcomm® MSM7201a™, 528 MHz |
| Operating System |
Android |
| Memory |
ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 192 MB |
| Dimensions |
113 x 55 x 13.65 mm ( 4.45 x 2.17 x 0.54 inches) |
| Weight |
118.5 grams ( 4.18 ounces) with battery |
| Display |
3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320×480 HVGA resolution |
| Network |
HSDPA/WCDMA:
- 900/2100 MHz
- Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
|
| Device Control |
Trackball with Enter button |
| GPS |
Internal GPS antenna |
| Connectivity |
Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one) |
| Camera |
3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus |
| Audio supported formats |
AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC-LC, MIDI, OGG |
| Video supported formats |
MP4, 3GP |
| Battery |
Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1340 mAh
Talk time:
- Up to 400 minutes for WCDMA
- Up to 450 minutes for GSM
Standby time:
- Up to 660 hours for WCDMA
- Up to 420 hours for GSM
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
|
| Expansion Slot |
microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) |
| AC Adapter |
Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 47/63 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A |
| Special Features |
G-sensor
Digital Compass |
Website: HTC Magic – powered by Android
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