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August 3 Launch Confirmed for the Acer Stream

July 26th, 2010

Acer is taking a solid step in establishing a foothold in the mobile phone industry. This latest product, the Stream smart phone is confirmed to be heading to the UK this coming August 3. Several reviewers have already gotten hold of the handset and the first impressions have started popping up online.

As much as we would want to jump straight to the tech specs of this Android smart phone, it would be unfair to talk about the Stream without discussing how good the handset looks. Compared to other smart phones, the Acer Stream has a very futuristic appeal. The device’s form factor may be basic, but the use of the line contours is arguably the most appealing since the Motorola Milestone (or Motorola DROID in the US). Granted that Motorola has not released an Android smart phone for the high end tech bracket, the Acer Stream seems to have found a place.

The specs of the Stream are actually great, but not that impressive. The specs are indeed high end, but too many Android devices are already filling up the high end market choices. This leaves Asus with plenty of competition. At the same time, nothing will truly show the industry that Asus is up to task other than what is the industry equivalent of a trial by fire.

The 1GHz Snapdragon CPU is tried and tested on many other devices. So users can be assured that this processor is currently the new standard for a good reason: because it beats everything else before it. Apps, features, media, everything will load fast and run smooth on a device using this CPU.

The 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen is similar to the ones used in the HTC Desire and the Google Nexus One. Expect to get excellent response to commands, accurate finger tracking and most importantly, impressive visual quality.

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Leaked Images Show the HTC Vision Ready for Action

July 7th, 2010

Well, the HTC Vision is not really ready for action, no OS has been installed in the handset and there really is no way of telling if the device’s internal components are already complete. But looking at the images alone, one cannot help but hope that the engineers would pop in a ROM of the Android Éclair and finally show off an HTC device that packs a much demanded physical keyboard.

The slide out QWERTY keyboard has been a very elusive feature among HTC Android fans. While Motorola has already come out with the Milestone (known as the DROID in the US), and Sony Ericsson has recently offered the X10 Mini Pro, many would still want an HTC Android device over other manufacturers as the phone maker has been a constant in the development of the Android OS.

Taiwan based HTC has been a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, the first manufacturer to create an Android smart phone and they also made Google’s Nexus One as well.

For those who have never used a physical keyboard, the charm of the feature lies in the simplicity of its purpose: it helps people type faster. While it is pretty common to hear of people who can dish out hundreds of characters in a few seconds of a using a T9 keypad, the average person is not as fast. Virtual keyboards often suffice for quick typing requirements such as for Tweets or simple one-liners; but for making long forum posts or personal emails, having a physical keyboard changes the experience to a more convenient level.

In the meanwhile, haptic technology is pushing the limits of how a touch screen can emulate a physical keyboard. While the technology is quite impressive -using a combination of audio output and sometimes, vibration feedback; the technology is still a long way from a real slide out keyboard.

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Carphone Warehouse Stocks Motorola Milestone

March 4th, 2010

The Motorola Milestone is now available to purchase from Carphone Warehouse. Plenty of Android fans in the UK have been waiting for the arrival of this smart phone since last year but it was snagged in an exclusivity deal with eXpansys. While many were still able to purchase the device at the strictly-online store, the rest of us waited for the day that the phone will actually be stocked in brick and mortar store shelves.

Now, the wait is over and Carphone Warehouse gets to offer the device to its clients under various deals from mobile network operators.

Orange Mobile, T-Mobile and Vodafone are all offering deals for the smart phone. The device comes with a Qualcomm 600MHz processor, the new Android 2.0 Éclair (though there are reports that it can be updated to version 2.1), and a 5 mega pixel camera. This smart phone managed to grab a lot of attention for being the first smart phone with the (then) new Google OS and for being one of the first Android mobile phones that make use of a slide out QWERTY keyboard.

The Milestone was originally launched as the Motorola DROID in the US under the carrier Verizon where it remains as an exclusive device. Motorola has since renamed the smart phone, enable multi touch capabilities and brought the device over to the UK.

Motorola is currently busy working on the next Google phone –or so rumors go. According to recent reports, the new Motorola Shadow project is currently paving the way for the Nexus Two –an Android smart phone with a keyboard and possibly a dual core processor. A Nexus Phone based on the DROID design certainly sounds right up Motorola’s alley.

Go to Mobile Today UK to see more of the article on Carphone Warehouse and the Motorola Milestone.

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More leaks on the Motorola Droid

November 4th, 2009

Motorola MILESTONEIt’s been months of endless rumors, tips and leaked pictures of the Motorola droid. From the looks of it, the offering does have a high-end look, with slightly thicker packaging compared to the iPhone, but thinner than your usual QWERTY slider unit.

There are even plenty of talks that Google had direct hand in the development stages of the Motorola Droid, although no comment from either party was ever heard. If true, then we can say that it will be a droid to beat, but with not much difficulty, considering other high-end mobile devices are currently under work as well.

The leaked photos also showed the Motorola droid to have a capacitive touch display. Some are betting heavily it’s got between 3.7-inch screen, although some who have seen the pictures think it’s a little bit bigger. Although it’s certain that it will come with a desktop cradle charger, until it is released we will not now its multimedia station offering. Other details that had been leaked include CMDA connectivity,  GPS, Wi-Fi connectivity and Bluetooth, as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The 5megapixel camera, as tips mentioned, would sure be a delight for shutterbugs. Particularly because we’ve been told as well that the camera could capture videos at DVD pedigree. This means being able to have 24 frames per second, zooming capacity and all that LED flashes and auto-focus abilities as well.
Other information about the Motorola Droid we have so far include a Webkit which includes HTML 5 and a Flash 10 support, a built-in 16 GB microSD and it has Amazon MP3, Facebook and Google applications pre-installed as well. If it could support the Google voice search, it should be just one point below being the perfect droid. The one point being: it should be available in the market soon.

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