SOS ANDROID

It was necessary to wait for a rather long time, but she arrives. The update Android 1.6 Donut for Samsung Galaxy is finally available. It is not certainly by the official ways, but Samsung-Firmware.com published this last.

To update your telephone, is available on the forum. It was tested by one of the members to prove that everything is OK. Thanks to Doul.

In the menu of novelties, we have

• Android Donut 1.6 (of course)
• Access in new Widgets as that of feeding
• Very new very nice ANDROID Market who corrects the bugs of downloadings
• Compatibility with the last versions of applications Google (GMAIL, Maps, )

By waiting for the update of Spica which should follow

For what was not there or that as me in spite of presence on the site could not attend this conference, here is the complete intervention of the founder of Google where he approaches the growth of the motive, the role of Google in this industry and some initiatives which Google intends to take.

Sit you, drink a coffee and let set the course

In spite of not enough available time on the living room, here is some pictures caught here, there. Everything is not, but a small summary there

We began with Alcatel OT-980 who made us good impression. It will be a telephone on which it will be necessary to count given its positioning of entrance of range with functionality premium. The sliding keyboard, how for Palm meadow should be appreciated. The system will have an update in 2.1.

Acer introduces 2 telephones: Betouch E110 and Betouch E400. ANDROID 2.1 and a screen HVGA are in the menu. The design of the apparatus however left me of marble.

Asus-Garmin introduces Nuvifone A50. It is the reissue of introduced M60 one year ago hardly. He is taken from Linux to Android with a very strong direction of the apparatus for navigation. Interface is also entirely altered to be 100 % Asus Garmin. The applications of experience Google are available. Maps for example is available in the quoting of software home more complete. The system is based of Donut 1.6.

Geeks' Phone introduced us his One who has classes of test. We will say to you about it faster.

LG is happy to represent GT-540 (already seen in THIS of Las Vegas). The telephone arrives in March and will be equipped with Android 1.6. He will be able to evolve towards 2.x. The screen is always r sistif but still improved in comparison with GW620. This last will be finally updated in Android 1.6. It was confirmed by the representatives LG Frances on place. The next telephones Android of mark will be introduced in Q2 2010. It was a matter of a very upmarket telephone in the list.

HTC introduced some telephones Android of which Desire which is the HTC version of Nexus One with some modifications of form: keys are physical and the tracball is replaced with an optic element. This upmarket telephone will be offered in about 2 months on the market.

Sony Ericsson revealed X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro during this living room. To have had them in hand fast, I thought they were very small and the too small screen. They benefit from interface UXP home based on Android 1.6. He will be available in Q2 2010. The elder brother X10 will be offered to him in March.

Introduced to MWC of Barcelona, HTC Desire sees his FIRMWARE beginning appearing on the web. A porterage exists therefore to use interface HTC Sense on Nexus One.

The FIRMWARE includes any specificity of interface Sense, its lot of specific Widgets and of improved applications as application camera. He also includes Flash 10.1 for ANDROID. He is however in version Alpha since the date of official provision will be in about 2 months.

For the bold, the tutoriel of update is available at the place of Redmondpie while the FIRMWARE is offered by Modaco. Be careful because if you do not respect stages in the letter, there is a risk of not upturn of the telephone.

At the same time Cyanogen offers the finished version of his FIRMWARE custom for Nexus One.

ric Schmidt, during a conference in MWC was very pleased about the huge take-off of deliveries ANDROID. It exceeds internal predictions with 60 units taken out from plants a day. Silicon with a quick calculation arrive at 5 million units by quarter and 22 million units in 1 year. As comparison, Apple had been 9 million units on last quarter 2009.

Nexus One, did not make him the object of communication of figures. He was distributed on the contrary free to the participants of conference.

Barely announced in the Motive World Congress, HTC Desire is available in preorder on some European sites such as http://digitec.ch in Switzerland.

Skyfire is a mobile Internet navigator who offers an experience close to the PC on Mobile Windows and on Symbian. To address the deck Android, the society preferred buying back Kolbysoft who already offers an alternative navigator on this deck.

The main force of Skyfire is to be able to adapt any contents to flight for the motive. Contents flash or Silverlight are supported by a dynamic adaptation quoted server with technology Cloud computing. You find therefore the same simplicity on the motive as on the PC.

Ci underneath, a demonstration of version Symbian S60 V5

Source: Skyfire

Barely 10 days after the update ERE27 of Nexus One, a news would be preparing mainly centered on the part radio of the telephone. In spite of previous, some person still had worries 3G in USA.

The new update ERE36B appeared on the forum XDA via Modaco. For the moment, it is applicable only via the tools of SDK since it does not include the official signatures of Google / HTC

Fraunhofer is well known in the multimedia for his codecs. They had porpos the PREMEIR CODEC MP3 who is known now widely, approved by a large majority and used.

For ANDROID, they offer from now on a group of new codecs especially optimised ANDROID. This codecs is MPEG4, HE-AAC v2 and MPEG-SURROUND. 2 first are well enough known since already available in other realisation. The last allows to address fluxes home multi cinema tracks in collaboration with one of 2 other codecs.

codecs will be shown during MWC.

Source: Fraunhofer via ANDROID France

A few days before the beginning of MWC, Garmin Asus chose to announce Nuvifone A50 first telephone of mark under ANDROID. He will come to replace M60 who is quasi dead born since he am preque not appeared on the market.

The Garmin Asus Nuvifone A50 uses ANDROID to bring group of advanced functionality and also offers a very strong direction towards navigation. The software home Garmin is included and the pre-loaded cards there. The telephone introduces a screen HVGA capacitif of 3,5  , loads 4 Go of stretchy internal memo with a card microphone SD and GPS says high senibilit .

The whole experience Google is informed with GMAIL, Maps (besides software home), Youtube, ANDROID Market, Garmin Asus also stresses the capacity of the telephone to synchronise completely with servers Exexchange rate. It lets to think, while the version of the BONE is not specified, while it is at the farthest a version 1.6 Donut.

Quoted multimedia, the telephone loads a camera of 3 Mpx with autofocus. At the same time, mark announces M10 which works him under Mobile Windows.

Source: Garmin Asus