SOS ANDROID

Until now, the developers could buy a telephone of development via Google. It was about HTC DREAM (ADP1). It is possible now to obtain it other who is HTC MAGIC (ADP2).

The telephone is available to at the price of 399 USD (env. 268 ) completely released (Sim and Root). A nice affair for those who work on it every day in development.

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The today's Stand shares the figure of sales of HTC DREAM to Orange. Only a few hundred of apparatus are sold.

Then the error in what? It is clear that launching was too much thrown. He had a colour of  I go out before MAGIC to SFR  . Then, the telephone had of too many bugs what was prohibitive for many. The most inuring in fiddle filled lacunas up but in vain. Finally, the design of the apparatus left it very perplexed.

As said The Fountain, nothing serves to run, it is necessary to leave just in time.

While MAGIC is available since yesterday at the place of SFR in France, our neighbouring Belgians announce availability in June of the same telephone. Proximus and Belgacom will announce them officially on Tuesday, May 12th. The precise date of exit is still known nor the selling price. For recall, telephones in Belgium are not simlock s.

Of other one quoted by the Atlantic, Canadian Rogers will offer HTC DREAM June 2nd of this year and in not yet defined date HTC MAGIC.

HTC is accomplishing a nice breakthrough because the reception of the telephone am rather very good in the world of technophiles and of " early adopters " . It will have an impact on adoption by other users.

Sources: Mobile Belgium and BGR

For the first one taken out from the BONE and the first trial, it is rather a nice result for T-Mobile and HTC. They have just crossed the bar of the million users. It shows potential while it had not left earned. Indeed, during the launching of October, 2008, network 3G / HSDPA from T-Mobile was still at the age of the puberty.

It shows that the BONE has arguments of good in comparison with competition and that the next exit of HTC MAGIC should again confirm it.

Source, via JDG

Announced some days ago, video recording is part of the version 1.5 Cupcake of the system Andro d. The blog of HTC shares a video taken on DREAM and sent then on Youtube. Here is what it gives (in spite of the strong contrasts of the stage).

A Mobinaute article

Using its presence to the telecommunications living room CTIA WIRELESS of Las Vegas, T-Mobile USA, the first operator to have commercialised a smartphone ANDROID, revealed the statistics of use of "G1" to its clients. This smartphone is known under the name of HTC DREAM in France via Orange.

Result: it emerges from it that every possessor of G1 downloaded 40 applications on average since ANDROID Market what implicates that the kiosk of downloading of software of Google would have exceeded the cape of 40 million past programmes there about 6 months by banking on upon 1 a million sold G1. 4 possessors of smartphones G1 on 5 download more regularly applications, at least one time a week.

Concerning other statistics of use of the motive, the half of the possessors of G1 adopted this terminal while they had until then a classical mobile phone and these last use 50 times DATA services that a medium user of a motive says "Voice-centric". To support the thesis of G1 as machine devoted to the mobile web, T-Mobile adds that 80 % possessors of this smartphone use its navigator integrated web every day.

A Christophe Romei article Mobile Services

For several months of use of G1 T-Mobile allows me to give an opinion furthermore! (only on some functions) on G2.. Other social phenomenon identical to the iPhone, the credit at the end of fingers a technological revolution, a privilege of our Materialist societies which it pays the luxury of credit of the new models every 6 months.. It is therefore necessary to be aware of it to appreciate efforts of the thousands of technicians, developers, sales and marketing people to put in disposition the platform Android, the Bone, the marketplace it is a superb works of team (besides similar to Apple, Nokia, Microsoft and Blackberry) and finally to sell it 99 !

My  numerical life Google 

Very good motive which is going to allow to democratise the mobile Internet with experience Google du PC, since one of the trumps of ANDROID it is to have its  numerical life Google  on its motive: Search, Maps with Street View, Degree of latitude, Gmail and the synchronisation of your contacts, Youtube, Talk, Android Market. OPERATOR SFR is going to be able also to show imagination with the kit of development to put in simple disposition of applications who will make easier the adoption of the mobile Internet, which will make relation easier client .on is possible imagine much more than the simple access at the moment to the portal of Vodafone Live on the Офис triptych (a bit court in usage).

Keyboard, menu and trackball

In short a complete and free mobile continuation which consumes of Dated it, happy the operators they are The interface of G2 for France does not change except the keyboard which becomes virtual, it is a success (bravo HTC) simple express of access, for example for the Search who has one of the rare keys physical appearance (6 and a trackball) in the form of signaletics (the Magnifier) in some seconds you are on the mobile navigator by default or classical version, that is that of your PC. The battle of the navigator on motive it is still and always the simplicity which must take it, here no fair complicated menu a physical key (menu) and 6 functions (research, favourites, windows, update, according to, more)

One of the keys and functions which the commentators often forget it is trackball, true aid to navigation of the motive but also of very applications, copied on Blackberry and it is played well because for a person who starts her experience on smartphone it can be saving to include the ergonomics of the Bone Android. Have is possible use trackball in 90 % only including for appeller the correspondents, however useful function and very reussi with 4 thumb-indexes (Call, Calls, Contacts, Favourites)

Bar of Notifications

Other one novelties, a review of your actions which finds a place to live in a d roulante bar on the top of your Офис, true aid to navigation of your entrantes notifications of applications of email type, calls there still it is seen well and in my knowledge, I do not know motive having this such a simple and accessible function fast (also with the key small)

In short you understood him a motive with a BONE which leaves far a good many of motives which makes steal in brightness the compl xit of menus and of tree-like aspects, the platform makes fly also in brightness the  one portal  and open a simple acc s to used, useful services and usable .

We all waited for G2 Magic to SFR as first phone Andro d in France. It is in fact Orange which will draw the first with G1 Dream.

It is rather a surprise given that Orange had until then shown never a big interest for these terminals. Is it a reaction at the end of the exclusive rights on the iPhone or a feat of the sales and marketing people of HTC? What version of the BONE will be loaded?

The fact remains that this telephone will arrive on the French market March 15th, 2009 before G2 envisaged to SFR. He will be in 99 with a fixed rate Origami more from 36 / month.

It remains to know when Andro d Market will be available in France.

Jay Freeman is a busybody. He is interested not only in the iPhone, but also in the HTC G1 who turns under Andro d.

Let us remind, he is the author of porterages DEBIAN APT (CYDIA) and motive substrate who allows us to customise the iPhone via Winterboard.

Here, Saurik, offers a complete tutoriel to add a distribution Debian on HTC G1. The first stage passes by the jailbreak of the telephone. Under no circumstances distribution replaces the original BONE, it is only available in parallel to bring additional functionality while letting you be of benefit of functionality of telephony (do not laugh, some people can forget it).

For the most audacious and experienced only (if they already have the apparatus).

Photo: Jay Freeman

The tutoriel of installation is available there

httpv://www.youtube.com / watch? v=jl0LSHbUbzE