Dell is silently making lots of buzzes with Streak and now its time for thunder – another gadget dressed with Android, specs include a 4.1-inch AMOLED display, and Android 2.1 with Dell’s custom skin on top (this could change, obviously, as the device isn’t expected until Q4 for AT&T). We also believed this device would have a screen with a WVGA resolution, but judging by how many icons are displayed in the app drawer, it could end up being higher (much higher). We still have some time to go before an official announcement, but the device is still real and it looks like it’s coming along nicely.

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Acer announced its very exclusive special edition smartphone in India, the new Acer Liquid E Ferrari for those who generally look for style and exclusivity with the name Ferrari. The Acer Liquid E Ferrari is handset provides exclusive features, for instance; the famous ‘Scuderia Ferrari’ logo sitting at the back.

It goes without saying; the Acer Liquid E Ferrari is phone is a beauty to own just like any model of a Ferrari branded product with an eye catching design, a glossy bright red casing with chrome trim and above all the speed and superior performance which makes it a true Acer Liquid E Ferrari. Continue reading “Acer to launch Liquid E Ferrari mobile for India In July” »

Acer has unveiled its new Android handset called “Liquid E Ferrari” Edition smartphone in association with Ferrari. The handset comes with Android 2.1 ‘Donut’ along with a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen offering 800×480 pixel resolution, 768MHz Snapdragon processor, 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and 256MB RAM. Continue reading “Acer showcases Liquid E Ferrari Edition” »

Motorola has unveiled its latest Android based handset, the Flipout featuring a square pivot design and running Android 2.1 to the world. The phone  features a five-row QWERTY keypad with a separate row for numeric keys. The user interface has seven customizable home screens, live wallpapers and added security for exchange server users. Being a device from Motorola, the Motoblur makes an appearance on the device as well. Continue reading “Meet Flipout – Motorola’s New Android Handset” »

If rumors go well, HTC desire is destined to get updated to Froyo from 23rd June. Mobile-review.com posted as “One particularly loose lipped HTC employee has spilled the beans that the Taiwanese manufacturer will bringing the Froyo update to its flagship Desire handset on 23rd June. As rumours go this is a bit tenous to be honest, the whole story resting on someone having been given the June date by a customer service rep who apparently said it in a “conspiratory voice“.   Continue reading “HTC Desire to Get Froyo Update on 23rd June” »

This is a comparison made by engadget.com featuring performance of Flashlite v4 with Flash v10.1 beta. Just go through the video and you will see some interesting results, to say the least. Continue reading “Flashlite vs Flash 10.1 beta – Comparison featured in Video” »

Google announced Froyo with lots of new exiting features, but users have to wait to get it officially via OTA update. Nexus One is probably the only handset which is reporting all working functionalities with no crashes, while running Froyo.  Now, for all those who just simply can’t wait for official availability can go for manual download of ROM. Continue reading “Download Link of Android 2.2 Froyo Rom for Nexus One” »

Google announced Android 2.2 tagged as Froyo with huge set of improvements forcing users upgrade their firmware unofficially, as manufacturers will take sometime to release Froyo. Here, we don’t want to go into that story, instead would like to highlight all the set of newly updated features in Froyo.

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On Wednesday Sprint released a new version of Android OS 2.1 for HTC Hero which brings several new features and also improve functionality. The upgrade, however, comes with a little drawback. Since, Android 2.1 has gone little change in working, upgrading means deletion of contact info, text messages, and certain voicemails.

Sprint in its press release stated “Installing the update will delete all information from your device,” including “contacts that have not been synced to an email account, text messages that have not been forwarded, saved voicemail messages older than 5 days, voicemails older than 20 days that have not been listened to, and call history. The calendar and email settings will also revert back to factory defaults.”

However, Google offers a service allowing you to backup some up of your data and can be stored back while the process of upgradation is complete. The data stored in memory card such as Images, sounds and videos doesn’t get affected while upgrading.

Google Introduced Fryo tagged as version v2.2 with lots of new features and now users are wondering about time, that will be required to receive official updates, or whether they will left out. For HTC users, we have an answer. The gents over at AndroidCentral reached out to HTC for comment, and got the following back:

[...] if your phone was launched this year, we will most likely offer an upgrade for it to the Froyo version. This includes popular models like the Desire and Droid Incredible as well as hotly anticipated phones like the Evo 4G, MyTouch slide and upcoming models. We will announce a full list of phones and dates once we are closer to launching the upgrades. We are working closely with Google and our other partners to ensure we have the earliest access to everything we need to provide a complete and solid Sense experience on Froyo. We expect to release all updates in the second half of this year but can’t be more specific yet. Continue reading “HTC says if your phone was launched this year (2010), we will offer you Froyo update” »