Monday 26 July 2010

HTC Win Phone 7 Device Spotted    [ 26-07-2010 15:06 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Engadget via TechRadar     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Windows Phone 7 isn't far off now, by some estimates the launch is a mere three months away and you know you're getting close when the leaks start appearing. HTC have had one of their handsets make an unexpected appearance on the web and it's running Microsoft's latest OS. The handset, as yet unamed, is interesting, not just because it's running Windows Phone 7, but also for the fact that HTC's signature SENSE UI overlay is nowehere to be seen. It was just the other day that we were hearing that SENSE would be making an appearance on HTC's Windows Phone 7 handsets so either it simply hasn't been installed on this one yet or not every HTC Windows Phone 7 device will have it.

The handset itself is sporting a 3.7 inch SLCD screen, in keeping with HTC's decision to move away from AMOLED technology due to supply problems. The only other specifications mentioned are the incusion of the seemingly obligatory 1 GHz Snapdragon processor and an 8 MP camera. The handset is apparently ready to launch so we're assuming it won't be too long now before you see this thing officially.

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Operator Billing Coming To Android    [ 26-07-2010 14:48 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: IntoMobile     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Buying Android apps should become a lot easier for many people in the near future due to some planned changes being brought in to the Market. At the moment if you want to buy an app that costs money from the Market you're going to need a credit card. Not a big deal right? Well for some that is true, but for many people around the world a credit card is not necessarily something they use, or perhaps more importantly not something they want to use. The planned changes would mean that the Market can make use of operator billing or in laymans terms you would see the cost of any apps you purchase on your monthly mobile phone bill. T-Mobile USA already support this payment method and rolling it out across other countries would vastly increase the number of people with access to paid apps.

The move would also mean that Android becomes a more attractive proposition to developers. When you compare the Android Market to Apple's App Store you see that the App Store has a customer base that all have an iTunes account and thus are all eligible to buy apps. The Android Market doesn't give developers that guarantee, but with operator billing the potential customer base would go up and devs could potentially see their revenue streams increase with it.

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Video: PSX4Droid - PlayStation Fun Comes To Android    [ 26-07-2010 14:18 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: Engadget     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Nothing fills in those moments of boredome quite like a good emulator on your phone, re-living your glory days of games gone by you can quickly get absorbed and forget you were ever bored in the first place. The PSX4Droid app, from ZodTTD and yongzh, will allow you to do just that with PlayStation games now that it has launched in the Android Market. It's not free, but at $5.99 it's not going to be breaking the bank and given what it can do is sure to be pretty popular. It's not 100% perfect at the moment, there are some glitches, but for the most part it looks to be working pretty well and you can check it out in action in the videos below. The first video shows a Samsung Galaxy S running Final Fantasy VII and Ridge Racer, whilst the other two show off a Nexus One running Crash Bandicoot and a Dell Streak being used alongside a Wii controller.

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HTC Ditching AMOLED Screens    [ 26-07-2010 14:16 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: HTC     Translation by: Paul Smith     

It's no great secret that AMOLED screens are in short supply, the effects having been felt across the industry. Manufacturers just can't get enough of them to keep pace with demand and that's despite Samsung having ramped up production. HTC is the latest manufacturer to feel the heat and has decided to switch away from using AMOLED technology in both the Desire and Nexus One. Instead the Taiwanese company will be opting for Super LCD screens, which are more plentiful and thus shouldn't constrain production, indeed HTC are saying that use of SLCD screens will allow them to 'ramp' production up. The actual announcement from HTC mentions that SLCD screens will be used in a 'variety of HTC phones' so newer models will probably be seeing the switch too. The proposed changes should kick in sometime later this summer. The full statement from HTC is presented below:

"Taoyuan, TAIWAN – July 26, 2010 – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced Super LCD display (SLCD) technology into a variety of HTC phones including the HTC Desire and global Nexus One later this summer. The SLCD display offers an exceptional natural balanced colour, clear contrast, broad viewing angles and improved power efficiency.

"HTC is experiencing high-demand for many of our phones, specifically our phones with 3.7 inch displays. The new SLCD display technology enables us to ramp up our production capabilities quickly to meet the high-demand," said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. "The SLCD displays provide consumers with a comparable visual experience to HTC's current 3.7 inch displays with some additional benefits including battery performance."

SLCD is the latest generation of LCD technology that offers improved performance from earlier LCD panels including approximately five times better power management. SLCDs also offer an enhanced viewing experience with wider viewing angles that are enabled by Sony's new VSPEC III™ technology."

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