Archive for James Tromans
Contributing editor of AndroidAuthority.com, based in the U.K.
Contributing editor of AndroidAuthority.com, based in the U.K.The European version and original Samsung Galaxy S has recently received a leaked upgrade to Froyo 2.2, should you want to install it. The news set XDA-Forums wild yesterday, and now the dust has had a moment to settle, we followed HDBlog.it who recently published a video on the matter. The first thing they note [...]
HTC have recently announced that they are looking to enter the Chinese market with their HTC Sense based handsets running Android 2.2, aka Froyo. This is great news for China because it has subsequently sparked a rush for local based manufacturers already operating in the area to upgrade their devices as fast as possible. This [...]
T-Mobile have recently launched a micro-site for a forthcoming HSPA+ Android smartphone. A quick inspection of the HTML code reveals that the micro-site is for the device codenamed ‘Vanguard’. It is expected to land around September 9th. Speculation runs rife that this offering will be the G1 Blaze/Vision that we commented on a few days [...]
AT&T and Dell officially announced the Dell Aero earlier this year, but we now know that it will become available on the 9th August. This consumer orientated smartphone offers a 3.5-inch, 360 x 640 (nHD) pixel touchscreen with Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search, YouTube, Google Talk and the Android Market. AT&T describe this phone as [...]
Interpad are set to release a 10” capacitive multi-touch tablet before the year is out. One of the most appealing aspects of this device is the 1Ghz Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 Dual ARM Cortex-A9 processor chip along with the 1GB of DDR2 RAM that float’s around inside. In fact, why stop there? There is very [...]
Little known manufacturer Augen are set to release a 7” Android tablet called the GenTouch78 via Kmart. The whole thing should cost around $150. For your money you will get a whole host of features. In truth, the only thing that is missing seems to be 3G connectivity because this puppy is alleged to offer [...]
Acer have just announced their latest high-end Android multimedia smartphone. This is certainly one to watch and is clearly aimed towards the Samsung Galaxy S and Nexus One market. Indeed, the Stream will offer an AMOLED 3.7” WVGA display with 3G+ HSDPA 7.2 Mbps download connectivity. Naturally, the device offers Bluetooth but we are also [...]
Engadget have received another image of the HTC ‘Vision’ from their tipster, who is also speculating that this device might launch as the G1 Blaze. The only down side to the news is that we cannot confirm whether this device will make it state-side anytime soon. T-Mobile are big within Europe and it is quite [...]
Android users can now enjoy a Sony PlayStation Emulator on their ‘high end’ Android devices using PSX4Droid 1.0. This PS emulator is available from the Android market for $5.99. Unfortunately you will need a PS BIOS file and ROMs in order to take advantage of the emulator, which I haven’t quite got to grips with [...]
Olive Telecom are based in a country with a population of 1,139,964,932 people. This is a useful starting point for sure. They have recently announced India’s first 3.5G Android tablet going by the name of the Olive Pad VT100. This device is set to run Android 2.1 initially, but is already rumoured for an upgrade. [...]