New Nexus One ROM leaks, fixes more radio issues?
Remember that hand-waving trick that got a Nexus One to give up the 3G ghost way, way too easily? Well, we don’t want to pop the champagne just yet, but there’s a new non-over-the-air firmware update floating around that includes yet another radio bump among its sundry features, suggesting HTC isn’t quite done yet tuning this thing to get proper HSPA without freaking out from time to time. Whatever this update is, it may never see the official light of day in its current form — it includes Google Maps 3.4, for one thing, while Google’s already gone ahead and upped the ante to 4.0 for Buzz support — but at least it seems engineers aren’t done trying to make this thing work properly.
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New Nexus One ROM leaks, fixes more radio issues? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
T-Mobile promises to say more about the HTC HD2 next week
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T-Mobile promises to say more about the HTC HD2 next week originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
BlackBerry Application Suite leaks, ready to corrupt a perfectly good WinMo phone
We’d figured that RIM’s ambitious (if not questionable) project to port the juiciest morsels of BlackBerry OS to a virtual machine running atop Windows Mobile was abandoned long ago, and for all we know, it has — but the half-baked remnants of the undertaking are finally available thanks to the good folks at xda-developers. BlackBerry Application Suite, as its known, has finally found a proper home in a CAB file that’s making the rounds on the forums, and it’s apparently been bolted together with enough duct tape to work on an AT&T Fuze. Well, “work” is a relative term — you’ve apparently got to be on a BES server for it to work, you need to generate a valid PIN, and actuating the touchscreen requires a double-tap, but when you’re ready to stop punishing yourself with this craziness, the cold comfort of WinMo is just a couple clicks away. If you think you need this, odds are you really just need a Storm2, but hey, feel free to ruin your weekend trying to get this to work.
BlackBerry Application Suite leaks, ready to corrupt a perfectly good WinMo phone originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HTC Legend breaks cover on KPN’s site for March launch
We’ve little doubt at this point that HTC’s Legend is definitely real and likely coming to a shop near you, but now we’ve got what seems to be the first official confirmation by a company that would have authority on the matter. The Netherlands’ KPN has thrown up the Legend on its site for availability likely in March, offering the Android-loving Dutch the opportunity to sign up for updates — in other words, no money’s exchanging hands just yet. As far as we can tell, these appear to be official shots of the phone offered up by HTC, so odds are good that KPN simply jumped the gun — the phone is almost certainly destined for an official unveil either by HTC or a carrier partner at MWC in a few days’ time. There are some specs here, too: 256MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM on board, AGPS, WiFi, an FM radio, 3.2-inch display and 5 megapixel camera, making this an honest-to-goodness Hero successor — and it even looks like the Legend name will be carried over for launch. Any other carriers care to step up and help bust this thing wide open?
HTC Legend breaks cover on KPN’s site for March launch originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nexus One 3G problems persist after update — is it a design problem?
Looks like someone at Google should fast forward those Nexus One design videos to the radio integration portion and figure out what went wrong, because it seems like the 3G coverage problem still hasn’t been fixed, even after that last big OTA update. What’s more, many in Google’s support forums are noting that the phone will drop a weaker 3G signal merely when held by the bottom, as the video below clearly shows. Oops. We’re not at all sure what’s going on here, but we’re hoping this issue can yet be solved with a software patch — things are going to get messy if this is purely a hardware issue.
[Thanks, Geathan]
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Nexus One 3G problems persist after update — is it a design problem? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
HTC Hero shows off multitouch-enabled Sense UI on video
Bear in mind we don’t know for sure whether this is a forthcoming iteration of the Sense UI or just an industrious hacker, but the video after the break shows off some pretty sweet multitouch integration into HTC’s Android skin. Pinch-to-zoom, that most notorious of functions, is used to achieve an Exposé-like overview of all the widgets you have open, with an easy tap getting you into the one you want. It seems a relatively intuitive action, even if the person showing it off does his or her best to make it look as clumsy as possible. This should be most enticing when considered in light of the purportedly upcoming HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 — who’s to say this isn’t what HTC is cooking up as an extra topping for that Eclair?
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HTC Hero shows off multitouch-enabled Sense UI on video originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
HTC Scorpion with 1.5GHz Snapdragon, WiMAX tipped in build file of dubious provenance
HTC Scorpion with 1.5GHz Snapdragon, WiMAX tipped in build file of dubious provenance originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
HTC Legend makes an encore appearance, this time with specs
The race is on to see how many angles of HTC’s upcoming Legend can be snapped before the phone’s official debut, so here’s our next submission. As you can see, the hard-edged aluminum theme continues to wrap its way around the side with a touch of black plastic along the bottom, presumably to give the antenna some room to breathe. We’ve got a list of specs this time, too, most of which match up with what we’ve already heard:
- 3.2-inch HVGA AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
- 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor (the same class of core used by the Pixi and Devour)
- 5 megapixel camera with LED flash
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- WiFi
- Quadband GSM / EDGE plus dualband HSPA
- Magnetic compass
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- 1300mAh battery
It’s no Nexus One or Bravo, but that’s the beauty of the way HTC’s love affair with Android is turning out — there’s a little something for everyone.
[Thanks, Dion]
HTC Legend makes an encore appearance, this time with specs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 pegged for mid-March
We’ve known for ages that HTC’s been working on yanking its custom-skinned Hero off of Cupcake’s rusty frame, but so far, the only way to drop Android 2.0 or 2.1 on your phone has been to cheat, root, and load a custom or leaked ROM in place of the official first-party firmware. If you’re too straightedge for that, though, keep the faith — your binary isn’t too far off. PR released today indicates that we can expect the Hero to get an Android 2.1 update with Sense in “mid March” according to HTC’s Benelux team, and it’ll feature a new Friend Stream widget that aggregates user updates across services (presumably a nod to Blur), tweaked Exchange support, and a handful of other goodies. This isn’t necessarily indicative of when Hero versions in other regions (Sprint’s version, for instance) will pick it up, but it’s a solid start.
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HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 pegged for mid-March originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Google starts live phone support for Nexus One owners
Google readily admits that its Nexus One customer support at launch was lacking. However, the Goog says that it’s committed to improving the experience as it blazes a path into the world of consumer handset sales. Today, more than a month since the launch of the Nexus One, Google is offering owners access to a real live person via 888-48NEXUS (63987). The new support line is operational from 07:00am to 10:00pm PST and augments Google’s support forums, FAQs and email support. Unfortunately, Google’s live support line seems limited to status and shipping issues — for live tech support you’ll still have to call either HTC customer care number or T-Mobile depending upon the issue. And of course, the whole thing changes if you’re an international user. As convoluted as it all sounds, an unamed Google spokesperson still claims that “live phone support from Google, combined with an optimized on-line support experience, enables a superior Nexus One customer experience.” Sure it does: the average consumer just loves looking through on-line forums and FAQs to solve issues before picking up the phone to complain.
[Thanks, Phil L.]
Google starts live phone support for Nexus One owners originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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