HTC Legend Video Review
Bluetooth 12 Apr 2010

HTC announced both the Legend and Desire at the MWC2010 at Barcelona earlier this year. Of the two, the HTC Legend is of a lower spec. Although it hasn’t got the processor muscle to take on the 1GHz snapdragon smartphones, the HTC Legend does have a decent specification for it’s latest Android phones.  The HTC Legend features Android 2.1 and the new HTC Sense and comes in a unique aluminum unibody design, giving it a leg up over the HTC Desire in the style category.

The specifications are quite similar to the older HTC Hero with some minor updates. The Legend features a 3.2 inch AMOLED display, 600MHz processor, 512MB ROM, 384MB RAM, 5MP camera with flash, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 with FTP and OPP file transfer capabilities, 3.5mm headphone jack, and USB tethering capabilities.

So far, only the Motorola Milestone supports pinch and zoom or multitouch feature which was made popular by the iPhone. The HTC Legend also has that too named “Leap”. Just pinch the screen to zoom out and you will see all your home screens panels with their widgets. Tap the panel you want and you will Leap right to it. The second new feature in HTC Sense is the new Friend Stream integration and widget.

The HTC Desire simplifies the way that you tend to all of your social networks. With Friend Stream, your interaction with friends across multiple social networks like Facebook®, Twitter™, and Flickr™ are brought into a single easy to follow stream of updates, photo posts, and shared links. Friend Stream also lets you shout out your thoughts or feelings to all your online friends with a single comment that gets broadcast to both Facebook and Twitter.

The HTC Legend measures in at 112 x 56.3 x 11.5mm compared to the Hero’s 112 x 56.2 x 14.35 mm and weighs 9 grams less at 126 grams.

On the next page, we take a first hand look at the retail version of the HTC Legend. It goes on sale last Saturday in Singapore.

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You don’t have to root your Acer Liquid to get it running in 2.1. We have done that and the user experience is pretty good with the new 2.1 eclair.

Check out how it looks like in the video below.

There are  lots of discussions about the possibility of having multi touch on the SE Xperia X10 Android phone. We asked the PR people and here is what they have to say: 

At the time of the announcement of Xperia X10 (3 Nov 2009) we confirmed on our product blog that Xperia X10 would not support the android core feature of multi touch at the time of launch. As the project has evolved we have subsequently announced that that Xperia X10 will be upgraded during its lifecycle with improvements in the User Experience Platform, incorporating software feature improvements and a later release of the android OS.  However, owing to the particular hardware and software configuration of the X10, multi-touch capabilities will not be enabled in the core platform irrespective of the software upgrade.  Whilst there has been intense discussion amongst online consumers about many of the detailed features supported by the X10, Sony Ericsson has at no point made any official statement indicating support of multi touch as a core feature of the Xperia X10.

Whilst Sony Ericsson does not generally comment on speculation about future product or feature announcements, our communication principle is to have an open and honest dialogue with consumers and we make the above clarification in order to avoid any mis-conceptions among purchasers of the Xperia X10.   We have had extremely positive consumer feedback following our first shipments of the Xperia X10 and we are very confident that this product delivers a user experience that is truly unique and will delight consumers the world over.

Video Review of Motorola MILESTONE™ (Android™ 2.1)
Bluetooth 30 Mar 2010

The long awaited Android phone has finally arrived. Although it is a bit late, the Milestone comes with Android 2.1 pre-loaded. Exclusively brought in by Starhub, Singapore’s leading telco operator, it gives the Milestone a further boost with it’s mobile tv services.

With Android 2.1 Operating system running on a Cortex A8 550MHz processor, the Milestone offers better multitasking and performance. This is in turn enhanced with a world’s thinnest QWERTY sliders (13.7mm).and a high resolution 3.7” widescreen with multitouch capability. The display also as an incredible 854 pixel width and more than 400,000 total pixels.

The phone is preinstalled with a suite of Google applications which makes this phone an out of the box solution for those who uses Google services like Gmail, Youtube, Maps etc. Users can add more applications from the tons of free apps from the Android Market. The Milestone  also has a 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, AutoFocus. Something unique about the Milestone is that it has the • Motorola Media Link and Motorola Phone Portal to manage and share media content across desktop, phone and the Web. You can now remotely view the contents of the images, contacts, SMS and managed them from your PC connected to the same Access Point.

With Starhub mobile TV, the Milestone is instantly turned into a mobile televsion using powered by SPB TV technology. The software client allows consumers to view 25 bramded tv channels for a small fee and FREE on certain day of the week.

Below are pictures of the phone followed by an unboxing video on page 2.

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Features
Key MILESTONE™ features include:
• 3.7″ widescreen display with 854 pixel width and more than 400,000 total pixels
• High-speed, cortex A8 processor
• Multi-touch, pinch and zoom, double tap zoom
• 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, AutoFocus
• Motorola Media Link and Motorola Phone Portal to manage and share media content across desktop, phone and the Web[ii]
• Stereo Bluetooth® / BT 2.1, high-speed USB 2.0[iii]
• 3.5mm headset jack
• CrystalTalk™ Plus for superior talk quality
• 8GB memory card

Additional functionality and apps include:
• Full suite of the Google applications: Google Search™, Google Maps with Google Latitude, Gmail™, YouTube™ and Google Talk™
• Unified Google and Microsoft Office Contacts
• Navigation: GPS, MOTONAV * turn-by-turn navigation, Google Maps™, E-Compass Latitude
• Email Support: IMAP and POP, Gmail™ and Exchange
• IM Support: Google Talk™
• Calendar: Exchange, syncs with Google Calendar™

Optional accessories include:
• Place MILESTONE™ in the car mount to instantly launch a full-blown GPS navigation device.
• Use the multimedia station to transform MILESTONE™ into a clock, movie player or digital picture frame.

In the next couple of weeks, mobile phone users will be spoilt for choice. There are at least 3 new Android phones that will make it’s first appearance in Singapore. Motorola Milestone is coming next Tuesday according to online media and the two other Korean ones should make it in Singapore by Chinese New Year.

The first would be the slider keyboard phone Motorola Milestone. It has a large capacitive screen and has keyboard shortcuts feature. This phone spots the latest Android 2.0 and it is said to be exclusive to Singtel. So, other telco users, if you are seriously considering, you would have to sign another contract. just to get the new phone. This phone is already on sale in Hong Kong last December. Processor runs at 550MHz and has a 5 megapixel camera.

The LG GW620 is another slider QWERTY phone from LG. It is powered by Android 1.5 (cupcake) and has a resistive screen. It has a 5 megapixel camera and uns at 528MHz as well.

The third is the Samsung Spica (i5700), the slim down version of the Galaxy which we preview before on OCWorkbench. It runs on Android 1.5 (Cupcake) too but it has a more powerful processor running at 800MHz. It has a 3 megapixel camera. The rest of the specifications are very similar to the Galaxy (i7500).

*Specifications are subjected to changes without prior notice

It seems like the highly anticipated Google Phone Nexus One is going to make it’s day in US on 5th January. A number of sites have posted leaked pictures of the pre-ordering form.

The phone will be available in contract with T-mobile or sold alone (unlocked) to residents of USA.

With a T-mobile contract, the price will be $179.99 and without contract, the upfront cost will be $529.99.

Source

Photoshop Mobile for Android Application is now available for users outside of the US. So, fire up the Market App and search for “photoshop”.

Download from http://mobile.photoshop.com/android