Adobe have released a video showing off its latest handy work on the Dell Mini 5. Flash 10.1 uses the GPU to accelerate the decoding of flash and H264 content that you might find on Youtube or iPlayer, taking the stress off the cpu and gives a desktop like experience.
Whats this Dell thingy you ask? Well its a 5” tablet running Android and will be available in the summer.
As usual, Engadget are first on the scene with a hands on with the HTC Desire at MWC. This looks to be the must have handset for 2010.
Nokia has demoed some upcoming 3D games, and the earlier released mobile version of Firefox on its N900 device out at the Mobile World Congress event.
The 3D games, shown by Jussi Makinen, marketing manager for Maemo for Nokia, comprise of 3D rollercoaster title that Makinen says shows off the graphical capabilities of the touchscreen handset.
There’s also another game that involves wrapping rope around a log, which looks more compelling than it sounds. For this, and a look at Firefox running on the phone, checkout the video below.
Well that was quick, only announced a few hours ago by HTC, Orange have now stated that they will have the HTC Desire available from April 2010! Really looking forward to this handset!
Orange’s full press release follows:
This is the third and final handset announced by HTC at MWC today and one that maybe slightly more of a surprise than the other two already mentioned. True, you may recognise the form of the HTC Desire, previously codenamed the HTC Bravo, looking an awful lot like the excellent Nexus One (see our Nexus review), and for good reason, they are essentially the same device.
The HTC Desire has a few hardware differences that you can see, an optical trackpad in place of the trackball and an additional set of hardware buttons at the bottom. The other change you may not immediately notice is the lack of dual-microphone noise cancelling. HTC say that the reason for this change is cost, wanting to make the handset as accessible as possible.
So specs for the Desire read much the same as the Nexus. Still Andoid 2.1 but HTC include their latest Sense UI and their own updated web browser. The browser features Flash Lite 4 (pre installed) and the excellent text re-flow system that we first saw on the HTC Touch Diamond where text is re-rendered in the browser to fit the screen area when you zoom. All HTC Android devices will have Multitouch from now on too.
HTC has also added some of their own features elsewhere in the OS. Tabs in email for unread messages for example and a calendar with agenda view are just a few examples.
Of the new handsets announced I certainly think this is the one for me! 🙂
Video and photos should be along soon but for now the official press release follows.
I know this is another device that has been rumoured and leaked over the past few days but once again HTC quash the rumours by making the HTC Legend official in their press conference this morning at MWC.
The Legend looks like an updated version of the HTC Hero, complete with angled chin at the bottom. The Hero will stay for now though.
The Legend is the first HTC device to have ‘Hidden Power’, a new philosophy that we’ll hear a lot more about over the coming months. The idea here is beauty through function. The all aluminium body is machined from a single block of metal, the frame and the body thus become one and the same. This in itself leads to a reduction in size and weight and adds to the beauty of the handset.
The handset, like other Android handsets from HTC, will have their own Sense user interface but this has been updated for the HTC Legend. We now see some additional new and cool features such as 7 desktop panels or screens and a pinch to zoom ‘helicopter view’ that allows you to see a live preview of each of those screens.
New apps include the fantastic looking ‘Friend Stream’ which brings together Twitter, Facebook, Flickr etc. in to one place with both an integrated timeline of activity or just the one individuals activity. James and I were both impressed when we saw this last week! 🙂
We should have more video and photos for you later but the official press release follows.
Well I guess that the rumours that have circulated for the past few days may have spoilt the surprise slightly but today HTC made things official by announcing the new HTC HD Mini. As suspected this is indeed the device we knew as the HTC Photon on the leaked roadmap. This is also the only Windows Mobile device that HTC have announced, the other two being Android.
I got some hands on time with the HD Mini last week and it is a very neat looking device. It has a 3.2" HVGA capacitive display and is roughly the same size as the original HTC Touch Diamond. Personally I think I have been spoilt lately and although the Diamond was my favourite device for a long time, I now feel that I need a device with a larger screen, 3.7" seems to suit me!
We should have some more photos and video for you later on but for now you can find the press release below.
HTC’s press conference has just started at MWC in Barcelona and I can tell you that they are to announce three new handsets, two Android 2.1 handsets and a Windows Mobile 6.5.3 handset.
They are the HTC Legend, the HTC Desire and the HTC HD Mini.
We’ll cover each device in it’s own post that will shortly follow this one but in summary:
The HTC Legend looks like an updated version of the HTC Hero and has an all aluminium construction. Android 2.1 powered also has the latest version of HTC’s Sense UI. It will have a 3.2″ HVGA display, 600Mhz CPU, optical trackpad and 5 megapixel camera and flash. This device also introduces the concept of ‘Hidden Power’ which we’ll talk about in detail in a later post.
The HTC Desire is the device that we previously knew as the HTC Bravo (which at the same time pretty much proves that the HTC Bravo on Orange images were fake!) In essence the Desire will be virtually the same in terms of hardware specification as the Nexus One. The key changes being the optical trackpad, a few physical buttons and no active noise cancellation. As with the Legend HTC have included their latest version of Sense UI and have also added their own browser complete with Flash Lite 4.0
The HTC HD Mini, codenamed HTC Photo, will be the only Windows Mobile device HTC are going to announce at MWC and will be WinMo 6.5.3. A 3.2″ HVGA capacitive touchscreen that supports multitouch. Like the Legend it’ll have the same 600MHz 7227 CPU and the Windows Mobile version of Sense UI. I was pretty close with my predictions of the HD Mini last week! 🙂
James and I got a chance to play with these handset last week and I can tell you they are pretty cool, I really like what HTC have done with Sense and I cant wait to get my hands on these for a proper review!
Check out the individual device posts that follow for each one in greater detail. We should have some official press releases later too.
Posted by: Matt
All About Symbian have just published an exclusive revealing that Skype is now available for S60 5th Edition. That means you can enjoy the full Skype experience on handsets like the N97, Mini, 5800 and X6, although you may have to close few apps to get things running smoothly on the N97.
Skype for Symbian will allow you to:
You can get going by pointing your mobile browser to skype.com/m (N95 onwards) and downloading when prompted and then head on over to AAS for lots of screenshots.
TAT Home have whipped up a really nice skin for Android which transforms the home screen with a powerful gesture based 3D experience that relies heavily on cascading windows and finger flicks in order to improve your navigational efficiency.
Finger friendly widgets and rich transitions are all here and is supposed to blend nicely with Androids original widgets. Checkout the video for more then head over to TAT to sign up for the beta.
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