I'm Watch - Android on your wrist

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First unveiled online a few months ago, I'm Watch is a smartphone-compatible wristwatch, designed to work with Android-based cell phones - although it's reportedly also compatible with iOS devices. It is being developed by an Italian producer, and is currently available for pre-order. Initially the price tag was very high, but it is now being offered in a cheaper, colored version called I'm Color. The watch is scheduled to be released this October.

The I'm Watch website showcases two versions of the product. I'm Jewel is a luxury version, designed with precious materials (titanium, gold) and jewels (diamonds), with prices ranging from EUR599 to EUR11,999 (US$840 - $16,833). The I'm Color collection is priced at EUR249 (US$349), however, you'd need to pay 20 percent of the price in advance to have your order secured. The current offer will last until July 18, according to the website.

The company behind I'm Watch is Milan-based Blue Sky s.r.l. Some of the features of the device include the following:

• iPhone 4 and Android smartphone connectivity via Bluetooth
• It will allow users to make calls and receive calls, text messages, and e-mails
• Users will be able to use its speakerphone for hands-free phone calls
• Via its touchscreen, users will be able to view Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare notifications, as well as a photo gallery
• Exclusive apps will be available for download via the "I'm Store" and music via "I'music"
• Specs include: 1.54'' 240x240 pixel color TFT display, 4GB of built-in storage, 64MB of RAM, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR support, Li-Po 600 mAh battery

The I'm Watch seems to still be some distance from completion, and its description is rather brief at the moment. Shipping is nonetheless set to begin October 31.

Motorola Photon 4G Phone Reviews

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 The Motorola Photon 4G is Sprint’s latest specimen; it’s a right super phone with a dual-core processor, large qHD display, and WiMAX with a gimmicky 3D camera. Motorola further flavored things up with a dash of WebTop functionality.

  
Display and Hardware:

• 158g (5.57oz) and 12.2mm (0.48 inches)
• Cut-off corners, subtly curved top and bottom edges.
• Sheet of Gorilla glass that protects the 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen
• It’s reddish black over the display and blueish grey around it
• Sensors, earpiece, front-facing camera and notification light above the screen, plus the space housing the primary microphone and four capacitive buttons (menu, home, back, search) below the display. Hard plastic coated in a glossy gunmetal-colored lacquer that wraps around the left and right sides.
• A pair of secondary microphones.
• Widget Clock and the home-screen.
• 1,650mAh battery, a SIM slot for the GSM / HSPA radio and a microSD card reader and 16GB built-in storage.
• Volume rocker and camera button (both ridged for grip) are located on the right side, power / lock key, headphone jack on the top edge, and a pair of micro-HDMI and micro-USB connectors
• NVIDIA’s snappy 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 SoC, a 1GB of RAM, eight (!) radios: WiMAX, CDMA / EV-DO, GSM / EDGE (quadband), UMTS / HSPA (tri-band 850/1,900/2,100MHz), WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, GPS / AGPS and… FM (phew).
• 4.3-inch qHD (960×540 pixels) TFT panel the screen is bright even in direct sunlight, with beautiful colors, ink-like blacks and wide viewing angles.
• Call and reception typically high standards Audio playback sounded with the loudness and clarity of the built-in speaker.
• Battery lasted 5 hr and 54 min and a full day on a single charge.

Samsung Galaxy Ace Review

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Samsung announced their latest budget Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Ace back in January, and we have just been testing the Galaxy Ace for the last week.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace comes with Android 2.2 Froyo, and it has just recently gone on sale in the UK, it comes with a range of features you would expect too see in a more expensive smartphone.

Specifications

As I mentioned previously, the Samsung Galaxy Ace comes with Android 2.2 Froyo out of the box, hardware wise you get 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels.

Processing is provided by an 800MHz processor, and there is also a five megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom and an LED flash, plus a range of shooting modes and photo effects.

You also get a built in FM Radio, Bluetooth 2.1, integrated 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, plus a microSD card slot, the model we tested came with a 2GB microSD card but it can take up to 32GB microSD cards.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace features 1350mAh battery, and the manufacturers specifications say that you will get up to 660 minutes of talk time on 2G, 390 minutes on 3G, plus up to 640 hours of standby time on 2G and 420 hours on 3G.

LG Optimus Black Review

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We got our hands on the new LG Optimus Black last week, which is LG’s latest Android smartphone, and we have been testing it out over the weekend, so we thought it was about time to let you guys know what we thought of the LG Optimus Black.

The LG Optimus Black is an Android 2.2 device, it comes with Android 2.2.2 out of the box, although LG have said that they intend to updated it to 2.3 shortly after release. The Optimus Black is due to launch in the UK and Europe later this month and it is scheduled to launch in the US next month.

 Specifications

The LG Optimus Black features a 4 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, there is also a 5 megapixel camera on the back, which has a range of features that include a dual LED flash, autofocus and Geo-tagging.

The camera is capable of recording HD video in 720p at 30 frames per second, and you also get a 2 megapixel up front for video chat. processing is provided by a 1GHz TI IMAP 3630 processor.

Other features on the LG Optimus Black include a built in FM Radio, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, DNLA, and the Optimus Black can be used as a mobile hotspot.

HTC Sensation Review

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HTC has been producing some great Android smartphones, and their latest flagship model is the HTC Sensation, which comes with a range of impressive specifications, we recently showed you some hands on photos of the new HTC Sensation, and have been testing it out over the last 10 days, so its time to let you guys know what we thought about the HTC Sensation.

The first thing you notice about the HTC Sensation is the size of the device, it features a large 4.3 inch qHD display. so the handset has a similar size to the Samsung Galaxy S II we reviewed recently and also features very similar specifications.

Both HTC and Samsung have been leading the pack with their Android smartphones, and HTC’s latest offering will appeal to Android fans who want the latest hardware and features in a stylish design.

Hardware Specifications

The HTC Sensation has a range of impressive hardware specifications, just what you would expect from the latest flagship Android device from HTC, it features a 4.3 inch 4HD display with a resolution of540 x 960 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor, it also comes with the latest version of Android Android 2.3.3 and HTC’s Sense 3.0.

101 Best Android Apps (Part 2)

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#11 Walk and Text

 

Description

Works on any devices 1.5 and above, yes even on the G1! The features at a glance: - Full 80 character QWERTY keyboard! - The Camera preview is being displayed while you walk and text. Click send and share the text with any client installed on your device (Email, Text Message, Bluetooth, Facebook, Twitter Twidroid, Twigee, Gmail etc.) - You can change the background and color of the text you type or stop the camera while writing. - Walking at night or at dark? No problem, just click on the flash icon and the LED Flash of your device will light up the way. - Text Message character count. The App will count your characters and display to you how many text messages will be send, feature missing on the stock Android SMS App. Also useful for Twitter messages. -Users with physical keyboard, as well as all other users can hide the keyboard.  - Hide the icons for better viewWorks on any devices 1.5 and above, yes even on the G1!

Walk and Text - type while walking and see what is going on in front of you on the road.  Type and Walk without fear or prejudice!

Write text message and share it with any social network or email client on the device, directly through the App or by copy paste into any other App on the device.

Or just use the App to show off to of your friends who have the tendency to type and walk and fall in certain Mall fountains...

Check out the Promo Video: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiTFFOqwNXQ

The features at a glance:

- The Camera preview is being displayed while you walk and text. Click send and share…

 

101 Best Android Apps (Part 1)

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#1 Roam Aside

67% cheaper than skype   Avoid Roaming fees. Make your calls directly from your phone over WiFi.   Avoid international roaming charges / fees when travelling for business…

 

 

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What is Android?

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.

Features

• Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components
• Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile devices
• Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine
• Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the OpenGL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional)
• SQLite for structured data storage
• Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF)
• GSM Telephony (hardware dependent)
• Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent)
• Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer (hardware dependent)
• Rich development environment including a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and performance profiling, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE

Android Architecture

The following diagram shows the major components of the Android operating system. Each section is described in more detail below.

Froyo still leads Android versions

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The latest Android versions numbers are in, and it remains relatively unchanged from last month. Android 2.2 continues to dominate at 63.9 percent, up from 61.3 percent from the previous two weeks or so. Gingerbread builds of Android 2.3 and 2.3.3 are up a tad to 0.8 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively. Android 3.0 Honeycomb remains unchanged at 0.2 percent, which doesn't say much for sales of the Motorola Xoom, which so far is the only device officially running that build. We'll look to see if that changes now that the Wifi-only version of the Xoom is available.

Android 2.1 dropped a couple percentage points to 27.2 percent. Android 1.6 and 1.5 are at 3.5 percent and 2.7 percent.

So Froyo rules, there aren't too many Nexus One and Nexus S devices out there in the in overall scheme of things (they're the only ones officially running Gingerbread so far), and the Xoom and Honeycomb are just getting started. More data's at the source link if you're into that sort of thing. [Android Developer Blog]

LG LU3000 Android-powered Smartphone Will Be Released Soon

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LG is ready to launch a brand-new Android-powered smartphone

named LG LU3000, according to leaked source online. The LG LU3000 phone will run on Android 2.2 Froyo, and it features a 1GHz OMAP3630 processor, 3.8-inch WVGA IPS screen, a 5-megapixel digital camera with AutoFocus, HDMI output with high-definition 1080P video playback. The phone measures 120mm x 59.7mm x 11.8mm and weights 140 grams. There is no information about its pricing.

Pantech Launched Vega S IM-A730S Android Phone

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Another new Android smartphone is unearthed by Pantech via Sky in South Korea today. The new smartphone is named Vega S IM-A730S. It features a 4-inch LCD touch screen (800 x 480), a 1.2-GHZ Snapdragon processor, Google Android 2.2 OS, HD video playback, HSPA+, and DDR2 RAM. The Vega S IM-A730S will be available at the end of this month, but there is no word about its pricing yet.

Android Overview

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Android™ delivers a complete set of software for mobile devices: an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. 

Open

Android was built from the ground-up to enable developers to create compelling mobile applications that take full advantage of all a handset has to offer. It was built to be truly open. For example, an application can call upon any of the phone's core functionality such as making calls, sending text messages, or using the camera, allowing developers to create richer and more cohesive experiences for users. Android is built on the open Linux Kernel. Furthermore, it utilizes a custom virtual machine that was designed to optimize memory and hardware resources in a mobile environment. Android is open source; it can be liberally extended to incorporate new cutting edge technologies as they emerge. The platform will continue to evolve as the developer community works together to build innovative mobile applications. 

All applications are created equal

Android does not differentiate between the phone's core applications and third-party applications. They can all be built to have equal access to a phone's capabilities providing users with a broad spectrum of applications and services. With devices built on the Android Platform, users are able to fully tailor the phone to their interests. They can swap out the phone's homescreen, the style of the dialer, or any of the applications. They can even instruct their phones to use their favorite photo viewing application to handle the viewing of all photos. 

Android OS 2.1 Tablet: Disgo Tablet 6000

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As we all know that tablets are becoming popular these days the main drawback of these tablets is they are much more  expensive in the market. But if you hear about the Android Tablet you will get surprise with it’s price Disgo which has been released in affordable price in the market. This model from the Disgo comes with the simple name as Tablet 6000. This tablet has thickness of 14.6mm but the main attractive part of  this tablet is it has comes with 7 inch 800 X 480 touch screen display. Disgo Tablet 6000 has 256 RAM and 2GB internal memory and can support SD card upto 32 GB.