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HTC Legend, Desire Headed to Vodafone UK
Mar 15th
Two of the hottest new phones to come out of Mobile World Congress last month, the HTC Legend and Desire, have been announced for Vodafone UK. Customers can register now for both handsets which are due next month (April).
The Legend comes with an exclusive deal for Vodafone UK and includes a host of pre-loaded Vodafone 360 services, including Vodafone Music and MyWeb. The Legend features a 3.2-inch AMOLED touch display, a 5 megapixel camera and HTC’s Sense UI.
As a reminder for those, the HTC Desire offers a 3.7-inch AMOLED touch screen, a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, an optical joystick, and Android 2.1-powered Sense. Both of these new HTC devices join the Nexus One and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 in the Android arsenal that’s being assembled at Vodafone.
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Verizon Nexus One Only Available Online, Sense UI? Doubt It
Mar 12th
Android Central has gotten hold of a picture showing the Nexus One in Verizon Wireless’ Equipment Guide. The description clearly states that the phone will ONLY be sold through Google’s phone website, as previously speculated. This confirms that Google will continue pushing people towards online phone shopping, and stick with its current strategy to change the way phones are purchased.
The strange thing about the picture above is the mention of Sense UI as a feature of the phone. However, I wouldn’t get too excited about it. People are just so careless these days when writing up spec sheets. We can probably chalk it up to a typo, since we know Google only wants to sell “Google Experience” devices on their site.
My first thought was the possibility of the Incredible being Verizon’s Nexus One; but then I realized how dumb that sounded and how pissed off Verizon’s customers would be were that the case. The Incredible’s specs are also rumored to be completely different. Sources say the phone will have 6GB of internal storage, along with 1GB of RAM. The Nexus One only has 512MB/512MB. In any case, both phones are coming soon. Now, all we have to do is wait.
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Vodafone UK Showing Nexus One “Coming Soon”
Mar 12th
Back when the Nexus One was launched, the Google store listed a placeholder for Vodafone and Verizon with a “Spring 2010″ launch. With the season technically kicking off next Saturday, Vodafone appears to be getting ready to offer the HTC super phone. The carrier’s website now lists the handset as “coming soon” which has us wondering whether or not they’ll offer it through their own channel in addition to Google’s. We’ve recently heard similar things about Verizon so we’d not be surprised. Then again, how else will Google get their store built out and start changing buying habits if they are only another option instead of the option?
Thanks for the heads up Martin!
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T-Mobile’s Voice Plus Beta Has Started
Mar 12th
After nearly a month of waiting, T-Mobile has started their Voice Plus Beta program for G1 owners. Emails are being sent out this evening to those of you who signed up to participate in a new service to manage calls and voicemail on your Android phone.
Heads up! To install the application on your phone, you will need to update the G1’s software, wiping your phone in the process. T-Mobile does provide a few steps to walk you through the process so you can backup your data. If you run into any snags, you’re advised to not call Customer Care. Dialing 611 will not do you a bit of good. Instead, users are directed to specific channels for feedback and troubleshooting.
Features of Voice Plus Beta:
- Call Divert: Carve out a little peace and quiet by sending selected numbers straight to voicemail without ringing your phone.
- Call Defer: Let callers know you’re busy and schedule a convenient time for you to call them back. Send them a text message that acknowledges their call and that you will respond at a later time.
- Visual Voicemail: Easily manage your voicemail! View a list of who left a voicemail, with the time of the message and its length. Choose which to listen to now and which to review later.
- City ID: Get more information about the calls you receive. The city and state information of incoming calls is displayed.
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On Sale Now: AT&T’s Motorola Backflip for $99
Mar 7th
It’s official, you can now get an Android handset on the carrier of your choice. That is of course, you pick from the top 4 providers in the United States. Starting today, the Motorola Backflip is available on AT&T for $99 with a 2-year agreement and a mail-in rebate (via AT&T Promotion Card). The 3G capable handset features a 5 megapixel camera, a flip QWERTY, and MOTOBLUR. For those of you into that sort of thing, the Backflip offers a 528 MHz processor, 256MB RAM, and 512MB ROM.
If you’re relatively new to Android, MOTOBLUR provides a custom interface designed for social network enthusiasts. Below are a few bullet points to help you get a better understanding of what it does for you.
- Your friends and Facebook™, MySpace and Twitter updates, along with your latest emails, news and favorite apps and widgets. All just the way you like them.
- Continuously syncs your phone and email contacts with your friends from Facebook™, MySpace and Twitter. Automatically.
- Delivers your texts, emails and messages in one unified inbox.
- MOTOBLUR continuously updates and backs up your information into a secure environment. So you’re connected and protected, even if you lose your phone.
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Average Samsung Phone Coming To Rogers
Mar 6th
Samsung Galaxy Spica
If the Samsung Galaxy Spica were the new kid in school, he/she would get made fun of for his/her out of date clothing and boring personality. While there has been much phone release news in the past few weeks, the Samsung Galaxy Spica is nothing to get excited about. As a community of highly informed Android owners we always want the latest phones with the best features, and therefore there isn’t a much of a chance that this phone will be making our wish list. On the others side of things this phone could be a great entry level phone for new comers to Android. It’s technical specifications are as follows:
- Android OS 1.5
- 3.2-inch touchscreen display
- 320 x 480 pixels
- 3.2 megapixel camera + video
- 800MHz processor
- 3.5mm headset jack
- speakerphone
- WiFi + A-GPS
- holds up to 32GB with a microSD
- 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery
The phone will ship with a 3 year agreement price of $79.99 and an outright cost of $449.99. A release date is not yet known.
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Rumor: Verizon Already Training Employees on Nexus One
Mar 6th
Boy Genius Report is reporting this morning that Verizon Wireless is currently in the process of training some of their employees on the Google Nexus One. Apparently the information BGR has is based on some e-mails which were bouncing around between curious customers and well-informed reps. If these rumors are true a launch may be imminent. This news also makes me wonder: does this mean the handset will actually be sold in Verizon Wireless retail stores? Possibly, but I wouldn’t put money on it.
Wherever the phone ends up getting sold it will certainly be available through Google’s webstore, so anyone interested will definitely be able to get it there. How many Verizon customers are interested in this phone? Would you give up your Droid for it? Let us know in the comments.
Source: BGR
Image Source: Engadget
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