Shanzhai Dell Adamos have been popping up quite a bit lately. We've seen these things in both white and black (um, Onyx), and now MIC Gadget has hepped us to a red model (try getting that from Dell!) that features an 11.6-inch (1366 x 768) display, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive and either an Atom N450 processor with GMA 3150 graphics or a 1.2GHz Intel Celeron ULV processor and GMA X4500 graphics. The former will run you 1,900 yuan (about $280), and the latter 2,600 yuan (about $380). If that ain't enough for all of you Shanzhai freaks, we've also spotted yet another HP Mini knock-off, this time branded Phecda and sporting a brilliant blue paint job. The source doesn't mention a price, but we're guessing that the device -- which features a 1.66GHz Atom N450 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi will run you no more than about $360. It does mention, however, that you can order one with an HP logo -- that'll cost you an extra 10 yuan (or about seven cents). That's what industry insiders call "the HP tax."
At the end of August, just a week before the IFA 2011 in Berlin, Samsung announced four smartphones to join the manufacturer's Android line-up. Among those, the Samsung Galaxy W, a phone in the "W" category of Samsung's new smartphone naming scheme describing a "high-tier" device, just a step down from the "S" category.
A certain Samsung T679 has passed FCC on-route to T-Mobile and as you can see from the image above, the outline fits perfectly with that of the newly announced Samsung Galaxy W. That being the case, the Galaxy W runs Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread, sports a 1.4GHz processor, 3.7-inch WVGA screen, five-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and has a 1500mAh battery.
Motorola is planning a Droid 3 soak test as phoneowners received notification of an upcoming soak test to try out the update with a limited number of users. Up on Verizon's website, the update details are published which usually is a good indication of things to come (soon).
The update will be 5.6.890.XT862.Verizon.en.US and will include numerous fixes and improvements in the following categories: call features, e-mail and messaging, applications and widgets, as well as additional features. The most notable among the above is the addition of the long-waited GoogleTalk with Video. For the complete list of changes, follow the source link below and don't forget that once these details are published, the soak test should soon begin and hopefully Verizon can meet that "September" time-frame for the update itself.
Google's Android codenames so far are: 1.5 Cupcake, 1.6 Donut, 2.0/2.1 Eclair, 2.2 Froyo, 2.3 Gingerbread, 3.0 Honeycomb, 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (version number not confirmed). Ofcourse there's a pattern here but you already knew it. What dessert name starting with the next letter (J) in line could Google use?
According to recent reports, the next Android version to come after Ice Cream Sandwich will be called Jelly Bean, at least that's what a trusted source tells ThisIsMyNext. Another one says that Jelly Bean is on the table but the official codename hasn't been decided yet. What both sources seem to agree upon is that the next version of Android will bring "game-changing stuff" that had originally been scheduled for Ice Cream Sandwich.
Is Google pulling a Windows Phone, because of Windows Phone Mango and iOS 5? Windows Phone was rushed to the market without some key features in order to catch (a late) start. Is Google rushing Ice Cream Sandwich to the market to compete with Windows Phone Mango and Apple's iOS 5? Why do you think "game-changing stuff" that had originally been scheduled for Ice Cream Sandwich has been pushed back to Jelly Bean?
Watch this week's Windows Phone View as we wrap up all this week's good and bad inside the world of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. In today's show we go through more details on the HTC Radar and Titan, our coverage on IFA, and Brandon Miniman's recent editorial of why Windows Phone 7 is winning. We also go deep into the new leaks we found about the Nokia 800 branding for one of their Windows Phone offerings. We talk about our experience with YouTube's recent support of their HTML5 mobile version on Windows Phone Mango and other software releases. To end the good section, we talk about Microsoft's recent job posting about a team that'll be in charge of improving the way Windows Phone detects your location through crowd sourcing.
In the bad section, we go through Microsoft's recent "locationgate" lawsuit, and how we believe the whole claim doesn't hold water according to our own inner testing of how Windows Phone 7 shares your location data.
