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Over the last few days, we've seen lots of pics and video of upcoming BlackBerry handsets leak out, giving us an early view at some of the most anticipated additions to RIM's lineup. The trend continues through today, with the BlackBerry Bold 9790 posing for a series of its own pictures.
It's not clear right now just how the 9790 will fit in with the rest of RIM's upcoming smartphones. According to the source that provided the phone's images, the 9790 performs significantly better than current models of its lineage, like the Bold 9780. With the upcoming Bold 9900 and 9930 as the new high-end touchscreen Bolds, though, where will the 9790 show up?
The Bold 9790 will supposedly have a touchscreen display, support NFC transmissions, have 8GB of internal storage, and ship running BlackBerry OS 7. This is assuming the phone is actually meant for retail release and we're not just looking at some in-house testing model. Considering this is the first we've heard of it, that's a distinct possibility, but we'll wait to see if any new information on 9790 arrives before writing it off completely.
Source: Reality Mirror
Via: Crackberry
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If smartphone hardware can run Android, a Linux-based operating system, why can't it run a full-blown Linux distro? In fact, you can run Ubuntu on many Android-powered phones.
To get Ubuntu to run on a smartphone, some have started the OS side-by-side with Android, others have used emulators or virtualized hardware. On occasion a developer steps up and creates a bootable, functional Ubuntu image. If you've got an HTC Desire HD, you can count yourself as one of the lucky ones!
A recently released ROM not only lets you boot Ubuntu natively, it also has a working touchscreen (which works as a touchpad), two-finger scrolling, Wi-Fi, draggable windows, ADB, and even allows for incoming calls and SMS. The latest version still has some issues with sound, keys, USB host (for mouse and keyboard support), and Firefox.
According to the developer, the instructions for getting up and running are particularly simple:
- Download ubuntu4dhd.zip
- Download easy to use.zip
- Extract the linux folder from ubuntu4dhd.zip onto the root of your sdcard
- Extract the easy to use folder to your Windows PC
- Boot your DHD into the bootloader and connect your DHD to your PC
- Double click Start here.bat
- Type "fastboot boot boot.img" or "fastboot boot boot-usbhost.img"
To get back your Android OS, simply reboot your DHD!
If anyone out there with a rooted Desire HD wants to give this a try, please let us know about your experiences in the comments!
Source: XDA
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In this video we unbox the Motorola Droid X2, the successor to the Droid X from last year. The Droid X2 comes with everything to get started such as the Droid X2 itself, an 8GB microSD Card, a USB wall charger, and a microUSB charging/sync cable. Unfortunately the Droid X2 does not come with a headset or a microHDMI cable.
The Droid X2 (MB870) is the first device for Verizon that has a dual-core Tegra 2 processor along with a 4.3 inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) display. The Droid X2 is running Android 2.2 (Froyo) with the new MotoBlur UI. Stay Tuned for the hardware and software reviews coming up next.
The Droid X2 is available now from Verizon for $199.99 after qualifying two year agreement.
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Apple's finally acknowledged that iOS 5.0 will be featured at the WWDC next week. We've heard a lot about what that software revision might bring to the operating system, from a revamped notification system, to a change to the Maps app. The latest rumor has the OS getting heavy integration with Twitter, specifically the service's upcoming photo-sharing feature.
While the details of this new Twitter service aren't even public yet, iOS is rumored to be getting a "Sent to Twitter" button that would let you upload pics from your phone straight to Twitter's servers for easy sharing in your tweets. You might not even have to tweet your pic to share it, getting a short URL you could distribute individually to whom you want to see the image.
If this news is to prove true, we'd hope to hear Twitter announce its image-sharing service to the general public a bit in advance of Apple's iOS 5.0 reveal, so look for that to come soon; All Things Digital reports that it's likely to arrive at the D9 conference tomorrow. This news might be bad for companies like Twitpicand ImageShack, but (assuming Twitter can handle the bandwidth) things should end up at least a smidge easier for end users.
Source TechCrunch, All Things Digital
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Facebook recently reached out to Reddit users to solicit ideas for improving its Android app. Hundreds of messages later, the company has managed to sort through them all, find some of the most useful and practical ideas, and implement them in a beta build of Facebook 1.6 for Android.
The last time Facebook updated its Android app, to version 1.5.4, it only really consisted of bugfixes; nothing too exciting. Facebook 1.6 will shake things up with at least a few new features, like giving users the ability to like comments they see in their news views. You'll also now be able to easily view Pages in addition to Profiles, and finally get the ability to upload video from within the app. Of course, there are still plenty of bugfixes this time around, but you'll be getting some real content as well.
Facebook invited beta tests from among Reddit users, but it's already got enough and has shut down the application progress. If all goes well, we should see a public release in the coming weeks.
Source: Reddit
Via: Android Police
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