Posts Tagged ‘gingerbread’
HTC Desire – Gingerbread vs Froyo Benchmark
April 18th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Faizan
While official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for HTC Desire is not out yet and it may take couple of month before HTC starts rolling it out, xda member LeeDroid has released custom Gingerbread rom for HTC Desire with HTC Sense. Today, I installed this rom on my HTC Desire and so far its looks awesome, navigation is much more smoother then Froyo, GMT+6 bug for Pakistan is fixed, updated version of default software, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM are working fine. I’ve done some benchmarks to compare performance of this gingerbread rom with my previous Android 2.2 Froyo Vs Eclair benchmark.
HTC Sensation – A multimedia Superphone
April 12th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Today HTC unveiled their new multimedia smartphone HTC Sensation. Specially built for multimedia purposes with 4.3 inch qHD display and Hi-Fi virtual surround audio, capability to capture 1080p full HD video at 30fps with stereo sound recording.
Features of HTC Sensation:
- 1.2 GHz dual core cpu
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense ui 3.0
- 1GB internal storage with 768MB or ram
- 8Megapixel Camera and VGA front camera for Video calling
- Digital Compass, Gyro Sensor, Proximity sensor, and Ambient Light sensor, GPS
- 3G up to 14.4 Mbps download speed and 5.76 Mbps upload speed
- 1520 mAh Lithium-ion battery with 495 minutes talk time on GSM and 350 hours Standby time.
Android 2.3 Gingerbread on HTC Desire confirmed
February 23rd, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Some good news for HTC Desire users from British carrier Three that HTC Desire will get Android 2.3 Gingerbread update. According to a status update of @ThreeUk on twitter in reply to a user asking weather HTC Desire will be getting Gingerbread or not, @ThreeUK replied with confirmation but didn’t gave any ETA on update.
http://twitter.com/ianmcmillan/status/38592937227075584
@ThreeUK Will you be releasing Android 2.3 for the original HTC Desire?
http://twitter.com/ThreeUK/status/38642485102264320
@ianmcmillan Yes we will but we don’t have timescales yet
Obviously unbranded sets will get update months before ThreeUk but that will be no sooner than summer this year.
15 Seconds of Motorola Xoom Super Bowl Commercial
February 4th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Last month at CES Motorola unveiled their XOOM Tablet running Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Now Motorola has released 15 seconds of its upcoming commercial, you’ve to wait for few days to watch full commercial.
[via AndroidCentral]
LG Optimus 2X – First Dual-Core Smartphone
January 9th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Faizan
LG Optimus 2s ix First dual-core smartphone based on Nividia’s Tegra 2 processor running at 1GHz. It is expected to be launched in 1st quarter 2011. It is capable of capturing 1080p HD video with its 8 megapixel primary cam and output 1080p HD video via HDMI port. It has a secondary front facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video calling.
It will be launched with Android 2.2 Froyo with an upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread later. It has 4inch WVGA display with 480 x 800 resolution, 8 GB internal memory and expandable with upto 32GB external microSD. With only 1.5Ah battery it will be interesting to see for how long it will last before you’ve to charge it again.
All About Android 2.3 Gingerbread
December 7th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Google just released Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) fastest version of android yet, focusing on Gaming, media and brining new forms of communication into android platform.
In gingerbread they’ve introduced Concurrent Garbage Collection which minimizes application pauses, much smoother animations and responsiveness. Developers have direct access to Input and sensors Events, Audio, Open GL ES and Assets, Support for Gyroscope for motion processing in games.
They’ve also added support for VP8 and WebM that are new open video standards, AAC and AMR support is also added, they’ve also added support for audio effects that were missing in Android 2.2 Froyo. Watch following videos to get more idea about Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone Zeus-Z1 [video]
December 4th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Faizan
In October it was confirmed that upcoming PlayStation phone by Sony Ericsson is a reality. Now someone has released its spy videos showing it running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), 4 inch display and a separate PlayStation icon in apps. We still have to wait and see whether it can compete with PlayStation portable in terms of graphics and gameplay.
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