Television maker Vizio has confirmed that it will be entering to phone and tablet venture and launching Via Tablet and Via Phone and both will be powered by Android. An 8-inch Via Tablet will be having dual cameras and Wi-Fi connectivity, whil the Via Phone will have a 4-inch display, 5MP camera and a secondary camera at front side. Check out more details.
Google has acknowledged a bug in Android’s default text messaging system that sends texts to the unwanted person from the phone book and even contacts tat you’ve never texted before. And this bug was first reported to Google 6 months ago in June, 2010, but Google hasn’t still referred it as such a big deal. Check out more details about this mysterious bug.
It looks like the Sprint’s WiMax capable phone HTC EVO Shift 4G going to launch very soon. Another pair of Screen protective sheets have begun appearing in Best Buy Stores, carrying the phone’s name as EVO 4G Shift. Whatever the name going to confirmed, it might be having a 3.6 inch screen, 800MHz processor,Froyo OS, 8MP camera and much more. Check out the more details here inside.
T-Mobile is going to launch Motorola CLIQ 2 smartphone and Dell Streak 7 tablet in mid-January, both devices are powered by Android OS. CLIQ 2 is a Qwerty-slider running with Froyo and Motoblur UI and having WiFi calling feature, while Dell Streak 7 is also having Froyo and the latest Stage UI. Check out more details here inside.
According to a Taiwanese blog DigiTimes, Google’s tablet-optimized version of its Android operating system, Honeycomb aka Android 3.0 is expected to launch in March at CES 2011. Along with Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet, MSI, Asustek and ECS are about to unveil some Android-based tablets with Tegra 2 processors. Check out more details about Honeycomb launch here inside.
HTC Gratia smartphone is powered by Android 2.2 Froyo, running with 600MHz chip and sports HTC Sense. 3.2″ touch display, 5 MP camera, Wi-Fi b/g, HSPA, 3G, microSD slot for adding 32GB more and plenty more on the board. It is also known as HTC Aria, which was released in US on AT&T carriers back in summer. Check out the full specifications & some pics here inside.
Owners of Nexus S might feel happy to know that they have first software update over-the-air for their Gingerbread handset, which brings the latest version of Google Maps and fixes some bugs. Check out more about this OTA update here inside.
With CES 2011 being around the corner, HTC trying to build up hype by leaking some high quality spy shots of its yet-to-be released phone to the various technology blogs, which could be named as HTC Incrdible HD or HTC Mecha and it is LTE 4G capable. These leaked images are showing the the power button, USB port, camera with dual-LED, front-facing camera, speaker grille and battery door slot. Pretty clever. Check out the images and more details here inside.
the Best buy retailers have slightly slashed the price of Samsung’s Android powered Galaxy Tab from $599.99. Best Buy is offering Wi-Fi only Galaxy tab for $499 with out contract through Verizon services and customers can access different 3G data plans. Check out the full details here inside.
The Google Nexus Twitter feed said today that “The Gingerbread OTA for Nexus One will happen in the coming weeks. Just hang tight!”. We will be seeing Gingerbread on several other Android devices in the coming weeks. Check out the full details here inside.