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HTC’s mystery CDMA/GSM, QWERTY Android slider hits FCC
Sep 6th
A rumored HTCQWERTY slider Verizon flagship has been spotted in an FCC filing this weekend. While only labeled as the PD42100, the device is clearly labeled for Verizon and matches up with the description of a hybrid CDMA/EVDO and GSM phone mentioned earlier. Its four-inch touchscreen has been confirmed in the few available shots.
Also on show are 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
None of the performance claims can be validated by the FCC, but the same tip that had first shown the phone itself also mentioned a 1.2GHz processor and could make it the fastest Android phone known so far. However, More >
PS3 jailbreak loosed for N900 and Pre; Android, iPhone soon
Sep 6th
The recently frozen PS3 jailbreak has been reworked to be usable through smartphones. After having been open-sourced as PSGroove, PSJailbreak is now available through code (PSFreedom) that runs from an attached Nokia N900, Palm Pre and even the Dingoo. In most cases, the technique works by catching the Sony console on startup and inserting an exploit of a memory heap overflow hole that defeats the blocks placed on what apps can run.
Other hobbyists have added that an Android version is in development, but that the initial version will likely be limited to phones with Qualcomm MSM processors, like the More >
Viewsonic details dual-boot Android, Windows-based tablet
Sep 4th
ViewSonic at IFA today filled in many of the details surrounding its dual-booting ViewPad tablet. Now dubbed the ViewPad 100, the 10-inch slate runs on a 1.66GHz Atom and uses either Windows 7 or the now old Android 1.6; either side appears to use a reference design but supports multi-touch. It uses just a 16GB solid-state drive, but an SDHC card slot provides most of the bulk storage.
Many of the other details are similar to those of a current netbook. The ViewPad outputs at a native 1024×600 display and holds 1GB of DDR3 memory. On top of Android-friendly features More >
Android web use closes gap with iOS in the US for August
Sep 4th
Android has significantly closed the gap with Apple in web traffic in the US, Quantcast said on Friday. Use of Google’s mobile OS has climbed 17 percent from the start of the year until August, giving it exactly a quarter of traffic. Apple’s iOS, meanwhile, has lost 11 percent over the same eight months and has a narrower lead at 56 percent.
RIM’s historically poor web browsing experience has kept it mostly flat, at nine percent.
The share has been helped by a string of successful Android phone launches first instigated by the original Motorola Droid last November. Since then, Verizon More >
T-Mobile in talks for sub-$200 Huawei Android phone
Sep 4th
Huawei’s Ideos is already in line for T-Mobile USA based on reports of talks [sub. required]. The American carrier hopes to have the budget Android 2.2 phone by the end of the year and could have a deal finished within four to six weeks, according to the WSJ, leading to a launch shortly afterwards. Pricing would be a key point, as the phone would cost under $ 200 even off-contract and could be as little as $ 50 with two years of service.
The Ideos would be the first Huawei smartphone in the US and should provide most of the More >
