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Sunday, July 24

HTC ChaCha

Posted by Unknown, on 10:28 am

Standing out in the ever growing crowd of droids is a tall task indeed. Doing so while keeping the whole thing affordable, is next to impossible. HTC – of all makers – somehow managed to achieve it, vastly improving the market prospects of their ChaCha, aka the Facebook phone.
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HTC ChaCha official photos
Who would say no to a friendly smartphone with a thing for social networking? It takes a little blue button and we get the point, but the QWERTY keyboard is a statement of its own too. Facebook integration is said to be deeper than ever (and that's on Android 2.3 where it was just fine from the get-go).

Key features

  • Light and compact metallic body
  • 2.6" 256K-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of HVGA (480 x 320) resolution
  • Full four-row QWERTY keyboard and a dedicated Facebook button
  • ARMv6 800MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM
  • Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) with HTC Sense 2.1 for Messenger
  • Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n with Mobile Hotspot functionality
  • GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass
  • 5 MP autofocus camera, D1 (720 x 480 pixels) video recording @30fps
  • microUSB port (charging)
  • microSD slot (up to 32GB, 2GB in box)
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • Stereo Bluetooth v3.0
  • Document editor (free download from HTC Hub)
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • Smart dialing
  • Secondary video-call camera

Main disadvantages

  • Awkward landscape UI and limited compatibility with some apps
  • Limited Adobe Flash support in the browser
  • Sub-par camera image quality
  • D1 video recording is short of inspiring
  • Non-hot-swappable microSD card slot
Even if you take Facebook out of the equation, the HTC ChaCha seems fit to tackle its rivals in the mid-range. Targeting the young, where heavy-texters are in no short supply, the QWERTY keyboard will earn itself quite a few fans. The quality metal finish makes for an upmarket look and feel.

Saturday, July 23

Android handset prices may go up

Posted by Unknown, on 9:10 am

Now that Microsoft and Oracle are going after Android based smartphone makers, asking them to pay $15 to $20 per handset, the cost of the Android smartphones may go up by Rs 1,000.


Now that Microsoft and Oracle are going after Android based smartphone makers, asking them to pay $15 to $20 per handset, the cost of the Android smartphones may go up by Rs 1,000.

Google has been accused of breaching several patents in the process of creating its Android operating system. Now those handset makers who manufactured their handsets based on the Android operating system, run the risk of paying a huge amount to other companies for their patents.

The jolt would most likely be borne by the end users of these handsets. The first obvious beneficiary would be Apple, which will see its products iPhone and iPad widen their lead over the Android smartphones and tablets.
Partnering with Android may now prove somewhat costly to the handset makers such as Motorola, HTC and Samsung, who had based their calculations on the free Android operating system. Now that Microsoft and Oracle are going after Android based smartphone makers, asking them to pay $15 to $20 per handset, the cost of the Android smartphones would go up by Rs 1,000.
"It's not like Android's free. Android has a patent fee. You do have to license patents," said the Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to The Wall Street Journal. Oracle has already filed a lawsuit against Google alleging its Android infringes its Java copyright. The company is now directly asking the Android handset makers to pay the license fee.
HTC has already signed a deal with Microsoft, and would pay $5 per handset to the company. Motorola has not given in to Microsoft yet and has decided to fight Microsoft legally. Samsung is also reportedly negotiating with Microsoft.
The story does not end here. Microsoft, Apple and Research In Motion are facing an anti trust scrutinydue to their acquisition of Nortell patents, which they may use to "keep a set of patents out of Google's hands". The outcome of this investigation may also greatly influence Android's fate as well.

Thursday, July 14

How to increase battery life of HTC Desire

Posted by Unknown, on 12:46 pm

Attention all HTC Desire owners particularly those who have been affected badly by the poor battery life of their powerful Android phone. A trick to increase the battery life of the beautiful HTC Desire has been discovered or should I say borrowed from the HTC’s advice to increase the battery lasting period of Evo 4G.

Steps to boost battery life of HTC Desire

Here are the official steps that will double the battery life of your HTC Desire: 
Step 1 - Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 
Step 2 - Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 
Step 3 - Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour.

Tuesday, June 28

HTC unveils the HTC Flyer in India

Posted by Unknown, on 10:11 am

HTC's new tablet, the Flyer, is the latest iPad competition in India. It will launch today at a relatively high price point of Rs 39,890.
 
Disappointingly, the 7-inch 1024 x 600 resolution tablet does not run on Google's tablet specific Honeycomb OS but on Google's mobile OS Gingerbread skinned with the latest version of HTC sense instead.
 
A 1.5GHz single core processor powers the Flyer. It also features HTML 5 and Flash 10 support. This is a deviation from tradition in a tablet market dominated by the NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual core processor. It offers 32GB storage and 1GB of RAM.  The back of the device houses a 5MP camera and the front has a 1.3MP camera for video chat.   
 
Uniquely, the tablet allows the use of a stylus-like pen to draw and write. With the pen, you can take notes, sign contracts, draw pictures, or even write on a web page or photo. There is no way to stow the stylus in the device itself, but you could use the provided carry-case. It is easy enough to lose styli even when housed inside a phone or tablet, and without a good stowing mechanism you might have to buy a new stylus more often than you like.
 
The HTC Flyer tablet also introduces HTC Watch, HTC's new video download service.  The HTC Watch service enables on-demand progressive downloading of High-Definition movies from major studios.
 
The Flyer seems like a well-built device, but does it justify the price tag of Rs. 39,890? Stay tuned for the compete review, coming soon. 

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