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The Taïwanese mobile giant, HTC introduced yeasterday two smartphones, HTC Legend and HTC Desire under Android 2.1. The model Desire, formerly known as Bravo when it was discovered in December 2009.

 

HTC Desire, the most comprehensive model, it is equipped with:

- Qualcomm Snapdragon chip QSD 8250 to 1 GHz

- 576 MB of RAM

- Dimensions: 11.9 x 6 x 1.2 cm

- a weight of 135 grams

- compatible with GSM / GPRS / EDGE

- Quad 850/ 900/ 1 800/ 1 900 Mhz

- UMTS / HSDPA dual-band 900 / 1 200 Mhz

- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

- a great interface AMOLED capacitive touch 3.7 inches

- 16.7 million colors

- Resolution 480 x 800 pixels with proximity sensor to turn off the touchscreen interface

- an accelerometer for rotating the display

About the equipment, it has:

- GPS navigation

- Digital Camera 5 Megapixels with autofocus, flash, face detection and geotagging function

- FM radio

- Digital compass

- an internal memory of 512 MB

- a slot micro SD/ micro SDHC card accepted 32 GB

- Micro USB 2.0 port

- Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity

- a Lithium-Ion mAh providing 1 to 6 hours and 40 minutes in communications and up to 340 hours standby

 

HTC Legend, the simplified model, it is equipped with:

- Processor Qualcomm MSM 7227 to 600 MHz along with

- 384 MB RAM

- Dimensions: 11.2 x 5.6 x 1.2 cm high

- weight: 126 grams

- compatible with 2G mobile networks, 3G and Wi-Fi

- an AMOLED capacitive touch 3.2 inches

- 16.7 million colors

- Resolution 320 x 480 pixels with function of proximity to disable the touch interface and accelerometer for rotating the display

Regarding equipment, we can find:

- GPS

- AFN 5 megapixels

- the audio-video player with audio output 3.5mm

- FM radio

- digital compass

- the memory of 512MB

- Location micro SD / micro SDHC up to 32 GB

- micro USB 2.0 port

- Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity

- the battery is a model 1 300 Mah providing up to 7 hours and 50 minutes of talk time and calls to 440 hours standby

 

Both smartphones will be sold in Europe in April, at prices unknown yet.

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As the Taiwanese mobile giant HTC is preparing to present new smartphones at the Mobile World Congress, its new Android smartphone: the HTC Incredible has been unveiled on Internet on Sunday 7th.

Indeed, the Pocketnow site has posted a video showing the upcoming smartphome Android 2.1 HTC Incredible. A video shows the features of this new mobile phone.

It is equipped with:

- Snapdragon processonr 1GHz

- 256 MB  RAM

- a screen 3.5 or 3.7 inch AMOLED

- Interface Sense IU

- a camera with two LED flash, but the resolution was not disclosed

However, according to other sites which are specialized in mobile telephony refers to the fact that the “HTC Incredible” might be the “HTC Bravo”, a model that was mentionned last December.

The “Bravo” includes:

- a 5 megapixel APN

- it supports 720p HD video capture,

- playback of DiviX & Dolby sound

If it’s indeed the “Incredible”, it’s possible that this is a high-end model that prepares HTC. Professionnals hope it will be presented at the Mobile World Congress.

 

Source: mobinaute.com

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The South Korean mobile phones giant, Samsung has just presented its new Android smartphone 2.1: SHW-M100. This is the first Samsung mobile phone that itegrates an Android 2.1 system. It goes on sale next month exclusively in Korea.

 

This smartphone is equiped with:

- a touchscreen AMOLED WVGA 3.7 inch,

- a processor clocked at 800 MHz,

- Digital Camera 5 megapixels that can  record video in HD 720p quality,

- Wifi 802.11n,

- GPS,

- Tv tuner compatible with standard T-DMB,

- an audio jack of 3.5mm,

- an interface touch Touch Wiz

However, Samsung has provided no information concerning the launch of its smartphone in Europe.

 

The Italian subsiday of Samsung “RAS” has announced that the Galaxy, a smartphone that is currently in Android 1.5, should have an update to Android 1.6 Donut in several weeks.

 

Source: businessmobile.fr

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It’s official, next February during the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Samsung will present the Galaxy 2, a smartphone Android 2.1

 

This new phone looks like a future best-seller, it is equipped with:

- Qualcomm Snapdragon processor at 1 GHz QSD8250

- Compatibility 2G / 3G / Wi-Fi

- An interface AMOLED capacitive touch (fingers only) 3.7-inch 16.7 million colors based accelerometer for rotating the display

- GPS

- Multimedia equipment including a digital camera 5 megapixels with autofocus, LED flash, geotarging and smile detection

- an audio-video player with 3.5mm audio output for headphones

- an internal memory of 32GB

- a possibility to extend momory equivalent through a slot that accepts micro SD/micro SDHC

- data synchrionization through a microphone port or USB 2.0 connectivity Bluetooth 2.0

 

The mobile should be marketed early in the second quarter of 2010 at a price that is yet unknown.