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Thursday 30 June 2011

Desire Gingerbread Update Enters Testing [ 30-06-2011 14:49 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: HTC via TechRadar Translation by:

HTC have confirmed that the long awaited Gingerbread update for the Desire has entered the internal testing phase.

Hi all - We're excited to share that we are testing our build of Gingerbread for HTC Desire and will start doing quality assurance for it this week. When we have an update on availability we'll post another announcement. Thanks for your patience.

It's good news for Desire owners of course, but then there is the fact that this update will be a somewhat stripped down version of Gingerbread. Initially, as you will no doubt recall, HTC had said the Desire would not be getting Gingerbread owing to a lack of memory. That decision was later changed (24 hours later in fact!) and it was announced the handset would get the update after all. However, some features are being stripped out because of that memory issue otherwise the end user experience ... well let's just say it might not be satisfactory.

Some networks are apparently ditching the Sense UI to help with this problem too. Telstra in Australia, for example, has said it will be getting rid of HTC's UI and who knows maybe others will follow suit?

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Amazon Tablet To Enter Production Soon [ 30-06-2011 14:48 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: DigiTimes Translation by: Paul Smith

DigiTimes, that stalwart of Taiwanese tech rumours, is reporting that Amazon is soon to place initial orders for components for its forthcoming Android tablet. Citing unnamed sources DigiTimes is saying that the initial order for Amazon will likely see somewhere between 1.5 million and 2 million units ordered with the first units ready by Sepetmber.

Three Taiwanese touchscreen manufacturers are said to be competing for the contract; Wintek, HannStar Display and J Touch. Even with three companies battling for the contract Amazon is apparently facing supply problems for its tablet as Apple's iPad is expected to gobble up the bulk of tablet production in the latter half of this year.

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Nokia N9 Not Launching In UK, France Or Germany [ 30-06-2011 14:45 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: Nokia via Unwired View Translation by: Paul Smith

Well it's confirming what we already knew really, but Nokia have released a list of countries that will see the N9 go on sale. What's more interesting here though are the countries that aren't getting the N9 (officially). The list of countries that will receive the N9 are as follows:

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia,Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE and Vietnam.

Notable by their absence in that list are some of the major European markets such as the United Kingdom, France and Germany. However, Nokia's first Windows Phone handset is expected to launch across Western Europe first, presumably in those markets left out of the N9 launch. That still doesn't answer the question of why Nokia is seemingly ignoring some of Europe's biggest markets. Perhaps they're afraid of the competition?

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Video: Nokia N950 Hands-On Demo [ 30-06-2011 13:44 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: SlashPhone Translation by: Paul Smith

In all the general Nokia/Symbian excitement this week the first of the lot is arguably the most overlooked. I'm speaking about the Nokia N950 of course, the developer only device that you will probably never get to play with. Well here's the enxt best thing, a rather involved video tour of the handset.

The video goes through the handset with a fine tooth comb, taking in features like the browser, dialer, camera and maps. For anyone with even a passing interest in this device, or Symbian in general, then it really is a must watch.

NOTE: The video commentary is in Thai so unless you speak Thai you will have to content yourself with just watching.