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Monday 05 September 2011

Baidu Pulls A Google, Launching Its Own Smartphone OS [ 05-09-2011 18:31 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: The Register Translation by: Paul Smith

Baidu, those search chaps from China if you remember, have decided to pull a Google on us and branch off from search into the mobile OS space. At their recent annual conference they introduced Baidu Yi OS. In simple terms is essentially a forked variant of Google's Android OS and looks to provide much of the same functionality. Baidu is launching its own apps with the new OS of course and the usual suspects are all there of course i.e. maps, music, web, etc. Cloud support is built right into the OS for backing up data and sharing content.

How well this new platform will do remains to be seen, but it's a good bet that it probably won't see much traction beyond China itself. Of course China has amarket more than a billion strong so that isn't necessarily a limiting factor. Still with the likes of Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7 and others all wanting a slice of the Chinese pie Baidu may still have its work cut out for it.

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Video: KT's Spider Concept Is A Transformer Phone [ 05-09-2011 18:26 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin Source: AndroidPIT Translation by: Paul Smith

KT, a South Korean manufacturer you have probably never heard of, has quietly brought to bear a transformer of a phone. The Spider Concept has three different accessories that each transform it into something other than a smartphone. However, let's take a quick look at the smartphone itself.

It comes with 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. Running the show is a dual-core 1.5 Ghz processor. There's a 4.5 inch screen with a 1280x800 resolution display. It's not even a fatty with all of that inside, measuring just 9.34mm thick.

Okso what about these accessories? Well first we have the QWERTY dock that not only adds full keyboard functionality to the device, but also an extended battery and a revamped UI. The phone itself is used as the touchpad component. Then we have the Spider PAD tablet shell, which balloons the display up to 10.1 inches. The third is the gaming dock, which is a cradle with a d-pad and relevant buttons and it hooks up with the handset via Bluetooth.

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HTC Amaze 4G Pics Appear (And They're Clear!) [ 05-09-2011 18:17 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: thisismynext Translation by: Paul Smith

Some nice clear images of the HTC Amaze (also known as the Ruby) have popped up today. The handset is destined for T-Mobile in the U.S. and it's packing some killer specs. Top of the pile is the dual-core 1.5 Ghz processor and the 1 GB of RAM backing it up. The screen measures a very generous 4.3 inches with a qHD display and a 8 MP camera bringing up the rear (literally). There is also a 2MP camera round the front too and the main camera is backed up by a dual LED flash. The handset will be running Gingerbread of course and as you would expect it's packing HTC's own Sense UI. In this case version 3.5.