HTC released yesterday all facts about their new GoogleAndroid flagship device: the HTC Hero . Also it combines all sources of informations like twitter,facebook,email, instant messaging on the desktop in easy to use applications which look really nice. The UI seems quite fast for all the new effects. The phone will be available for 500Eur without a contract. If you need a new mobile contract, you have to get one @ T-Mobile Germany or E-Plus Germany. Our recommendation is to get a contract from T-Mobile since they have the best network in whole germany. One of the biggest differences about this android phone is, that the user interface was redesigned by HTC to a so called Sense UI. Sense allows users to modify and personalize the home screens with tons of sexy widgets.
To get more technical details, the phone has the following features on board:
Processor Qualcommöae MSM7200Aö99, 528 MHz Operating System Androidö99 Memory ROM: 512 MB RAM: 288 MB Dimensions: (LxWxT) 112 x 56.2 x 14.35 mm ( 4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 inches) Weight: 135 grams Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 320öd7480 HVGA resolution Network HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz G-sensor Digital Compass GPS Internal,Bluetoothöae 2.0 (A2DP), 802.11 b/g ,HTC ExtUSBö99,3.5 mm audio jack Expansion Slot microSDö99 memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) Camera: 5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus Audio supported formats MP3, AAC(AAC, AAC+, AAC-LC), AMR-NB, WAV, MIDI and Windows Mediaöae Audio 9 Video supported formats MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 and Windows Mediaöae Video 9 Battery: Lithium-ion battery endash 1350 mAh Talk time: Up to 420 minutes for WCDMA endash Up to 470 minutes for GSM
[How to Android] How to backup Google Android and HTC Hero. Thissectionof thephonein theGoogle Android operatingsystemwill describehowto getspare. So, I have found several backup applications for my new HTC Hero with Android operating system. The synchronization with Google services itself is a backup tool too. As soon as you will add any new contacts, e-mails or events to calendar, the synchronization starts. If you don t have an internet connectivity immediately, then the synchronization will be done later, of course. So using this, your basic data are backed up to the Gmail a Google Calendar. However this is not enough. You don t have to use the Gmail and could prefer another way to backup your HTC Hero or another Android powered phone. So what are the backup applications Android marketplace offers?
SMS Backup for the Android and HT Hero
Do you have a lot of SMS messages you wouldn t accidentally delete or lost? Then try the application called SMS Backup. This software will backup all of your HTC Hero (or Android phone) SMS to the Gmail. At first, provide your username and password, then the software will inform you that the first backup needs to be initiated manually. So click the OK and Backup buttons and wait for a while. The SMS will be backed up using 100 pieces batch. Then you can set up Auto backup option.
After you will log in to your Gmail account, you will see a new tag with SMS label.
MyBackup endash backups all your applications and data
Another interesting software is MyBackup. This is a paid application, but you have 30days trial for testing purposes. So try before you buy. Using this software is very easy. Just start it, click the Backup button and select what you would like to backup from your HTC Hero/Android phone. You have two options: Applications or Data.
If you select Applications backup, then you will be prompted with the list of all your application installed in your Android device. Click Check all (or manually select only some items) and continue with the OK button. Provide a name for this backup and wait for a while until the apps are backed up to the memory card in your device.
The Data backup gives you another two options endash SD Card and Online. I have used the SD Card option since I would like to see my backed up data. And again. You will be prompted with a list including Contacts, Call log, Bookmarks, SMS, MMS, System Settings, Home Settings, Alarms, Dictionary, and data from another installed applications. Check all, click the OK button, provide the backup name and wait for a while.
By the way, the online backup here is a very good idea. You can have your backup on the SD Card, but as soon as someone will stole you phone, you will lost this backup with it together.
The backup process can be scheduled and you can easily manage and restore from your previous backups.
Backup using Astro File manager
Astro File manager is another useful app for your Android device. It is something like Total Commander for Windows or Midnight Commander for Linux. This great freeware file manager has a backup functionality too. It is able to backup your application to the SD card.
Do you have another tip for Android backup application? Let us know using the comment below this article. I m sure all of the readers will appreciate this.
Click the Menu button on your HTC Hero device (or something similar on another phones), select Tools and tap the Application manager/Backup option. The Astro will load the application list. Select one, more or all of the applications and click the Backup button. Your software will be copied to the SD card. Your tips for Android backup
And just a note at the end. If you would like to see what is in the Android Market using your desktop web browser, go to the www.cyrket.com. It is and Android Market Browser available for everyone.
An official video promoting Android 3.0 Honeycomb has just appeared on YouTube, apparently without any accompanying fanfare from Google. It was on the Android Developers channel, but one would expect at least a blog post to show off the various nuances of the new interface. Actually, as I was writing this very paragraph, the video was taken down, so I m guessing this was unintentional. (update: it was just displayed officially for the T-Mobile G-Slate) Over the last few days millions of smartphone owners will have no-doubt updated their Android handset to Android 2.2 FroYo, it now seems as if Google are concentrating on their next major OS update; Android 3.0 Gingerbread.
Gingerbread, which should be arriving late this year (Q4), will no doubt be Google s answer to iPhone OS 4.0, details are pretty scarce at the moment, however we do at least know that there will be WebM support. We have now seen our first look at the OS, and I must say the interface looks more appealing then any other Android version. We have embedded 5 screens at the end of the post, the screens show what appears to be Gingerbread carrying out voice dialing and voice activated Google search, on the whole the look of the OS is pretty similar to previous versions, however one noticeable change is the new and in my opinion improved button design. Check out the screens below and let us know your thoughts, do you like the look of Google 3.0 Gingerbread?
Android 3.0 Video Preview
Android's purpose is to establish an open platform for developers to build innovative mobile apps. Three key components work together to realize this platform.
Good thing I downloaded the 720p version and got screenshots of all the interesting bits! We ll have video for you momentarily, but for now, enjoy these screengrabs of Android 3.0.
Here we have the lock screen: And the home screen; note the TechCrunch link there. Thanks for reading, Google!I m a big fan. This is clearly the same type of desktop we saw on the Motorola unit Andy Rubin was playing with at All Things D. Nice big widgets and a four-corner layout for hot spots.
Next, moving over to another screen, this appears to be a collection of social widgets emdash follow your friends latest updates and so on.
The new Gmail interface Andy was demoing. If I remember correctly, this type of app should be able to be broken down to smaller widgets. Or something. Fragments, I think he said.
Google Talk interface and two-way video chat:
Google Maps, with more of the same black-and-grey theme: Looks pretty solid, and looked nice in action. But we ll probably get a hands-on soon, as Motorola is probably going to announce their Xoom tablet in just about an hour. We ll update this as soon as video goes live.
Android Compatibility
Android's purpose is to establish an open platform for developers to build innovative mobile apps. Three key components work together to realize this platform.
The Android Compatibility Program defines the technical details of Android platform and provides tools used by OEMs to ensure that developers apps run on a variety of devices. The Android SDK provides built-in tools that Developers use to clearly state the device features their apps require. And Android Market shows apps only to those devices that can properly run them.
These pages describe the Android Compatibility Program and how to get access to compatibility information and tools. The latest version of the Android source code and compatibility program is 2.3, which corresponded to the Gingerbread branch. Why build compatible Android devices? Users want a customizable device.
A mobile phone is a highly personal, always-on, always-present gateway to the Internet. We haven't met a user yet who didn't want to customize it by extending its functionality. That's why Android was designed as a robust platform for running after-market applications. Developers outnumber us all.
No device manufacturer can hope to write all the software that a person could conceivably need. We need third-party developers to write the apps users want, so the Android Open Source Project aims to make it as easy and open as possible for developers to build apps. Everyone needs a common ecosystem.
Every line of code developers write to work around a particular phone's bug is a line of code that didn't add a new feature. The more compatible phones there are, the more apps there will be. By building a fully compatible Android device, you benefit from the huge pool of apps written for Android, while increasing the incentive for developers to build more of those apps.
Install Gingerbread (2.3.5) to your HTC Desire. How to install HTC Sense 3.5 HTC Desire.
Here we will explain how to root, install ClockworkMod then partition the memory of HTC Desire and that of the SD card and finally install a ROM and not just any Custom: A Sense rom 3.5. Enough to make a serious facelift to your Desire! So get ready! Download your files:
- USB Driver for Windows, Revision 4 ( HTTP://DEVELOPER.ANDROID.COM/SDK/WIN-USB.HTML ) only for Windows users.
- Unrevoked3 available on windows, mac, linux. ( HTTP://UNREVOKED.COM/RECOVERY )
Start by installing the drivers for those with ADB Windows. Restart the computer and on your Desire go to Settings / Applications / Development / Debug and check the USB.
Unrevolked3 install on your computer and run it with administrator rights to users windows 7.
Everything else is done automatically. The operation takes about 5 minutes during which your phone will reboot 3 times.
Well, HTC Desire is now root and you can get administrator rights. Now when launching an application that requires elevated privileges, a confirmation will be required to validate quevous granted the right to use administrator for the current application. To check downloaded from the market as an application Rom Manager or Metamorph requiring root privileges to run.
Take the HBOOT previously downloaded and put in the root of the memory card by renaming PB99IMG.zip. Turn off the phone and restart it still pressing Flight - POWER on the screen and a proposal will be made:
Do you want to start update? Yes No
Make VOL UP VOL DOWN and then after the update and then made the recovery set and press ON / OFF the phone will restart and you will be in ClockworkMod.
Go to "Advanced" then "Partition SD card" enter the values ??for 1000 ext 64 and then the rest will partition to FAT32 for playback on computer CAUTION THIS REMOVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ON THE SD CARD!
Return to the home ClockworkMod and go to "Mounts and storage" then do mount USB Storage, while having the DESIRE connect to pc and copy the rom on the sd card "COOL3D Runnymede V2". Unmount then made to a full wipe this further explanation:
Wipe data / factory reset: clears the data files and those of the cache by deleting them. This can make it more fluid and votreappareil cancel "crash" of some applications.
Wipe cache partition: only cleans the cache of your machine, this can make it faster and fluid.
Zip from sdcard install: installs a file. This zip on the SD card. This will install a new ROM, ROM radio, themes, etc..
apply / sdcard / update.zip: Applies the archive "update.zip" present at the root of your SD (ROM, ROM radio ...).
choose zip from sdcard: choose which archive to be installed.
toggle signature verification: verifying that the records are signed to install.
toggle script assert: check the scripts for authorization;
So do "Wipe data / factory reset" and "Wipe cache partitio" n then finally install the rom with "Install from sdcard zip" and select the rom "COOL3D Runnymede V2".
The installation will be done quietly, then made only "reboot now" you will end up with a phone as out of the box but Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread with HTC Sense 3.5.
Let's start with one of the features that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which is currently exclusive to Galaxy Nexus, wanted to improve over previous versions, we are talking about the voice command, namely speed of dictation of texts.
This feature, also present on Gingerbread, has been improved in this version of 'Google OS, resulting in exceptionally accurate.
Here's a video test done in English, performed by SlashGear, which shows how the speech recognition app will be able to easily handle the language with great precision. (Voice recognition requires a data connection to communicate with Google servers).
Who knows if the application will respond with the Italian with the English language as well.
Another aspect of the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus has done much to discuss the Android community has been the battery, which with its 1,750 mAh could not withstand the power consumption of the smartphone.
Through an anonymous user who could play with the Galaxy Nexus has become aware of the issue that affects all holders of smart phones, which is that battery life is that the new Google smartphone Experience seems to offer many hours of use even under intense. This is not a real test done on the battery, but certainly the information we give you the rest of the article will begin to make us understand what we can expect from the battery: we discover these details. The Galaxy Nexus seems to have been used intensively for about 5 hours and almost 14 minutes, just do not know very well how intense was this use. What we see is that, looking at the percentages in the screenshot below, you can guess how the display has been turned on for a long time, since it is a huge display and in addition to 720p, consumption can be considered quite low.
After some tests for an anonymous user, who American stressing his Galaxy Nexus (perhaps 1,850-mAh battery), has released the first "test" personal battery life, more than anything else gave us some important information.
After extensive use of 5 hours and 14 minutes (do not know how intense), we can see by the screen as the display with a resolution of 720p, while not enough has been turned on by consuming too much battery.
In fact not only the display would help to conserve battery power but also the LTE 4G network, which consumes lots of battery definitely more than our 3G network. Maybe with a little less than the amperage battery and a network of U.S. smartphone much less expensive in terms of autonomy, our equipment could last longer.
In short, after just over 5 hours of intensive use the Galaxy Nexus is found with 45% of the battery, if the heavy usage goes up to 10 hours we will definitely need a fast charge.
Most likely under normal use, the Galaxy Nexus should not struggle to get to the next day or so we hope.
Last but certainly not least, the "problem" for the Samsung Nexus Galaxy is the absence of the Adobe Flash Player, which currently can not be downloaded either from the 'Android Market.
Although Adobe has already said not to release newer versions of Flash Player for mobile devices, but we still hope that the development team is working to release a final version that is compatible with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich before closing its doors permanently.
Rooms were also some attempts at forced installation of applications on Gingerbread or Froyo, as not compatible with Android 4.0.
Last view on the Samsung Nexus Galaxy was made ??by the children of AndroidCommunity, who, when they have smartphone, performed the first test benchmarks.
The Quadrant, a popular app on the official market running these tests, reported 2140 points for the Galaxy Nexus, which exceeded the threshold of 2000 points at the top has led to testing.
Unfortunately, however, still failed, even remotely, to approach the same benchmark results obtained by variation of T-Mobile's Galaxy S II, which would reach the beauty of 3915 points.
Obviously, as we have said many times, we can not take these results as the pure truth about the performance of Android devices. And we must also consider the fact that Android 4.0 ICS is a new operating system and as such can not be tested on their knowledge application based on OS "old"; also because ICS operates in a completely different hardware that is available .
After these news have changed his mind on the Samsung Nexus Galaxy? (Previous tests are obviously personal trials we do not know how and when they were made).
Let's start with one of the features that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which is currently exclusive to Galaxy Nexus, wanted to improve over previous versions, we are talking about the voice command, namely speed of dictation of texts.
This feature, also present on Gingerbread, has been improved in this version of 'Google OS, resulting in exceptionally accurate.
Here's a video test done in English, performed by SlashGear, which shows how the speech recognition app will be able to easily handle the language with great precision. (Voice recognition requires a data connection to communicate with Google servers).
Who knows if the application will respond with the Italian with the English language as well.
Another aspect of the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus has done much to discuss the Android community has been the battery, which with its 1,750 mAh could not withstand the power consumption of the smartphone.
Through an anonymous user who could play with the Galaxy Nexus has become aware of the issue that affects all holders of smart phones, which is that battery life is that the new Google smartphone Experience seems to offer many hours of use even under intense. This is not a real test done on the battery, but certainly the information we give you the rest of the article will begin to make us understand what we can expect from the battery: we discover these details. The Galaxy Nexus seems to have been used intensively for about 5 hours and almost 14 minutes, just do not know very well how intense was this use. What we see is that, looking at the percentages in the screenshot below, you can guess how the display has been turned on for a long time, since it is a huge display and in addition to 720p, consumption can be considered quite low.
After some tests for an anonymous user, who American stressing his Galaxy Nexus (perhaps 1,850-mAh battery), has released the first "test" personal battery life, more than anything else gave us some important information.
After extensive use of 5 hours and 14 minutes (do not know how intense), we can see by the screen as the display with a resolution of 720p, while not enough has been turned on by consuming too much battery.
In fact not only the display would help to conserve battery power but also the LTE 4G network, which consumes lots of battery definitely more than our 3G network. Maybe with a little less than the amperage battery and a network of U.S. smartphone much less expensive in terms of autonomy, our equipment could last longer.
In short, after just over 5 hours of intensive use the Galaxy Nexus is found with 45% of the battery, if the heavy usage goes up to 10 hours we will definitely need a fast charge.
Most likely under normal use, the Galaxy Nexus should not struggle to get to the next day or so we hope.
Last but certainly not least, the "problem" for the Samsung Nexus Galaxy is the absence of the Adobe Flash Player, which currently can not be downloaded either from the 'Android Market.
Although Adobe has already said not to release newer versions of Flash Player for mobile devices, but we still hope that the development team is working to release a final version that is compatible with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich before closing its doors permanently.
Rooms were also some attempts at forced installation of applications on Gingerbread or Froyo, as not compatible with Android 4.0.
Last view on the Samsung Nexus Galaxy was made ??by the children of AndroidCommunity, who, when they have smartphone, performed the first test benchmarks.
The Quadrant, a popular app on the official market running these tests, reported 2140 points for the Galaxy Nexus, which exceeded the threshold of 2000 points at the top has led to testing.
Unfortunately, however, still failed, even remotely, to approach the same benchmark results obtained by variation of T-Mobile's Galaxy S II, which would reach the beauty of 3915 points.
Obviously, as we have said many times, we can not take these results as the pure truth about the performance of Android devices. And we must also consider the fact that Android 4.0 ICS is a new operating system and as such can not be tested on their knowledge application based on OS "old"; also because ICS operates in a completely different hardware that is available .
After these news have changed his mind on the Samsung Nexus Galaxy? (Previous tests are obviously personal trials we do not know how and when they were made).
