Quick overview of the HTC Wildfire, 259€ smart phone as presented at the T Mobile booth at IFA. Sorry about the manual focus set to infinity, I still forgot to put it back to auto after filming the fireworks.
Category: Qualcomm
ViewSonic ViewPad 7
ARM11 based 7″ capacitive Android 2.2 tablet. They will launch this for 399€. I previously unveiled this design at Computex as the 7″ capacitive Foxconn Qualcomm MSM7227 based Android tablet: http://armdevices.net/2010/06/04/foxconn-7-capacitive-android-tablet/
Dell promotes the 5″ Android Tablet form factor
Here’s my review of the Dell Streak, 5″ capacitive Qualcomm Snapdragon powered Android Tablet, as posted by JKKmobile.com a few minutes after I first tried to use his unit at the recent Computex in Taiwan.
The 4.8″ to 5″ Android Tablet is in my opinion the coolest and the best size for a Tablet because it is the largest possible screen that fits in most pockets, thus this form factor Android tablet can be carried around everywhere with the largest screen size for web browsing and watching videos and launching apps always available.
Archos created and has been selling this form factor since 2003 with their release of the Archos AV300, back then the first large screen PMP device. Since 2005, Archos released the first WiFi enabled touch screen embedded Linux Qtopia based PMA430 and for over 9 months, the Android based Archos 5 Internet Tablet has been available on the market at $249 in Radio Shack.
The release of the Dell Streak is a good thing for Archos as it popularizes the form factor. Also, I believe Archos has some advantages even with their 9 month old Android product such as pricing with a 9 month old pricing that is at about half the launch price of the Dell Streak, support for all video codecs and high profile H264, larger storage capacities up to 500GB, HDMI output, USB host and a bunch of other features. Also, Archos is expected to release 45nm based OMAP3640 Android tablet devices by September, thus further improving on the features and on the price/value performance.
Acer Stream: New 3.7″ 1 GHz Android Phone
Acer is launching this new 3.7″ AMOLED, 1ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon based Android 2.1 phone with the new customized Acer user interface layer on top of Android.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660, the third generation, 45nm dual-core 1.2ghz
At Computex 2010, Qualcomm announced the sampling of their third generation Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660, it’s a 45nm process, dual-core 1.2ghz. Here’s an interview with Mark Frankel, product manager of the Snapdragon processors at Qualcomm.
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Foxconn 7″ Capacitive Android Tablet
Cool looking, low cost, Qualcomm MSM7227 based Android Tablet, made by Foxconn.
Dell Streak Android Tablet
So this is the first 4.8″ capacitive Android tablet, to be released at $500 or more (with unlocked 3G) according to rumors. Dell has been working on this for a while as Michael Dell first showed it to Techcrunch at Davos in January.
Inventec Kayak, low cost 3G/2G phone with built-in computer
Based on Qualcomm’s Brew OS, this is a very basic phone for use on wireless networks in developing countries, where copper networks aren’t available but where the 2G and 3G networks already are. This Brew OS is basic and fast even on this MSM7227 based device. It offer Opera Mobile browser, some basic games and a few other basic apps.
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Android Phone “f910″ by FirstOne
Customized Android (1.6), 3,2′ resistive screen (480×320), 5 megapixel camera, Qalcomm ARM 11, available soon
carrypad.com: Compaq Airlife 100 video-review
You may have seen my previous videos of the HP Compaq Airlife 100 as I filmed it at consumer electronics trade shows these past few months at CES and at Mobile World Congress.
Carrypad.com has got one from HP Spain and have posted this video review.
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