Cheap Android phones makes it possible for the low budget peoples to hold an amazing OS which was earlier seen only in high end smartphones. Recently Android powered devices are available in the market for price even less than $100. Now, in the beginning of 2012 we are witnessing a steady flow of cheap Android phones hitting the market. It is because of the open source nature of the Android OS that makes this possible. OEMs need not build their own OS for their handset, there's an already proven powerful open source software available for anyone to use. That's why we are seeing same OS powering high end devices like Galaxy Nexus or Razr Maxx, on the entry level devices. Continue reading
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Ice cream sandwich for HTC Desire- Progress Report
The Beta 0.3.6 version is available for Download at
XDA-Developers. Almost all essential functions are working but
with some random bugs.
Status:
Not working:
- Video recording is a bit choppy
- Full Hardware Acceleration
- USB Tethering
Working:
- USB mass storage
- Camera (partially, video is choppy)
- WiFi S
- MS GPS
- Sound Calling
- Touchscreen
- Stable3G
- Gmail sync + calendar working with gmail
- SD read/write
- All sensors
- Blue Tooth
- Fixed permissions (3rd party apps that needed maps now works)
- Headphones
- Native App2SD (can flash other scripts)
- Google Backup
- HardWare accelration
- Wifi Tether
- Data usage tracker
- Video streaming and playback
- Trackpad
- Market
Original XDA-Developers Thread
Amazon Offering Motorola Droid Razr MAXX 4G at an Amazing Prize of $199
With a thickness of 8.99mm and a battery of 3300 mAh,
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx
is one of the highly thin and longest lasting Android phone.
Amazon is now offering the phone at an amazing price tag of
$199. Eventhough it is back ordered now, you can book it now
at the Amazon Wireless store right now. The phone with all
those powerful features as that obtained through the Carrier
(Verizon wireless Inc.) but with a much lesser price.
Motorola Droid Razr MAXX arrives on January 26th
The much awaited phone Motorola Droid Maxx is finally gonna be released on January 26th. Initially the device will be available for purchase only through Verizon Wireless Network's stores. The Razr Maxx is a larger version of the original Motorola Droid Razr. The main improvements are in the dimensions and battery. Motorola claims that it is the long lasting phone which is impossibly thin. The 3300 mAh battery is expected to power up the device for a straight 21 hours of talk time. Even if the device is released with Gingerbread OS, the official Ice cream Sandwich update will be released soon. With 8.99mm thickness, it is one of the thinnest smartphones ever released.
Features:
OS: Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgradeable
CAMERA: 8 MP (rear facing camera)
VIDEO CAPTURE: 1080p HD, tri-microphone for audio scene selection, 1920X1080 resolution, up to 30fps capture and playback
TALK TIME: Up to 21.5 hours of continuous talk time.
BATTERY TYPE: 3300 mAh Li Ion
STANDBY TIME: Up to 380 hrs.
DISPLAY SIZE: 4.3-in.; Super AMOLED Advanced qHD(540 x 960)
CPU: Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9
HTC HD2 Gets a Touch Capable ClockworkMod Recovery
HTC HD2- The most developed phone of all the time, gets another great modification. A senior developer in the XDA-Developer team released the touch enabled version of ClockworkMod Recovery. In CWR, which is installed on all devices, navigation was possible only through the use of volume up / down buttons. In this version, there are some touch buttons on the bottom of the screen for navigation and for making selections. It is currently in the beta version and the stable versions may be released soon.
You can view the original XDA-Developers thread for more information