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Apparently, according to Mobile World article, Blackberry Curve 3G to hit Malaysian stores in September. That’s great news considering that our neighbor in Indonesia will receive this smartphone on the time as well. The article also confirmed that Blackberry Curve 3G will receive upgrade to Blackberry 6 in coming months. With this smartphone, it looks like Blackberry have candidate winner for entry level smartphone category.
source : Mobile World
Samsung Galaxy S smartphone is a big hit for the Korean company, but apparently the show doesn’t stop there. Samsung Yepp, YP-MB2 aka Galaxy S PMP is another device Samsung has on the shelf, but it is no smartphone. It’s portable music player with almost exactly similar feature as the Galaxy S. That’s means, it got 4 inch AMOLED touchscreen, 1ghz processor and running on Android OS. Very decent specs for portable music player! No release date is available, but undoubtedly this gonna be closely watch portable music player right now.
Well, this is rather interesting news, if it is real. It’s tablet news guys! Chrome OS tablet will be launched in the US via Verizon according to Download Squad who got the tips from it’s source. HTC is again tasked to develop the tablet with input from Google. No surprise here. The exact release date is 26th November which is Black Friday. According to Download Squad again, the hardware will be based on Vidia’s Tegra 2 platform with 1280×720 multitouch screen, 2GB of RAM, 32GB SSD, WiFi/Bluetooth/3G connectivity, GPS, webcam, and multi-card reader.
Chrome OS tablet concept is nothing new, as the sketch of the device has appeared since early February, one week after iPad released. With the right strategy and price, Chrome OS tablet can be the first serious contender in tablet device which monopolized by Apple iPad. iPad Killer?? I don’t think so, well actually I prefer Android tablet rather than Chrome OS tablet.
source : DownloadSquad
HTC today released HTC Aria for Malaysian market , adding it to long list of Android smartphone model available here. This little known smartphone is first unveiled on June this year for North American market.
Looking at it’s spec and the retail price, HTC Aria is positioned between HTC Wildfire and HTC Desire and close to HTC Legend. With 3.2″ screen size, HTC Aria is one of the smallest Android smartphone in market, close to HTC HD2 Mini or Sony Xperia 10 Mini. The processor is slightly better than HTC Widfire, but it packed with 512 MB ROM and 384 MB RAM. It will be shipped with Android 2.1 with HTC Sense 1.6. Other specs include 5Megapixel camera, AGPS and etc
In what becoming trend lately, this smartphone will exclusively available only at Digi stores beginning early September. Suggested retail price is RM1799, but undoubtedly Digi will aggressively price this smartphone to be attractive. The availability through retailer is unknown but usually the exclusivity only for 1 month period.
Operation Sysyem: Android 2.1
Processor : 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227
Memory : 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM
Dimensions (LxWxT) : 103.8 x 57.7 x 11.7 mm
Weight : 115 grams (with battery)
Display : 3.2-inch touch-sensitive screen with 320 X 480 HVGA resolution
Network :
• GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• HSPA 900/2100 MHz
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP Stereo
• WiFi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• GPS/AGPS
Onscreen navigation : Optical Joystick
GPS : Internal GPS antenna
Sensors : Digital compass, G-Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor
Camera : 5 megapixel color camera with auto focus and flashlight
Battery : 1200 mAh Li-Ion
Expansion slot : microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Press Release
POCKET-SIZED HTC ARIA DEBUTS IN ASIA PACIFIC
Malaysia – 18 August, 2010 – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today introduced HTC Aria™. This pocket-sized dynamo packs a punch with a five megapixel camera, a bright 3.2 inch HVGA display, and offers users Android smartphone functionality in an amazingly easy-to-carry design.
HTC Aria features the acclaimed HTC Sense experience, which automatically delivers the most-wanted information by bringing it to the forefront of the mobile experience. Featuring the latest version of HTC Sense, HTC Aria offers even more ways to stay connected, including Friend Stream, which delivers Facebook, Twitter and Flickr updates in a single, consolidated view.
“Its unique combination of compact size and beautiful design instantly separates HTC Aria from the pack of ‘me-too’ smartphones,” said Jack Tong, vice president of HTC Asia Pacific. “But what really differentiates HTC Aria from other smartphones is the acclaimed HTC Sense experience. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC Aria organizes all of your communications in the
most human way possible – by person.”
“DiGi is always exploring new ways to enrich our customer experience, and through our exclusive arrangement with HTC, we will be the first to offer this sleek and affordable Android handheld to all our customers. The HTC Aria will be perfect for those who are venturing into Android smartphones for the first time. Together with HTC and DiGi’s attractive smartphone packages, the HTC Aria will offer our customers a new experience of mobile connectivity in their lives,” said Loh Keh Jiat, DiGi’s Head of Product Marketing.
A full selection of the newest and most popular Google services can be accessed with HTC Aria. This includes Google search, Google Maps, Google Maps Navigation, Gmail, YouTube and more. With Android Market, customers can also choose from more than 70,000 applications to further personalize the mobile experience.
Along with being ultra-small at just over 10cm long and weighing a mere 115g (battery included), HTC Aria’s seamless wrap-around soft-touch back cover eliminates sharp edges, making HTC Aria exceptionally convenient to carry and comfortable to hold as well.
Pricing and Availability
The new HTC Aria is available at all authorized resellers at a suggested retail price of RM 1,799*.
Availability at DiGi Centres and DiGi Specialised Stores will be in early September 2010. Standard
retail HTC Aria package will come with a 2GB microSD™ card.
Well, if the rumors is true, there will be 2 more Android smartphone from HTC coming out, probably soon. Called HTC Bee and HTC Lexikon, both smartphone will running on Android 2.2, no worry on upgrade part. By looking on the spec, it is pretty clear that HTC Bee is targeted at entry level model, while HTC Lexikon on the mid range level.
HTC Bee spec remind me of my HTC Magic. it has almost similar spec (not exactly same) in term of CPU speed and screen size. HTC Bee has more superior in RAM and ROM, and camera resolution, which now comes with flash. Meanwhile, HTC Lexikon spec if inches from being categorized as high end model, probably on purpose. Even that, it still have 800 Mhz CPU clock speed, 3.8 inch display as well as 512 RAM (on par with HTC Desire). Interestingly, HTC Lexikon will have Qwerty keyboard, so does it means it will have both capacitive touch screen and keyboard?
Unfortunately there is no images leaked just yet, but I think it will doesn’t take long for the first image to appear on the net.
via phandroid
