JavaOne Keynote

JavaOne Opening Session Keynote: Rich Green keynote with Ian Freed, Kindle and Rikko Sakaguchi, Sony Ericsson

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TechFaith will introduce Android-smartphone next year

The Chinese company TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology announced that in early 2009 will begin commercial production of mobile devices that are running Android. TechFaith works with many large companies working in the mobile industry: Motorola, LG, Amoi, CECT, France Telecom, SK Telecom, Sprint and Bird.

So far, TechFaith is not reported to any company it will cooperate in the creation of Android-smartphone. This is expected to be announced in November, but still intensive negotiations. As the representative of TechFaith, the development of the prototype is, in general, has been completed, but the commercial product will be released no earlier than next year. Information about the features and form factor device has not been disclosed yet.

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First T-Mobile G1 user review

Androidcommunity have posted their review of the new T-Mobile G1 review. Here are the pros and cons of the device.

PRO’s:
◦The device is fairly quick to startup compared to other HTC devices.
◦It is very light considering what’s inside.
◦The slide out keyboard works well and doesn’t have a flimsy feel to it.
◦The Android Market works just as well as the iPhone’s App Store.
◦There are already a lot of useful apps to download from the Android Market, including a free ringtone maker.
◦The earpiece is fairly clear when making and receiving calls, you hear absolutely no static.
◦The speaker is relatively loud compared to other HTC devices.

CON’s:
◦The G1 has a big memory leak somewhere, and has to be restarted in order to get it running smoothly again.
◦The battery charger makes the bottom of the phone extremely hot.
◦No virtual QWERTY keyboard included.
◦The phone doesn’t run as smoothly as you would think, programs sometimes stutter trying to start up.
◦There is no folder system like that found on other HTC devices: finding your files requires you to search around in one of the various programs associated with the file type you’re trying to view.
◦Video playback is very limited. The G1 would not play .mpg or .wmv files which are pretty much the standard when it comes to videos downloaded off the net.