A HTC estará lançando brevemente mais um modelo com o sistema operacional do Google. O novo modelo se chamará Eris.
O novo aparelho da HTC será comercializado pela Verizon e deverá ser o mais barato da família.
Pelas informações do site Phone Arena, o Eris será uma das apostas da Verizon por causa de seu preço. A ideia é fazer dele o Android mais democrático dos EUA, custando 99 dólares em um contrato.
Veja abaixo alguns detalhes do novo Droid da Verizon:
Fotos via: Phone Arena
With its second Operating System (OS) version hitting the street, Google’s Android OS is going to take market share from its competitors, but it won’t kill Apple’s proprietary OS that runs on the iPhone. Who will be the biggest loser in the Global OS battle?
The most likely losers will be Microsoft’s Windows Mobile and Nokia’s Symbian OS; why you ask? Well, let’s take a peek at those two for a moment; the new Window’s Mobile version 6.5 is still largely based on a Pocket PC device introduced in 1997…any further questions? It may hang on for a bit due to IT departments are comfortable using it, which at this point is it’s only selling point. Nokia’s Symbian OS, the world’s largest, is mainly installed on cellular phones and not smartphones; plus Nokia is moving to an open source platform called Maemo, but skeptics are not in favor of its potential.
With that being said, with all the new Android smartphones hitting the street in the U.S. and 3 of the major carriers now offering them (T-Mobile with 3, Verizon Wireless launching the Motorola Droid, and Sprint with the HTC Hero), Apple and BlackBerry can’t be very comfortable right about now.
What’s so great about Android? It’s an open source platform based on Linux, which means it’s open for development and not proprietary like Apple and BlackBerry’s OS’s. Apple and Android have tons of apps and it’s not the sheer number that will win this battle, and both have more than anyone could ever need. What Android has that the others don’t have, is Google’s turn-by-turn navigation which is built in to the Motorola Droid on Verizon Wireless. It’s easier to use and more robust than its competitors and also free; Garmin’s Nuvi Phone, just entering the U.S. market, is going to have even tough sledding now.
So, in the long run, Android is predicted to win the OS war in the next 3-5 years, but Apple and BlackBerry aren’t going to go down without a fight, and the three behemoths will all continue to grow at the expense of Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Palm.
As for me, my new Motorola Cliq should be on its way soon and I got to play with one extensively today at my local T-Mobile store and I have to say…hurry Mr. Postman.
由於 Android 的藍芽 API 在1.5上還末健全的問題導至藍芽變得自閉。
如果想用藍芽傳送或接收檔案，與另用上第三方軟件，而 Bluetooth File Transfer 能在末 root 的機上實現傳送及按收檔案。
其實如果不是 Android 系統 root 管理員，是無法使用接收任何檔案。
但這個軟件的程式員想到一個空隙：「不可以接收，但不是不可以從第二部中下載」，小弟不得不講一句 – 高手！
下載 Bluetooth File Transfer ver 1.4
Android SDK 2.0がリリースされました。
2.0からSDKの仕組みが大きく変わったらしく、
・SDKのダウンローダブルなパッケージは最新のバージョンのAndroid SDK Toolsのみ収録されるようになった。
・一度、SDKをインストールしておけば、Android SDKとAVD Managerを使用することで、必要に応じて、たとえば、Android Platform、SDKのアドオン、ツール、ドキュメントなどすべてのSDKのコンポーネントをダウンロードできる。
・新しいアプローチは、モジュラー化（modular）
必要なコンポーネントだけをインストールしたり、一部、あるいは、すべてのコンポーネントを開発環境の他の部分に影響を与えることなくアップデートできる。
なるほど。ようやくVisualStudioやEclipseのようにSDKのパッケージ管理ができるようになったんですね。そのうちモジュール間の依存性とか出てきそうですけど、要するに、一度SDKをインストールしてしまえば、アップデートを実行することで常にSDKを最新の状態にしておけるということですね。
1.6から2.0にアップデートできるそうですけど、Windows7 Ultimate 32bitに移行してしまったので、まっさらな状態からAndroid SDK 2.0をインストールしてみることにしました。
android-sdk_r3-windows.zipを展開するとSDK Setup.exeという実行ファイルがあるのでこれを実行。
なぬっ！いきなり互換性がどうのこうのでインストールできないじゃないですか！
「推奨の設定を使用して再インストールする」を選択して実行してもNG。
あえなく玉砕。頭を冷やして再チャレンジ。
これまでVistaを使ってきた人なら簡単に解決できることなんでしょうか？^^;
A funny thing happened to Android (s goog) on its way to Verizon (s vz)– it became yet another product line. Big Red is pushing the Droid campaign everywhere, and word is coming out that Droid is Verizon’s Android product line. Droid was previously thought to be the phone that Verizon is set to unveil in a few days, otherwise known as the Motorola (s mot) Sholes.
A little birdie had already told me that Verizon’s upcoming Android phone would not be called the Droid, but I was sworn to secrecy. Engadget is reporting that Droid will in fact be Verizon’s line of phones based on Android, and the line will be comprised of handsets from multiple OEMs. The HTC Desire is reported to join the Droid line as the HTC Eris as early as Nov. 6. This would put the Eris debuting right behind the Sholes, although it’s not known what Big Red will be officially calling either handset.
If this Droid product line turns out to be real, it begins to make sense why Verizon is pushing this mystery “Droid Does” campaign. They can keep cherry-picking Android handsets to augment the line as they wish. That loud ripping sound you hear is the sound of the Android platform being further fragmented. It also begins to makes sense why HTC needs to start their own brand campaign.
Image courtesy gdgt
This posting is by way of follow-up to my recent post, “Real competition for the iPhone?”, which talked about the ‘Droid’ phone rumored to be released by Verizon very, very soon. Their device would be probably the most-hyped release of an Android phone yet.
But today I wanted to point out that popular technology site TechCrunch currently lists TWENTY-THREE, yes that’s 23 different phones either currently available, to be available soon, or rumored to be revealed soon, all which will operate on the Google Android operating system. Note also that all of the major carriers (T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T) are represented by this list of phones, and some of them tied to multiple of these devices.
Imagine your choice of cell carrier and choosing between several phones, all which run the same applications! This is truly going to be a significant threat to Apple’s iPhone… and of course to AT&T which as you know is currently the only carrier which sells the iPhone. But you will also notice that at least one of these Android phones will work on the AT&T network as well.
Click here to read the TechCrunch article I reference here.
Last weekend I bought a new phone, a HTC Hero. I’ve been a long time Unix and Linux user to the thought of using a phone based on Linux had quite an appeal for me. The title of this post sums up my feeling about this phone, and Android in particular, Apple should be worried, very worried.
It’s not just me saying this, Gartner also believes this and state that Android will become the second most popular smart phone operating system by 2012. Considering that there are due to be up to 50 Android phones on the market by the end of 2010, consumers are going to have a far greater choice of touch screen handset which means far greater competition for the iPhone.
There has to be something rather cool about a phone that asks you for your Google, Flickr, Twitter and Facebook account details when you switch it on. Integration with Google services is seamless, automatic syncing with your contacts, email and calendar.
Phones like this are becoming something different and I don’t really feel they should be called either a phone or smartphone any more, they are more than just a PDA too, and close to being a laptop/netbook, with so much computing power and possibilities in the palm of your hand they deserved to be classed as something new, any suggestions?
