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HTC launches Hero, the first skinned Android phone
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HTC has launched the latest in its Android line, the HTC Hero, with the ultimate in Android customisation. The main feature of the new handset is the new skin, which takes its cues from the HTC TouchFLO 3D system usually seen on its Windows Mobile handsets, but basically allows you to customise every aspect of the phone. This means live Twitter updates on one of the seven home screens you can add in, photos, internet etc, as well as being able to time it all so you only show certain aspects on your chosen days. The news system has been coined HTC Sense by the company, allowing you to link in Facebook information directly to contact profiles, including pictures and updates. The screen ...
T-Mobile re-brands HTC Hero as G1 Touch
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It's official: the HTC Hero is to go under a different moniker for T-Mobile, with the telco calling the device the HTC G1 Touch. Obviously not content with having a Hero in its phone collection, T-Mobile is naming the device so it sits neatly in its portfolio next to its original G1 release. This may also be to mask the fact that the company missed out on nabbing the HTC Magic from Vodafone. You've got the Touch Just to reiterate what we already let you know earlier today, the G1 Touch comes with a 5MP camera with autofocus and video capture, large multi-touch screen and high-speed web-browsing, so that you can view all those lovely Google services that the ...
Analysis: Everything you need to know about the Intel-Nokia hook-up
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As strategic alliances go, they don't come much bigger than yesterday's news that Intel and Nokia are teaming up to create what they describe as "a new class of mobile device." That's the world's biggest chip maker and the global leader in communications shacking up. Tantalising stuff, no doubt. However, actual details in yesterday's announcement were frustratingly thin. Needless to say, we want to know much more. Who better, therefore, to grill than Rod O'Shea, Intel's embedded technology head honcho in Europe and its local expert on the company's plans regarding the Nokia deal? O'Shea isn't able to shed too much more light on the specific implications of the Intel-Nokia tie up. ...
Hands on: HTC Hero review
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We managed to nab the new HTC Hero (or the HTC G1 Touch if you are a T-Mobile customer) at the launch event, to have a look at the new Android interface and improved hardware specs to see if Google phones can finally match the might of the iPhone 3G S. The first thing to note about the Hero is the fact it seems to be a lovechild of the G1 and the Magic, HTC's other Android phones. It's a little thicker than the Magic, at 14.3mm depth, but with a larger chassis comes greater hardware. We're seeing a 3.5mm jack, a 5MP camera, improved touchscreen accuracy and recognition, although no QWERTY keyboard version as we were hoping. And not only ...
Micro-projector uses OLED tech
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Micro projection was hot news at this year's CES show, with demos of various future systems. Now scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics in Germany have created a tiny OLED projector that doesn't need any extra illumination, and takes very little power from the phone's battery. They predict that they will soon have a projector capable of projecting live TV from a mobile phone on to white walls or even seaside towels. Fingertip-sized projector The prototype OLED (organic light emitting diode) projector is 2.5 centimeters long, has a diameter of 1.8 centimeters and can be "easily integrated" into a mobile or PDA. A lens system projects ...
