Motoblur is alive an well in Motorola’s latest European offering, the Defy. The phone is shipping with Android 2.1 ("Eclair"), which isn’t quite yet inexcusable, but we’re getting close. But, those looking to use their phone in places w…
Specifications and an image of the Motorola Quench XT5 have trickled out, and it looks like another low- to mid-range handset that we’ll love to hate. Besides what you see in the picture above, the Quench XT5 will come running Eclair (Andro…
And thus, it begins. Engadget has official word from HTC that unlocked European Desires will be getting an over-the-air (OTA) update to Android 2.2 ("Froyo") this weekend. This comes hot off the heels of Sprint announcing that the Evo w…
And thus, it begins. Engadget has official word from HTC that unlocked European Desires will be getting an over-the-air (OTA) update to Android 2.2 ("Froyo") this weekend. This comes hot off the heels of Sprint announcing that the Evo w…
HTC’s European representative, Mark Moons, let it slip through a tweet that there’s a chance Froyo will begin rollout to their many devices starting with HTC Desires in the Netherlands as soon as tomorrow. A Dutch tech news s…
Today, Google expanded its Google Maps Navigation system to cover 11 more countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland for Android devices running Donut (Android 1.6) and higher. The turn-by-turn directions can be read in the language of your choice and the voice destination search works with the accuracy that we’ve come to expect from Google in French, German, Italian and Spanish for Éclair (Android 2.0/2.1) and up. All of the Google Maps features are enabled in the supported countries, street view, POI search, gas stations, etc. Although Google Maps and Navigation is always a free service, it’s important to remember if you’re traveling, although the Map and Navigation service may be free, the data connection used to run it most certainly is not. [via Google Mobile Blog]
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If you’re interested in the Xperia X10 Mini and the X10 Mini Pro, they just received pricing for Europe. At roughly $410 (€300) for an unlocked X10 Mini and $450 (€330) for an unlocked X10 Mini Pro, they’re significantly less expensive than their elusive big brother the Xperia X10 and its reported $800 pricetag. Though getting official pricing is a good start for any device looking to launch, the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro aren’t promised to hit Europe until May/June. As for a US release, remember that the Xperia X10 still hasn’t released here. Fool me once…
This is getting quite ridiculous Google. Word on the street is that the European Nexus One will have multitouch–yes the feature that we have begged and begged for since Android launched to no avail. The Nexus One on Germany’s Heise has already been shown off with the wonderful pinch to zoom and gestures and we can probably assume Vodafone’s Nexus One will have the same.
Remember that the Motorola Milestone (the Droid outside of the US) also has multitouch so basically it’s only US Google Experience Android phones that come without it. But their foreign counterparts have it. So why no multitouch on US Google Experience Android devices? We really have no clue. Multitouch makes looking at maps and web browsing so, so much better.
[via engadget]
