Android3: Honeycomb Tablet U.I.

Phandroid's " in depth look at what's new in the latest version of Android, Honeycomb, direct from Verizon's 2011 CES keynote presentation."


The walk-through explains some of the user-interface specific for this tablet version of android. For a start no hardware buttons are required such as back and menu etc. giving flexibility for any key configuration.  The software therefore functions in any orientation and reduces the dependence on manufacturers to provide the experience, a shortcoming in the Galaxy S.
Honeycomb develops the widgets allowing most things to be done without even opening an app. These include viewing the latest YouTube hits, checking email, viewing your calendar or selecting a bookmark from your favourites list, all on the home screens.

A Honeycomb homescreen

The look of honeycomb is "futuristic but familiar". Appearing as a 3D interface, controlled by gestures where details "res-in when you need it and de-res when you don't". Personalisation and of the device is easier with the use of a customisation view.

Honeycomb customisation view

The customisation view displays your five home screens as well as providing a pallet where you can preview all of your widgets, app shortcuts, wallpapers and more. These are simply dragged to the desired position.


Also demonstrated was a new look YouTube and the new vector based Google Maps with 3D buildings you can tilt and pan around. Honeycomb versions of browser with tabs "as nature intended" and Gmail app which improve the clarity and control of data we sift through daily. 




images thanks to Droid X Plaza

Notion Ink Adam

Notion Ink's web page has finally come online. A long awaited but still not realised product the 'adam' tablet is one step closer. The new site details its specifications (see below) and shows images of the expected final design.

Effectivly it's: 

10.1" 1024 x 600 display with Optional Pixel Qi

1GHz nVidia Tegra 250 Dual Core Cortex A-9 processor

Mentioned is a Bonus mystery feature which may be the rear touch pad (not found in the tech specs) or is it something else?

Notion Ink Adam release date 10-12-2010 ??

Tech specs

Size+Weight Thickness: ~14 mm Width: 191 mm Length: 269 mm Weight: ~1.6 pounds System on Chip NVIDIA Tegra 250 Dual Core Cortex A-9 ULP GPU Memory+Storage 1GB DDR2 RAM 1GB SLC 8+ GB Flash Micro-SD Card support Power & Battery Universal Charger 3 cell 24.6Whr battery  Display 10.1" WSVGA (1024 x 600) Optional Pixel Qi display: Transmissive, transflective, and reflective modes Multi-touch Matte finish Anti glare coating Scratch resistant Finger print resistant "On a sidenote: There is a 10001 displayed throughout the page (top right corner). Some think its a binary countdown to the release date. This way, there would be 17 days left!"  - a comment found on slashgear's article Notion Ink’s Adam Tablet Official Website Released by GroundSit

Camera 3.2 MP Auto Focus Swivel Camera Communication WLAN - 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP WWAN - 3G HSDPA Audio Stereo loudspeakers 3.5mm headphone jack Built in microphone Input/Output Ports USB 2.0 Host x 2 Mini USB HDMI Micro SD slot SIM Card slot DC connector Sensors 3-Axis accelerometer Ambient light sensor GPS Digital Compass Bonus mystery feature ;)

images and specs care of 
notionink's new site
Via Chris Smith's post on androinica

Desire 3 second start-up!

Yet to be released in Australia, The HTC Desire HD's software seen here starting up on a regular HTC Desire in 3 seconds is very impressive. Pricing for the Desire HD for Vodafone in Europe has been leaked over at Android Central 519 euro or $730 OZ Dollars

Samsung Tab on YouTube

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This is the first official hands-on video that contains a demonstration of every key feature and benefit of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. It also contains information of the most frequently asked features from social networking sites.

Most importantly, it highlights the value proposition of the Galaxy Tab: Advanced Media, Productivity and Communication, and On the Go.

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hTC Desire HD coming next month?

 

photo By Chris Hall at pocket-lint.com

123mm

                                                            68mm                     11.8mm

Screen size: 109 mm

In side info points to Vodafone and 3 having the HTC Desire by the third week of October which is no more than a month away. The phones are predicted to cost under $1000 outright.

LEAKED ON EBAY

"ON SALE IS A BRAND NEW HTC DESIRE HD.
IT HAS A MASSIVE 4.3 INCH SCREEN,  ANDROID FROYO(LATEST ANDROID VERSION) , 8 MP CAMERA.
MORE SPECIFICATIONS CAN BE SEEN AT
http://www.htc.com/www/product/desireHD/overview.html
THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. I WILL SHIP IT AS SOON AS IT IS RELEASED IN AUSTRALIA. THE ESTIMATED RELEASE DATE IS THE 2ND WEEK OR 3RD WEEK OF OCTOBER.
THIS PHONE WILL BE EXCLUSIVE TO 3 AND VODAFONE. I KNOW SOMEONE WHO OWNS A 3 SHOP AND I HAVE ALREADY ORDERED 20 PHONES OFF HIM AND I WILL HAVE THEM ON THE VERY FIRST DAY IT IS RELEASED WITH 3 AND WILL SHIP IT THE SAME DAY. THE PHONE WILL BE UNLOCKED.


PLEASE NOTE THERE MAY BE DELAYS CAUSED BY HTC OR 3 WHICH MAY DELAY THE RELEASE, HOWEVER IF IT DOES NOT GET RELEASED BY 3RD WEEK OF OCTOBER, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR MONEY REFUNDED, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 2% OF THE PAYMENT YOU MADE."

Key to this baby's package are :

4.3 inch (109mm) 480x800 WVGA screen ---same amount of pixels on the regular desire.

720p HD video recording

8 megapixel camera

1GHz processor

USB and Wi-Fi® tethering 

Bluetooth® 2.1

1.5 GB Internal phone storage + up to at least 32GB in microSD storage SD2.0 compatible
768 MB RAM

Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed AND Up to 5.76 Mbps upload speed on 3G

weighing 164 grams

Camera

• 8 megapixel color camera
• Auto focus and dual LED flash
• 720p HD video recording
• Face detection capability
• Built-in effects include depth of field, vignette, and more
• Geotagging

Sensors

• G-Sensor ----I don't know whether this is a gyroscope or a set of accelerometers???
• Digital compass
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor

Connectors

• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
• Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)

Power & Battery²

Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1230 mAh

Talk time:

• WCDMA: Up to 320 mins
• GSM: Up to 550 mins

Standby time³:

• WCDMA: Up to 490 hours
• GSM: Up to 420 hours

Network

Asia Pacific:

• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

scoop "HTC UNVEiLS HTC Desire HD..."

thanks to htc.com for specs and images

hTC Wildfire = 1/2 the Desire

       ≠ 

          HTC Wildfire                                    HTC Desire

Surprisingly the HTC Wildfire is in the same Telstra price bracket as the HTC Desire. Starting @ $49/month for 24 months Telstra will give you the phone. BUT at the SAME price you may as well take the HTC Desire and get twice the processing power. 1GHz instead of 528 MHz.

The only reason one might choose the Wildfire is because of its smaller size, but there is only a 1cm difference in length and more than that in screen size difference.. 

I also noted the Wildfires screen is not as sharp as the desires 384k pixels on a compared to  77k QVGA  pixels .

I think the only thing going for the Wildfire is its good looks. I think the silver desires or even a black one would look just as good.  It is however a very male female couple.

WILDFIRE 

106.75mm

                    60.4mm                         12.19mm

Resolution: 240 x 320 QVGA

Screen size: 81.2mm 

DESIRE

119mm      

                            60mm                     11.9mm

 

black from ukpressreleases

Resolution: 480 X 800 WVGA

Screen size: 94mm

Samsung Galaxy S

 
5 MP Camera, GPS, 4-inch super AMOLED screen


Putting it up there with the HTC Desire and iPhone 4 in terms of CPU speed, the Galaxy S has a 1GhZ Hummingbird processor.

Regretfully the samsung skin, is clunky and only serves to make the Galaxy S even more iPhone like. The dock at the bottom is just like iphone ios, not the best graphics on the icons. Overall the skin seems worse than the stock froyo. The lack of search and home hardware buttons furthur restricts this interface.


However this is one of the few android phones with a front facing camera out now.