Android 2.2 is coming to Samsung Galaxy S in September

According to Samsung UK Mobile twitter account, they tweeted that the international version of Galaxy S will receive the Android 2.2 update in September. About three days ago, the Galaxy S owners could update their device using the leaked update for Android 2.2. But there are reports saying that the update is still very buggy and unstable. Considering all of those stuffs, I think it is safer to wait for the official release on September.

Hopefully, after the update, Samsung also will fix the occasional lag that I had experienced when I'm playing with the Galaxy S at the ICS a couple of weeks ago. We'll keep you posted about it!

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Modu, lightweight cellphone with Android OS

Modu phone might not be too familiar with us. That's because the Modu
phone might not coming to Asian market yet. Modu is a lightweight and
super mini modular mobile phone made by Israeli companies have the
originator of Dov Moran of USB Flash Drive inventor.

Modu mobile phone that was recently sold to the public, actually
designed as a mobile phone that can be paired with other devices such
as netbooks, cameras and other devices. Modu basically consists of two
main parts, first is a modular phone that can be removed and plugged
into other devices. Who's the second part is a jacket which is
basically a chasing or electronic enclosures.

[via phandroid]

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Posted 1 day ago by Oki Rosgani 

HTC now use their own-brand for China market

HTC, Taiwanese based mobile phone manufacturer has finally decided to use their own-brand for phone sold in China. As is known, HTC previously sold phone in China using Dopod brand.

In addition, HTC also announced the first four phones will be sold with the HTC brand in China. The fourth phone are HTC Desire, HTC Wildfire, HTC Tianxi and HTC Tianyi. HTC Wildfire and HTC Desire is already familiar to us. While HTC Tianyi and HTC Tianxi reportedly is a mobile phone specifically designed for China Mobile operator.

One of the four phone (HTC Tianxi) will use Windows Mobile operating systems. Meanwhile, three other cell phone will be powered with Android OS. According to HTC's press release, HTC will hold China Mobile and Gome Electrical Appliances Ltd. to distributing their smartphone in China's region.

[via prnewswire]

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Posted 4 days ago by Oki Rosgani 

Rumored: Samsung Galaxy Q, packs with Froyo and QWERTY keyboard

Samsung seems preparing the next Android phones, after introducing Samsung Epic 4G / Galaxy S Pro (another Galaxy S with slider QWERTY keyboard) and now Galaxy Q.

According to Samsung's specs leak, Galaxy Q will sports with 3 inch Super AMOLED display (720 x 480 pixel). This screen is smaller than Samsung Galaxy S I think, 8 megapixel camera + LED flash and 1.3 megapixel front facing camera. This phone will run Android 2.2 Froyo powered by 1Ghz Hummingbird processor.

Judging by the dimensions 120 mm x 68 mm x 9,25 mm, Galaxy Q seems to be a cell phone with the candy bar form factor and a QWERTY keyboard below. Some people on the AndroidForums says this phones will become a BlackBerry rival. Unfortunately until now there is no image yet for the Galaxy Q device.

[via AndroidForums]

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Posted 4 days ago by Oki Rosgani 

TouchWiz UI ported to Nexus One

     

Not only Samsung Android phone that can running the Samsung TouchWiz interface. But Google Nexus One can now be ported and running Samsung TouchWiz UI.

Someone from XDA Developers Forum, which successfully brings TouchWiz UI to Google Nexus One. The good news, there's no need to hack or root access to install TouchWiz at Nexus One. Nexus One owner only need to download the file .APK then install it. TouchWiz UI is also can be ported on Android Froyo and Eclair.

[via XDA-Developers]

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Posted 6 days ago by Oki Rosgani 

Dell Streak coming soon in Indonesia

Dell Streak, tablet Android phone rumored to be present in Indonesia soon. This product powered with Android 2.0, packs 3G and WiFi with a super-wide screen for cell phone size, and reached 5 inches screen.

Indonesia has a lot of users who require devices with full mobility features, Dell plans to bring Streak in Indonesia. "Strike became available (in Indonesia) in 1 to 2 months ahead," said Willy Hendrajudo, Marketing Manager for Dell's Consumer Business Indonesia. Unfortunately, he did not want to specify the launching date and price range of this devices for now.

What we know about Dell Streak is that there's an 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen display (with multitouch zooming), WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G WWAN connectivity, all riding atop an Android 2.0. A dual-LED flash 5 megapixel camera adorns the back, and there's a 1,300mAh battery to power all that goodness.

[via detikinet | pics endgadget]

       
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Posted 9 days ago by Oki Rosgani 

Indosat Wiigo Pre-order

For those interested with Android in-demand package from Indosat and Wiigo, you can open http://www.indosat.com/wiigo/ for pre-order. You can see full spec in picture attached with special price at IDR 1.4 million (US$155). The Android in-demand scheme will be quite similar with BlackBerry's, push email + chats, chats + social networking package, and regular package. The price is IDR 40,000 (US$5), IDR60,000 (US$7), and IDR 120,000 (US$13) respectively per month. 

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Android's Pantech IM-A650S Vega for Korean market

The glory of iPhone in Korea has made local manufacturers jealous. One by one, they try to challenge the iPhone sales with their own Android implementation. This time, it's Pantech turn. The third largest manufacturer in Korea, after Samsung and LG, Pantech unveiled its third Android phone, dubbed as IM-A650S Vega, or simply we call it as Vega. Pantech Vega is built with Android OS 2.1 and 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

The phone material itself reminds me of MOTOROI, with beautification here and there. Pantech Vega is lighter than Samsung Galaxy S or iPhone 4, with 114 grams in weight. It features features a 3.7 inch touchscreen AMOLED display with a 480 X 800 pixel resolution, 115.95 x 59.4 x 10.95 mm screen, 5 megapixel camera with recording 720p HD video format, 500 mb of internal memory, a slot for microSD/microSDHC card (8 gb card included and can be upgraded until 32 gb), 3.5 mm headphone jack, T-DMB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS.  

Also, it can be used as a portable media device, which means it can play DivX and Xvid video format. The phone will be available in Korea exclusively for SK Telecom.

[via]

     
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More photos of Samsung Galaxy S

Here's a few more photos of the Galaxy S from last week's ICS. I mentioned that I couldn't find the Samsung booth but I did spot the Galaxy S at the show. This is a different unit from the one Bayu was looking at as you can see from the baseband and kernel versions as well as the lack of connectivity widgets across the status bar. I didn't get to play with this phone much which is why Bayu's the one with the more complete first look.

While the camera and the screen look pretty impressive, the overall build quality of this phone feels rather cheap and plasticky (perhaps the fact that it's fully clad in plastic actually legitimizes this) but it's seriously light. For a phone that costs over $700 outright (Telkomsel is selling it for Rp 6,499,000, no subsidies), you'd expect it to feel sturdy and tough, but it doesn't feel that way.

Being used to the iPhone with 3.5 inch screen though, holding the 4-inch Galaxy S almost feels like holding a tablet. It's pretty damn big. 

When he mentioned that the app drawer resembles the iOS, he wasn't kidding, check it out below.

       
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Posted 12 days ago by Aulia Masna 

First Impression: Samsung Galaxy S at ICS

So last week I was at ICS and after a couple of weeks ago I got disappointed by the cancellation of the launched by Telkomsel, I finally got my chance to check out the newest device by Samsung, the Galaxy S.

A brief specification of this device, it sports a 4" Super AMOLED display, 5 MP autofocus camera and the ability to record a 720p video at 30 frame per sec, FM Radio, Android 2.1 + TouchWiz 3.0 UI and of course the 1GHz Hummingbird processor.

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