HTC Lancaster Will Be Android Powered

 

AT&T already has the retail availability of iPhone and now the company is soon going to come up with HTC Lancaster which will be Android Powered very soon. According to the market sources of Taiwan this Andaroid powered smartphone is expected to launch in the third quarter of this year probably on 3rd August. HTC Lancaster is the third Android powered phone of HTC will be marketed for the first six months in USA by AT&T.

This phone is going to be developed on Qualcomm MSM7225 platform. This phone will support 3.5G, AGPS standards and also 850/1900MHz HSDPA/HSUPA. This smartphone will come with a QWERTY keyboard which slides out horizontally. HTC Lancaster will come up with Edge, a 3 mega pixel camera, microSD card, 2.0 Bluetooth and a HTC social messaging user interface which is something unique. A standard ARM 11 processor is said to power this phone.

Parrot Minikit Chic

 

Driving can be annoying and of a great risk if you don’t have any kind of hands-free device while driving. The Parrot Minikit Chic is a good looking small device which can be easily clipped or place on the sun visor of your car.  Parrot Minikit Chic is a portable Bluetooth hands-free device which has made calling while driving very easy and convenient. The intuitive interface of this device connects to your Bluetooth enabled phone automatically when it’s nearby.

When this device pairs to your mobile phone the phonebook of this device gets automatically synchronized with the contacts on your cell phone. The voice synthesis of this device is also very good as you just have to say the name of the person whom you want to call and it recognizes the name without the need of any prior training. Parrot Mini Chick can be easily operated with only three buttons. To make and end calls you can make use of the two rectangular buttons and the round button in the center of the device can be used as a menu and volume control option.

Parrot MINIKIT Chic Specification:

Interface:
- 3 buttons, including 1 rotary button
- 2 LEDs: green LED and red LED

Telephony:
- Green button: answer, call a contact from the phonebook, start voice recognition, confirm, dual call, private mode
- Red button: hang up, switch on/off, exit the menus, cancel
- Rotary button: access the menus, adjust the volume, send DTMF signals

Audio:
- Full duplex
- Built-in omnidirectional microphone
- Audio output via the vibrating panel
- Advanced Parrot NR3 noise reduction
- AEC-2 echo cancellation
- Voice menus for all menus
- Multi-speaker voice recognition
- Text To Speech: speech synthesis of the names in the phonebook
- Voiceprints: up to 150 per phone

General:
- Number of contacts: 1 000 per phone / total of 2 500

Language:
- one language per version

Pairing:
- up to five devices

Battery:
- lithium-ion, maximum charging time of 4 hours
- Battery life: over 15 hours talk time / over 20 days on standby

Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR
- Profiles supported: HFP (Hands Free Profile) / OPP (Object Push Profile) / PBAP (Phone Book Access Profile)
- Other profiles: SyncML, Synchro AT, Synchro Nokia
- Range: 10 metres
- Pairing: by PIN code (1 2 3 4)
- Updates via USB port

Processor:
- Parrot P5+ @ 208 MHz
- Flash = 256 Mbits
- RAM = 64Mbits

Dimensions and weight:
- Length: 110 mm / 4.33 in
- Width: 60 mm / 2.36 in
- Thickness: 29 mm / 1.14 in
- Weight: 83 g / 2.93 oz

Get ready to have another netbook with Google Android OS

         

Asus can again be seen in action with Google this time. One of the pioneers who brought forward netbook concept to the world in the contour of Eee PC line, Asus, is once again tying up with a new company this time to give its users yet again an all new netbook. This time its Google with which Asus jointly coming forth with Google Android OS.

If latest reports are to be believed then Asus is expanding in the field of mobile really soon. Even Microsoft is taking a keen interest in the entire process. Anyone can see that Windows Mobile’s domination on mobile phones will be shaken by a giant company coming up with Android. Similarly, Android may also look forward to touch a new market altogether; the laptops with lower costs.
Microsoft had a tough time to capture the place by taking it away from Linux. Now the same clouds of threat can be seen over Microsoft as well.

It is supposed that the all new Asus netbook powered by Google Android will hit the market in the coming months of this year only. Last year in the month of October, Android hit the mobile market and already impressed HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG and the likes. So the chances of Google Android OS making big are quite many this time as well. But we actually cant comment what will happen in the future. Its only time to tell or the Google Android OS users.

Whatever the case, Microsoft is already having its fingers crossed and all those who loved Android are hoping for the launch to be soon. Lets see if Google Android OS along with Asus would be once again able to spell the same magic as it did earlier. If Google Android OS would win hearts and take the leading position in the market by throwing away the already stable brands or get a cold response in the market, is what we all are waiting to see.