It’s not a rumour any more, Google has officially announced Google Maps for Mobile, the turn-by-turn navigation on Google Maps for Android 2.0 devices. This featureis one of the most wanted for Google Maps and now it is available on beta.  The latest Motorola Droid is loaded with Android 2.0 and thus has the free navigation software by Google.  According to the press: This new feature comes with everything you’d expect to find in a [...]

Wondering what the reviewers had to say about this latest smartphone?  Check out a couple of links below where the reviewers have good impression about this latest gadget from Motorola: Gizmodo Engadget Both the hardware and software (Android 2.0) have been given good marks by the reviewers.  If you are getting your next phone, Motorola Droid is something you should consider.

The first Android 2.0 powered smartphone is officially announced.  Verizon will be selling this much anticipated smartphone starting from 6th of November for USD199 on a 2 years contract.  Not bad at all. The official specs of the Motorola DROID: Powered by Arm Cortex A8 550 MHz processor 3.7-inch 854×480 screen 5-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash DVD-quality video capture and playback (720×480) 16GB microSD QWERTY keyboard 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS (with Google Maps Navigation) Android [...]

It is official now, HTC has just uploaded the Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM update for Touch Diamond 2 to their Europe support site. The owners of Touch Diamond 2 in several European countries like UK, Germany, Denmark, Swenden, Norway and Portugal can now download the ROM from HTC web site and upgrade their Touch Diamond 2 to Windows Mobile 6.5. As usual, backup your phone before upgrading and enjoy the new firmware after that. The [...]

That is fast! Google’s Android team has just released the SDK version 2.0.  And they are expecting another minor release by the end of the year.  The release marks a major milestone of Android development, with lots of new features that that Android an attractive platform for mobile devices.  Below are some of the highlights: Support multiple accounts for contact and email sync. Third party can create “sync adapters” that provide sync with additional data [...]

Aftern one and half month of the original announcement of Pixi, the price and launch date of Palm Pixi are official now.  It will be sold at Sprint at USD99.99 on 15th of November (after mail in rebate). This small of Palm Pre is targeted at a bigger mass, with its small screen and super thin body.  And now, with a more attractive price then Pre. As usual, it is for US market only and [...]

Lucky you Magic owners in Taiwan, the Sense update is now available from HTC. While many of us have been waiting for the update since HTC announced this during the Hero launch and finally the first update goes to the Taiwan Chunghwa Magic owners.  I believe that rest of the Magic owners will get update very soon.  And please HTC, do let us wait for too long.  However, those labeled with “With Google”, like MyTouch [...]

Sony Ericsson’s Rachael (Xperia X3 / X10?) is coming on 3rd of November?  Apparently there is a page on Sony Ericsson’s web site for the next thing to come from Sony Ericsson.  The link below in the page suggests it will link to a page for Rachael. When the screenshots and video were leaked not long ago, the Rachael is certainly attractive to many people as the customized interface looks good and the multimedia capability [...]

HTC becomes one of the largest smartphones manufacturer in just a few years.  For the past few years, they have not been doing active marketing.  And this has been changed now, we are seeing a lot more marketing activities from them and the commercial ads are just part of the activities.  Plesae take a look at the following TV commercials, I think it is pretty cool. One more after the break.

Motorola has already announced its Android 2.0 (Eclair) phone – Droid.  Being the first and largest Android phone manufacturer, HTC will not want to be too far away from Motorola.  According to Gearlog, HTC has confirmed that they already have Android 2.0 in house and working with it for future phones.  I think the rumoured Dragon phone would be one of them. While no information tells that the current HTC phones will get the upgrade [...]