Galaxy Beam runs Android 2.1 and features 3G support, a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED screen (WVGA), TouchWiz UI 3.0, Social Hub, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Allshare (DLNA), 8MP autofocus camera with LED flash, front facing VGA camera, GPS and 1800mAh battery. There is no mention of the speed of the processor but we believe it has an 800MHz processor or faster Hummingbird processor like the Galaxy S.

If you are interested to look at the phone, it will be available for viewing in some of the selected shop starting from 10 July.  The price of the phone will be from SGD0 for higher and SGD398 for a lower plan (SGD38/month).

[via starhub]

SingtelShop is selling it online at the moment and for a SGD39 plan, you can get it for free.

The new phone from Sony Ericsson has a small form factor and it is targeted at ladies.  It has a QVGA (240×320 pixels) with a size of 83.0 x 50.0 x 16.0 mm.  It is 88g of weight.  It has a 5MP camera, wifi, FM radio, Bluetooth and aGPS.  Software wise, it is running Android 2.1 and has the Timescape application from Sony Ericsson.

I has attached a pretty impressive video from Sony Ericsson after the break.

Enjoy!

The new Android phone coming from Motorola is an Android 2.1 device with Motorola’s touch ups:

• 3.7”, 16:9 WVGA display
• Dimension: 60.9×115.95×10.9mm/ Weight:139g
• HD video capture at 720p, HDMI to HDTV
• 854 X 480 ultra-large high-resolution with pinch & zoom and double tap
• 8 megapixel digital camera with professional xenon flash and 720 x 240 high-resolution video camera function
• Support for Bluetooth®  stereo headset and data transmission2
• 3.5 mm jack for the widest choices of headsets for music enjoyment
• FM Radio
• 8GB Micro SD expandable to 32GB
• CrystalTalk™ professional noise cancellation technology, recognized throughout the industry for its clear, uninterrupted voice calls in high-noise environments.
• 3.5G HSPA 10.2Mbps/5.2 and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g for high-speed internet access
• Newest Motorola handwriting recognition technology to enable quick input and accurate recognition of cursive styles and simplified forms of Chinese
• Built-in gravity sensor, infrared proximity sensor, and ambient light sensor mode
• Powerful Cortex™ A8 processor with 3D accelerator built in for smooth and easy multitasking
• Concurrent processing of multiple email accounts and separation of work email and personal email inboxes
• Five Chinese input methods including phonetic notation, handwriting, Cangjie, pinyin, and Chinese strokes

Grab yours today!

The translation of the announcement:

“From 4th of June, HTC Hero will start receiving OTA update.  The main new function is Android 2.1 upgrade.”

Wow, a brand new HTC Hero, finally.  However, it is not Froyo

Asia users should been getting the update by now.  Anyone?

An official statement from HTC representative:

“The integration of Eclair on the HTC Hero took longer to develop than anticipated and we apologise for this delay.

We are committed to meeting our customers’ demand for this update.”

Do we need wait till the FroYo is released and have an outdated OS again?

[via techradar]

How about the rest of the world?  From the passed experience,  Asia should get the upgrade shortly after Taiwan’s release.  So we are expecting to get the upgrade in Singapore in May.

[via engadget]

The fast port could due to the fact that the hardwares of Nexus One and Desire are very similar.  The moder from Modaco is able to load the ROM extracted from HTC Desire to Nexus One with just a few modifications.  Most of the things work now with some needed more work.

With these moders around, we should be expecting a ROM with HTC Sense to be available soon from the community.

How excited!

[via modaco]

HTC’s Benelux team reports that the Hero will get the update in March.  And not only the Hero will get the Android 2.1 update, the Sense UI will get quite a number of improvements as well.  The update will include a new Friend Stream widget that enables you to keep up with social network, like Facebook or Twitter, and improve Microsoft Exchange support.

Excited?!

Here is the scoop and note that there are some differences compared to the Android 2.1 of Nexus One:

• It looks like it’ll be based off the Android2.1-update1 build that Google put out last week on the Nexus One.
• So do expect multitouch in the browser, to go along with the pinch-to-zoom that was enabled on the Droid for Google Maps just last week.
• Google Goggles will be included in the ROM by default.
• The Droid’s home screen remains as is – it still uses the app drawer
• No live wallpapers.
• The news and weather widget from the Nexus One will be included

I am wondering whether the upgrade will be rolled out to MILESTONE users at the same time.  Nevertheless, DROID users, enjoy the upgrade and join the world of Android 2.1.

[via engadget]

The Russian blog youhtc.ru has released a much better quality picture of the HTC Supersonic and it looks good.  Oh, there is a rendered picture of it as well.

Well, at the moment we can only view the pictures and wait for this next superphone from HTC – 4.3 inch WVGA AMOLED screen, 1Ghz Snapdragon, super thin body, Android 2.1 with Sense.

[via youhtc]

A representative of Irish mobile operator Meteor has revealed that HTC is now telling operators to expect Android 2.1 to arrive for the much-loved HTC Hero in March.  They actually posted the following information to their official forum:

“Just got another update on this and HTC have said they are releasing 2.1 on the Hero and we are hoping to have this available by the end of March.

This will be available via the HTC website and we are also looking at other ways to make this update easier to access for our customers. As soon as I hear any more on this I’ll let you all now because I know the release of 2.1 is something that everyone is looking forward to.”

Since it is coming from the operator, I believe the information should be quite accurate.  Wow, mark your calendar and celebrate.

[via eurodroid]

Peter Chou (HTC CEO), Andy Rubin (Android main man) and Google’s VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra hosted a press conference at Mountain View, California. The Nexus One was revealed and yes, Google will be selling it themselves. The Nexus One has already received major coverage and you should have seen it on all major media by now.

Nexus One is to be sold direct by Google on their own web store - http://www.google.com/phone. The unlocked version will cost you USD529 and yes, they will ship to some countries.  But for the moment, they will ship to 3 other countries only – UK, Hong Kong and Singapore.  They are selling it along with selected partners also – T-Mobile has it at USD179 and it will be coming toVerizon soon too. And in Europe, it will be sold through Vodafone with a discounted price with mobile plan sign up later this spring.

And we have the official specs from Google now:

• 1Ghz CPU 3.7″ OLED display
• trackball
• GPS
• Accelerometer
• light and proximity sensors
• 5 megapixel camera with LED flash.
• Active noise cancellation which uses two microphones on the device to suppress background waffle. (something new!)
• The software – Android 2.1 (Eclair, not Flan)
• A lot of voice features including the ability to speak to your phone and have it type out your emails.
• Google Earth (yeah!!).

The full specs of the phone is here.

The press release is after break.

Android was developed with one simple idea: Open up mobile devices to enable greater innovation that will benefit users everywhere.

We first executed on this vision a little over a year ago, when we launched Android on one device with one operator in one country. Today, we have 20 devices with 59 operators in 48 countries and 19 languages. And because Android is free and open source, it continues to flourish. Android allows devices to be built faster, and at lower cost. And anyone can build anything on top of the platform. This ultimately benefits users.

To help adapt Android to the needs of consumers, we apply our engineering resources to selected projects with handset makers and operators. Together we have improved the rate and pace of innovation in mobile phones. The volume and variety of Android devices today has exceeded even our most optimistic expectations. And we believe we can accelerate the pace of innovation further. So we thought: What if we work even more closely with our partners to create devices which showcase some of the great software technology we’ve been working on? And what if we make those devices available for purchase through a new, simple online web store from Google?

Well, today we’re pleased to announce a new way for consumers to purchase a mobile phone through a Google hosted web store. The goal of this new consumer channel is to provide an efficient way to connect Google’s online users with selected Android devices. We also want to make the overall user experience simple: a simple purchasing process, simple service plans from operators, simple and worry-free delivery and start-up.

The first phone we’ll be selling through this new web store is the Nexus One — a convergence point for mobile technology, apps and the Internet. Nexus One is an exemplar of what’s possible on mobile devices through Android — when cool apps meet a fast, bright and connected computer that fits in your pocket. The Nexus One belongs in the emerging class of devices which we call “superphones.” It’s the first in what we expect to be a series of products which we will bring to market with our operator and hardware partners and sell through our online store.

Manufactured by HTC, the Nexus One features dynamic noise suppression from Audience, Inc., a large 3.7″ OLED display for deep contrast and brilliant colors and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ chipset for blazing speeds. Running on Android 2.1, the newest version of Eclair, the software includes innovations like a voice-enabled keyboard so you can speak into any text field, fun Live Wallpapers, a 3D photo gallery for richer media experiences and lots more. Of course, it also comes with a host of popular Google applications, including Gmail, Google Voice and Google Maps Navigation.

Today, the web store allows you to purchase the Nexus One without operator service or with service from T-Mobile USA. We expect to add more operators, more devices and more countries in the future, including Verizon Wireless in the U.S. and Vodafone in Europe. To learn more about the Nexus One, and our new web store, we recommend checking it out for yourself by visiting www.google.com/phone. We look forward to seeing how our new program and the Nexus One contributes to accelerating innovation on mobile products for the benefit of users worldwide.