Sharp ships 1GHz IS01 developer’s edition in Japan, minus all the goodies
Hoping to get your hot little hands on the tinker-friendly edition of Sharp’s Snapdragon-powered IS01 Android MID? If you live in Japan, today’s your lucky day — assuming you’re willing to overlook the possibility that the developer’s version has been thoroughly neutered. According to a Japanese press release, JN-DK01 dev kits are now shipping, but apparently sans cellular modem (no phone calls, no 3G data) and without API support for FM and 1Seg connectivity. You’ll still get to play around with that 960 x 480 mulittouch LCD, experiment with IrDA and download Android Market apps over WiFi, but we’re not quite seeing the point of working with a cheap-feeling Android 1.6 device stripped of its coolest toys.
Sharp ships 1GHz IS01 developer’s edition in Japan, minus all the goodies originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 02:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: May 14th, 2010
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Android 1.6 retrofitted onto Samsung Q1 UMPC (video)
Too busy to bother with buying an Android-powered Archos 5? Then you’re probably way too busy to bother with this here hack. But just in case you’ve got a morning you can wipe clean and a few afternoons where you can scoot out early, it’s apparently possible to load up an Android 1.6 port onto one’s Samsung Q1 UMPC. Kevin at jkOnTheRun did just that over a relaxing weekend, and while he’s still struggling to get the touchscreen to act right, most everything else seems to be humming along sans issue. Eager to see if it’s something you’d be into? Hop on past the break and mash play — it’s twelve minutes in heaven, ladies.
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Android 1.6 retrofitted onto Samsung Q1 UMPC (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 20th, 2009
at 9:41am by Darren Murph
Topics: Android, Android1.6, DIY, OperatingSystem, SamsungQ1, android 1.6, google, hack, operating system, os, q1, q1up, samsung, samsung q1, umpc, video, x86
Acer Liquid slips through human fingers, but not before divulging new specs (updated)
Generic form factor? Check. Default Android skin? Check. Sure, that’s nothing exciting, but the real draw of Acer Liquid’s gonna be its large, 800 x 480 resolution screen (the exact size of which we still don’t know) and its 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. Unfortunately for the guys at Pocket-Lint, they didn’t get to play with the Donut-powered handset long enough to really push those two selling points, but on the bright side they did discover a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and some ISO adjustment options, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and what appears to be a 3.5mm headphone jack. Perhaps more importantly, they nabbed some pictures of the thing powered on and in action. Jealous? Yes, yes we are.
Update: We finally have the first images (above) showing Acer’s customized Android UI and social networking integration (after the break) courtesy of HDBlog.it. It not quite the full-blown replacement a la HTC Sense, but they’ve clearly brought a new bag of tricks in an attempt to make the vanilla OS experience Acer-unique.
[Thanks, Josh]
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Acer Liquid slips through human fingers, but not before divulging new specs (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 16th, 2009
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Topics: 1.6, AcerLiquid, Android, Android1.6, GoogleAndroid, acer, acer liquid, android 1.6, donut, google, google android, liquid
Acer Liquid mixes Snapdragon and Android 1.6 ‘donut’ for a movable feast
Hey, what do you know, Acer just kicked out its first Android handset into the mystical kingdom of donuts and Snapdragons. Liquid, a rebranded (and slightly restyled) A1, brings a 800 x 480 WVGA capacitive touchscreen upon which you’ll watch Android 1.6 ride that peppy Snapdragon processor. It’s presumably tuned to 1GHz (or higher) and not 768MHz as listed on the eXpansys Germany spec-sheet — a trick that’ll make this the fastest Android handset on the planet. Of course, what would Android be without some tweaking? Acer promises a bevy of unique features such as improved power management, a new UI with tight entertainment and web integration, geo-tagging, a “Spinlets” application for access to streaming video and music, and full address book integration with Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and other social media houses. Unfortunately, that’s all the detail that Acer’s willing to spill at the moment; dates, real specs, and prices when we get ‘em.
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Acer Liquid mixes Snapdragon and Android 1.6 ‘donut’ for a movable feast originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 14th, 2009
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Topics: 1.6, Android, Android1.6, BreakingNews, a1, acer, android 1.6, breaking news, capacitive, donut, liquid, snapdragon
