The Samsung Beam may not necessarily be among the slew of new Android handsets out in the market and to compound the people who have it, it looks like this handset will not be getting an Android 2.2 update.
This is the same phone that comes with a pico-projector and based on the number of user who have gotten the Samsung Beam, it seems that the numbers were not enough to justify making a FroYo update for it.
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To guide new Android-phone seeking customers, the Google Phone Gallery should be justified. It has just recently been launched and lists some of the popular models running on an Android OS available in the market and varying regions.
The intent is to provide customers an overview of past Android smartphones and compare them. They are narrowed down to operators and networks. currently there is available support for the USA
Though it may look like an ordinary smartphone, the CoolPad N930 does offer some enticing features. The Coolpad N930 will boast of a titanium body, ceramic buttons and a 3.5” (480×800) ASV LCD capacitive touch screen display and will run on an Android 2.1 OS.
It will be backed by a 1GHz CPU and may eventually get a FroYo upgrade after purchase. The said devices will be unveiled at the P&T/ Expo Co
It looks like the Altek Leo camera phone will finally be out next year and it will initially hit Europe. This phone will run on Android 2.1 and will come with a built-in 14MP camera that has a 3X optical zoom.
Other highlights of the Altek Leo include a 3.2” display and that it is capable of recording HD video in 720p. It will be out in Asia by the end of the year and then on to Europe in 2011.
Best Buy takes it up a notch, announcing a new enticing deal that should make pre-order and mail-in rebate look sheepish. This is the Free Phone Fridays deal they are holding this October, chopping the price of selected handsets to practically nothing every Friday of the month.
Among the handsets to be offered include:
Don’t look know but it looks like even Amazon.com will soon invade the mobile phone market. This is of course with the assumption that rumors of their impending plan to create a handset of their own materializes.
A rumor states that Amazon may be building its own tablet. This rumor has some pretty form roots based on the fact that the company announced their PlayBook app and are all geared up for their very own Android store.
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It looks like an Android Superphone will be making its way in time for the Holidays. It will reportedly come from Clearwire and the phone will be manufactured by Samsung. The phone is rumored to be similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy S and will be running on Android 2.2.
Other features of the Android Superphone include a front facing camera with software in partnership with OOVOO for internet calling similar to Skype.
It looks like the Droid 2 will be getting an FM radio after all! Well technically that is since it will be ported thanks to the efforts of some XDA developers (Slayher). He was able to successfully port a DX FM radio to his full QWERTY slider. The instructions are stated below.
As most ROMs and hacks, owners are advised to be responsible for applying the said porting. You will need this
It looks like the Google Nexus One will soon be getting a new ROM, thanks to Android’s open sourcing. This time around it looks like MeeGo will be ported to the Nexus One and perhaps the HTC Desire and Dell Streak too.
The reason the three devices are getting the most focus from the development community is because they all share the same Qualcomm chipset, the Snapdragon QSD8250.
Though it may take more time to full
