A while ago, Google announced the new Android 1.6 , now, the new Version 2.0 is officially announced. The new Android 2.0 “Eclair” contains two very important sections: SDK support and a comprehensive list of changes in the latest version. Here are the major changes us lay folk are going to care about:
Motorola has just launched, only for T-Mobile costumers, the new Motorola Cliq or Dext for other markets. The second is the Sholes, exclusively offered by Verizon Wireless. But, we now that Motorola is planing to launch even more phones. The third new Motorola phone (maybe Android) is called Devour, recently passed by WiFi alliance.
The new Facebook 1.7 for BlackBerry is available to download it for free. The update isn’t live on App World just yet, but you can download it by visiting blackberry.com/facebook or m.facebook.com on your browser or Blackberry application world.
What is new?
Just today Microsoft has announced the availability of the new Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade to some WM phones in the States. The list? very short but the way. HTC Dash, Snap and Touch Pro2, and the Samsung Jack and Epix.. hold on?… did they day HTC Dash 3G.? Seams the T-Mobile Dash 3G will get the upgrade soon, after the other carriers will get it first.
RIM has just announced that the latest build of Blackberry Messenger version 5.0 will be available tomorrow, October 7th! BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 will feature enhanced SMS, avatars, large media file transfers, a bar-code identity feature, and more.
According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, specific absorption rate, or SAR, is “a way of measuring the quantity of radio frequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body.” For a phone to pass FCC certification and be sold in the United States, its maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6 watts per kilogram.
Earlier this week, CPS told you about the “Crazy Idea” of Deutsche Telekom to buy Sprint-Nextel with a bid of $10.6 Bn Apparently, the plan was to acquire the company, then somehow integrate 3 different Networks (GSM, CDMA and iDEN) creating after the merge, a bigger, stronger, super carrier.
Android 1.6 SDK is available for download. Android 1.6, which is based on the donut branch from the Android Open Source Project, introduces a number of new features and technologies.