Posts Tagged ‘HTC’

HTC and Linux = Android

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

In May I wrote about Google’s mobile operating platform called Android. Today we know that the first manufacturer to bring it to life will be HTC. So the HTC’s dream to have a Linux based mobile phone is coming true. And T-mobile operator decided to call it “Dream”. So who in this story dreams of electric sheep? Android does have a big dream of entering to the boxing ring with Symbian. And more over, the official announcement will come on Tuesday. So Tuesday’s announcement are not reserved for Apple! ;-)

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Do androids dream of electric sheep?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

During the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Steve Horowitz demonstrated a long awaited Google Android mobile phone. Equipped with Linux kernel and Java Virtual Machine the phone was connecting to the Internet over a high-speed 3G mobile phone network. That provided enough resources to present Google Maps with the Street View. I’m wondering how well it would work over GSM or other low-speed networks?

The phone used in this demo had a touch-screen, although not multi-touch, but I guess that could be fixed by the second half of 2008 when the phone is scheduled for release.

The brand of the phone used in the demo was not disclosed, but Horowitz said that it is powered by Qualcomm MSM 7201A processor. Having said that, and taking into account the overall look and feel, the phone is most likely an HTC. That brings me to respond to the question from the title of this post. Maybe androids dream of electric sheep, but certainly HTC dreams of Linux.

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