Motorola gets certification for two cordless based on Android 2.3

Motorola has just got the U.S. FCC certification for its first devices Android phone dedicated to the home. In fact something had already come out in 2010 but no further indiscretion was leaked to date, the day appeared on the government website images and user instructions.

The two models appeared,  MBP2000PU and HS1101 , have the same technical characteristics and differ only in color, black and silver for the first and glossy black for the second. Both can therefore count on a 3.2-inch LCD display with resolution 400 × 240 pixels , front camera, 1.5-watt speakers, microSD and micro-USB. The Android operating system should be Gingerbread (according to the screenshot shown) and access to applications is possible but only through the platform SlideMe.

 

There are of course information on price and time to market, that would still leave soon saw that the rock of the FCC has just been passed. In a world where smartphones are slowly replacing any other communication device the decision to focus on an update of the terminals of the house will be a real challenge, you buy it?  by

Gingerbread Ice Cream Sandwich vs. Android: pros and cons according to Sony

After confirming the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich for the entire 2011 range of online Xperia interesting statements coming directly from the developer section of Sony that clearly describe what the advantages and disadvantages in adopting the new operating system. The agonizing wait for the release of version 4.0 may in fact weaken slightly for all terminals Xperia owners who can not rely on a hardware exception.

Sony does not want to play down expectations for the update that will bring several new features on the devices, but is keen to stress that the level of stability achieved by Gingerbread is really great and not comparable to ICS, obviously still immature.

The Xperia range 2011 has an average of 1-1.4GHz CPU and 512MB of Ram , the resources that allow upgrades but also require an optimization that does not preclude good performance. Ice Cream Sandwich is bringing many new features as seen in from a new look, a UI based on Holo, Face Unlock for terminals with front camera, a book that has more contact information and much more.

This is in contrast to a system designed around devices like the Galaxy Nexus (SoC TI dual-core processor with 1Gb of Ram), hence the difficulty in adapting the Qualcomm SoC (smartphone Xperia 2011) with specifications mentioned above, which show no doubt a consuming more resources than is the case in Gingerbread:

Many App use a significantly greater amount of RAM in ICS. For example, in the web browser and is particularly evident in our measurements is shown using a 20/30 Mb in more than Gingerbread. In our studies we have also seen that the transactions in writing and reading of the SQL database gets more time in the ICS, which slows down applications.

 Another important change is related to ' hardware acceleration , supported in the latest distribution from the GPU which provides an interface more smoothly with a greater demand for Ram:

Tests on our applications have shown that such settings that uses 1-2Mb of RAM more and requires more time in starting with HW acceleration. Another effect is that it can in some cases contribute to the reduction of battery backup.

To overcome these drawbacks Sony is equipping an Ice Cream Sandwich Performance Assistant , which will aim to keep an eye on the exploitation of resources and leave us to easily close the instances unnecessary, but can not do anything, for example, the acceleration hardware when playing videos that may adversely affect the autonomy compared to Gingerbread.

Android 2.3.5 available for Samsung i9003 Galaxy S SCL

Comes to us from our forum news that will surely please the owners of the Galaxy S SCL (i9003): the arrival of the update today via Kies for Android 2.3.5.

The variation of the LCD screen superclear Galaxy S thus passes to one of the latest versions of Gingerbread, waiting for the jump (hoped) to Ice Cream Sandwich. So open your copy of Kies (or Odin , if you prefer manual update) and let us know how you are with this new update.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Android Gingerbread gets to the end of the week

Long languor users Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 in anticipation of the firmware with Android 2.3 Gingerbread will soon be rewarded. Update, according to a company employee at Facebook , will be released within a week.

Writing in the social network reads: "The launch of 2.3 for X10 closer, he is scheduled for 30 week (25-31 July). Date may still change as much impact on the efficiency of operators. The software will come out gradually, just as it was with 2.1, but the exact release date depends on the market and the operator, that is, we unfortunately can not give specific dates for each country. Further details will be unveiled during the output update. "

[ via 3dnews.ru