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boy geneus report has android2.0

We hope you Android lovers out there are sitting down, because we’re about to knock your socks off. Android 2.0 hasn’t been released, announced, or even pictured. Until now. And we’re doing it like we’re doing it for TV — major screenshots and major information right here, just for you, our beloved readers.

Android 2.0 looks to be a major improvement in Google’s mobile OS and we couldn’t be more excited about it. From native Exchange support to native Facebook support (it will sync with your contacts), browser improvements, a completely updated Maps application, unified email Inbox — there’s much, much more — and a brand new UI makeover, version 2.0 starts to make Android a really viable (and interesting) platform. Bounce over the jump for all the screenshots and our walkthrough!

Please note: this isn’t the final build of Android 2.0 and the follow reporting is based on the version we have running. Things can and will change prior to release.

Microsoft Exchange compatibility looks to be built-in to the OS now, and the new unified Inbox is perfect for keeping up with your personal and corporate email. You can star (flag for the corporate world) emails, mark multiple as read or unread, delete, forward — whatever you want basically. Emails load effortlessly. Unfortunately (or not so unfortunately) the unified Inbox won’t work with your Gmail account as that uses the specific Google-made Gmail email application in Android.

Maps has been updated to include Layers. We’d imagine this will grow over time but now you can overlay search queries, Wikipedia entries, Latitude buddies, traffic, transit lines, and even load remote My Maps where you can share and receive directions with others. Android 2.0 seems to have some multi-touch gestures built-in like two-finger tapping in Maps, that will zoom in, however, there’s no gesture to zoom out and pinching doesn’t work. © Apple.

The browser has a nice little UI makeover with a redone URL entry bar which includes a Favicon. In terms of performance, no this version we have doesn’t have Flash 10, Google keeps making strides in the browser space. It’s worlds better than anything we’ve used previously on a stock Android OS, and jumps one notch higher than HTC’s customized browser. There is not multi-touch in here as of now, but, you can double tap to zoom in and zoom out which is really all we’ve been asking for since Android 1.0. Oh and did we mention this thing flies? We’re talking ridiculously close to iPhone 3GS web page speeds.

There’s now a YouTube widget you can place directly on your homescreen and that allows for literally two-click YouTube video uploaded. You hit record, the video recording app launches, you type in a title and description for your newly-recorded video, and it’s up and away.

While the settings area is roughly the same overall, there’s a lot of interesting additions in 2.0. For starters, there’s haptic feedback built-in and a brand new Accessibility option. There’s also a new option for Text-to-speech and generally with Android 2.0, you’re given more control over the settings of your phone and more opportunities to customize it based on your liking. Something completely bewildering is the fact that if you set a lock code for the phone (seriously give people a choice to use numbers or letters as the passcode), there’s no lock interval option, so each time your phone turns off (about every 30 seconds when not in use), you’re forced to enter the password again on arrival. Lame.

Car Home. What? You don’t know what that is? Ok, it’s a new application that’s meant to be used, uh, in your car. Seriously it’s actually quite nice. It’s a consolidated list of icons that help you perform things (presumably using voice commands if you’re driving). Things like doing a voice search across the internet, getting driving directions, viewing a location on a map, selecting a contact, searching through your phone, etc. It’s very cool that you can say, “map of gas stations” and that will open Google Maps and show you on the map where all the gas stations are closest to you. Not exactly new technology, but hey, we didn’t say it was. We said this was all about pushing Android forward, and it is.

The Amazon MP3 application seems to work over 3G instead of just Wi-Fi now, but whether that is something done because of Android 2.0 or just because of the carrier it’s running on, we’re not positively sure.

Contacts seem to be much more roomy and there’s some great functionality built right in. Instead of hitting the contact and then diving through it to find the contact information you need, just tap the contact’s photo. Up will spring a clean and tidy sub-menu with the pertinent information which can be clicked on. Send someone an email instantly, open up their Facebook profile, or even call them! Very cool and all great things that we love seeing.

Things like the music application and gallery application don’t look to have changed too much, if at all. There also looks to be some more flexibility when defining homescreen shortcuts and things of that nature.

That’s all we have for you today, guys. What do you think of Android 2.0 in its not-final version? We’re loving it. And it could help that it’s running on a pretty bad ass piece of machinery, but hey, that’s for another day.

more info on htc magic 4 etisalat

Abu Dhabi, 07 October 2009, Etisalat, in collaboration with HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, has announced the launch of the eagerly awaited "HTC Magic" in the UAE, the Emirates’ first Android™-powered smartphone, providing a whole new range of mobile capabilities.

Kevin Chen, General Manager, Middle East and Africa said, Omar Al Muzakki, VP Product Marketing

The launch of the region's first Android phone is the result of a successful collaboration between Etisalat and HTC, which aims to offer innovative and superior mobile solutions to the UAE's rapidly growing consumer base.

A device with a sleek and unprecedented compactness for a smartphone featuring the Android platform, the HTC Magic enables a superior mobile Internet experience, providing broad flexibility for personalisation.

HTC Magic is pre-installed with top-notch applications from Google, including Google Search™, and Gmail™ creating multiple layers of advanced mobile internet capabilities for users who are frequently on the road. Furthermore, HTC Magic is equipped with a 3.2-inch HVGA touch screen display, a trackball and optimised navigational buttons, a 3.2 mega-pixel camera and GPS.

Essa Al Hadad Chief Marketing officer, Etisalat, said, “Etisalat has a history of launching pioneering initiatives that provide the best value and technology experience to our customers and we are delighted to now bring the first ever Android-powered mobile device in the UAE. HTC Magic will provide unparalleled technology experience to our customers with its innovative, advanced and intuitive internet connectivity features. The launch of this new smartphone is in accordance with our goal to remain highly responsive to the emerging and evolving needs of our customers. HTC Magic perfectly complements our diverse range of connectivity solutions with its superior mobile internet capability and advanced applications."

Kevin Chen, General Manager, Middle East and Africa said, “Taking advantage of the revolutionary capabilities of the Android platform, HTC Magic is equipped to satisfy the most challenging demands of smartphone users, particularly in the UAE where mobile connectivity has become an integral part of everyday life. HTC Magic's cutting-edge technology and user-friendly interface are significant value-added features that enable users to enjoy mobile and internet applications practically anywhere and in any situation."

"We are excited to be partnering with Etisalat to launch this powerful phone within one of the most important mobile markets in the region. Furthermore, this partnership is a testament to HTC's continued commitment to innovate and develop new solutions, as well as leveraging strategic partnerships to enhance our value proposition to our consumers,” added Chen.

HTC Magic features the Android-optimised Web Kit browser, while it is also equipped with a variety of email options such as POP3, IMAP and Google Talk™ for instant messaging, aside from regular SMS and MMS messaging. The feature-packed HTC Magic also comes with Outlook® synchronization, Smart Dialer, and has an onscreen QWERTY keyboard with predictive text. The onboard SlideME Application Manager (SAM) provides access to variety of software and games for download.

HTC Magic, which comes in the colour black, will be available in the market late October at a retail price of AED 2199 for the prepaid customers with one month free 5GB data package. Attractive offers will be available for post paid customers as well. The device will be available from all the Etisalat Business centres.

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NEW PROPOSED DATA BUNDLES ALONG WIT ANDROID DEVICES
	Postpaid Data Plan 1	Postpaid Data Plan 2	Postpaid Data Plan 3	Pre Paid Data Plan
Up front charge	AED 899	AED 599	AED 0	AED 2199
Monthly Rental	AED 195	AED 295	AED 460	-
Data included(GB)	1GB	5GB	10GB	5GB for first month
Contract period (months)	12	12	12	No contract

Product Specifications:

Size: - 113 x 55.56 x 13.65 mm (4.45 x 2.19 x 0.54 in)

Networks: - WCDMA/HSPA: 900/2100 MHz
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Maximum Speed Uplink = 2 Mbps; Downlink = 7.2 Mbps

Operating system Android™

Camera 3.2 megapixel colour camera with auto focus
Internal memory 512 MB flash ROM, 288 MB RAM
Expansion Slot microSD™memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Wi-Fi® IEEE 802.11b/g
Bluetooth® Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless
stereo headsets
GPS Internal GPS antenna
Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion Capacity: 1340 mAh

Special features Digital Compass, G-Sensor
Chipset Qualcomm® MSM7200A™, 528 MHz

Android, Google, Google Search, Gmail, and Google Talk are trademarks of Google, Inc

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etisalat has more comingEtisalat is holding talks with handset manufacturers with a view to launch more phones using Google's Android operating system by the end of the year.

The operator launched the first Android-based phone in the region yesterday in conjunction with HTC. Samsung and Acer have also announced plans to launch Android-based phones this year.

"Following the launch of HTC Magic, etisalat will definitely introduce more Android-based phones to the UAE market," said Omar Al Muzakki, the telecom company's Senior Director, Product Marketing.

Etisalat is offering both prepaid and postpaid packages for HTC Magic phone. The prepaid plan costs Dh2,199 with 5GB of data free for one month. There are three postpaid packages with 1GB, 5GB and 10GB of data.

via Emirates Business 24/7

htc magic to etisalat late this month

Etisalat, in collaboration with HTC Corporation has announced the launch of the eagerly awaited "HTC Magic" in the UAE, the Emirates' first Android™-powered smartphone, providing a whole new range of mobile capabilities. The launch of the region's first Android phone is the result of a successful collaboration between Etisalat and HTC, which aims to offer innovative and superior mobile solutions to the UAE's rapidly growing consumer base.

A device with a sleek and unprecedented compactness for a smartphone featuring the Android platform, the HTC Magic enables a superior mobile Internet experience, providing broad flexibility for personalisation.

HTC Magic is pre-installed with top-notch applications from Google, including Google Search™, and Gmail™ creating multiple layers of advanced mobile internet capabilities for users who are frequently on the road. Furthermore, HTC Magic is equipped with a 3.2-inch HVGA touch screen display, a trackball and optimised navigational buttons, a 3.2 mega-pixel camera and GPS.

Essa Al Hadad Chief Marketing officer, Etisalat, said, "Etisalat has a history of launching pioneering initiatives that provide the best value and technology experience to our customers and we are delighted to now bring the first ever Android-powered mobile device in the UAE. HTC Magic will provide unparalleled technology experience to our customers with its innovative, advanced and intuitive internet connectivity features. The launch of this new smartphone is in accordance with our goal to remain highly responsive to the emerging and evolving needs of our customers. HTC Magic perfectly complements our diverse range of connectivity solutions with its superior mobile internet capability and advanced applications."

Kevin Chen, General Manager, Middle East and Africa said, "Taking advantage of the revolutionary capabilities of the Android platform, HTC Magic is equipped to satisfy the most challenging demands of smartphone users, particularly in the UAE where mobile connectivity has become an integral part of everyday life. HTC Magic's cutting-edge technology and user-friendly interface are significant value-added features that enable users to enjoy mobile and internet applications practically anywhere and in any situation."

"We are excited to be partnering with Etisalat to launch this powerful phone within one of the most important mobile markets in the region. Furthermore, this partnership is a testament to HTC's continued commitment to innovate and develop new solutions, as well as leveraging strategic partnerships to enhance our value proposition to our consumers," added Chen.

HTC Magic features the Android-optimised Web Kit browser, while it is also equipped with a variety of email options such as POP3, IMAP and Google Talk™ for instant messaging, aside from regular SMS and MMS messaging. The feature-packed HTC Magic also comes with Outlook® synchronization, Smart Dialer, and has an onscreen QWERTY keyboard with predictive text. The onboard SlideME Application Manager (SAM) provides access to variety of software and games for download.

HTC Magic, which comes in the colour black, will be available in the market late October at a retail price of AED 2199 for the prepaid customers with one month free 5GB data package. Attractive offers will be available for post paid customers as well. The device will be available from all the Etisalat Business centres.