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Dell Philippines has finally launched its very own Android tablet in the local market — the Dell Streak 5. I have heard that this device has already been roaming around the grey market last year and selling for around Php35k.  I wonder why it took so long for it to reach the Philippines.  Well, at least it hear now.

The Dell Streak 5  SRP is Php27,000

Dell Streak 5 specs:

Gorilla Glass display

480 x 800 pixels, 5.0 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen

Adreno 200 GPU

1 GHz Scorpion processor (Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon)

up to 32Gb via microSD

HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps

16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth 2.0 w/ A2DP

5MP autofocus camera w/ dual-LED flash

720p video recording

GPS w/ aGPS

Li-Ion battery 1530mAh

This is what I have been waiting for, a PSP on my cellphone.  Well Sony Ericsson made a dream come true. The Experia™ Play is Powered by Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and to be the first  PlayStation™ certified smartphone.  In phone mode, you can experience almost everything that Android technology can give. With best-in-class entertainment experiences, a great 5 megapixel camera, a brilliant 4” multi-touch screen and great social networking features.

And when you slide down the gaming control, here the excitement begins. User can experience a new world of great mobile gaming. The slide out game pad has a digital D pad, two analogue touch pads, two shoulder buttons and the four PlayStation icons: circle, cross, square and triangle. Qualcomm’s optimized Snapdragon processor with a 1Ghz CPU and embedded Adreno GPU graphics processor deliver silky smooth 60fps play-back 3D mobile gaming and Web browsing with minimal power consumption so Xperia PLAY users can enjoy long hours of battery life and game time. The Eperia™ is expected to be available this March 2011.

Experia™ Play & Android video

Specification:

• Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
• 1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
• 2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network     HSDPA 900 / 2100
• HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
• 119 x 62 x 16 mm
• LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• 480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches
• PSP like gaming buttons
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
• Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
• Multi-touch input method
• Timescape UI
• 400 MB, 380 MB RAM internal memory (user-available)
• microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

android 2.3

The wait for Android 2.3 could be over this week.  According to some tweets in twitter yesterday, Android 2.3 could be released  by November 11.

“Prepare your Nexus One (developer version) for Android over-the-air update 2.3 (Gingerbread) for the next few days,” according to a translation of a tweet in Spanish sent yesterday by Alvaro Fuentes Vasquez.

Google Mobile Team  released the latest version of Google Map for Android which is version 4.6.  The Google Mobile team had added  many feature to the said version.  It includes the Page  Place Reviews, Advance filter option result and a Google Latitude real-time updating option.  I have experience the power of Google Map in a lot of platform, I still remember, I used to have one on my P1i Which is running on Symbian OS 9.1 UIQ 3.0,

“Lately, we have been working on giving you even better ways to find nearby places with Google Maps for Android, such as the Places icon and rich Place pages,” posted on Google Mobile Blog reads.

Page Place Reviews

This is now available in the Google Map for Android, this feature is already available in the desktop version.  What it do is let you see “Reviews from around the web” for highlighting sites that have high-quality reviews about the place  and “Reviews from Google users” for reviews posted directly to Google Maps by other users.

Filter search results

Narrowing or filtering searches is very easy with this version.  Now you can narrow  down which place page review you want to check.  You can also filter results for some searches by:Open now, Neighborhood and  Related searches

Google Latitude Real-Time Updating

In this feature you can choose a speculative “Real-Time updating” option from an individual Latitude friend’s profile page to help meet up with them by temporarily seeing faster location updates (friends must have Maps 4.6 and Android 2.2+).

Google Map for Android 4.6  is now Available at Android Market.

Acer Philippines just released a special edition of their liquid E, the liquid E Ferrari Special Edition.  New style and look and now running on Android 2.1 OS.   Added some extra features and accessories that includes some ringtones, images and video.  Retail price for this unit is ₱29,990

Specification:

Official Video of the Acer liquis E Ferrari Special Edition

Opera has just announced their upcoming browser, the Opera Mobile  for Android Phones.  Well we all know that there are lots of browser that are available in the Android Market and most user can’t really decide which to use.  Therefore this announcement that Opera made is an excellent news.

In their announcement, the Opera Mobile will be available sometime next month. So lets wait and see how this browser’s gonna hit the market.  One of the Opera Mobile’s main feature is the pinch  zooming and the hardware  acceleration support.

You  can read more details here.  So lets just wait for the final lunch and you be the judge.

CM’s Nova, one of their latest released Android phone in the Philippines.  With a slick design and a 3.2 inches HVGA capacitive touchscreen, i think the Nova can compete in other Android phone that is in the market today. With its competitive price of  ₱11,000 and functionality of an expensive Android phone, people who cant afford an expensive Android Phone can still enjoy its features with an affordable Cherry Mobile Nova phone.

The unit is powered by a 600 Mhz Qualcomm MSM 7227 running on Android 2.1 operating system and equipped with a 5.0 megapixel camera.  Apps is not a problem with Nova  cause it has access to thousands of applications available in the Android market.  Other feature are stated in the specification below.

Specifications

• Android OS 2.1
• 5.0 Megapixel Camera with Flash
• Quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900
• Triband UMTS 900/1900/2100
• 3.2″ HVGA Capacitive Touchscreen
• Qualcomm MSM 7227 600 MHz Processor
• 3G/HSDPA Connectivity
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• GPS/AGPS
• Google Mobile Services (Gmail, Maps, Marketplace)

HTC launches their latest handsets last April 29, 2010,  HTC Smart, HTC HD mini and HTC Legend. The event was held at the ayala museum with celebrity Rhian Ramos.

HTC Smart

HTC Smart compact phone running on Brew® Mobile Platform at 300MHz processor speed. It has a 2.8-inches TFT-LCD touch screen sensitive.

Specification:

• 3oo MHz processor
• Brew® Mobile Platform
• 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution
• 256mb ROM & RAM
• 104 x 155 x 12.8 mm dimension ( 4.09 x 2.17 x .5 inches )
• 108 grams ( 3.81 ounces) with battery
• Europe/Asia:2100 MHz
• Up to 384 kbps up-link and 3.6 Mbps down-link speeds
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
• 850/900/1800/1900 MHz  (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
• Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)
• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
• microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

HTC Smart’s suggested retail price : Php12,900

HTC HD mini

HTC HD mini brings the HTC HD2 in a smaller package with HTC Sense interface lets you experience HTC technology in full capacity.

Specification

• 600 MHZ processor speed
• 3.2-inches capacitive touch screen with 320 x 480 HVGA screen resolution
• Windows Mobile® 6.5 Professional with HTC Sense™
• 512 mb ROM and 384 mb RAM
• microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• Supports up to 32 GB
• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
• Standard micro-USB  (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
• G-Sensor
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor
• Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
• Supported profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, DUN, FTP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HID, HSP, OPP, PAN, PBAP, SAP, SPP
• Windows Media® Player
• Albums
• Pictures & Videos
• FM Radio
• Audio supported formats: .aac, .amr, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .mp4, .qcp, .wav, .wma
• Video supported formats: .wmv, .asf, .mp4, .3gp, .3g2, .m4v, .avi
• Internal GPS antenna
• HTC Footprints™
• 5 megapixel color camera
• Auto focus
• Widescreen photo capture

HTC HD Mini’s suggested retail price : Php29,200

HTC Legend

The HTC Legend has a stylish look and a sleek unibody design, powered by Android 2.1 and AMOLED display.

Specification

• 600 Mhz processor speed
• Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense
• 3.2-inches AMOLED capacitive touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
• 320 x 480 HVGA screen resolution
• 512 mb ROM and 384 mb RAM
• microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• Supports up to 32 GB
• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• 3G: Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed and Up to 2 Mbps upload speed
• GPRS:Up to 114 kbps downloading
• EDGE:Up to 560 kbps downloading
• Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• G-Sensor
• Digital compass
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor
• Photos application for viewing photos and videos
• Music
• FM Radio
• Audio supported formats: Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma
• Recording: .amr
• Video supported formats:Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv
• Recording: .3gp
• Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
• A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• FTP and OPP (object push) for file transfer
• Other supported profiles: AVRCP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, PBAP, SPP, Service Discovery Application Profile
• 5 megapixel color camera
• Auto focus and flash
• Widescreen photo capture
• Geotagging
• Internal GPS antenna
• Google Maps
• HTC Footprints™

HTC Legend’s suggested retail price : Php31,700

All this three unit will be available to market this May.

Images and specification info was gathered directly from HTC