The mysterious HTC supersonic, rumored to be headed to Sprint and running on their 4G WiMax network was caught on film briefly. Slim details are known other than that it’s running Android, it will be blazing fast, and sports a 4.3 inch display. Check out the video clip and start drooling.
I had a little chuckle and a little frown at this unboxing video. Unboxing videos are generally crap, but this one is worth a look. It’s a bit long, but skip ahead to about the 1 minute mark for the action. Nobody likes to see a brand new phone destroyed, especially if it’s an Android phone.
| Capacity | • Flash Memory: 8 to 32 GB* + Micro SD Slot (SDHC compatible) • Hard Drive: 160 to 500 GB* |
| Display | • High resolution screen, 800×480 pixels, 4.8” TFT LCD, 16 million colors • Touch screen |
| Video playback 7 | • MPEG-4 HD (up to 720p) • MPEG-48 (ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution) • H.264 HD (up to 720p) • WMV (MP@ML, up to DVD resolution) including WMV protected files • M-JPEG (Motion JPEG Video) in QVGA resolution With optional plug-in (downloadable from your tablet or on www.archos.com): • Cinema: MPEG-2, WMV HD (720p), VOB |
| Audio playback 7 | • Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 Kbits/s CBR & VBR, WMA, Protected WMA, WAV (PCM/ADPCM), AAC9(except protected content), AAC+ stereo audio files, Flac and OGG Vorbis. With optional software plug-ins (downloadable from your tablet or on www.archos.com): • AC3 stereo audio and 5.1 sound files (via SPDIF output of DVR Station ) |
| Photo viewer 10 | JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF |
| Subtitles | Support subtitles files with .srt, .ssa, .smi, .sub extensions |
| Video recording 11 | • Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on. Records NTSC/PAL/SECAM in MPEG-4 AVI format with stereo sound, VGA resolution (640 x 480) @ 30 or 25 f/s • Via the optional TV Snap-on (only available for Europe): Records TV in MPEG-2 TS format. |
| Audio recording | • Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on: Stereo line-in, WAV (IMA ADPCM or PCM) format • Voice recording with the built-in microphone |
| Others applications | Webbrowser, Email, Contacts, DroidIn™, Ebuddy™IM, Twidroid™, Deezer™, Dailymotion™, QuickPedia, ThinkFree Mobile, Moov, CraigsPhone, Pages jaunes™ (only for France), High Paying Jobs (only for US & Canada), Alarm clock, Calculator… |
| Interfaces | • USB 2.0: Media Transport Protocol (MTP) • USB 2.0 Host: Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) with optional Mini Dock, Battery Dock and DVR station • Micro SD (SDHC compatible) on ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet 8 to 32 GB • Add-on connectors to connect to the DVR Station and other ARCHOS add-ons |
| Communication protocols | • WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) • Bluetooth 2.0 • FM transmitter • FM receiver (RDS) |
| Miscellaneous | • Built-in speaker”• Built-in leg stand• Built-in Microphone |
| Power source | • Internal: Lithium Polymer battery • Device charges via computer USB port • External: Power adapter/charger (via optional add-on) |
| Battery life | • Music playback time12: up to 22 hours13 • Video playback time12: up to 7 hours13 |
| Scalability | • Device automatically downloads latest firmware updates when the WiFi connection is activated • Updates can also be downloaded at www.archos.com |
| Dimensions & weight | • ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet Flash series: 143,2×78,8×10,4 mm – 182g• ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet Hard Drive series: 143,2×78,8×20 mm – 286g |
| Minimum system requirements | • Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista, or higher (with Windows media Player 11 for MTP) • Linux (with Mass Storage Device Support) • USB 2.0 interface |
| Package includes | ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet, earphones, Standard USB cable, DVR Station adapter, Quick Start Guide (QSG), legal and safety notice. |
Just a quick video here of the HTC Tattoo showing off some of it’s features. Those familiar with the Hero will recognize most of what’s going on here, but it’s the differences that we’re most interested in. Audio is German I believe, so if you don’t speak it, you can just mute the video and enjoy the Android goodness.
[via HTC Source]
If you thought “Rosie” aka Sense UI on the HTC Hero was hot, wait till you see what Sony Ericsson has in store for us on the rumored upcoming Xperia “Rachael” handset. Posted over at an unofficial Sony Ericsson blog is the above video, showing off a very slick UI, similar to HTC Sense, but with more eye candy. We already showed you the leaked pictures and some of the specs on the Sony Ericsson Xperia handset that is rumored to be running this version of Android, and it definately has the hardware to pull it off. Between this and Sense, Apple is going to have their hands full at trying to keep Android from eating up its share of the smart phone market.
[via USEB]
Straight from the HTC YouTube account, just a little more eye candy for you to look at:
From the same developer that brought us Nesoid, the great NES emulator, Android users can now enjoy Gensoid, a great Sega Genesis emulator that works nearly perfectly. Crunchgear posted a great video that shows off what it can do. And you can pick it up for only $2.99 from the Android Market. It will play pretty much any Genesis ROM out there, and let’s you save the game state of each individual ROM. Instead of going through a whole walk-through, I’ll let the video speak for itself. But I highly recommend this one, well worth the price of a latte for hours and hours of entertainment.
Let’s hope “yongzh” is working on more excellent emulators and games for us.