The Android Site » CommunicAsia 2009 http://theandroidsite.com Android news, phones, tablets, reviews, how-to guides and more Tue, 22 May 2012 21:56:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Haier Shows Off the H7 Android Handset http://theandroidsite.com/2009/06/17/haier-shows-off-the-h7-android-handset/ http://theandroidsite.com/2009/06/17/haier-shows-off-the-h7-android-handset/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:46:34 +0000 Ben Marvin http://theandroidsite.com/?p=459

What we have here is the H7, from Chinese manufacturer Haier shown off at their booth at CommunicAsia 2009. Featuring a 2.8-inch touch-screen display, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity, FM radio, GPS, and a 2-MP camera with “onboard flashlight”. The picture above is just a non-working mockup, so no word on how it compares to HTC or Samsung handsets. The H7 is supposed to cost about $150 when it’s launched in France in September.

Anyone else notice a trend of new Android handsets looking nearly the same?

[via Cnet]

]]> http://theandroidsite.com/2009/06/17/haier-shows-off-the-h7-android-handset/feed/ 0 Huawei U8230 Announced at CommunicAsia 2009 http://theandroidsite.com/2009/06/16/huawei-u8230-announceds-at-communicasia-2009/ http://theandroidsite.com/2009/06/16/huawei-u8230-announceds-at-communicasia-2009/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:35:29 +0000 Ben Marvin http://theandroidsite.com/?p=457 This is the Huawei U8230, a rather unsexy name to a very sexy looking handset. The latest handset from Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei, and a gorgeous addition to the world of Android. Featuring a 3.5″ LCD touchscreen, 3.2MP camera, and a rather average 1500mAH battery, also no physical QWERTY. From the photos it looks to be one of the thinnest Android smart phones yet. It’s also reported it will have onscreen full QWERTY or half-QWERTY, so we can speculate this will be running some custom firmware, not unlike what HTC has been doing with their Android firmware. And is that a front-facing camera we spy?

Spokesperson for Huawei Glory Chueng says:

“Having joined the Open Handset Alliance in 2008, Huawei is rapidly moving forward with the development of cutting-edge high-end handsets, especially smartphones powered by Android and Windows Mobile operating systems… The U8230 and the C8000 handsets on display here at CommunicAsia take the interactivity experience of smartphones to a whole new level and Huawei is looking forward to working with our customers to bring them to market later this year.”

We’ll be waiting patiently for more details to emerge on this and other Huawei Android handsets. No word on pricing, but the U8230 can be expected to his Europe and possibly Asia before the end of the year.

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