Windows Mobile Phones

HTC Ruby

Recently we saw the first pictures of the new smartphone from HTC, which code name is Ruby. Just these pictures issued that HTC will present a phone with a completely new design. The device is probably intended for the networks of American operator T-Mobile, which is also suggested by the logo in one of the staff, but this doesn’t mean that we will not see it in Europe. According to information, the smart-phone offers 4.3’’ display with qHD resolution and relies on dual-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, which would make it the fastest smart-phone from HTC Ruby. Mention is also two cameras with resolution – 8MP and 2MP, two hardware buttons – for photos and video capturing, 1GB RAM and Bluetooth 3.0 capabilities.

Android 2.3.4 for HTC Sensation

HTC Sensation is the first dual core smartphone of the company which came to market with Android version 2.3. But from HTC are willing to submit to the owners of the device the latest update of the OS – 2.3.4. The main change in this version is ability to use the front camera for video calls in Google Talk. Size of the update is 41MB and will upgrade the phone software to 1.45.401.2. It is not clear detailed list of changes but it is advisable to install it via Wi-Fi or USB connection, to avoid potential charges for mobile internet.

Google is buying Motorola Mobility.

Surprisingly, today Motorola Mobility announced that it will become the property of Google for the sum on 12.5 billion dollars. The price which will pay the internet giant is 40 USD per share. The deal already has been approved by the directors’ boards of both companies. The company’s new acquisition will allow them to improve Android mobile operating system and compete with other producers, especially Apple. Motorola Mobility will continue to operate as an independent company and licensee of Android. The transaction is expected to finish late this year or early next.

Security application for your Android phone

Android is a multi-process system, in which each application (and parts of the system) runs in its own process. Most security between applications and the system is enforced at the process level through standard Linux facilities, such as user and group IDs that are assigned to applications. Additional finer-grained security features are provided through a “permission” mechanism that enforces restrictions on the specific operations that a particular process can perform, and per-URI permissions for granting ad-hoc access to specific pieces of data.
Now the question arises that how does this security application works for your cell phone.
A basic Android application has no permissions associated with it, meaning it cannot do anything that would adversely impact the user experience or any data on the device. To make use of protected features of the device, you must include in your AndroidManifest.xml one or more <uses-permission> tags declaring the permissions that your application needs.For example, an application that needs to monitor incoming SMS messages would specify:
<manifest xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android”    package=”com.android.app.myapp” >    <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS” /></manifest>At application install time, permissions requested by the application are granted to it by the package installer, based on checks against the signatures of the applications declaring those permissions and/or interaction with the user.
The permissions provided by the Android system can be found at Manifest Permission. Any application may also define and enforce its own permissions, so this is not a comprehensive list of all possible permissions.
A particular permission may be enforced at a number of places during your program’s operation:
•At the time of a call into the system, to prevent an application from executing certain function.
•When starting an activity, to prevent applications from launching activities of other applications.
•Both sending and receiving broadcasts, to control who can receive your broadcast or who can send a broadcast to you.
•When accessing and operating on a content provider.
•Binding or starting a service.
Declaring and Enforcing Permissions
To enforce your own permissions, you must first declare them in your AndroidManifest.xml using one or more <permission> tag.
This mechanism allows a common capability-style model where user interaction (opening an attachment, selecting a contact from a list, etc) drives ad-hoc granting of fine-grained permission. This can be a key facility for reducing the permissions needed by applications to only those directly related to their behavior.
The granting of fine-grained URI permissions does, however, require some cooperation with the content provider holding those URIs. It is strongly recommended that content providers implement this facility, and declare that they support it through the android:grantUriPermissions attribute or <grant-uri-permissions> tag.
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HTC Wildfire

The HTC Wildfire is the phone to have if you have a lot of friends on any social networking site. This is because the HTC Wildfire brings to you the best in social networking than any other phone currently in the market.

Other phones need to have external applications installed in order to get updates and news from social networking sites. However, this phone has all those applications inbuilt. This means that you need not download any other external software that might otherwise result in your privacy being stolen. The HTC Wildfire comes with a 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen display that has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. You can turn-to-mute and also lift-to-dim-out a call. These are the most impressive feature of the touchscreen.

This touchscreen also lets you enjoy the best out of the HTC Sense UI that comes with this phone. The HTC Sense UI is not just a gimmick for selling the phone, but it reduces the complexity of the Android operating system used in this phone. The 2.1 version of the android is being used in this phone. Power to this is supplied by a Qualcomm MSM 7225 528 MHz processor. With five different colour options, black, brown, white, red and silver this phone is really attractive to the eyes. Like most of the other HTC phones this has a stunning five megapixel camera for capturing the best photographical talents that one might possess. With the 1300 mAh battery at its disposal, this phone is good enough for a long-lasting battery life. You do not have to go around searching for a charger after every single song. This lets you spend your time productively and efficiently. The phone is currently on sale in the UK for just over ?222 for the SIM-free version.

Android – The Future

Motorola Dext – An Introduction:

Motorola Dext is the latest to join the bandwagon of Android mobiles. It come is with the android technology sustaining the latest Android 1.5 operating system and state of the art MOTOBLUR technology. This handset has an exceptional 3.1” touch screen navigational home screen with dedicated widgets and links to social networking. It also comes with a full-fledged QWERTY keypad. The MOTOBLUR technology which is Dext’s icing on the cake allows the users an instantaneous admittance and uncomplicated updates to many social networking sites starting right from your home page. You have all required features ranging from WiFi to Bluetooth, 1.5 megapixel camera, document viewer, micro slot SD and allowing 32 GB storage. DEXT means a smooth, ideal and compact handset.

Gphone G2 Smartphone A Thorough Review:

If you are looking for a phone that satisfies you on the whole completely, check out the G2 Smartphone, another launch of Android. What all features this G2 Smartphone comprises of, you might be wondering. To start of, this phone has the facility to hook up to WiFi, so at any time you are in a hotspot, you are certain to have swift Internet entr?e. This phone also has the Quadband phone support for anyplace in the world. The G2 Smartphone is more of an Internet phone accompanied with Android OS than any other Basic or Multimedia mobile. Troubleshooting problems can now be put off at a far away distance.

This phone also comes in with a 2.0 Megapixel camera using which you can catch snaps of all your memorable moments in a flash. It has the media player support which plays videos, also, accommodating both the MP3 and MP4 files and also comes in with an in-built FM radio support. Therefore, you can hear to the music you like and watch your favorite videos right on the word go. You no longer need to carry your iPod everywhere you go as your Smartphone has all the features you require.

You can never get lost using the GPS voice navigation support built in to your Gphone G2 Smartphone. You can look up locations sitting at home before making a trip to the place you want to go with this swift and user-friendly GPS system. The Gphone G2 also runs tons and tons of applications too. Your Gphone G2 comes with MSN, Skype, and the e-mail function which are all free of charge. This phone runs Windows Office comprising of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You can therefore now weave documents while on the go.

This phone also comes in with a 2GB SD Memory Card. If not satisfied, then, you can upgrade your memory to 4GB or 8GB or even more. Now, in order for you to protect your precious data, you need a reliable antivirus which you can entrust yourself upon. You need to install the best antivirus software. Doing so will not only protect your data but, also, save your mobile from any virus or malicious attacks.

Free Google navigation now on UK Android phones

If you’ve been waiting patiently for a decent, free Sat Nav app for your HTC Desire, Sony Ericsson X10 or any other Android handset you’re in luck as Google have rolled out an update to their Maps application that provides full turn-by-turn navigation on your phone.

Google Navigation has been available for a while in the United States, but Google only flipped the switch for UK customers last night and while most of your were sleeping, your phone was hard at work updating itself.

Google Navigation is available on all Android devices that are running Android 1.6 or higher – regardless of manufacturer.

Handsets that should have received the update include:

• HTC Desire
• Nexus One
• Sony Ericsson X10
• Motorola Milestone
• HTC Legend