09 December 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts
For those of you planning to get the recently launched LG Optimus One P500, it might be a good time to hold on to your budget. The Korean phone maker, LG, has just confirmed that the device will be stuck in Android 2.2 Froyo. While this version of the OS is good, it will never be able to run the newly launched 2.3 Gingerbread update.
LG is now focusing on the use of its recently acquired VMware company and of course, engine. The system allows ...
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HTC Legend deals on contract
With newer cutting edge technologies, mobile phone makers take some strides to better their preceding models. The Taiwan-based smartphone leader HTC does exactly that when it decided to supersede its highly successful HTC Hero with the new HTC Legend.
At first glance the Legend impresses with a classy brushed aluminum exterior finish designed on a unibody that is said to have been carved out from a single aluminum block. That makes it indestructible and the live demos where it gets hurled against a sold wall and survive seem to confirm its heirloom quality.
The statement that a mobile phone feels solid in your hand is now an understatement as it is literally solid. It comes in either gray aluminum or black colors you can choose from.
Improving on the Hero
Succeeding the esteemed Hero, the Legend gets 9 grams lighter and about 3 mm thinner with the newer optical trackpad where the Hero had a more conventional trackball. It sports the same 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen with multitouch data entry support but gets a more brilliant and energy efficient AMOLED screen technology with 16 million colors compared with the 65k colors in the Hero.
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Under the hood, the Legend has an improved engine with a 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor replacing the Hero’s 526 MHz Qualcomm MSM 7200. It runs on the newer and more feature-rich Android 2.1 Éclair where the Hero is stuck with an older Android 1.5 Cupcake with no upgrade path todate.
Battery-wise, you get a slightly lower 7 hours of talk time and 440 hours in standby on 2G from a slimmer 1300 mAh battery compared with the 1350 mAh battery of its predecessor.
Common Features
The HTC Legend is a 3G phone on the dual band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA and a quad band GSM with class 10 GPRS/EDGE on the 2G network. WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and miniUSB 2.0 to serve its local high speed data transfer functions.
Its imaging feature is every bit a carry-over from that in the Hero with the same 5 megapixel resolution with autofocus, LED flash and geo tagging. It also inherits the same SatNav functionality with A-GPS and Digital Compass.
Multimedia takes off from the same media playback support for the popular audio and video file formats, a stereo FM radio with RDS, speakerphone and stereo headphone listening from its 3.5mm headphone jack or via A2DP. The HTC Legend gets the same 512 MB ROM and an improved 384 MB RAM with practically unlimited phonebook entries and fields as well as the usual microSD memory expansion support for up to 16 GB.
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Latest HTC Legend News
23 November 2010 by Zhuman
I was hesitant on updating my HTC Legend to Android 2.2 as a result of the previous update several months ago. I had heard that Vodafone had faced a backlash to their update and had to make a U-turn regarding this. I therefore updated my HTC Legend after this, expecting everything to be as it should. Immediately I had loading issues every time I tried to get to the home screen. After having no luck online trying to find a solution, I played with ...
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I was hesitant on updating my HTC Legend to Android 2.2 as a result of the previous update several months ago. I had heard that Vodafone had faced a backlash to their update and had to make a U-turn regarding this. I therefore updated my HTC Legend after this, expecting everything to be as it should. Immediately I had loading issues every time I tried to get to the home screen. After having no luck online trying to find a solution, I played with ...
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17 November 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts
We will be skipping past Eric Schmidt’s announcement –we all know the details already. And there are plenty of data already out there. But passing up on more mobile goodness would certainly be a waste, so here’s a quick recap of all the smart phone related news that the launch of the Nexus S managed to overshadow. First up, Toshiba’s Android tablet Folio will no longer be sold under Dixons –at least, temporarily. The retailer has just made the...
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We will be skipping past Eric Schmidt’s announcement –we all know the details already. And there are plenty of data already out there. But passing up on more mobile goodness would certainly be a waste, so here’s a quick recap of all the smart phone related news that the launch of the Nexus S managed to overshadow. First up, Toshiba’s Android tablet Folio will no longer be sold under Dixons –at least, temporarily. The retailer has just made the...
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16 November 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts
The Dell Streak and HTC Legend are getting much awaited Android OS updates. According to Dell, the Streak touch screen smart phone will finally be getting that much awaited jump from 1.6 Donut to 2.2 Froyo. The Dell announcement has confirmed that the update will also be available to UK users. The only issue now is that an exact date has yet to be given. For those unfamiliar with the Streak, this Dell branded smart phone literally stands out f...
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The Dell Streak and HTC Legend are getting much awaited Android OS updates. According to Dell, the Streak touch screen smart phone will finally be getting that much awaited jump from 1.6 Donut to 2.2 Froyo. The Dell announcement has confirmed that the update will also be available to UK users. The only issue now is that an exact date has yet to be given. For those unfamiliar with the Streak, this Dell branded smart phone literally stands out f...
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09 November 2010 by Best Mobile Contracts
It is not that common for a phone manufacturer to have a special app store –though it certainly applies for those that own specific operating systems. This is the case with Apple’s iTunes for the iOS as well as the custom app stores for RIM’s BlackBerry OS and Palm’s WebOS. Even Samsung’s new Bada OS also has its own store. Unlike the above mentioned platforms, Windows Phone 7 is owned and made by Microsoft, not HTC. And while Microsoft is com...
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It is not that common for a phone manufacturer to have a special app store –though it certainly applies for those that own specific operating systems. This is the case with Apple’s iTunes for the iOS as well as the custom app stores for RIM’s BlackBerry OS and Palm’s WebOS. Even Samsung’s new Bada OS also has its own store. Unlike the above mentioned platforms, Windows Phone 7 is owned and made by Microsoft, not HTC. And while Microsoft is com...
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