HTC Desire Z - A Closer Look

DESIRE Z

Size :119 x 60.4 x 14.2 mm

Weight:180

Screen Type:S-LCD 16M color,480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches

- QWERTY keyboard
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Optical trackpad
- Touch sensitive control panel
- HTC Sense UI
- Multi-touch input method

Processor :Qualcomm MSM 7230 800 MHz processor

Memory :1.5 GB ROM ; 512 MB RAM

Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)

-Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

-Bluetooth v2.1

Camera:5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

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HTC Desire HD - A Closer Look

HTC DESIRE HD

Size :123 x 68 x 11.8 mm

Weight:164

Screen Type:S-LCD 16M color,480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Optical trackpad
- Touch sensitive control panel
- HTC Sense UI
- Multi-touch input method

Processor :Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8255 1 GHz processor

Memory :1.5 GB ROM ; 768MB RAM

Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)

-Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

-Bluetooth v2.1

Camera:8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash

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Spot the difference: HTC Desire's SLCD versus AMOLED

If you'll recall, a little while back HTC waved its white flag amid AMOLED shortages and made the jump to the readily-available SLCD for its Desire and Nexus One handsets. As a quick recap, here's what CEO Peter Chou said about the swap:

"The SLCD displays provide consumers with a comparable visual experience to HTC's current 3.7 inch displays with some additional benefits including battery performance."

So, just how "comparable" is the SLCD? To find out, we picked up both flavors of the Desire to perform some comparison tests. Let's start off with the picture quality: what caught our attention straight away was how much sharper SLCD is, but alas, AMOLED is still in the lead for vibrancy and brightness. We dug a little deeper and learned that this has to do with the different pixel arrangements on the two types of panels -- unlike traditional TFT LCD panels, AMOLED's PenTile RGBG (red, green, blue, green, etc.) filter matrix utilizes just two subpixels per pixel instead of three in the same amount of space, thus allowing greater transmittance due to the larger red and blue subpixels. But obviously, the downside is that the pictures aren't as sharp as the denser-packed SLCD. Read on for more!

Spot the difference: HTC Desire's SLCD versus AMOLED

Another noticeable difference is that this SLCD has a warmer tone and -- to our surprise -- better contrast than our AMOLED, even though the latter panel produces darker blacks (as the black pixels don't transmit any light at all). Both of these findings are presumably the side effects of AMOLED's larger red and blue subpixels (with blue ones being the largest of the three colors), and consequently, we get a more faithful color reproduction from SLCD. We then compared viewing angles and concluded that AMOLED and SLCD respectively owned the side-way test and vertical test, but the dead zones were so negligible that most people wouldn't notice them.

Next up is the reflection test. In our Desire and Legend reviews we've moaned about how AMOLED screens look horribly washed out under day light, so we were hoping that the SLCD Desire wouldn't suffer from the same flaw. However, the actual outcome was rather disappointing: with both screens boosted to maximum luminescence, the brighter AMOLED was actually a touch more visible than the SLCD, but still far from usable on a bright day. In fact, we've seen better outdoor performance on theNokia N8's AMOLED screen, so it seems that HTC's glossy glass is to be blamed for the rather surprising test results here -- we've certainly seen the same problem plaguing our LCD-donning Hero as well. Anyway, you can see more outdoor ugliness in the video below.

To draw an end to our comparison test, we decided to see if Chou is right about SLCD sipping less battery juice than AMOLED. To do this, we put both Froyo phones on airplane mode, disabled screen timeout, set the brightness to medium, made sure no extra services were running, and then let the same movie --Four Lions, if you must know -- burn them off until they give up. Well, guess what? Chou might be wrong -- in our two runs, the SLCD Desire consistently died within a little under five hours, whereas its AMOLED brother was still going strong with about 30% battery left. And before you say it, we even swapped the batteries across the two phones before the second run, so it's safe to say that AMOLED is actually the more efficient hamster here.

Wrap-up

So here we have it: there really is no clear winner between SLCD and AMOLED when it comes to picture quality -- the former offers a sharper picture plus a more realistic color reproduction, whereas the latter shows off brighter, more vibrant colors. But as we concluded earlier, AMOLED seems to be slightly ahead of the game with its power efficiency. Still, this doesn't help the fact that both screen types suffer from the same glossy glass on the Desire, thus rendering them almost equally as useless under day light. Come on now, HTC: whatever you're announcing this Wednesday, let's hope that you have something real special up your sleeves to please our eyes, literally.

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Great news for Desire user ~~~Update – HTC Desire (Android 2.2) Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) update

Your phone will receive a notification of FOTA update when it is made available. Simply press OK to accept the update via a data connection such as Wi-Fi or GPRS/3G. After installing the update, you can confirm a successful update by confirming the Build number (From the Home Screen go to MENU> Settings> About Phone> Software Information> Build number). The new Build number after the update will be 2.13.707.1. Update: Android 2.2 and HTC Sense update. Note：Please back up your data first before upgrading your phone. We recommend using a free Wi-Fi hotspot or an unlimited data plan to apply this update. If not, standard data connection charges may apply. For any questions, please contact us at http://www.htc.com/www/CA_Hotline.aspx

Exclusive: T-Mobile G2 in the wild!

These shots of a real, live G2 confirm what we'd already suspected from renders: this is basically an Americanized version of the upcoming HTC Vision. What does that mean? Well, it means you can expect a 3.7-inch display paired with Android and a sliding QWERTY keyboard -- higher-end than the myTouch 3G Slide and a fitting successor to the trailblazing G1, if you ask us (though admittedly not quite as geeky as the model it replaces). Follow the break for another shot!

source:engadget

Google Sync - Setting Up Your Windows Mobile Phone for Google Sync

Google Sync - Setting Up Your Windows Mobile Phone for Google Sync

To set up Google Sync on your Windows Mobile device, please follow the steps below.

Important Note: Make sure that you have backed up any Contacts and Calendars from your phone to your computer before proceeding.

Getting Started

1. Open the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync application on your device's home screen.
2. Click Set up your device to sync with it.
3. Enter m.google.com as the server address.
4. Ensure that the SSL option is selected.

Sign In to Your Google Account

5. Click Next.
6. Enter your full Google Account email address as the User name.
7. Enter your Google Account password as the Password.
8. Leave the Domain field empty. If your device requires you to enter a domain name, enter google.
9. Click Next.
10. Check Contacts, Calendar, or Email, depending on which you'd like to sync. (Tasks is not supported and will lead to an error if checked.)
11. Click Finish.




12. Press the Sync softkey on the left to synchronize.

You've now set up Google Sync for your Windows Mobile device.

Tip: If your business, school, or organization uses Google Apps, your administrator will first need to enable Exchange ActiveSync before you can take advantage of this feature.

Adobe Flash 10.1 Player beta on Nexus One with Android 2.2

What are the general hardware and software requires for Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices?

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS	FLASH PLAYER 10.1
VGA	Dedicated Cortex-A8 550 MHz processor with Neon for A8 only Hardware vector floating point unit (FPU)
WVGA	Dedicated Cortex-A8 800 MHz processor Hardware vector FPU required
Mobile operating system * †	Android (2.2) FroYo * Downloads of Flash Player 10.1 will be available for devices that meet Adobe's minimum hardware and software requirements. † The release of binaries for mobile platforms to device partners will occur in the first half of 2010. Some in-market devices will be capable of supporting the binary releases immediately from OEMs. To learn more about device availability and support of Flash Player 10.1, please contact the respective device OEM.