HTC DESIRE IS BEING LATE FOR ORANGE UK
Orange UK customers eager to get newly launched HTC Desire on the new device.
Even though the handset isn’t available to order online through the Orange UK website, it seems that the demand from Orange Shops, Telesales, and Upgrades alone is enough to start causing stock shortages.
Earlier today Orange UK’s PR Manager, Conor Maples, commented via Twitter that high demand for the HTC Desire is causing delays in getting stock to their outlet channels, and went on to reassure customers that they are working to fix this as a priority.
HTC Desire
Conor also confirmed that that HTC Desire Black Edition will be available from Orange at the end of the month.
[via twitter.com]
Orange Boston Budget Revealed with Android Phone
Orange Europe are set to launch their own Android handset with a rumored low price of just 1 euro (phone tariff dependent).
The Orange Boston handset is believed to have been built by Foxconn on behalf of the Orange network and will feature a 3.2 inch (480 x 320) display, 600MHz Qualcomm processor, 256MB RAM, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, GPS, a microSD card slot and a 5 mega-pixel camera.
Orange Boston Android phone
Judging from the leaked image along it seems likely the Boston will launch with Android 1.6, with updates possibly in the pipeline.
The has been rumors for some time now that certain European networks are working on launching their own branded handsets, and it now seems Orange will be the first.
[via eurodroid.com]
UK and Germany are getting instant Motorola Milestone Android 2.1 Update
Although the latest Android 2.1 updates have already begun to roll-out to Milestone users in France and Italy, it seems that users in the UK and Germany will have to wait a little longer.
Official Facebook page of Motorola, Motorola Europe revealed that they have encountered some issues when testing the 2.1 update on the UK (T-Mobile) and Germany (Vodafone) networks.
Motorola Milestone
For UK Milestone owners and those on Vodafone Germany, we apologise for the delay in the upcoming 2.1 upgrade. Issues occurred in testing on the networks and this has held up the process. We are now in final testing for the UK and assuming no further issues arise, this will be released next week. For Vodafone in Germany, we are looking to release later this week. As soon as dates are confirmed, we will let you know.
Just yesterday Motorola Europe announced that the Android 2.1 roll-out was underway, with users in France and Italy able to update their handsets after either receiving the OTA update prompt or by going to the menu in Settings -> About Phone -> Select System Updates.
[via facebook.com + softpedia.com]
Google Confirms Android 2.1 Downgrades Image Quality
Dr Raymond Soneira from the DisplayMate Technology Corporation (whose tools are used extensively to evaluate HDTV and monitor performance), noticed that the picture gallery on the Android 2.1 update offers lower image quality than that of the previous 2.0 update.
Dr Raymond Soneira compared the two updates on a Motorola Droid handset, noting that the picture application in Android 2.0.1 offered 24-bit color depth, whereas Android 2.1 downgraded images to 16-bit color depth.
From these findings, Google issued the following statement confirming Dr Raymond Soneira’s discovery:
The Gallery app in Android 2.0.1 is different from the Gallery app in Android 2.1. Google developed Gallery in Android 2.0.1, which uses 24-bit color rendered using 2D technology. On the other hand, Cooliris created Gallery in Android 2.1, which uses 16-bit textures rendered using 3D technology. We don’t have anything specific to share at this time regarding the Gallery app in future versions.
The full report and technical round-up can be found over on the DisplayMate website.
