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GSM HTC Hero getting Android 2.1 today (in Asia)

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:12:44 +0000

The CDMA HTC Hero (sold in the U.S. through Sprint) has received its Android version 2.1 and now is the time for the GSM version of the smartphone (released almost a year) to get rid of 'Android 1.6, too.

HTC has officially announced that starting today, the owners of Hero Taiwan Android 1.2 update will receive notification in the air.

We hope that Android 1.2 will reach owners of Hero in other Asian and European markets soon.

Whereas the hero was launched in 2009, probably will not update to Android 2.2 Frøya (a desire), but has yet to Android 1.2 users happy. After all, around 1.6 phones do not update at all.

Via HTC Source

Chinese phones banned in India for security reasons

Simone McLean — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:17:56 +0000

After the banning of IMEI-less phones last December, India’s government has now decreed the banning of all phones produced by China-based companies.

According to Global Telecom Business, the Indian government is concerned about the fact that phones from China could come with “spyware or malware that offers intelligence agencies across the border access to telecom networks in India” – and that’s the reason for the ban.

Manufacturers like ZTE and Huawei, which used to sell lots of phones across India, will certainly be affected by the decision.

Indian telecom operators are also put in a difficult situation, as many of them have ordered phones from Chinese manufacturers and now they have to search for other suppliers. On the other hand, India-based phone makers should be quite happy about all this.

Companies like Nokia, Samsung, LG and Motorola may see a rise in sales across India following the banning of Chinese handsets. Ironically, lots of the phones that come under these big brands are actually manufactured in China.

Via Pocket-lint

Unknown Motorola handset, possibly the Zeppelin aka the Titanium, passes through the FCC

Kelly Hodgkins — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:35:56 +0000

Rumor and speculation abound as an unknown Motorola world phone has been spotted at the FCC. The handset includes CDMA 800/1900, GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900, EV-DO Rev. A, standalone GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and WiFi 802.11b/g. This particular feature set suggests that the phone is a smartphone, not a feature phone. It is also reasonable to assume that this is another Android handset as Motorola has embraced Android as its smartphone platform of choice. The phone is identified by the codename “Titanium” in the FCC documents but may in fact be the Zeppelin. The Zeppelin was revealed by digi.QQ.com to be a dual-sim CDMA/GSM phone slated for China. Digging deep into this initial rumor uncovers the suggestion that the Zeppelin may be codenamed the Titanium. Zeppelin = Titanium = our mysterious FCC phone, which is headed to China and not the US. Case closed?

[Via PhoneArena and digi.QQ]

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