HTC
Hero will Perform with Cellular South
Cellular South wireless provider plans to launch its first
Android-powered smartphone, the new HTC Hero. Consumers will be able to
pre-order the device on October 5. Android's open source platform, which
includes Android Market, an open marketplace for applications, will give
customers access to more than 9,500 applications.
The HTC
Hero, featuring Android, is developed by the Open Handset Alliance, a
partnership of over 40 global mobile industry majors. The Hero also has
built-in Google mobile services with synchronization, including Google
Search, Google Maps, Gmail, and YouTube.
As more
mobile apps are coming for these devices, SPB Software, a mobile
applications developer, has recently announced the release of SPB TV for
Android phones. SPB TV is a subscription-free mobile IPTV viewer,
designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from
across the world. (Read:
Mobile TV Comes to Android Phones)
Among
other apps, Searchme, Inc. has released its Searchme visual search app.
It’s available for free on Android Market. The Searchme application for
Android delivers large images of web pages, videos, music, and different
products on the smartphone. (Read:
Searchme on Android Phones)
In December last year,
Loopt, an interoperable social
mapping and communication service, had offered its service to consumers
through the Android Market, which is Google's new mobile application
store. (Read:
Loopt Enters the Android Market)
Now
according to Cellular South, Layar application by Sprxmobile will be
available to download on Cellular South's Android smartphone. This
next-generation reality browser built on top of Android shows what
points of interest are around the wireless user by superimposing
real-time digital information on top of reality through the camera on
the mobile phone.
Android
is an open platform which enables manufacturers from around the world to
develop better user interfaces. HTC Hero is built with a user interface
based on the HTC Sense philosophy. It offers customizable home screens.
It also
integrates social networking applications into the experience with its
Twitter widget and seamlessly ties in Facebook and other social networks
into the contact and message functions.
The
fully-loaded smartphone also features a 3.2 inch HVGA touch-sensitive
display with Wi-Fi capability, GPS with digital compass, accelerometer,
3.5 mm stereo headset jack and a 5 Megapixel autofocus camera and
camcorder with expandable microSD memory.
HTC
Hero features simple personal and business e-mail accessibility with
instant messaging and text messaging, as well as Stereo Bluetooth 2.0
Wireless technology.
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