What’s DEXT for Motorola?
September 14, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Android
Coming this October, Motorola launches their first Android powered phone. Exciting — as it is one of the first iterations of the QWERTY keypad on an Android powered mobile phone. The DEXT comes with 3G, GPS, Bluetooth, a 5.0MP camera, sliding keyboard and preloaded with Cupcake v1.5.
The selling point of the DEXT is MOTOBLUR, an app that allow the syncing of all social networks including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace … I assume that the apps are modular similar to the “People” app built into the HTC Hero.
Available through Orange, it comes preloaded with Orange Maps.
[photo c/o Motorola]
HTC Hero and Sense UI
September 8, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Android
The Sense UI is brilliant. This is HTC’s gamechanger for the Android platform. It integrates well into Android by providing aesthetically pleasing multi-touch functions (rivals the iPhone) and brings in a new widget based paradigm for functions such as the contact list. The “People” function replaces the address book, and the Hero builds in plugins such as Facebook photos, Twitter accounts and even Google Maps to locate your home address. So if you take a look into John Doe’s profile, you get more than his email and contact number. Flickr, Twitter, Facebook feeds — you name it.
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