Flash 10.1 might just not be a battery hog on Android
Looking to fight an apparent outbreak of FUD, Adobe's Flash evangelist Mark Doherty has posted some hard numbers (and accompanying video) on the effect Flash 10.1 has on the Nexus One -- and put simply, it really doesn't appear to have much effect at all. To back up his cause, Doherty plays a 17-minute embedded video in the full YouTube site then pops over to Android's built-in battery use utility, which indicates that only 6 percent of the juice has gone to power the browser (of course, leaving the screen on to watch the video is another story altogether). He says that the company's tests suggest they can get about three hours of H.264 playback over WiFi, which is theoretically enough to watch a movie or two; obviously the proof is in the pudding here, but this is a promising sign that these guys have taken battery optimization very, very seriously for this mobile push.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: adobe, browser, engadget, hog, mobile, nexus, nexus one, promising-sign, Proof, pudding, taken-battery, watch-the-video, wifi
Motorola: Droid update to Android 2.1 ‘will start to roll out this week’
We knew Android 2.1 was coming for the Droid , but we'll confess -- we didn't expect it to come this soon. Motorola is now reporting via its official Facebook page that it's "happy to relay the 2.1 upgrade to Droid will start to roll out this week," going on to tease that it "will have more information to share on other device upgrades later." There's no detail on what the Droid update will entail or whether it'll roll out to every user this week (we doubt it), but by all indications, this is a promising sign that Moto's keeping the pedal to the metal, we'd say. [Thanks, andrewcweaver] Motorola: Droid update to Android 2.1 'will start to roll out this week' originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:14:00 EST
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: all-indications, droid, motorola, now-reporting, promising-sign, roll-out, update, verizon, week
Micro SIMs can probably be fashioned from shaved down traditional SIMs
We've finally found ourselves a solid, confirmed shot of a micro SIM in the wild, thanks to an FCC filing from Lok8u -- the company that just inked a deal with T-Mobile -- that shows the innards of its GPS watch torn asunder. Over on the right there is one of the micro SIMs in question, and as you can clearly make out, the contact pad is identical to the one you'd find on a traditional SIM (that shot of an AT&T unit that we'd posted earlier was actually a mockup by our own Sean Cooper, you see)
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: eas, entry, fcc, lok8u, mini-uicc, other-words, posted-earlier, promising-sign, result, Sim, words
Palm suddenly means business with games, heading to GDC this year
That was a quick turnaround, wasn't it? Palm wasted no time in retailing 3D games that are as visually engaging as the best the iPhone has to offer just as soon as it made the big announcement back at CES, and now it's taking things to the next level by heading out to GDC in San Francisco this March.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: back-at-ces, best-the-iphone, concept, entry, game, games, iphone, option, pdk, platform-very, plug-in development kit, plug-indevelopmentkit, promising-sign