iSuppli company continues to do its favorite work - mobile devices’ cost calculation . This time it is T-Mobile G1. Calculated cost doesn’t include t costs of transportation, assembling and software development. So the cost of Google phone without all this additional exps is $143.89. Today T-Mobile G1 mobile phone is available at the price of $180. By the way similar analysis was performed for Apple iPhone 3G. Its “pure” price is $173. According to Tina Teng who is chief analyst of iSuppli T-Mobile G1 phone is nice and powerful device with good operating system. Nevertheless it is yields to iPhone in design and control simplicity. Prices for main components of Google phone are: ARM11 and ARM7 CPUs - $28.49, 3.2 inch touch screen – $19.67, camera - $12.13, radio-frequency amplifier -$9.84, built in memory - $9.70.
posted by Ziggyff at 11:24 am
Some time ago Apple company was criticize for opportunity to control iPhone software remotely. They said that this function was included to reduce injurious actions of some applications which were downloaded on AppStore. The tactics of Big Brother also looks attractive for Google. According to use rules of Android Market which is AppStore analogue the opportunity to close harmful applications remotely is provided.
Computerworld.com tries to acquit Google and says that company declared such function of it’s own free will whereas Apple was red-handed. Secondly Google owners are going to give back money for each broken application.
posted by Ziggyff at 11:12 am
The process of iPhone cloning is not stopped not for a second in China. Different developers create every possible fakes and CiPhone i88i is one of them. The screen of this device has 3.5 inch diagonal but its resolution is only 320×240 px. To make up the deficiency this Chinese mobile phone has 1.3 Mp camera, 2 GB built in memory, FM radio, TV out and microSD card slot.
posted by Ziggyff at 10:36 am
French GeekInc site published photos of HTC Touch HD together with iPhone 3G. As you can see they are very similar to each other. Besides both of them have 3.5 mm audio jacks. It is also said that camera of new HTC mobile phone works well and the screen with 800×480 px resolution is excellent.
posted by Ziggyff at 10:05 am
At last iPhone 3G was introduced officially on WWDC exhibition 2008. There were a lot of gossips about new Apple mobile device and great number of guess-works about future iPhone 3G design and technical features. So let see which of them were true.
- 3.5 inch Multi-touch screen
- UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- GPS
- 8 or 16 Gb
- 2 Mp camera
- size: 115.5×62x12.3 mm.
- weight: 133 grams
The sale will start at 11 of July.
posted by Ziggyff at 9:55 am