Android Showdown: Legend, Milestone or Desire?

Tuesday. 4 May. 2010. 10:49 am

These are our 3 top picks for best Android smartphones.

android smartphones Android Showdown: Legend, Milestone or Desire?

Not want an iPhone? Looking for something more fun than a Blackberry? Hmmm, we hear these Android phones are quite good!

But they are coming out like crazy these days, HTC are spitting them out so fast its making our heads spin, Samsung has one, Motorola has one, heck even Google has their own – so which one is the best one?

If you’re shopping right now you can’t go wrong with one of these 3 Android smartphones. These represent the best on the market right now if you aren’t an Apple fan and are underwhelmed by Windows Mobile – then these are your best options:

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Motorola’s First Chinese-Language Smartphone is the Milestone XT701

Friday. 30 April. 2010. 2:26 pm

Motorola goes native with numerous Chinese input methods.

motorola milestone Motorolas First Chinese Language Smartphone is the Milestone XT701

Motorola Hong Kong recently launched the Milestone XT701 to a bit of “Rap and Circumstance” as famed Chinese rapper and celebrity MC Jin rapped up the key features of the phone in an impressive Canto-rhyme that brought the necessary “pomp” for the occasion.

While it seemed like only yesterday the Milestone came out, it was actually just before Christmas last year.

So this new Milestone XT701 is their first Android 2.1-based Chinese-language smartphone and comes preloaded with both traditional and simplified Chinese menus and the price is very, very nice!

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24 Hours with the HTC Legend

Wednesday. 14 April. 2010. 10:03 am

This new HTC Android phone is an aluminum wonder!

htc legend review 24 Hours with the HTC Legend

After the launch event of the HTC Legend in Hong Kong, HTC was gracious enough to loan us one of their brand new Legend phones and so we took it for a 1-day test run to see if it could match up with our daily handset: the iPhone.

Right off the bat, the HTC Legend is like carrying a super-small iMac in your hand – because of the smooth aluminum casing. It feels really light, yet sturdy and took only minutes to figure out how to use the HTC Sense interface.

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HTC Forges a New ‘Legend’ in Hong Kong

Wednesday. 31 March. 2010. 10:11 am

This mobile phone is Legend—wait for it—-dary!

JaniceMan 2 HTC Forges a New Legend in Hong Kong

A sleek uni-body machined from a single aluminum block.

No, this is not a Macbook smartphone, this is the new HTC Legend. Taking a good helping of design sense from Sir Jonathan Ive and incorporates it into the first aluminum body mobile phone.

The first thing you’ll notice about the newest HTC phone, launching today across Hong Kong, is that they’ve replaced the trackball with a optical joystick and supports Flash websites using Flash Lite version 4.

The specs, features and a ton of photos featuring Janice Man and Sabrina Kwong and, oh yeah, the handset itself follow below:

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What Do You Think of the Google/China Censorship Decision?

Wednesday. 24 March. 2010. 1:45 pm

Hong Kong Googlites chime in and let us know what you think!

google china What Do You Think of the Google/China Censorship Decision?

You’re no doubt, somewhat shocked about Google redirecting all their China traffic to Google.com.hk for uncensored search. What does this mean for the future of Google in China, internet search on the Mainland and Android usage for mobile phones.

We want to have a quick show of hands of what you think and posting your comments below:

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We spoke to a mobile developer in Beijing (who remains in stealth mode) about his initial thoughts on how this will affect Android uptake in China.

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