Official Android 2.3.2 update for Samsung I9000 Galaxy S leaks

Yesterday the official Gingerbread update for the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S leaked in the XDA Developers forum. This means that the Galaxy S will indeed get the Gingerbread treatment, as we reported this weekend.

 

Note that this is the 2.3.2 version of Android and not version 2.3.3 that was released for the Google Nexus S and Nexus One earlier last week.

The leaked source code is still in a beta stage and some people report that either it's not working properly, or they can't get it to work at all. For most users though there seem to be no problems.

Update, we already gave it a spin, check out our first impressions and benchmarks here.

Nevertheless, approach with caution and read the XDA forum carefully before doing anything. Happy flashing!

Best of all, devs have succeeded in rooting the software already.

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Motorola Droid X 2 leaks: a disappointing, under-specced Froyo phone

When Motorola first unveiled the Droid X, it garnered a lot of attention because of the massive display. Larger displays on Android phones have since become rather standard, though. What, then, will Motorola do to differentiate the next iteration of the Droid X line?

Not much, as it turns out from the latest leaks of what is purported (and certainly seems to be) the soon-to-be-announced Droid X 2. Leaked in a forum post over at the MobiZone, then quickly pulled, here’s the hardware we’re looking at in the Droid X 2.

Inside the Droid X 2, you’ll find a rather standard NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz, as well as 1GB of RAM. The display is a QHD LCD affair running at a resolution of 960 x 540… somewhat lackluster in our post-Retina age, especially for the Droid X 2’s size.

Also lackluster? The Droid X 2 won’t run Gingerbread. Instead, it’s locked down at Android 2.2 Froyo. You’ll have a hard time upgrading the device yourself, too, since it comes with a locked and encrypted bootloader, making jailbreaking all the more difficult.

Otherwise, an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with no front camera, an FM radio and a 3G radio round-off the specs.

Not terribly impressive, especially for a phone that is due to launch in Q2… and if Engadget is to be believed, the specs might be even worse than the leak reported: they claim that the Droid X 2 will only have a 1.2GHz single-core CPU, 768MB of RAM and 4.3-inch WVGA (854 x 480) display. Either way, pretty disappointing.

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HTC top-dog leaks again - could this be the Desire 2?

New information has just leaked, suggesting the successor of the HTC Desire will be aptly called Desire 2. An inventory list from Vodafone with the name ?Desire2? nicely coincided with the series of photo leaks we've been seeing lately.

As we reported a while back, HTC is gearing for a big (in numbers) announcement at the MWC 2011. We got to see the upcoming phones in nice press-quality shots, but we had no names.

This weekend we spotted a live shot of an unannounced HTC handset, codenamed the HTC Saga.

And finally, today we got a new live shot - this time of the front, and mind you, we immediately recognized one of the smartphone that leaked first. You can see the similarities in the photo line-up below.

The HTC Desire 2

It looks like the Desire has swapped the hardware keys for capacitive ones. And its rumored to have a Super Amoled screen, which however is doubtful, since Samsung can't provide those for its own flagship the Galaxy S. On its back, the rumored HTC Desire 2 has what appears to be an 8 megapixel snapper with a single LED flash and will have Android 2.3.1 Gingerbread. But all of this is still unconfirmed so don't hold your breath just yet.

And finally, here comes this reported shot of the Vodafone Germany inventory system, claiming the carrier will be launching a phone called Desire 2. While we don't have any hard evidence, we're pretty convinced it's one and the same phone that we're talking about here.

The Vodafone inventory list

The HTC Desire 2 will probably be a major highlight on the HTC booth at the MWC this year. We guess we'll know in a week.

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BlackBerry roadmap leaks, touch screens, HD video and NFC ahead

We just found some slides with juicy information about BlackBerry's 2011 lineup. Spoiler alert: there's a couple of (thinner) touch phones incoming and the OS is getting modernized with better graphics, browser, video and so on.

These slides show the CDMA versions, but the specs should be similar to the GSM variants - some of the listed handsets are even dual-mode (CDMA/GSM) phones.

Starting off with the BlackBerry Monaco Touch. It looks a lot like the previously leaked images of the BB Storm 3. The phone runs BlackBerry OS 6.1 on a 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor and 768MB RAM. It has a 3.7" WVGA capacitive touchscreen (with 253DPI) and all this is packed in 11.5mm thickness.

BlackBerry Monaco Touch and a ponential version with physical, instead of capacitive keys

The Monaco Touch is primarily a CDMA phone with EV-DO data connectivity, but also offers quad-band EDGE and single-band UMTS, for roaming purposes most likely. Another interesting feature is the 5MP camera, which can record 720p video.

There's a second slide titled "Monaco Key ID Updates" - it's not quite clear what that's about, but it the hardware keys are physical instead of capacitive. Other than that, it seems to be the same phone.

Next up is the BlackBerry Bold Touch (a.k.a. Montana). It too has GSM/EDGE/UMTS connectivity and a 1.2GHz CPU and 768MB RAM, 5MP camera with 720p video and it's even thinner - 10.5mm. The screen is 2.8" with VGA resolution for the impressive 287DPI.

BlackBerry Bold Touch (Montana)

The BlackBerry Sedona and Curve Touch have similar specs, except that the Sedona is a QWERTY bar, while the Curve Touch is a touch phone. Both the BlackBerry Curve Touch and the Sedona are powered by 800MHz CPUs with 512MB RAM. The displays have the older HVGA resolution and the cameras are 5MP (the Curve Touch can record 720p video).

The Sedona would likely be known as BlackBerry Dakota in its GSM form, while the Curve Touch will be the BlackBerry Curve Apollo for its GSM version. On the other hand, it looks a lot like the Storm3 too.

BlackBerry Sedona ? BlackBerry Curve Touch

All these phones have Wi-Fi and GPS built-in and all but the Monaco Touch pack NFC. They support Wi-Fi hotspot functionality too, thanks to BlackBerry OS 6.1.

Here are a couple of other new things in v6.1 - 24-bit color support, OpenGL acceleration for 3D graphics, optimized WebKit-based browser with fast JavaScript, plus other goodies.

New features in BlackBerry OS 6.1

The roadmap leaked too so we know when to expect these new phones - the Monaco Touch and the Bold Touch (Montana) are expected in Q3 of 2011, the Sedona should hit in early Q3 and finally, there's a "Malibu" phone (which may be the Curve Touch) for early 2012.

BlackBerry leaked roadmap

Overall, things are shaping nicely for the BlackBerry device portfolio. If only they could hurry up with the releases.

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