The HTC Hero has been okayed by the Global Certification Forum. Listed as “HERO100”, this device comes with quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dualband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA at 1800/2100 MHz. HTC has announced an event on the coming Wednesday and we expect it will show off this smartphone with its rumoured “Rosie” Android UI herein. We also have our reasons to think that there may be two versions of this device.
We don’t have more details yet and the GCF isn’t talking either, so we will just have to wait for a while for things to get clearer on this front.
HTC Hero
Source: EngadgetMobile
The Apple iPhone 3.0 software release is now resulting in many companies offering services compatible with the new platform, that also opens up many new possibilities. Navigon is one such company that has announced their new MobileNavigator for the iPhone smartphone.
Navigon’s software, MobileNavigator, sports most of Navigon’s popular feature, such as Real Roadsign, Reality View Pro, Speed Assistant, Lane Assistant and Day&Night Mode to mention a few. It also gives the user the option to display POIs en route. The company additionally announced that it will release a free, lite version, which will come sans active route guidance.
Navigon hasn’t yet announced the pricing, but it should be known in about a fortnight, so make sure to check this space for more info.
Source: IntoMobile
AT&T will now join the likes of US Cellular and Cricket to provide its mobile services in subways at Chicago. By permitting the carrier to function on the red and blue line subway will give the city’s Transit Authority an extra earning of at least $3.1 million during the tenure of the contract.
AT&T will be installing and testing the service over the next few months, after which the operation will be actually carried out.
Source: IntoMobile
Now you can upgrade your Palm Pre smartphone to WebOS 1.0.3, which will enable you to make changes to Google contact sync, calendar and emails. You can do the updates over the air with your handheld. Only, a 13MB file will have to be downloaded before you can go ahead with your update. Also, you should remember to check up your log.
The update includes the following features:
Contacts
The phone now can sync with Google online in just a few minutes and the interval for that too has been decreased to once in 15 minutes.
Clock
A weekday alarm sounds only on a weekday now – it will never disturb you on a weekend.
Calendar
Events made in the Google Calendar, either on your phone or online, can now be synchronized. These changes can be made within just a few minutes and the sync interval has been decreased from once in every few hours to once in 15 minutes.
Email
Power performance in wireless coverage areas has been improved and non-SSL EAS mail servers are supported as well. There are other miscellaneous updates as well.
Palm Pre WebOS Updates
Source: SlashPhone
