If you thought that machining a phone from a single block of aluminum might cause RF issues in a phone… well, you can apparently think again, because HTC just went there with its freshly-introduced Legend
The one thing you’ll never see on a stock Nexus One is a skinned interface like Sense or TouchWiz — they’re just not Google enough for a phone commissioned and sold directly by Mountain View. Thing is, Sense on Android has plenty of fans, and the mere thought of running it on something with as much oomph as a 1GHz Snapdragon brings tears to our eyes. The solution
The most surprising of the HTC announcements today was the announcement of the HTC Desire, formerly codenamed the HTC Bravo . We got a leak last night suggesting this would happen and indeed it did. The idea that the Desire would be an HTC-Sensed-Up version of the Nexus One was pretty darn accurate with a few details left out. The main differences are that the HTC Desire has an optical trackpad instead of a physical trackball, and on either side of the trackpad are hardware buttons, which on the Nexus One are simply touch sensitive buttons alongside the screen.
Not only is HTC’s Legend their best-looking Android phone to date, I’m going to throw my hat in the ring and say it’s the best-looking Android phone period. Created from a single piece of aluminum, it’s more than MacBook-esque
In a posting on their official Facebook page, Motorola Europe have confirmed that the Android 2.1 updates will be made available for their Motorola DEXT and Motorola Milestone handsets. Motorola also confirmed that prior to receiving the 2.1 update, the Motorola Milestone will receive the 2.0 update bringing it in line with the Motorola Droid in the US. “Attention Android lovers
