Pathik Shah

Sony Playstation PSP Phone Review: First Look and Specifications

It seems like the rumored PSP phone by Sony wasn’t a rumor after all. It’s very real, and it’s awesome. Engadget, today, revealed some detailed images and specifications of the soon-to-be-launched Sony Playstation phone.

Sony Playstation PSP Phone Review: Specifications

It will sport a horizontal slider design with a 4.1 inch touchscreen display and a sliding control pad. It will run Android 3.0 Gingerbread and will support both the Android Market and a custom Sony Marketplace which will offer games designed specifically for the PSP phone.

It will be powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor with 512 MB RAM. It has a 1 GB ROM and supports microSD cards. It will likely launch in Q1 2011, though a late 2010 holiday release seems plausible too.

Finally an awesome Android phone to replace my aging PSP and not-so-smart Symbian phone. The perfect device for all gaming geeks. Definitely my next phone (For real, this time).

For more details, head over to Engadget.

Note: I hope the Apple-Sony buyout deal doesn’t happen now, as we all know what the fate of this phone will be, if that deal does go through.

How to Hack your Symbian Phone to Directly Install Applications

If you have a Symbian OS 9.x phone, you need to sign applications and games before installing them. If you want to bypass the signing process and directly install all unsigned applications, you can hack your Symbian device using the HelloOx patch.

After installing the HelloOx patch, you can directly install all Symbian applications without signing them.

Download HelloOx 1.03 here – Download HelloOx – Symbian

Just extract all files from the zip archive and sign the HelloOX.1.03.Unsigned.sis using this tutorial – How to Sign Symbian Applications and Games

Transfer it to your phone and install it. Your phone is now hacked.

HelloOx doesn’t work with Symbian FP2 devices and the 5800. If there is some problem installing applications after installing HelloOx on your phone, sign them using either your own certificate/key or the left_up certificate and key included in the zip file using this tutorial – How to Sign Symbian Applications and Games

HTC Hero

The Android scene is buzzing with activity, just after the official launch of the HTC Magic, HTC is out with a new Android Phone, the HTC Hero. What’s more interesting than its 5 MP camera and awesome specs is the HTC Sense UI it comes bundled with.

The specs of the HTC Hero are almost the same as the HTC Magic except for a 5 MP camera, more RAM, better design and a 3.5MM headphone port. It also includes native support for Flash.

HTC Hero Specifications:

• Dimensions: 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
• Weight: 135 gms
• Display: 3.2 inch TFT Display, 320 x 480 pixels, 65K colors
• CPU: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz
• RAM: 288 MB RAM
• ROM: 512 MB ROM
• Connectivity: GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, 3G HSDPA / HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• Camera: 5 MP Camera with AF
• OS: Android 1.5
• Audio Support: MP3, AAC+, WAV, WMA9
• Video Support: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, WMV9
• Battery: Li-Ion 1350 mAh

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Airtel has launched the HTC Magic / Google Ion / MyTouch in India. This is officially the first phone launched in India based on Google’s Android platform. The HTC Magic is powered by Android v1.5 and has much better specifications than the HTC Dream / G1. It sports a better camera, a virtual keyboard and is much slimmer and lighter.

HTC Magic Specifications:

• Dimensions: 117.7 x 55 x 13.7 mm
• Weight: 118.5 gms
• Display: 3.2 inch TFT Display, 320 x 480 pixels, 65K colors
• CPU: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz
• RAM: 192 MB RAM
• ROM: 512 MB ROM
• Connectivity: GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• Camera: 3.15 MP Camera with AF
• OS: Android 1.5
• Battery: Li-Ion 1340 mAh

Airtel is offering services like Portfolio Manager, Hello Tune Manager, Weather Channel, Mobshare, In Mobile Search, City Search etc with the HTC Magic. It is priced at Rs. 29,900 and will be available at all Airtel Centers and HTC resellers. Airtel will provide free data transfers of 100 MB per month for the first 6 months. It seems to be an unlocked version, will soon confirm this.

Great news, except for the price. I was really hoping to buy this when it came to India but 30K seems too expensive.

This tutorial will show you how to install APK files on your Android device. There are two ways to install applications on your Android phone. The first is through the Android Market and the second is by directly installing APK (Android Package) files to your device.

There are two ways to install APK files directly on your phone:

1. Copy the APK file to the root directory of your memory card.

2. Download an application called Apps Installer from the Android Market. Install it and fire it up.

3. In the Apps Installer application, you will see a list of the APK files stored in the root directory of your memory card.

4. Select the APK you want to install and you are done. You can now access that application from the menu.