Acer tops HTC in Android phone race, to roll out six handsets in first half of 2010

Acer has outlined its future plans for Android phones. The second largest PC vendor plans to release sixAndroid powered phones in the first half of 2010. This information was revealed by a company executive. With this announcement, Acer has left HTC behind, as the makers of HTC HD2 will be rolling out five phones for theAndroid platform in the first half of 2010.

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Regarding Acer’s plan for second half of 2010, Acer’s Roger Yuen said:

We’re still evaluating the second half

Yuen, who happens to be the  vice-president of Acer’s smartphone business in Asia said the Taiwanese based company will be releasing five or six Android phones in first half of 2010.

Acer intends to introduce three price levels for its Android version of mobile phones, in an attempt to target a diverse audience. The different price categories include top-end, mid and low end. To add to that, they want to release devices specific to business ended consumers, as shared by the Acer executive.

Acer during this week rolled out Acer Liquid, its first Android-based phone, in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Unfortunately, no word on the release date for the next Acer branded Android device. Hey what aboutWindows Mobile, does Acer intend to introduce mobile phones powered by the Microsoft’s mobile platform?

HTC rolls out hot fix to solve the HTC HD2 camera issue

HTC has rolled out a hot fix for HTC HD2 that solves the troublesome camera issue. They said they will be rolling out an update to solve the pink hue issue that was apparent in some of the images, and they have come true to their word. This update is only applicable to ROM version is equal to 1.60.XXX.X, or lower.

HTC said regarding the update

This update for HTC HD2 delivers clear digital picture quality like never before. Living up to the name of “HD” this phone and its twin LED flash will take beautiful pictures for you to cherish your memories. Displayed in brilliant vibrant colors on its 4.3 inch screen, HTC HD2 camera will delight you.

Stay tuned as we will be sharing with you the instructions on how to install the update.

To find more details about the camera issue, visit the following link

HTC HD2 has some camera issues

Download HTC HD2 hotfix

Google Maps for Windows Mobile 3.3.1 supports HTC HD2’s digital compass

Google Maps for Windows Mobile was recently updated to 3.3.1 which solved a Layers issue that caused the phone to crash. Besides solving the Layers issue, it turns out that it also brought support for HTC HD2’s digital compass. Yes, that’s right now you can use the digital compass on your Google Maps app for Windows Mobile.

The location dot changes into a blue arrow when you are in the My location mode. If you don’t see that happening, you may try walking and turning around a bit to initiate the digital compass.

The digital compass works only in My Location mode. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work in combination with GPS, and you need to have GPS turned off in order for the compass functionality to work properly. With GPS turned on, the arrow always point to north. Still great news.