Monday, December 26, 2011

Current Phone Lineup - Hardware Battle

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Phones have been coming out at a rapid rate lately. Motorola pushed the Bionic and RAZR our within a relatively small amount of time from each other, which might have actually pissed some people off. I would get in to a discussion on whether this is healthy or unhealthy for the mobile gaming world, but that's another topic for another time.

As far as the hardware comparison chart goes, sections that are bolded and in red are "best in class" in the mobile world right now.

A few things to keep in mind though when comparing hardware - bigger doesn't mean better, ALWAYS. For example, the Rezound has a 1.5gHz processor and the Bionic has a 1930mAh battery. I will tell you right now, you don't need 1.5gHz of dual-core power for anything right now. The only thing that is going to do is drain your battery even faster on an already tanked 4G LTE device. On the same hand, the Bionic's 1930mAh battery will not seem noticably bigger due to the fact that it is a 4G LTE device on Verizon, which has been notoriously bad on phone battery. Just some food for thought when looking over these devices.

MotoACTV rooted, now running Honeycomb


The MotoACTV has been rooted by Chris and is running Honeycomb. Above is his YouTube video of it. The concept behind an Android watch is amazing, and I would love to sport one of these bad boys at some point. Perhaps when they enhance the features a little more (or a stable Honeycomb or ICS root comes out for it) I would look in to getting one to mess around with. He shows off and explains that just because it has a small 1 1/2" screen, it doesn't take away from the value of Honeycomb at all.

Seems pretty cool. Here's an idea, if you could, would you purchase all Android electronics? A Kindle Fire, Transformer Prime, Galaxy Nexus, MotoACTV, a Samsung Android-powered Refrigerator, and an LG-powered Microwave?

Oh, the future...

HTC Fireball Rumors


Rumor has it, HTC is in the works of a new phone with a codename of the HTC Fireball. It's model number currently falls between the Rezound and the Thunderbolt, so it could possibly be an in-between model of them and sport a slide out keyboard? HTC hasn't done one of those in a while. We shall see.