July 6th, 2009

Sony Ericsson will announce later this year about the company’s Google Android-based mobile phone code-named Rachael, which will be part of SE’s XPERIA series and so far includes the Windows Mobile-based X1 model.

In December 2008, Sony Ericsson joined the Open Handset Alliance and since then it has been somewhat clear that the Swedish company will join the Android-running smartphone army.

The Android-loving Sony Ericsson Rachel is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform (QSD8250), wich will give the phone processor speeds of up to 1GHz and 7.2Mbit per second HSPA downlink speeds.

Besides, Sony Ericsson’s upcoming Android phone features an 8.1-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash. At the top of the phone a 3.5mm headphone jack and a miniUSB port are also present. No specific details on the phone’s display size or resolution were released, but reportedly it has a pressure-sensitive touchscreen.

Some of the specifications of the Android phone are looking very good in comparison to other smartphones on the market today. An 8.1-megapixel camera will be most powerful on an Android handset yet, and remarkably better than the 3-megapixel camera on the latest iPhone 3GS. On the Android realm, the HTC Hero and the Samsung Galaxy have only a 5-megapixel camera.

It is very likely that Sony Ericsson’s Rachel will run on the upcoming 2.0 version of Google Android operating system, which is also expected to be released toward the end of this year. As for Adobe Flash, it is unclear yet whether this phone will feature this capability. For more touchscreen smartphone goodness, you might want to check our Smartphone Palooza: 10 Hot Touchscreens Compared.

The original jailbreak application for Apple’s new iPhone devices like iPhone 3GS has been made obtainable now two weeks after the Apple new iPhone debuted into the worlds. jailbreaking the new iPhone 3GS allows a user to install any programs directly onto the iPhone, including applications that are not from Apple store.

George Hotz, a 19-year-old Google worker come from New Jersey, shaped the application, Hotz, at the age of 16, was accredited with life form part of the team that unlocked the first-generation iPhone, the unlock, announced in a iphonejtag.blogspot.com, allowed iPhone users to operate the first-generation iPhone with any SIM card. Hotz traded his unlocked iPhone for three regular iPhones and a Nissan 350Z.

In his blog post, Hotz provides a step-by-step details of what users need to do to Jailbreak the iPhone 3GS and teases that a Jailbreak for the Mac OS is coming soon, and said “Normally I don’t make tools for the general public, and would rather wait for the development team to do it. But guys, what’s up with waiting until 3.1? That isn’t how the game is played,” Hotz wrote in his blog Friday. “We release, Apple fixes, and we find new holes.”

To uses jailbreak app, sure you must pay attention warning from Hotz, Apple iPhone users have to be prepared by having Windows, it’s not for Windows 7 installed on a PC, the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware, the warns include the potential jailbreakers to first back up all their files and programs.

If you are ready to used jailbreak App, first you go to purplera1n.com to started download it, follow all Hotz instructs in the Web site to click and wait to “make it ra1n”, you need to run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app. For user difficulty to install the App or wanting to get more explanation, Hotz wrote, “users are instructed to e-mail purplera1n support or call a support hotline @ (650) 265-1210 Mac version is coming shortly.” Well, thank you George, will iPhone users enjoy it.

Dell Inc reportedly has been developing small gadget like a pocket-sized gadget for tapping into the Internet, that will run on Google Inc’s Android software.

The early prototypes are described as slightly larger than Apple Inc’s iPod Touch, which is similar to the iPhone but without cellphone capabilities.

It was repoted also that ell may begin to sell the gadget by the end of this year, although the plan may be postponed or entirely revoked.

The development effort is one of the first experiments by a big-name PC maker in a nascent category of products known as mobile Internet devices, or MIDs, that are designed to fill a perceived gap between mobile phones and laptop computers.

Possibly Dell will use chips based on designed licensed from ARM Holdings PLC, but Dell spokesman said the company does not currently make any devices that use ARM-based chips.

Separately, people informed of the effort said Dell started developing the device last year, after the company aborted an attempt to compete with Apple in the music-player business. Some of the engineers working on the music player were then assigned to help develop the small mobile device.

Earlier this year, Dell appointed an executive, Ain McKendrick, to be in charge of mobile Internet devices at the company. The Dell spokesman said that as the general manager of mobile Internet devices at Dell, Mr. McKendrick’s role involves looking at future products in play for future consideration.

But another source said Dell has considered selling the product through cellular carriers — much as Dell, Hewlett-Packard Co. and other computer makers have begun marketing low-end portables called netbooks through cellular providers.

Dell has also been developing several Android-based smart phones that it plans to start selling later this year, the source said further.