Android 2.1 update for the Sprint Hero bumped back to early May?
Ugh. Internal memos. Even if they’re real, it seems like they’re never right. Take the Sprint Hero, for example: if this memo from March had rang true, we’d have seen the Hero bumped up to Android 2.1 last week. It didn’t. If the next memo that came out was on key, the update would be out today. So far, it’s a no show.
And now.. now we have another memo, this time saying to keep an eye out in early May.
The word comes from two separate sources. First up: The titular guys over at Android Guys got a customer service rep on the line about the update, who said:
Agent (Jolly K): “I am sorry for misinformation. The updates says that Android 2.1 HTC Hero is being launched in the first week ok [sic] May”
Right around the same time, Phandroid got their hands on a camera snap (seemingly taken in a shower, or a steam room of some sort) of a memo indicating the same thing, though it says “early May” rather than “the first week”.
So what’s the hold up? From what I’ve been told by industry amigos, Sprint is notorious for their update certification process. If they get even a whiff of a bug, they delay the roll out until it can be fixed and re-tested. Some last minute bug probably popped up and threw a stick in the gears. Waiting for the latest and greatest can be torture, but at least you know your handset won’t mysteriously blow up post-update, right?
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Sony Ericsson posts profit in Q1 2010
Sony Ericsson announced its first quarter results for 2010 today, its first quarter profit in some time. As part of its focus on high-end devices, the company shipped fewer devices, but saw an increase in net income.
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Palm’s SVP of software and services takes off, others (including CFO) given cash to stick around
No one really knows exactly what’s going on inside the walls of Palm HQ this week — whether the company will sink or swim is perhaps a bigger question right now than it has been since its rebirth last year, and if it does swim, whether it remains independent is another matter altogether. In an SEC filing today, Palm quietly revealed that its senior VP of software and services — Michael Abbott (pictured above), a man who has been largely responsible for webOS as a platform and the critical Mojo and Ares SDKs — will be gone as of April 23. More interestingly, though, it had to hook up a couple other key players with stock packages and $250,000 in cold, hard cash to get them to agree to stick around for a couple years: Jeff Devine, SVP of global operations, and Doug Jeffries, the CFO. Yes, that’s right — Palm’s chief financial officer damn near split in the past few days, which is never a good sign for a company whose financial stability is in question. More on this situation as it develops.
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Is this the back of the next iPhone? [Gallery]
We’ve seen the supposed front of the iPhone 4 (which, according to the ol’ mill of rumors, will be called the “iPhone HD”). In fact, we’ve seen it twice. Now we’ve got the other half of the supposed-sandwich: the totally unconfirmed back of the device.
The 3-image series, which first popped up on MacRumors, is… questionable, at best. It appears that this back is made of all aluminum – a serious no-no, when you’re messing with radio waves that you actually want to get anywhere. We’ve heard shaky whispers amongst our own circles that the next iPhone will be aluminum and aesthetically similar to the iPad — but it’ll almost certainly need the same black plastic section at the top of the device as found on the iPad 3G.
More points of curiosity: the Apple logo is suspiciously small and, as MacRumors points out, the meta data within the image indicates that this has been passed through Photoshop at least once. In our own snooping, it certainly appears that the FCC ID at the bottom has been manually blurred; whether that’s because it’s a sham or to keep the leaker’s identity safe is a mystery.
What do you think? Real? Fake? Rake? Feal? Let us know in the comments below.
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Pantech Link QWERTY feature phone now available on AT&T
Today AT&T said that its Pantech Link is now available. The device offers a full 4-row QWERTY keyboard, a thin 10mm form factor, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and 3G data connectivity. The Link will be available online and in AT&T stores for a limited time at $9.99 with a 2-year contract and a rebate. A voice plan and a $20 minimum messaging or data plan are required. For more information on the Link check out our hands-on gallery.
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