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The HTC HD2 amazes us until this day. Released late 2009 with Windows Mobile 6.5 on-board, the 4.3-inch HTC HD2 has since been ported to run Windows 7, Android 2.2 Froyo and even Android Gingerbread just recently.

HTC HD2 goes from Android Gingerbread to MeeGO 1.1

While we were very sure it's next endeavor would have been Android Honeycomb, developer Steve Troughton-Smith surprised us by running MeeGo 1.1 on the handset, technically making it the first smartphone with MeeGo we can get our hands on.

So with Nokia not planning to release a MeeGo based smartphone until later in 2011, the HTC HD2 may have very well earned a new lease on life. Running a 1GHz processor, the powerful HTC HD2 with MeeGo 1.1 on board isn't set for prime time release yet however as there are a couple of bugs that need to be ironed out first.

For starters, the touchscreen doesn't function yet, making it quite impractical and cumbersome to use at the moment. Secondly, its graphics acceleration and WiFi are still being fixed. Nevertheless, Steve has managed to load some apps onto the device via a shell over the USB so things look quite hopeful for the MeeGo-based HTC HD2 when the first stable release is ready.

BlackBerry says India can't access encrypted data

BlackBerry says India can't access encrypted data

Denying reports that it has agreed to allow access to its encrypted corporate data to Indian authorities, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) on Thursday said unscrambling encrypted email on its devices is simply not "technologically feasible." India has been seeking access to all encryptedcommunications as the terrorists involved the 2008 Mumbai attack communicated with their handlers by using sophisticated technology. It wants the Canadian company to install a server in India to monitor this service.

However, RIM, which has got two reprieves since August and assured a solution by Jan 31, is not willing to compromise on the privacy of this encrypted service which has made its smart phones a darling of businesses.

Reacting to the report from New Delhi that it has agreed to installation of a 'network data analysis system' in India to let security agencies check secure BlackBerry data, RIM said it is 'inaccurate and misleading.'

The report conveys the impression as if it is "somehow enabling access to data" transmitted through its business server system, RIM told the Canadian Press.

"This is both false and technologically infeasible," it said.

This so-called "network data analysis system" is just a tool required to allow carriers in India to provide lawful access to its consumer services, including its instant messaging service, RIM was quoted as saying.

"This is not new information as RIM has repeatedly confirmed that it is co-operating with the government of India and enabling carriers to lawfully access consumer services to the same degree imposed on RIM's competitors in India."

Test BlackBerry’s interception system: Home ministry to DoT

Test BlackBerry’s interception system: Home ministry to DoT

NEW DELHI: India’s interior ministry has asked the telecoms department to validate BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion’s claims that it had installed a ‘cloud computing-based system’ to legally intercept messenger services on its handsets.

Earlier this month Canada’s RIM had told the home ministry that it had complied with the Indian government’s mandate to provide interception tools for BlackBerry messenger chats

“We are happy to confirm that as per the compliance schedule agreed by both Research in Motion and the Ministry Of Home Affairs, RIM infrastructure is ready to receive and process via the cloud computing-based system, lawfully intercepted BlackBerry messenger data from India service providers,” the Canadian company’s vice-president of industry, government and university relations Robert E Crow had said in a communication to the home ministry.

In a communication to the telecoms department, home ministry’s joint secretary Dharmendra Sharma said that RIM had agreed to provide a final solution to its messenger chat services by January 31, 2001, while adding that ‘according to the Canadian company, the cloud-based computing system was the final solution it was putting in place by January-end’ for this facility.

On Thursday, ET had reported that RIM had offered to install a network data analysis system at its premises in India, to end the three-year standoff between the Canadian company and security agencies here that have been demanding access to BlackBerry communications. But RIM on Thursday in a statement said that it had not provided any access to its highly-secure corporate emails.

HTC sent out a mysterious package apparently promising a 4G phone at CES with video calling, Google Android 2.2, and GPS, which may or may not be the rumored HTC thunderbolt for Verizon Wireless.


I got back to my desk today after a few days off to find a small white box from Waggener Edstrom, HTC's PR agency. It contained:
• A space about the right size for a large, slab-style smartphone
• A picture of an Android making a video call in Las Vegas
• A compass
• Four circular buttons with "G" on them in HTC's promotional font
• A "Froyo Lover" sticker
• A foam TV
• An Android figurine
Wrap that all together with recent rumors, and you see the promise of a 4G, Android 2.2-powered smartphone at CES. The most interesting aspect is the foam TV. I assume it means something dull, like carrier-provided video streaming or an HDMI output, but wouldn't it be great if the new HTC phone came with Mobile DTV or some other advanced form of access to many TV programs?
Now before you cry "HTC Thunderbolt," notice that the package didn't have any Verizon Wireless branding or colors on it, and the four Gs didn't include the magic letters "LTE." So this could be a teaser for a new smartphone for T-Mobile or Sprint, both of whom have networks that they brand as 4G.

Portable playstation Phone

SONY is set to compete against APPLE's iPHONE and RIM's BLACKBERRY and other mobile phones through its videogame system. AFP reports that a PLAYSTATION PORTABLE smartphone will be launched in NORTH AMERICA andEUROPE as early as the spring, according to the Japanese newspaper ASAHI SHIMBUN's English edition

Reportedly based on SONY's handheld PSP GO game console, the device would be made by SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS and run GOOGLE's Android operating system. The PSP GO, launched in November 2009, already features software downloads through a wireless connection, allowing players to also browse the Internet, watch movies, playmusic and read books and comics.

The new PLAYSTATION handset would similarly work with SONY's online media platform, the company's answer to APPLE's iTUNES. SONY called the newspaper report "speculation" and declined to comment.

Portable

LG 72-inch LED TV,LZ9700

LG is blowing up the CES spot this year by introducing what will soon be the largest 3D enabled LED TV, the LZ9700. It measures a ridiculous 72-inches and produces images in both 3D and 2D. LG is mum on all the specs, but we do know that it will sport a 240hz refresh rate, 1920×1080 resolution, local LED dimming, USB inputs, DLNA compatible, Internet app enabled and LG’s Magic Motion Remote Control.