Google Goggles Test On My Touch 3G

Google Goggles Test On My Touch 3G

Google Goggles Coming To Android Phone

From CNBC's "Inside the Mind of Google" The greatest Search Engine revealed their plan that Google is working on Google Visual Search the application for mobile device that lets users take a picture of location from their Android-powered smartphone and trigger a Google search that pulls up information associated with the image.Pairing digital ads, possibly from Google’s AdMob acquisition, is a natural way to make money from visual mobile searches. Many people take pictures from their increasingly improving smartphone cameras daily, but imagine if those users could leverage the images as search tools instead of simply fun picture to look at.

"Imagine you're a tourist and you arrive at this place and you would like to know more about it, all you will have to do is take a shot of the [Santa Monica pier] sign and you see we recognized this as the Santa Monica pier," Hartmut Neven,Google Product Manager said.

Google calls this technology "Google Goggles" this technology allows users to take an image from their camera phone and uses visual recognition engines to recognize objects shown in the image, and return search results based upon that recognition.

"Imagine you are on travel in Paris and you visit a museum. If a picture catches your attention you can simply take a photo and send it to the VMS service. Within seconds you will receive an audio-visual narrative explaining the image to you. If you happen to be connected to a 3G network the response time would be below a second. After the museum visit you might step outside and see a coffeehouse."

reference to eWeek's

T-mobile USA : Add Channel And Carrier Billing to Android Market

T-Mobile USA is increasing its investment in the Google Android platform even more, by improving the application experience, according to a keynote given by CTO Cole Brodman said this morning at Open Mobile Summit this morning in San Francisco.

Venetia Espinoza, Director of Mobile Applications and Partner Programs told mocoNews: “We are making it very easy to purchase apps. Historically, research has shown that with carrier billing, there’s a big uptick of 30 to 40 percent in app or content downloads….We’ve been working very closely with Google over the last several months to integrate the Android Market with our internal billing gateway.” Espinoza said the revenue split will remain the same as before with developers receiving 70 percent.

T-Mobile said it will have four Android devices in time for the holidays, the Motorola CLIQ (now available), the Samsung Behold II (coming soon), the T-Mobile G1 and the T-Mobile myTouch. In addition to more devices, the number of applications have also increased from 50 at the time of launch to 12,000 (of course that pales in comparison to Apple’s announcement today of 100,000 apps).

Here is T-mobile my Touch 3G consumer stats :

- About 50% of my Touch 3G users visit the Android Market at least once per day.
- More than 40% of my Touch 3G users access social network websites multiple times per day.
- Nearly 50% of my Touch 3G users say they have "completely customized" their my Touch 3G
- 80% my Touch 3G users browse the web at least once per day,and 2/3 say several times per day.

Read full article at mocoNews.net (http://moconews.net/article/419-t-mobile-usa-will-add-content-channel-and-carrier-billing-to-android-ma/)

T-mobile my Touch Fender LE

T-mobile had plans to release the disguised Tmobile my Touch 3G , my Touch Fender LE in Q1 2010.In production files HTC had produces 2 different phone,that is PVT32A used 288 MB of RAM and PVT32B used only 192 MB of Ram.The PVT32A had a 3.5 mm headsetwhich should have in new Android devices and missing from the my Touch 3G and comes with 16 GB microSD card inside for support your multimedia applications.

If we look to my Touch Fender LE specs and released date,this phone will out-of-date cause in Q1 of next year,all of new phone will have 1GHz processor.

Here is Specs of my Touch Fender LE from TmoNews which is very similar in specs to the HTC Hero

T-mobile Release New Service Plan

After rumored and picture leaked,New Service Plan of T-mobile released.T-mobile promote this service plan which has internal codename "Project Dark" aka "Project Black"with Catherine Zeta Jones.Surely,this service plan will make stormy competition in smartphones market after Sprint and Verizon got their Android device like HTC Hero and Motorola Droid and AT&T has a great phone named iPhone.

Here is new service plan description,there is 2 options for you,Even More Plans and Even More Plus Plans

Even More Plans



Even More Plus Plans

HTC Commercial : YOU Campaign

HTC YOU Campaign TV Commercial - You are different from you

HTC YOU Campaign TV Commercial

HTC Release YOU Campaign

"Quietly Brilliant" this is a word for explaining HTC brand and with new campaign named "YOU" which has "You don’t need to get a phone, you need a phone that gets you." concept,That shows how smart HTC are.This is a very pretty commercial Ad of smartphones market.And not just a pretty slogan but it will come true,HTC will launch a new gen of mobile phones to the market after the successes of previous models like my Touch 3G,HTC Hero,HTC HD2.

Here is the press release about this campaign from phandroid.com

HTC Unveils global Advertising campaign
and new “Quietly Brilliant” Brand Positioning

YOU campaign brings new approach to mobile industry;
represents HTC’s focus on each customer

TAOYUAN, Taiwan – October 26, 2009 – HTC Corporation, a global smartphone designer, today unveiled a global advertising campaign that is based on HTC’s new “Quietly Brilliant” brand positioning. As HTC’s first global advertising campaign, the YOU campaign is being rolled out across 20 countries in the coming weeks and features the tagline, “You don’t need to get a phone. You need a phone that gets you.” This represents HTC’s commitment to focus on people, their needs and how they work and live to ensure that HTC devices suit them.

“‘Quietly Brilliant’ is doing great things in a humble way, with the belief that the best things in life can only be experienced, not explained,” said John Wang, chief marketing officer, HTC Corporation. “The YOU campaign is the perfect embodiment of ‘Quietly Brilliant’ and is core to HTC as a company, innovator and partner.”

The YOU campaign is focused on driving broad, global visibility and understanding of HTC’s unique brand promise – that it’s all about YOU, the consumer, and in fact not the device. HTC worked with Los Angeles-based advertising agency, Deutsch LA Inc. to create the YOU campaign that will employ an integrated-media approach to reach consumers via television, print, outdoor and online. HTC’s design expertise will be echoed throughout the campaign, with commercial spots highlighting the unique functionality of HTC smartphones.

“We’ve come to have a very emotional relationship with our phones. Many of our key experiences in any given day come through this one device and yet most of the advertising in the category is still about utility,” says Eric Hirshberg, co-CEO and chief creative officer, Deutsch LA.

“HTC’s whole design philosophy is very personal. They make phones where your experience is completely unique, so we think there is a connection between how people feel about their phones and how HTC makes them.”

HTC worked with London-based creative consultancy, FigTree to create the “Quietly Brilliant” brand positioning. The “Quietly Brilliant” positioning was inspired by HTC’s culture of putting customers first, born from a heritage of creating breakthrough products and continued innovation. As part of HTC’s culture, the “Quietly Brilliant” positioning will be rolled out in all forms of communication and brand touch points across the company.

“Some of life’s most brilliant ideas started with a simple doodle on the back of a napkin,” said Simon Myers, CEO of Figtree. “HTC’s new look uses this visual language of doodles to explain all the quietly brilliant features and benefits of HTC devices in a simple and human way.”

$100 Off For my Touch 3G With Oprah Promo Code

$100 Off For my Touch 3G With Oprah Promo Code : KICKOFF24

Good news for who was considering to get my Touch 3g.Oprah Winfrey celebrates her 24th season kickoff party and she is launching my Touch 3G 's special offer as a part of this party.For save $100 for my Touch 3G,you just enter the promotional code KICKOFF24 and you will get my Touch 3G for $99.This offer required you to sign a 2 years contract andrunning through September 24th.


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my Touch 3G Commercial Official Pics
Android 1.6 (Donut) SDK released
Tmobile my Touch vs Tmobile G1

Firmware Upgrade for Roger's HTC Magic and Dream

If you are Canadian HTC Magic or Dream users and Roger's customers.You can get firmware upgrade for you phone by download it from HTC support page.This upgrade will improve stability and functionality of your phone ,for example, Enable Chinese characters on Emails and E-mail client exchange fixes,Enables correct SMS timestamp

HTC support page for Dream
HTC support page for Magic

[via Engadget]

my Touch 3G Ads Pic from Official Website

my Touch 3G Ads with 3 Celebrity : Whoopi Goldberg,Phil Jackson and Jessie James.

Whoopi Goldberg : "Here is the truth,this my Touch is my touch" Whoopi’s myTouch 3G is all about gaming (she’s big into vampire games, who knew?), looking for shoes and finding the best hot dogs in town- no matter what town she’s in.



Phil Jackson "My touch is a miracle tool" Phil uses his myTouch 3G to stay connected with an entourage befitting a guy who’s almost 7 feet tall: 5 kids, grandkids, players, assistants and the front office. He’s also a gamer and an amateur photographer.

Jessi James "I don't like the way look without tattoos and i don't like the way my phone would look without some kind of artwork on it" You can’t expect a guy who builds custom bikes for a living to have a stock phone.

Related Links
my Touch 3G Commercial Video
$100 Off For my Touch 3G With Oprah Promo Code
Android 1.6 (Donut) SDK released

my Touch 3G Ad Video with Woopi Goldberg,Phil Jackson and Jesse James

Related Links
my Touch 3G Commercial Official Pics
$100 Off For my Touch 3G With Oprah Promo Code
Android 1.6 (Donut) SDK released

Hands On HTC my Touch | The Second Android in US

Here is hands on HTC my Touch or Tmobile my Touch 3G by Daniel Dumas from Wired and Steven Leckart from BoingBoing

Free Upgrade From HTC For HTC Magic users

If you are HTC Magic users.Here is a good news from HTC Taiwan site.HTC Taiwan announce that upgrading HTC Sense to HTC Magic will be available for Free.HTC will allow HTC Magic users to download HTC Sense,which available on HTC Hero,to your HTC Magic for free and NT$1,500 is value of the upgrade.

BUT...BUT..there is a big point,this upgrade is only for HTC Magic users in Taiwan who using the carrier Chunghwa.For Magic users in other locations still unknown for now,but for"with google" version (such as my Touch 3G) will be sure that this upgrade is not available for it.

[via phandroid.com]

Root my Touch 3G in One Click !!!

After i posted How to root my Touch 3G.Today i see a post in T-mobile Forum and that is a way to rooting my Touch 3G in one click but it has a limited time until your phone upgrade a new patch.

As is customary with these kind of posts, some disclaimers:

1. This could be dangerous.
2. This should only be used if you know what you are doing.
3. Although this technique should work for any currently shipping android phone, this specific APK will only work with phones that are compatible with cyanogen’s 1.4 recovery image.

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1 Million HTC Magic Sold

HTC CEO,Peter Chou announced that the HTC Magic (realeased in US as Tmobile my Touch 3G) has sold over 1 million since launched in April.HTC 's target is developing smartphones which will carry a price tag of around USD $300 and plan to build market share for the mid-range smartphones market.Shipments of mid-range smartphones should be 50%-60% of HTC 's handset shipments in the 2nd half of this year,Petor Chou revealed.

[via DigiTimes]

How To Root your My Touch 3G!!

Only one week after Tmobile my Touch 3G,the 2nd Android phone from Tmobile released to US Market.For people who think it's impossible to hack your my Touch 3G,you have to see this post on xda-dev forum.There is an in-depth step to root your my Touch 3G posted by Amon_Ra which you can do by yourself step-by-step.

For people who have a question.Why you should root your my Touch 3G ?,rooted myTouch 3G is like jailbreaking for iPhone.That means you can access and control of your system files. That way you can download unapproved apps (tethering, anyone?) and install different themes and roms [via TmoNews]

But you should know root your my Touch 3G,you might brick your phone.So enjoy rooting and good luck !!

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myTouch 3G launched in San Francisco on August

my Touch 3G launched in San Francisco on August 5th

T-mobile launch 2nd Android phone in America,the Tmobile my touch 3G at Justin Herman Plaza

Tmobile my Touch 3G Skydivers in my Touch 3G event

100 skydivers jumped in my Touch 3G event beginning,at four sites in San Francisco which is Justin Herman Plaza,Marina Green,the Moscone Recreation Center at Chestnut ,the Pier 39 rooftop and the Pier 39 rooftop and Laguna streets. And here is picture of funny grand opening of my Touch 3G phone

T Mobile My Touch 3G Available in Stores Today

Tmobile myTouch 3G,the second Android phone on T mobile USA, released to online store and retail store for now.We have seen many reviews,comparison and comments and now you can make it yours and for people who waiting for next Android phone after T mobile G1,you will love this phone. Tmobile my touch 3G will retail for 199$ (200$ instant discount) with a 2 year contract and available in 3 colors White,Black and Merlot

HTC Keyboard on Tmobile my Touch 3G

If you are T mobile mytouch 3G users and want to use HTC keyboard,which has regular HTC qwerty mode,compact qwerty mode and t9 mode on your myTouch 3G.Here is the easy way to do without connect your my Touch 3G to PC.

-Download the HTC Keyboard installation file directly to your Tmobile my Touch 3G.
-File will save into your SD card and you just open the file,the package installer will work automatically.
-Check "Touch Input" in Locale&text settings
-Create a new text,Long-press on the text box.
-Select "Input Method". Select "Touch Input"

And now HTC Keyboard running on your Tmobile my Touch 3G

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