We’re very excited about the imminent vector-based Google Maps update. So here are some nice, high-res images of it in action, via tech site Gizmodo. The site says it’ll require Android 1.6 or higher in order to run, but the 3D features, as you might expect, will only be accessible on something with a bit more power than your old HTC Tattoo.
Amazing to think that Android phones will soon have a better Maps client than the full size desktop tool.
Gizmodo also confirms all sorts of great new features for Android Maps, including offline map caching that saves your “most visited” places for easy access when there’s no mobile connection – and it even fires up the new 3D building view when disconnected, too. As Andy Rubin said yesterday, VECTOR-POWERED Android Google Maps 5 will launch this week.
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Timbo
/ December 16, 2010That looks rather cool, cant wait to get my galaxy s back from repair!