The tech gods are upon us. In this Wednesday edition of the U.S. update we got you covered with all things Sony Ericsson, Google and HTC. Ready to find out which mobile OS is most popular among web-connected apps?
Joining the Sony Ericsson announcements today are two new devices, the Xperia active and the txt. The Xperia active features a dust and water proof design (up to 90 seconds) that incorporates wet finger tracking, ensuring perfect touch accuracy whether wet or dry. Meanwhile the Sony Ericsson txt includes a hardware QWERTY keyboard and focuses on its deep roots in SMS, Facebook and Twitter.
GSMA and comScore have revealed that nearly 8.8 million UK mobile owners used an app that connected to the Internet during April 2011. The 8.8 million users consisted of 65 percent iOS, 31 percent Android, 1 percent Symbian and 3 percent other.
On Monday June 27, HTC is expected to unveil the HTC Puccini. The slate will ship with Android 3.1 Honeycomb and include 4G support for AT&T’s HSPA+ network. Unlike the HTC Flyer which uses the pen/stylus, Pucinni will be all fingers. The slate is rumored to use a 1280 x 800 pixel display and feature Qualcomm’s MSM8660 1.5GHz dual-core processor.
Last up this morning is an update on Google TV. A privileged friend of the Mountain View squad has released images of the upcoming Google TV 2.0 interface and details on the next-gen set top box. Ready to see apps on the big screen? That wraps up the latest and greatest in the world of tech. As always I’m Nick Marshall and I’ll see you tomorrow.
