"HTC Desire" to update to "Android 2.2", operation speed improvement, FLASH, S! Corresponds to e-mail etc.

From the lack of supply of organic EL displaySales of "HTC Desire (X06HT)" were canceled, And now realized graphic performance comparable to organic EL and further low power consumption"HTC Desire X06 HTII" adopted Sony's state-of-the-art liquid crystalIs sold by SOFTBANK MOBILE, but both models have officially decided to upgrade the OS version from the current Android 2.1 to Android 2.2.

In addition to responding to the shooting of Flash 10.1 and HD movies that we did not support in the past, S! It is said that it corresponds also to e-mail, and usability will be improved more and more.

Details are as below.
Offering the latest Android 2.2 for "HTC Desire"
~ Enable S! Mail (MMS) on the latest platform ~

According to SOFTBANK MOBILE'S press release, it will provide updates to Android 2.2 for Android smart phones "HTC Desire SoftBank X06HT" and "HTC Desire SoftBank X06HTII" in early October 2010.

The update is provided free of charge, it supports shooting Flash 10.1 and HD movies, bulk and automatic updates of applications in the Android Market, applications to microSD cards, etc. In addition, it supports S! Mail (MMS) with "HTC Desire" We will offer free application "SoftBank Mail" to make it available through the Android Market.

As a result, even after changing the model to "HTC Desire", addresses such as "· · · @ softbank.ne.jp" · · · · @ x.vodafone.ne.jp "can be used as they are, and also transmit and receive emoji In addition, it is said that it will try to improve the function by upgrading at any time even after "SoftBank Mail" is available.

Incidentally, Android 2.2 adopts the compiler "Dalvik JIT", it enables high-speed operation equivalent to 2 to 5 times as much as the conventional, and the performance of JavaScript is also 2 to 3 by the "V8 JavaScript engine" adopted in the browser In order to improve twice,Overall operation speed improvesThe place is also a big feature.

The official HTC Desire page is below.

HTC Desire SoftBank X 06 HTII | SOFTBANK MOBILE


As it is, Softbank Mobile can communicate with iPhone as a modem instead of "iPhone can communicate with modem" although it has the function of "Can convert smartphone to wireless LAN router and communicate with any wireless LAN device" as one of the big features of Android 2.2 Considering that it does not support the function, is it still planned to support ...?