Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
The Open Handset Alliance has released an early software developers kit for the upcoming 1.5 version of the Android handset platform, and detailed some of the features of Android 1.5.
A posting on the Android developers web site blog said "Android 1.5 brings a new default look for the Android UI framework. After Android 1.0 and 1.1, our designers worked hard to refine and polish the appearance of the system....The buttons and checkboxes have a new appearance."
Other promised improvements include: faster camera start-up and image capture; much faster acquisition of GPS location; smoother page scrolling in browser; speedier GMail conversation list scrolling.
New features include support for user installation of 3rd party keyboards and a user dictionary for custom words. The new version will support video recording and playback, stereo bluetooth (A2DP and AVCRP profiles and autopairing and promises an improved handsfree experience.
A full list of the new features is available here. Release of the new version is promised in the net few weeks.
David Bass
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