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So far, Google's been pretty pro-active about releasing OS upgrades to its Android operating system, but the market has been less than generous with delays from carriers and manufacturers in releasing those updates to already existing devices. Additionally, sometimes there hasn't been follow-through on the part of Google's partners to bring devices up to date. Hopefully, with Google's VP of Engineering for Android, Andy Rubin, going on record to say that upgrades to the OS will happen once a year instead of twice annually will make it easier for manufacturers to keep their devices up to date. The result, hopefully, will mean less fragmentation. While fragmentation is a term that's been loosely thrown around in the Android space, there is cause for concern and confusion with multiple versions of Google's OS on the market. For the average consumer not knowing about which OS version is pre-loaded onto their device, Google may face the burden of explaining why certain features--like Android's Google Maps with Navigation--would work on a certain device (those running Android 1.6 or later) and not other devices. Additionally, some apps on Android Market require newer versions of the OS. The question of OS upgrade then isn't really about hardware as many current devices have processors and hardware specs that are capable of a newer OS. Moreover, with Android being a "free" OS for manufacturers sans any customizations, not offering Android upgrades may be more gauche for Android rather than on Windows Mobile devices where a license costs manufacturers money. According to Rubin, "So we launched it, and from our internal 0.8, we got to 1.0 pretty quickly, and we went through this iteration cycle. You’ve noticed, probably, that that’s slowed down a little bit. Our product cycle is now, basically twice a year, and it will probably end up being once a year when things start settling down, because a platform that’s moving — it’s hard for developers to keep up. I want developers to basically leverage the innovation. I don’t want developers to have to predict the innovation."

Computex has already shown us more tablets (sorry, "Pads") than we care to remember and there'll be plenty more of them, so this announcement is quite refreshing. Qualcomm is today showing off it's first dual-core Snapdragon processors. We're all used to seeing devices powered by Qualcomm's single core Snapdragon (such as the Nexus One and the DROID), which boasts clock speeds of up to 1GHz. Today's Mobile Station Modem MSM8260 and MSM8660 Snapdragon chipsets are capable of up to 1.2GHz. Qualcomm says the latter is a multimode chipset that can connect to HSPA+ or EV-DO Rev. B, high-speed networks, while the MSM8260 supports only HSPA+. Though Qaulcomm wasn't quite ready to dish the deets in terms of a release date, the company said the new chipsets would be used in high-end smartphones enabling them to handle 1080p video and screen resolutions of up to 1280x800.

C2 is dual stand by, but one thing confirm its a Cr@p !

hey guys, I was asked 3k by one of the members for the phone configuration and I know one more guy ( another newbie ) here who was asked the amount to get his phone unlocked. I am a member of this forum since mid 2007, but unfortunately I haven't been an active member. And I think most of the gurus here help those guys who are active contributors to the forum. ( That should be the reason why I haven't received a response from many guys whom I have contacted for a help ) - I admit that its a fault from my side that I've been a very passive member but I believe we should extend the helping hand irrespective of the post count if it is really needed. Well, commercialisation of an entity will happen as it grows and if there is a way for others to earn from it... If the entity itself can head the commercialisation part, that will be a much better solution... ( may be a store for rimweb, where the store will sell handsets and solutions at a competitive price? ) so that the website also will be benefited through it.. after all money matters! I do not see a major issue with that. Here, the question is should we allow ourself to get exploited... I could have saved many days' work if I paid 3k and let them configure my phone. In that case, I'd loose all the thrill in configuring the phone, and the joy when I saw my Hero ringing for the first time, at around 3 AM... and the joy when I was holding 2 phones on my 2 ears and checking if voice is working... and calling my friends at that time to share the joy! I proudly says that I configured my phone from scratch.. and I can help any one who need help to configure their hero.. Next is the money... If I paid the 3k to get my phone configured, I could have bought one from the sellers here ... no need to import from the US. I think I am clear here!