Geeks’Phone Blog

Video: Unboxing of ZERO

I’m sorry for taking me so long to upload the videos, but I have had a hell of a week.

Here you have the first video of a serie, that I will upload in the next days :_)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZmiiKN1aqo

CM7 stable version for ONE and ZERO

CyanogenMod Team has released the stable version of CM7, available both for the ONE and ZERO. They are working now to bring CM7.1

Download ONE:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=one
Download ZERO:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=zero

The CyanogenMod team has been working hard: CM7RC4 released

If a few days ago we said that the CyanogenMod team had released the CM7RC3 rom, since 7 hours ago you can download the new release CyanogenMod-7.0.0-RC4.
According to their blog, this new release fix some bugs. They also say that they are approaching the final state, in which they will release a stable version.
It is important to notice that in the blog they point this rom as the most stable version of CM7, and that it will probably be the last RC (Release Candidate) before the final stable release rolls out.

Download ONE
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=rc&device=one

Download ZERO
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=rc&device=zero

New release of CyanogenMod for the ONE and ZERO: CM7RC3 Gingerbread 2.3.3

New release of the CyanogenMod Rom! CyanogenMod team has released the version CM7RC3, both for the ZERO and ONE. We hope in the future weeks to see a stable release of CM7

ONE Forum:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/forum/158-geeksphone/
Download
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=one

ZERO Forum:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/forum/230-geeksphone-zero/
Download
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=zero

ZERO photos from Shanghai – Unboxing

Rodrigo is currently in Shanghai, supervising the final production of the ZERO, and we wants to share some pictures with us

Unboxing of the ZERO

Geeksphone ZERO vs Geeksphone ONE

Some more pictures:

Video-Tutorial: Update of Geeksphone Zero from stock rom to CM7RC3

Thanks to Ricardo, who is also the chef of the CyanogenMod Rom CM7RC3 for the geeksphone ZERO, for uploading this video about how easy is to update the Geeksphone ZERO to Gingerbread 2.3.3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glMGI_uL4qQ

Ready to buy: Geeksphone ZERO

Geeksphone ZERO open it sales period:
http://shop.geeksphone.com/

We hope you enjoy the phone as soon as possible, and that you enjoy it as much as the Geeksphone team has enjoyed (and worked hard) with its design and production, in order to lower the price.

Video-Tutorial: How to update with Rom Manager

After the doubts in the forum about the upgrade to CyanogenMod’s Gingerbread Rom of the next Geeksphone ZERO, I have decided to upload a video, explaining how it works the upgrade using the aplication Rom Manager. The ZERO brings Rom Manager by default. The video has been made with the ONE, as I have not the ZERO yet, but it works the same. (For know, the video is in spanish, but as soon as I can, I will translate it to english)

We launch the application, press in Download Rom, and choose between de different available options. We choose from the Stable Roms, in the case of the ZERO, we will choose the last version of CyanogenMod, CM7RC3 (bear in mind that this is a Release Candidate Version). Once we have selected the ROM, we will be prompted if we want to install any extra packages, in my case, I choose the Google Apps. After this, Rom Manager begin the download of the selected packages. Once they download has finished, we just have to install the updates. To do this, we can use again, the Rom Manager -> Install update from SD card, or just reboot into the recovery and install the update from zip and the gapps. As soon as I have time, I will record a second video so you can see this process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SRKwVEticM

Platform Versions – Fragmentation

Today we will do a short review of the current distribution of android versions, and what is the main problem currently of the android platform, Android fragmentation:

As we can see, the number of devices with Cupcake and Donut (1.5 and 1.6) has drop down to a 7.8% between both of them. The first devices of Gingerbread (2.3 and 2.3.3) begin to show, including the ONE thanks to CyanogenMod (specially to Ricardo) and Super@tmel, and how the percentage of devices with Eclair (2.1) has been also reduced, while the percentage of Froyo (2.2) has increase up to beeing the winner with a 61.3%.

This data is important for developing applications, because it gives us a fair idea of the percentage of devices that will be able to use our applications depending of the minimum SDK which we target our applications.

Source: http://developer.android.com/intl/es/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html

ZERO specifications

Confirmed specifications of the Geeksphone ZERO.

• Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7227-2 (600 MHz, ARMv6 family, First level cache of 16KB);
• Graphic processor: AMD Z430;
• Memory: 512MB ROM / 256MB RAM / Micro SDHC support;
• Screen: 3.2″ 480 x 320 (HVGA) LED Multitouch (Capacitive with 3 pressure points);
• Quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz);
• Dual-band UMTS / HSPA (2100/850MHz);
• Camera AF 5 Megapixel;
• WiFi b/g / GPS / Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR;
• Radio FM;
• Minijack for headphones of 3.5mm;
• Movement sensor / Proximity sensor / E-Compass;
• Size: 105*58*13 mm;
• Weight: 119g with batery;
• MiniUSB-B connector;
• Physical keyboard: No;
• Android Version: Froyo (AOSP 2.2.1);

We can see a video-benchmark of ZERO:
Geeksphone ZERO Benchmark preview

The official release price will be of 189€ with VAT. Geeksphone will launch the phone with a offer for the first month of commercialization. The mobile will be available for 179€ for the first month, and for the owners of a Geeksphone ONE, the price will be of 169€, again, a offer that will last only for the first month.

The browser of the ZERO has a default HOME , where there is a direct download of applications, utilities, updates, etc. This is called a “One click install” feature.

The ZERO comes with the application ROM Manager. Through this application the ZERO can be updated to Gingerbread 2.3.3 with just one click, out of the box. This update will be to the ROM of CyanogenMod team CM7RC3.