Elisa access point settings for Android

Just in case someone needs the access point settings for Elise Internet and MMS, I publish them here. I have tested the settings to work at least with HTC Hero, HTC Desire, Motorola Milestone, and Nexus One.

Internet

Name: Elisa Internet
APN: Internet
Username:
Password:
MCC: 244
MNC: 05
APN type: default

MMS

Name: Elisa MMS
APN: mms
MMSC: http://mms.elisa.fi
MMS proxy: 213.161.41.57
MMS port:
MCC: 244
MNC: 05
APN TYPE: mms

HTC Desire

HTC Hero is my first Android phone. I have been quite happy with it. However, I wanted to upgrade to a more powerful phone with a higher resolution display and running Android 2.1. After comparing the Android phones available here in Finland, I ended up having two alternatives: Google Nexus One and HTC Desire. These two phones are almost identical - at least hardware wise. Both phones are manufactured by HTC. I decided to buy HTC Desire, basically for the following two main reasons: Desire is about 100 € cheaper than Nexus One here in Finland, and it features the Sense UI which I loved already in HTC Hero. I have been using HTC Desire now for couple of weeks, and I have to say that I really like it. HTC Desire is fast and responsive, features superb AMOLED display, and has a nice industrial design that feels comfortable on hand. Furthermore, the improvements in and extensions to Sense UI provide even better user experience than in HTC Hero. I am also impressed the quality of the software. I have not yet experienced any software crashes nor any other problems worth mentioning. So, really an awesome phone - I love it.

Android 2.0 update for HTC Hero

So, the Droid is out - with Android 2.0. Those of you owning HTC Hero phone and suffering from bad case of Android 2.0 envy, don't worry, HTC is currently busy in preparing Android 2.0 update.

Android SDK 2.0, Release 1 is available!

The first release version of Android SDK 2.0 is out - in time before the first Android 2.0 phones are to be officially published. Now, if HTC would just release the official Eclair update image for my HTC Hero.

Android 2.0 introduces several new significant features, such as Quick Contacts API, a proper Bluetooth 2.1 API (finally), search functionality for SMS/MMS messages, improved camera API, HTML 5.0 support, revamped graphics API with better hardware acceleration support (good new for game developers), and improved virtual keyboard ... nice. A complete list of new and improved features can be found from this Android 2.0 Platform Highlights document.