Samsung has finally announced the Android-powered Galaxy Spica that has been popping up in spy shots for several months now. In a press release, Samsung touted the Galaxy Spica as a “powerful and fast” device packing an 800 MHz processor, 3.5 mm headphone jack, and get this – built-in DivX support.
UPDATE: As a commenter points out, the LG Eve also supports DivX
DivX is the codec required to play a large portion of videos (usually .avi files) available online. Until now, Android did not support this codec and required users to convert their videos to a compatible format with programs like DoubleTwist. Having the feature built-in to Android will make video playback that much easier and clearer since the files can remain in their intended format.
The Galaxy Spica (I5700) also includes DNSe 2.0, which should improve sound quality, and a 1500mAh battery. The phone runs a stock design version of Android and is available in Europe right now according to the announcement. It will soon be available in the Middle East and Asia.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
LG GW620 is supporting too and already on the market
The specs are available there http://www.sosandroid.fr/andropress/2009/10/29/lg...
Most of the time, this is only a label as DivX is mainly a H264 child
November 16th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Awesome, been waiting for this for ages now, hope to see DivX/XviD support on other phones soon.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Well it's cool they keep popping up with these new phone's and all but really if you think about what can't one do than the other it seems its just a new name new model new look but the same features to me. I have a Blackberry and I'm content for now that is what else can a cell phone really do other than ring and give you problems hearing lol..
November 16th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Isn't this pretty well a software feature? So logically couldn't you port this functionality to any other Android platform?
November 23rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
> Most of the time, this is only a label as DivX is mainly a H264 child
The DivX video profiles are compliant with the MPEG4 ASP standard but DivX certified devices include more than just compatibility with the MPEG4 specifications which do not address audio compression or the AVI file format.
The DivX Plus video profiles are compliant with the MPEG4 AVC H.264 standard but again, certification is more than just that. While there are many phones that can play some H.264 video, there are currently no phones that are DivX Plus certified.
> Isn't this pretty well a software feature?
No, usually it is not. Most DivX certified phones use hardware accelerated audio and video decoders that offer improved battery life and better performance than a software decoder. There are software players available for some phones but generally a DivX certified device is much more desirable than a non-certified phone running a software player.
January 6th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
I agree with the above post. Personally I cannot understand why you would not want to make an effort in this regard anyway. Only the other day, at work we had exactly the same conversation and came to a similar decision