The line-up for 2009 looks hot with handsets for every possible need. There's phones with keyboards, phones which seem to be modelled on the G1 and loads of updated versions of existing favourites. Words don't do this justice, so I'm just going to say "READ ON" and stop talking now.
12 Jan 2009
Didiom is something we've covered before but is now available for WinMo touch-screen devices with VGA screens like the Diamond It's not just iTunes stuff though, the app will let you navigate and play through your home computer's music library wirelessly. Right now their beta is even more attractive with a cash bonus to reward prepaid users who purchase MP3 songs. There's up to 35% bonus towards music downloads up for grabs. Ran Assaf, Didiom's founder and CEO states...
"Didiom brings together what belongs together -- placeshifting and over-the-air purchasing. Our goal is to meet the growing demand for placeshifting, and push interactive experiences beyond the handset itself with a minimal burden on the user."
Try it out for yourself or watch this video to see it in operation.
11 Jan 2009
A review of the Zest is right around the corner, however I thought I'd kick things off with this video overview. Check it out on the link or read on for the footage.
11 Jan 2009
Specs? Well, you'll looking at a Qualcomm MSM 7201A CPU powering Windows Mobile.1 Pro. There's a QVGA screen, 3 megapixel auto-focus camera and VGA video-calling camera, GPS, 256MB Flash, 128MB RAM and a microSD card slot with HC supporting up to 32GB. For connectivity you've got quad-band EDGE / GPRS and triband 3G / HSDPA and stereo Bluetooth with A2DP. Alas, no WiFi.
This will be arriving in Asia and Latin America in Q1 this year, let's hope it'll appear elsewhere too. Get more pictures below.
09 Jan 2009
According to jouwmobiel.nl it won't be called the Iolite when it appears and will be slid between the Touch 3G and the Touch Diamond in the HTC line-up. It looks almost like the Touch Cruise replacement ?
Palm announce the Pre and new webOS
08 Jan 2009
Inside is webOS which, according to Palm Executive Chairman Ron Rubinstein, will be attractive to anyone coding in HTML, Javascript or CSS. Hmm.. That's a lot of people. Palm's Matias Duarte was keen to promote the physical keyboard (instead of an on-screen one) and showed off the Palm Touchstone charging dock. With this there's no worrying about connection, orientation or fit - just set the phone onto the Touchstone and it'll charge without a connector.
Inside you'll also find a "desktop class browser", POP3 and Exchange server support, instant messaging and an "advanced multimedia experience". The Pre also packs a light sensor (for adjusting screen brightness dynamically), acceleromer and a proximity sensor. Palm need this phone to do well and there's every possibility that it will. Let's hope Microsoft are ready for yet another challenger in the Smartphone arena.
It will be appearing on Sprint in the first half of this year and engadget have managed to get info of a GSM version too.
The Shadow is dead, long live the Shadow
08 Jan 2009
The non-touch phone will get a TI Omap 260Mhz CPU with 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM and a 320x240 pixel screen. There's also apparently a 2 megapixel camera (oh, how 2007) and quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE with WiFi and Bluetooth. Hmm.. Let's think here. If I didn't mind losing the WiFi capability, what's the difference between the all-new Shadow and the HTC Touch Dual we mentioned earlier? It's got a faster processor and, if you stuck an un-official ROM on there (which we'd never recommend, of course), you'd have something pretty similar?
Orange SPV M3100 - Buy one for £94.50
08 Jan 2009
The M3100 is still a decent handset with a 400Mhz Samsung processor, 2 megapixel camera (with macro mode), tri-band 3G and quad-band EDGE. There's also WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot for expansion. Sure, it runs Windows Mobile 5.0, but there's various ways of changing that if you wish. ;)
ome on T-Mobile Vario IV ! Any day now!
07 Jan 2009
Have you had a call ? Have you spotted one in your local T-Mobile shop ? Let us know. :) Also, if you've spotted anything we should be covering just give me a nudge about it.
ZTE E810 to appear as Vodafone 1230
27 Dec 2008
Sure, it's ready for a launch on Movistar but we've also seen it on the Vodafone site as the Vodafone V1230. Check out the image below to see it, or try the getting started guide.