BBC’s iPlayer has been confirmed to be working on the Archos 5 platform. This is terrific news, the iPlayer is a superb service that allows for your TV scheduling to become even more flexible. Also confirmed to work are the following:
• Sony Walkman E and S series
• Archos 605 WIFI and Internet Media Tablet
• Philips GoGear 52xx series
• Samsung YP-P2 and YP-Q1
• Nokia N96
If you are interested in the Slingbox line of products or just want to find out what they are all about, you must check out Dave at Mobility Today’s review of the latest Slingbox Pro HD. The Slingbox PRO-HD is the first ever HD-streaming Slingbox. With the Slingbox PRO-HD, you can watch and control multiple devices – including your standard- or high-definition DVR, digital cable, satellite receiver, or DVD player – from anywhere in the world on your computer or mobile phone. Dave has done a fantastic high definition video showing you the unboxing right through to streaming 1080i video. Check out the video at Mobility Today.
On Friday the FCC approved a new Sharp manufactured WCDMA Triband phone codenamed DM003SH which if my guess is correct points it towards the Disney Mobile brand.
Disney Mobile has already said no to its US-based MVNO operations, and are now going to try out the Japanese market with time leased already from Japan’s Softbank.
Having announced the DM001SH in Febuary 2008 they decided to keep going and in June 2008 Sharp announced the DM002SH mobile phone which was dubbed as the Cinderella phone, it featured a 2.6 inch internal display with a WQVGA resolution (400×240 pixel), a 0.5 inch external OLED display, 50MB of memory, a 2MP camera, Bluetooth, microSD slot, and a 1Seg Tuner. Both models were available in three colour variants which basically were Crystal, Brown, and Pink
I can almost say hand on heart that if the DM002SH was ever released in the UK it would sell to our female teen to young lady market like there was no other phone out there.
Judging by the previous two attempts made by Disney and the fact the the FCC details are being restricted just now we can only guess that the new DM003SH will also be a flip styled phone following in a similar style to the 2 predecessors.
So what can I tell you so far about this new phone? Well here is all I know:
I’m looking forward to seeing more of this phone and will keep you all updated.
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According to the guys over at coolsmartphone the o2 XDA Serra will be coming soon (likely to be first week in November). You might well be asking right now what the XDA Serra is, well I’m now going to put you out of your misery……. it is of course the HTC Touch Pro.
News of the future release comes from the o2 instore catalogue. Unfortunately we don’t have a copy of the catalogue to post the pageas it’s seen but we will be contacting o2 directly on Monday to see what info we can get from on this and of course the upcoming release of the Zest.
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After a bunch of leaked photos over the last couple of weeks, the KC780 officially joins the LG sharp-shooter ranks. Succeeding the affordable LG KC550, the KC780 is aiming at the mid-range market.
The main highlight of LG KC780 is quite obviously its 8 megapixel autofocus camera. It is also capable of shooting D1 (720 x 480 pixels) resolution videos at the cool 30fps. The camera has a long list of sweet sounding features. Those include face and smile detection, beauty shot, image stabilization and ISO 1600.
The display of LG KC780 is a 2.4" 262K-color unit of QVGA resolution. Some of the other niceties on-board are Bluetooth v2.1 with EDR, USB v2.0 and a microSD card slot that tops 140MB of built-in storage. There is no 3G support, so EDGE will have to do for network data transfers.
The LG KC780 is also able to stream live video over Bluetooth connection with PC, which is a great way to have a webcam on you at all times.
The LG KC780 will be the mere 13.9mm thick, which is a feat considering the 8MP shooter and the large display. The tri-band (900/1800/1900) handset will start shipping as early as November this year at a price that’s yet to be announced.
Posted by: John
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Dailymotion looks to have have a fully functioning Xperia in their hands, the lucky devils.Its out in Sweden now so we will have to closely monitor the proceedings here. I’ve nicked all their pictures, you can see them after the break.
The Spanish now get in on the Touch HD video reviews action, thanks to Big Mo for the heads up, this time we have a nine minute look at the most desirable Windows Mobile device ever. Now how about HTC slip one over to us as we have had a German video, French video, Czech video and now a Spanish, come on let us do the English version please. Video after the break.
If you are having trouble understanding the attraction of the Archos 5. Here it is laid out in simple terms with a nice walk-through of the features. They manage to squeeze in an iPhone along the way. whilst I admit the email client is pretty unnecessary I’m impressed its there. Check the video out after the break.
Orange UK have pulled the BlackBerry Bold due to quality concerns. Which means Vodafone has an exclusive on the Bold for the time being, should you hanker for a buggy smartphone.
According to a leaked internal document, Orange is pulling the handset until software issues have been ironed out.
The Orange internal statement to staff says: “Following reports of software issues with the BlackBerry Bold handset across a variety of mobile operators, Orange has decided to act in the interest of its customers by suspending shipments of the device in the UK. We are currently awaiting feed back from RIM as to when an industry wide fix for these issues will be in place, and expect this suspension to be an interim measure. We apologise for any inconvenience this issue may cause you. BlackBerry/RIM are doing everything they can to resolve this issue and will be completing full testing and validation to ensure future handsets do not have any quality issues. This may take a couple of weeks so it’s up to us to do what’s best for our customers.”
Vodafone UK, meanwhile, is still offering the Bold. But for how long remains to be seen. After all, AT&T in the US has repeatedly put back the smartphone’s launch, presumably because of the same software bugs.
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We have talked many times on the blog and podcast about the problems with the iPhone 3G no longer charging through the old Firewire charging pins and the trouble this caused with iPod docks but most commonly with car integration kits like the Dension range. Well we ordered the Cable Jive charge converter and tested it out and have done a video look at it in action. You can see the video after the break and see the results of the tests.
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