Archive for February, 2010

HTC Photon to be unveiled at MWC?

Dubbed the HTC HD Mini, this Windows Mobile 6.5 device looks to be a replacement for the aging Touch Viva or Touch 3G but obviously pulling in the HD’s high class influence. It packs a 3.2-inch HVGA touch screen display, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, 600MHz Qualcomm processor, WiFi, HSPA connectivity, GPS, 3.5m jack, and runs on Windows Mobile 6.5. There’s really nothing overly exciting or groundbreaking about this particular HTC handset so I guess this means that it won’t come with a ridiculously steep price tag either.

Word is the HTC HD Mini will be released this coming April. This isn’t confirmed though, but hopefully, it will be once it’s officially launched in Spain in the next couple of days.

Source WMPoweruser via PMPtoday

HTC Legend pics emerge

The sequel to the great HTC Hero has been spotted in the wild. The Legend is a notable upgrade to the Hero and looks the part too. My only comment is that if they upgrade the aerial stack then this will be a phone to watch.

See all the pics at Android Community

Competition reminder!

The new podcast is out and we are looking for some folks to win these headsets. Send me a picture of you listening to the podcast. When at Mobile World Congress I shall ask the coolest and most prominent person I can find to choose their favourite two photos (To be honest it will probably be the most attractive booth babe.) The two photos chosen will win! Simples.

You can send your photo to [email protected]. Entries should be in by midnight on 17/02/10. I will be posting all photos received so keep them clean 🙂

Best of luck!

1.6GB-big NDrive Barcelona turn-by-turn for iPhone – available for FREE

NDrive offers amazing Streetview-like turn-by-turn navigation fully offline (1.6GB-big! here you can see entrance to Mobile World Congress venue):

Unlock 3 MiFi for other networks

Another discovery that I have made is the ability to now unlock your 3 MiFi for use on other networks, this solution is not free unfortunately but I have done it and it works perfectly.

As 3 are the only UK network currently offering a MiFi solution, this could be of interest to lots of people as you can but it on pay as you go and unlock it.

The site I used was DC Unlocker, you download a small program and run it and it tells you if your MiFi is unlocked, if it’s not you can buy credits which cost me 15 Euro and unlock it there and then, it worked fine and I am now using it with my company supplied O2 broadband contract.

I have also been told that if you ask 3 themselves they will unlock it for you for £15.00 and this will not void your warranty.

Unleash your 3 MiFi with a firmware flash

I have been using a 3 MiFi which I find to be an excellent product and one that is a brilliant backup for home broadband should yours fail as well as being a great tool while your out and about, one of it’s major faults was that the WiFi would shut off after a short period of inactivity and you have to physically hold the WiFi button in to get it to fire up again, well there is some good news.

I have found a firmware update for the MiFi, it’s not an official 3 firmware but it works a treat and opens up some hidden settings one of which is the WiFi sleep option.

On top of that you can also now access the settings over WiFi via IP address 192.168.1.1 which for some reason 3 decided to block.

You an download the update here but make sure to follow the instructions here to avoid any unforeseen update problems.