Archive for March, 2010

By March 19, 2010 Read More →

Demo of the new HTC Touch Pro2 ROM

htc-touch-pro2 Hopefully you saw our post last night informing you of new ROMs for the HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2. If not you can download each of the new HTC ROMs from HERE.

I have the HTC Touch Pro2 which I use as one of my everyday phones and as there are some rather nice changes in the latest ROM build I thought I would give you a quick video demo.

It would have been nice to get version 6.5.3 but unfortunately that’s not to be (yet anyway). However, what we do get is Sense UI like on the HTC HD2 and it’s a massive improvement.

Check out the video after the jump.

 

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By March 18, 2010 Read More →

Tweet That Weather app for iPhone released

Here is another app that we have found while looking through the apps released in latest 3 days.

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By March 18, 2010 Read More →

ROM Upgrade for HTC Touch Diamond2

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If you own the HTC Touch Diamond2 then head over to the HTC website as it’s ROM upgrade time.

The new Diamond ROM apparently contains Sense 2.5 which in my opinion is a huge bonus. Not having a Diamnond2 I’m not able to check it out so please use the forum to let us know your thoughts.

Also available is an update for the HTC Touch Pro2 although I don’t think this one includes Sense. I’m off to give that one a try right now.

You can download both by clicking here.

Remember to back up all your data and remove your microSD card as all information left on the device will be lost.

 

Posted by: James

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By March 18, 2010 Read More →

Sony Ericsson Vivaz demo video

vivaz1 Since I was over at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month the Sony Ericsson hype died down a little bit but now it’s back! The Vivaz is the first of the five new devices that I saw previewed in Barcelona to actually be released.

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is a Symbian S60 powered device but Sony Ericsson have all but hidden the fact by adding their own custom user interface which completely overlays the OS.

Check out the video below where I give a brief tour of the device and some of its main features.

 

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By March 18, 2010 Read More →

HTC will defend themselves against Apple

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HTC have released the following statement in response to last weeks news that Apple are suing HTC for infringing on certain patents.

Seattle – March 17, 2010 – HTC Corporation today outlined its disagreement with Apple’s legal actions and reiterated its commitment to creating a portfolio of innovative smartphones that gives consumers a variety of choices. Founded in 1997 with a passion for innovation and a vision for how smartphones would change people’s lives, HTC has continually driven this vision by consistently introducing award-winning smartphones with U.S. mobile operators.

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By March 18, 2010 Read More →

tracyandmatt BBM Group

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If you use a BlackBerry, and I know thousands of you do, you may want to join us over in our new BlackBerry Messenger group!

If you have not used the group feature in BBM then to cut a long story short its a place where anyone can jump into an ongoing chat. You don’t have to talk about BlackBerry. Anything goes but please keep it clean!

To join the group just open BBM on your BlackBerry and select ‘Scan a group barcode’ and point your camera at the barcode on this page. Simple Pimple!

Matt has even taken the plunge and is this week carrying a BlackBerry Bold 9700 as well as his iPhone! Will he keep it? He is warming to the idea!

See you over in the group if you fancy it. Otherwise you can add Matt by his PIN, 21619458, and he’ll throw you a group invitation.

 

Posted by: James

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By March 17, 2010 Read More →

EU Recalls app for iPhone released – might save your life

So, you are buying some electrical appliances for yourself or toys for your kids and you would like to be sure that they are not dangerous? Every Friday EU is releasing list of dangerous products. With this app you can search the whole database of products or just the recently added products by country of sale. If you live in EU, you might find this app useful.

One example: an iPhone clone from China that is causing electrical shock and fire:

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By March 17, 2010 Read More →

Windows Phone 7 Series, not for the power user

So as the dust settles on the Windows Phone 7 Series details announced at Mix 2010 I thought it was about time that I chimed in with my thoughts on this new platform.

First off, after it was announced at Mobile World Congress I was genuinely excited, the first time in a long long time that a Windows Phone product has got my juices flowing, unfortunately after MWC I was left with lots more questions than answers but following Mix those questions are now getting answers but are they the right answers.

In my opinion Windows Mobile has taken a long hard look at the competition, it’s history and it’s future and has chosen to chase the dollar, what do I mean by this, well Windows Mobile was the power users platform of choice, the OS that the geeks of this world were proud to use, an OS that you could do anything with, no limits, no restrictions and a huge underground community to assist with those whims.

That has now been blown apart with Windows Phone 7 Series, this OS is following the Apple model, locked down to the hilt, synching only with desktop Zune software, apps only via Marketplace, very restricted multi- tasking, no memory card slots oh and I nearly forgot, no customisation of home screens and wait for it……. No copy and paste, you can hear the screams and gnashing of teeth from the die hard Windows Mobile fans who have stuck up for the aging OS for years, Microsoft have said thanks but get lost, it’s not the choice for the geek anymore that is for sure, Android has just received a huge sales boost , you can read the comments on many popular Windows Phone forums, it’s the end of an era.

As far as I am concerned it’s the start of something fresh, new and usable, it’s a UI designed for finger navigation, structured and easy to use, app development is structured also and will have standards to be followed so apps will function and operate in similar ways like the iPhone., so it’s not all bad but Windows Phone 7 Series has just done the biggest U turn in OS history, geeks need not apply, Microsoft is targeting a whole new Market!

Let’s hope it has enough good features to attract this new market and also stand alongside what Apple has to offer with their new hardware and software in the summer, I fear for the future of Windows Phone 7 Series, I really do, if you copy a winning formula you have to have something special to compete with the original, I just don’t see what they have here, apart from less features, sure Xbox integration is nice but how deep will that go really.

What do you think?

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By March 17, 2010 Read More →

No copy and paste on Windows Phone 7 Series

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No, I am not joking. Yesterday at MIX 10 in a Q&A session Microsoft said that clipboard operations would not be supported in ‘7’.

Further to that, the guys at Engadget confirmed this with Microsoft and they said that copy & paste would definitely not be present.

There is a data-detection service built into the text-handling API that will recognize phone numbers and addresses, but Microsoft says most users, including Office users, don’t really need clipboard functionality.

I have never heard anything so stupid in all my life. I have used Windows Mobile for years, and now a BlackBerry, and I use copy/paste every single day. Not having this feature will affect a lot of professional people in my opinion. I know the iPhone didn’t have this originally but it also was one of the main things that iPhone customers wanted on there phones.

What’s next? A Smartphone that doesn’t make phone calls?!

 

Posted by: James

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By March 17, 2010 Read More →

Android review: Tower Raiders GOLD

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When it comes to strategy games it seems there is no shortage of tower defense games out there. Here, we will look at on of the more popular entries.

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