Archive for April, 2010

By April 22, 2010 Read More →

mykindofphone from Microsoft – Exclusive!

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Today Microsoft will launch a new website called mykindofphone.com

The new site is all about how people are injecting their personality into their mobile phones to make it uniquely their own.

My kind of phone is all about sharing and celebrating the inspiring ways people are personalising their phones, especially in the areas of mobile photography, gaming and music.  On the site you’ll find photos, videos and stories that we find interesting, quirky and cool, from phone cases, photography and screen layouts, to music, photography and gaming. We’ll be scouring the web daily for the most interesting and unique ways people make their phone ‘my kind of phone’.

Readers will be able to connect to my kind of phone by following 8 social media sites: Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Posterous, Windows Live, Delicious, Upcoming and Facebook.

Microsoft are also asking for tips or ideas on what readers want to see featured on the site, so readers can send their tips to [email protected] and we’ll be featuring the best entries.

This news is hot off the press and we are the first to announce it so I am heading off to My kind of phone is all about sharing and celebrating the inspiring ways people are personalising their phones, especially in the areas of mobile photography, gaming and music. On the site you’ll find photos, videos and stories that we find interesting, quirky and cool, from phone cases, photography and screen layouts, to music, photography and gaming. We’ll be scouring the web daily for the most interesting and unique ways people make their phone ‘my kind of phone’. mykindofphone.com right now to check it out. I will let you know what I think on the forum. Meet me there!

 

Posted by: James

Posted in: Press Releases
By April 22, 2010 Read More →

Dell Thunder & Lightning details emerge

dell We’ve known that Dell had plans to launch their own Android and Windows powered mobiles for a while but now details of two new handsets have started to emerge. The Dell Thunder and the Dell Lightning details have been leaked on the internet and images have already appeared on Engadget.

The Dell Thunder is expected to run Android 2.1, have a 4″ capacitive 480×800 OLED touchscreen, GPS, WiFi and 3G connectivity. It’s also rumoured to have a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. By the looks of the leaked images there will be a Sense-style user interface and we also expect Facebook and Twitter integration, Swype, Flash 10.1 and an 8-megapixel camera.

If the leaked information is to be believed then it looks like the Thunder will have a superb spec but it looks a bit ‘square’ for my taste.

 

Posted in: Rumours
By April 21, 2010 Read More →

Review: HTC Legend

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In the last month HTC have pumped out a couple of rather high end devices. Whilst the HTC Desire is the flagship, the HTC Legend, an update to the popular Hero, is no slacker. Here we are going take a look at the Legend and see if it’s worth your time.

Posted in: Phones
By April 21, 2010 Read More →

Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5 unboxing video

bloggie Some time ago Sony announced a new range is compact HD camcorders calling them the Bloggie range. One assumes that they got the name from the fact that they support YouTube recording modes and files that are compatible for direct upload to YouTube.

We’ve reviewed quite a few of these small form HD camcorder in the past from the TG3E to almost all of the cameras from Sanyo’s Xacti range. I continue to be impressed with the quality of video footage that you can get from such small cameras these days.

The Bloggie also boasts a unique feature; included with the MHS-PM5 model that we are reviewing here is a clip-on 360 degree lens. This actually allows you to record a full 360 degree panorama video! You’ll have to use Sony’y bundled software to process the recorded footage but you can then export the 360 video in a variety of formats.

As always I’m going to try the Bloggie out over the next week or so but for now you can take a look at the unboxing video below.

 

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By April 21, 2010 Read More →

BlackBerry 9670 Clamshell

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It was earlier today that we posted about the boygeniusreport getting hold of some screen shots of BlackBerry OS 6.0, but now they have also showed us a new phone, The BlackBerry 9670.

Here is what we know about the device so far:

  • CDMA
  • 5MP Camera
  • Wi-Fi
  • 360×480 internal display
  • External display
  • Trackpad
  • OS 6.0
  • MicroSD
  • Bluetooth

 

Although the device is listed as being CDMA I would imagine RIM will make a GSM version of the 9670 like they have done with all other BlackBerry smartphones.

Posted in: Rumours
By April 21, 2010 Read More →

Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast 67

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Gareth, Matt, James and Andy return for another fun podcast covering all types of mobile news and views across the UK. Featuring such profound nonsense as Andy’s inflatable girlfriend, Giff Gaff, the new iPhone and a feature examining instant messaging clients on mobile platforms.

Regulars: James Richardson, Matt Davis, Gareth Myles and Andy Lee.

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By April 21, 2010 Read More →

BlackBerry OS 6 Screen Shots

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This is a nice turn up for the books. The boygeniusreport.com has managed to not only get some BlackBerry OS 6 screenshots but also details of the changes to the OS.

Rather than me waffling on here’s what the BGR has to say:

Posted in: News
By April 20, 2010 Read More →

Apple announce UK iPAD pre-order

hero2_20100127 As you probably know, Apple announced some delays to the UK launch of the immensely popular iPad last week, saying that it would be another month before they had enough of them to sell here in the UK and the rest of the world.

Just popped over to the Apple store for an update and pleased to see that there’s news! According to the UK online store the iPad will go on sale late in May 2010 and they will be accepting pre-orders from the 10th May.

If you’ve seen my video of the iPad or been following me on twitter or the MTA Podcast you’ll know that I am rather fond of my imported iPad and will be certainly buying another for Tracy just as soon as we can!

 

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By April 20, 2010 Read More →

3M MPro150 Pocket Projector unboxing video

3M-Mpro-150.preview Quite some time ago we reviewed the Pico pocket projector which I believe was the first of its kind. Since then we’ve been hearing about how projectors are getting smaller and smaller and that they are even finding their way in to mobile phones and digital cameras now.

3M recently launched their MPro series of pocket projectors and we have the MPro150 here to review. It’s a little bigger than the Pico that we had all that time ago but it’s much more feature rich, has a larger native resolution and greater brightness.

One of the really cool features of the MPro is that it has 1GB of built in memory or can accept a MicroSDHC memory card from which it can read and display content for stand-alone PC-free presentations! It supports not only Powerpoint files but also Word, Excel, plain text, MP3 and MP4 video files. So you can in fact watch a movie from this little thing if you wanted to!

I’ll be using the 3M MPro150 Pocket Projector over the next few weeks as I do have some presentations to give. I’ll come back and let you know how it fairs against the not-so-portable projectors available too. Have a look at the unboxing video below for a tour of the unit and a quick demo of the user interface and playback of stored files.

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By April 20, 2010 Read More →

Trojan Poses as Fake Google Chrome Extension

BitDefender_logo I came across this piece of news late last night and thought I would share it with you all as I know that quite a large number of our visitors use Google Chrome web browser to view the site.

Now that Chrome more popular it would seem that it’s becoming a larger target for malware and trojan exploits. More details have emerged of a particular threat the details of which you can find below from BitDefender.

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