Archive for May 20th, 2010

HTC Wildfire coming to Virgin Media

On our last podcast James mentioned he had a little go the HTC Wildfire, a new Android 2.1 handset that’s similar to the HTC Desire but a little smaller and less impressive. The phone has been unveiled by HTC just the other day and it looks like there are already carriers lined up to get it. Such a carrier is Virgin Media in the UK although we don’t have any actual pricing details and precise arrival dates yet.
The HTC Wildfire will come with a 3.2-inch QVGA touchscreen display, a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7225 processor, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 3.5mm headphone jack, 512MB ROM, 384MB RAM, GPS and aGPS, up to 32GB of storage space and 3G support.
The phone isn’t that impressive when compared to the HTC Droid Incredible or the HTC EVO 4G but it’s definitely going to be a great Android phone for those of you not willing to spend a lot of money on a brand new handset. What Android phone would you buy if the HTC Wildfire is not for you?

Samsung Wave pre-orderable at Vodafone

A phone demoed that this years Mobile World Congress was the Samsung Wave now available to pre-order from Vodafone. Something of a powerhouse of a phone that was capable of running Need For Space [Insert name of game here] at quite a smooth pace was one thing that caught most people eyes. The other was that it was presented with Samsung’s own operating system, Bada. Likely to be a big seller, the Wave does however feel somewhat indeterminable from several other phones on the market, mostly from Samsung.

The Eken M003 appears

As we mentioned in the last podcast the Eken M001 will be arriving soon at a rather attractive $100 price tag. It has be bigger brother however. Whereas the M001 features 7 inches of LCD viewing space, the M003 is an 8-inch device that also runs Android and pretty much functions like a tablet with WiFi-connectivity. At $240 a piece it’s cheaper than the Apple iPad albeit with a much lower built-in storage, which is readily addressed using SD cards of up to 32GB. For more information about the EKEN M003, click the link below or watch the video after the break. Video after the break:

Pre Plus and Pixi Plus arriving on O2 in a week

Introducing the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus phones, coming to O2 on May 28.

The Palm Pre Plus, with its handy slide-out keyboard, really lets you enjoy the business of living. Keep all your apps open and connected. Get business and personal email in one place, answers at your fingertips with universal search, and never miss a thing thanks to notifications.

The Pixi Plus gives you a fixed keyboard as well as a touchscreen, so you can text, IM and email in an instant. Watch videos. Browse your favourite websites. Stay in touch with friends. And personalise your phone with interchangeable back covers.

Whichever you prefer, both are amazingly powerful yet simple to use, making it easy and fun to stay connected and ahead¹, and both organise all your contacts and calendars into one place so you’re always up to date.

And you can run your favourite apps – like Facebook^®, Yell.com, RadioTime and Grooveshark – on Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. With over 1000 available and more added each week, chances are you’ll find the ones you want.