Since the start of his presidency, Obama has made no secret of his love for RIM’s Blackberry. He certainly fought for the right to continue using it as president, but now Obama seems to have changed his mind.
Understandably, it’s super protected with encryption and so only 10 people are allowed to email him. Talking on “ABC The View”, Obama said, "I’ve got to admit, it’s no fun because they think that it’s probably going to be subject to the presidential records act, so nobody wants to send me the real juicy stuff."
We have seen leaked photos of the BlackBerry Curve 9300 over the past month or so but nothing has been made official from RIM yet about the first 3G Curve. A very reliable source has been in touch with us to let us know that an expected announcement will be made around the 8th/9th of August. Not long to wait but I think this one will be slightly over shadowed by the 9800 Slider.
Price wise, I am led to believe that this Curve will be a fair bit more expensive than the current Curve 8520 that we in the UK can get sim free for under £200 and as little as £148 on PAYG.
It will certainly be interesting to see if the UK carriers can offer the 9300 for as little as £20 per month on a contract like they can currently with the 8520.
Total Security 2011 is available from August 2010 with speed and personalisation enhancements to give customers superior online protection.
BitDefender®, an award winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, has confirmed its latest range of powerful security software will be available in the UK from August 2010. The BitDefender 2011 range will offer comprehensive protection against the latest viruses, spyware, phishing and identity theft attacks and will comprise of Total Security, Internet Security and Antivirus Pro.
The new range offers a personalised experience and builds on the profiling concept in BitDefender 2010. BitDefender’s unique Adaptive Design user interface allows consumers to customise their dashboard to match their unique needs as well as create shortcuts to gaming or laptop modes, further optimising how BitDefender interacts with the system and network. Additionally, performance optimisation features help users keep their entire system safe without slowing down other applications and processes.
HTC has just announced that all of its Android phones that will be sold in China, are going to coming with Android 2.2, otherwise known as Froyo. What’s more, HTC Sense will be updated for Froyo, which will start the rumour that all current HTC phones will receive the Froyo update very soon.
HTC has said that the 2.2 update for its phones already out there will be coming “very soon,” so hopefully, we should see the update coming over the next couple of weeks.
If you are looking for a small Android powered smartphone then the Vodafone 845 may well be worth considering. The 845 is one of the smaller Android devices out there at the moment and with deals from Vodafone you can pick one up ‘from free’.
Whilst the Vodafone 845 may have a fairly budget price the features aren’t so skimpy. For starters you’ll find Android 2.1 Eclair as the operating system, 2.8″ touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera and a host of other features. It’s good to see a smaller and less-expensive device with Android 2.1
The 845 also comes with Vodafone 360 which is one of those things that you either love or hate. Whilst I’m not really a fan I’ve not found it to be overly obtrusive on the 845 but more of that when I get to the full review.
Check out the unboxing video below and I’ll give you a quick demo of a few of the main features. I’m off to start the review now…
I just found the below interview over on the official BlackBerry blog. If you are interested in BlackBerry 6 this one is worth a read.
As you may have already seen in the sneak peek video, the Home Screen in BlackBerry® 6 has undergone a makeover. To get the inside scoop on some of these changes, I reached out to Joey Benedek, Director of UX Research at Research In Motion® (RIM). Check out the interview below.
First, can you tell us a bit about what you and your group do at RIM?
I am a Director in the User Experience (UX) group, and I run the UX Research team. The UX organization is responsible for understanding user needs and desires and translating those into interface designs. We then work with the various software development teams to iterate those designs – with end-user feedback as our guide – prior to releasing to market. Bottom line, our team is responsible for defining the on-device experience that our customers interact with and making sure those experiences are not only usable but also desirable.
We posted a while ago about the uncovering of the HTC Vision, (or G1 Blaze?) and it looks to be a forthcoming Android powerhouse complete with slide out keyboard. Hardware keyboards have come few and far between on the Android scene, so this new high end device from HTC is hotly anticipated by many (including myself!). Spec wise it is rumoured to be very similar to the HTC Desire, but with a slide out qwerty.
An eagle eyed reader of coolsmartphone.com noticed a Euro symbol on its keyboard, which indicates it may make its way over here. HTC’s track record tells us that this should have a decent keyboard to say the least. Given the lack of Android powered qwerty sliders that are in the market now, HTC might be onto a winner here with the Vision.
RIM and AT&T have announced a press event to be held on August 3rd in the USA. Although RIM are not saying what this is all about it can only be one thing, the announcement of the BlackBerry 9800 Slider. Yippee!
The leaked photos we have seen have shown the 9800 to be AT&T branded so if my prediction is wrong I will eat my hat.
I’m just hoping it will not be long until we see an announcement here in the UK. We will keep you up to date when we know for sure what is going down.
Gareth, Matt and James have a nice little chat about the recent mobile developements. Andy, in a pre-recorded interview, has a chat with Louis Gump of CNN Mobile about the new CNN iPhone application.
The Android 2.1 update has been around for the HTC Hero for a while and it’s great if you have a SIM-free Hero. Not such good news if you have a Hero from Orange as you’re still waiting for the update to be made available to you!
Today it’s good news to come from HTC and Orange, in the form of an apology from HTC to Orange customers and news that the Eclair update will be made available some time next week.
“We apologise for the delay in Orange Hero customers receiving their Éclair update. Testing the update across European markets took longer than anticipated. However, we hope to receive final approval by the end of the week and Orange handsets should start updating from next week.”
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