This week Gareth is back in the hot seat with Matt, James and Andy for all the latest happenings. Matt has some dealings with Nokia in an exclusive … treasure hunt. James shares his thoughts on the Blackberry Curve 9300. Gareth defends the Motorola XT720’s looks and Andy tear’s the Blackberry 9105 apart in a fashion reminiscent of the Hulk.
Matt, James and Andy
While many industry pundits are not expecting Windows Phone 7 to achieve the success of iOS, Android or indeed its Windows Mobile forebear, Microsoft still boasts one thing only one other phone manufacturer can boast – a console division. It seem while Sony’s gaming tie in with any phones is still in the rumour stages, Gates’ guys have unleashed the full weight of the Xbox name to push WP7 into the public consciousness. Over 60 games have been announced, some from the excellent Xbox Live library including Castlevania, De Blob and Hexic and others from full retail titles such as Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell and Halo. While the quality of the games is still unknown, their pedigree can’t be faulted and could prove to be the trump card MS can hold over Apple and Google with the general public.
See the games here on the dedicated Microsoft site, and watch some of them in action here.
Posted by: Ian
It seems to now be tradition that high-profile mobile phone releases should be leaked multiple times before any mention from the manufacturer themselves. Not for the first time, the HTC Desire HD and Desire Z (the Vision) have slipped through the system and have appeared on a respectable British retailer site. The Desire HD steals the spotlight in specification terms, and according to mobiles.co.uk, will have Froyo 2.2 driven by a 1GHz processor, 4.3 inch display, and 720p video recording. This will be announced most likely on the 15th of September at the HTC press event we will be attending. Joining the HD will be the Android qwerty slider, the Desire Z. It’s listed to have a 1GHz processor too, but on a smaller 3.7 inch display and and interestingly, Android 2.1.
Click through to see the shots of their description!
You may have seen our BlackBerry Curve 3G unboxing video and review recently and if you fancied getting one how about a red one from Vodafone?
Although Vodafone have not announced this I have been given an anonymous tip off that they have just received 500 red ones in stock which will be exclusive to Vodafone.
These clearly are not for sale now but it wont be long so we will endeavor to keep you up to date. Looks pretty good in red, don’t you think?
Thanks Mr Anonymous!
Posted by: James
You cant have failed to notice our BlackBerry Torch coverage over the last few weeks. If you are in the market for one sim free you can now pre order one from Clove. They are not cheap, coming in at £522.88 inc VAT which is rather a lot of money if you ask me, but I know people will buy one. I may well do!
The word on the street is that we are looking at the last week in September/1st week in October, although this is subject to change.
Click here to place your pre order.
Posted by: James
You may have seen our BlackBerry Curve 3G review earlier this week. In case you are interested in getting the device sim free I have just been told that devicewire.com now have it in stock.
Head on over and check out what nice offers they have.
Posted by: James
As you are probably aware, if you have been paying attention, Matt was invited by Nokia to attend a secret event last night in London. Led across London by two lovely ladies (and a decent bloke) from WOMworld he was taken to the Millennium bridge for possibly the largest unboxing video ever!
This was part of the #Nokiabox experience that Matt and just seven other bloggers have been part of worldwide. (Yes, he does feel quite honoured!)
Ever wondered what Matt looks like in front of the camera for a change? Have a look at the video below so see him and the Nokia C6 in action.
Not quite as detailed as our normal unboxing videos, Matt wasn’t expecting it, but just a bit of fun. We will do a ‘normal’ unboxing video to give you a little more in depth info on the device so keep your eyes peeled over the next few days.
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