The Vodafone 858 Smart is an entry level Android device from the network itself. The phone is entering a seriously crowded market with competition from the Samsung Galaxy Europa and the Orange San Francisco but what sets the device from the crowd is it’s extremely competitive price of £60.
The small Huawei-made handset may be cheap but does the price offset some of the relatively poor specs or is it worth spending a little more on a higher-spec device? Read on to see!
While the 10 inch version of the BlackBerry PlayBook was only a rumour itself, the new rumour is that the plans for it have been cancelled. There has been light speculation that in the next year RIM will be purchased by another company.
RIM have such a massive share of the market and the corporate uptake for the devices is enough that it’s probably quite safe to brush any takeover news under the carpet. The Playbook 10″ however is a different story. Perhaps with the less that stellar sales for both Android tablets and the Playbook RIM might just hold back on the 10″ and see how the ride goes for the &” currently braving the market.
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Posted by: Gareth
From Inside BlackBerry – Today marks the fourth beta release of Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones v2.0. Over the course of the last several months, we’ve introduced a slew of new features and functionality. Starting with the initial Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones v2.0 beta release, we introduced Facebook Chat and a brand-new interface. In the Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones v2.0 beta refresh, we added support for BlackBerry® Device Software 5.0 in addition to some new features and performance enhancements. And the Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones v2.0 beta 3 release included some of the top requested features, like Wi-Fi support, the ability to delete comments and posts, and a new prompt that appears before you delete a Facebook message.
To add to the lineup of features in Facebook v2.0, this beta release includes some highly anticipated additions.
Enhanced Notifications – Get Notified of ‘Likes’
We’ve made several improvements to notifications; the first is that you’ll be now be notified of polled items (that is, notifications that aren’t delivered through BlackBerry push technology), such as ‘Likes’ and Event Wall posts. The notification will even tell you who and what was ‘Liked’, so you’ll never miss a beat in your social life. By default, polled notifications will be set to a one-hour frequency but you can check as often as you like by selecting Refresh from the Menu.
We have mentioned IM+ many times here on the site. If you are looking for an integrated instant messaging application then this may be the perfect time to try out IM+ Pro or IM+ Talk as they have both been slashed in price. The app is available on BlackBerry, Android and iOS and although I have used on all of these platforms before I must admit it has historically been rather expensive.
Not now though. Grab your phone, jump into your respective app store and search for IM+ Pro or IM+ Talk.
Stay connected to your friends, family and business contacts anytime and anywhere. All-in-one chat app at your fingertips!
You can read more about IM+ and see the new pricing below:
If you are a Windows Phone 7 user then today is a glorious day if you are into gaming. One of the most popular mobile games ever, Angry Birds is now available to download from the Marketplace.
Priced at £2.49 there is also the option to try the first three levels for free.
So what are you waiting for, go grab it.
Posted by: James
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has now sold more than two million ZTE Blade handsets, making it one of the top best-selling smartphones in the world.
ZTE continues to challenge the market leaders in the handset market, and expects to ship more than 80 million handsets this year, up from 60 million units in 2010.
The ZTE Blade was first launched in the UK in the second half of 2010, and is now available in over 30 countries and regions, including the UK, France, Greece, Spain, Poland and Turkey. It has also successfully penetrated Japan and Finland, the home markets of major ZTE competitors.
It seems ages since we were all drooling over Mobile World Congress back in February but here we are 6 months on having seen HTC, Samsung etc release most if not all of their announced devices from MWC. HTC announced no less than 6 products at MWC including 5 mobile phones. By the end of this month all 6 (plus the Sensation) will have been released upon the world.
The one that I have here for review is the HTC Salsa. This along with the HTC ChaCha has a special feature in it, a dedicated Facebook button.
Will this extra special feature float the social needs of users? Will it’s distinctly familiar looks put people off? So enjoy my HTC Salsa review, read on and all will be revealed.
This week Gareth, James, Tracy and Matt are all over the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. Gareth reviews the HTC ChaCha, James gets excited about a Blackberry 9900 video, Matt has played with the HTC Evo 3D and Tracy puts together a good value deal from T-Mobile.
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Look what just popped up on the Orange website as coming soon – The Monte Carlo. Clearly a follow on from the San Francisco this new Android device know in other parts of the world as the ZTE Skate looks to be a monster seller for Orange.
Prices are not confirmed yet but if the San Francisco was anything to go by then it will be extremely competitive.
Sporting a 4.3 inch display the Monte Carlo will run Android 2.3, have a 5 megapixel camera and support both HD voice and UMA. Sounds pretty sweet if you ask me.
We will try to find out when we can expect the Monte Carlo to go on sale but in the meantime you can see more specs below.
Acer is pleased to announce that a 16GB version of the hugely successful ICONIA TAB A500 is available now for a SRRP of £349.99 inc Vat.
Sleek, smart and full of innovative features, the ICONIA Tab A500 is equipped with the latest, highly intuitive Google Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” operating system, the new version of the Android platform specifically optimized for tablets, combined with Acer UI to reach a whole new level of interactivity.
What’s more, the Acer clear.fi media sharing system will be preloaded on the device for seamless integration in the home clear.fi environment to easily access, play and share multimedia across the home network and to instantly publish updates to social media networks.
Designed for rich multimedia entertainment, this tablet comes with a high resolution, high colour contrast 10.1″ display with wide viewing angle providing higher colour accuracy for better visuals from different perspective, allowing users to play or share HD video with friends on the go. Complete with a built-in HDMI port and 1080p output, it may also be used to enjoy HD content in full HD on a big screen TV or monitor.
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