Author Archive: Gareth

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By October 14, 2008 Read More →

Happy Birthday to the Mobile Phone

image The mobile phone is celebrating its 25th anniversary in the US. Motorola’s DynaTAC 8000X was built by a team headed by Dr Martin Cooper, a general manager for the systems division at Motorola who is widely credited with making the first mobile phone call. However, for publicity purposes the ‘first’ call was made on Soldier Field in Chicago by Bob Barnett, president of Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Verizon Wireless). He called the grandson of Alexander Graham Bell.

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By October 14, 2008 Read More →

HTC Touch HD video eye candy

image Another video of the HTC Touch HD has emerged, this one is set to music so no translation is necessary, its a nice video look and again the device stands out on how responsive that touch screen is and how easy this is to use with touch. Still have not seen a good demo of text input, so if anyone has a Touch HD please show us how easy it is to input text, that is the main deal breaker for me if it is not a good experience. Video after the break.

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By October 14, 2008 Read More →

Rumour T-Mobile is prepping an Android Touch HD

image Phonedog got it from two unrelated sources late last week that T-Mobile is prepping a version of HTC’s Touch HD as their next Android phone.  If true this could be interesting however the Touch HD does not have a capacitive screen only a resistive screen so would differ from the G1 in that respect. Having said that it would be a nice device and after yesterdays hoax story of the iPhone running Windows Mobile maybe seeing a dual boot smartphone is not that far away. Treat this as a rumour for now but we will keep a close eye on any developments.

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By October 13, 2008 Read More →

Windows Mobile running on an iPhone (its a hoax!!!)

image Ok so you have an iPhone and you yearn for the days before you traded in your Windows Mobile handset, well very soon those day may be over, a Norwegian guy Erik Kristiansen has written a piece of software for the iPhone that gives you a dual boot scenario, where on start up you can select Windows Mobile or the normal iPhone OS to run on your phone. There is a video after the break showing this in action and he is hoping to release this early next year. Cannot see this appearing in the ITunes store any time soon but you never know. Now where is the soft reset hole on this iPhone??

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By October 12, 2008 Read More →

Xperia X1 appears at Carphone Warehouse

imageT he Xperia X1 has appeared on the Carphone Warehouse online store for pre-order. The surprise here is that it is on an O2 contract. It looks like it will only be available in silver but it will be free on an 18 month £45.00 contract which is very similar to the iPhone contract so not a bad deal all considering. Full details after the break.

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By October 12, 2008 Read More →

BBC iPlayer supported by Archos 5 and more

windowslivewriterarchos5officialguidedtour-c3c2image-thumb BBC’s iPlayer has been confirmed to be working on the Archos 5 platform. This is terrific news, the iPlayer is a superb service that allows for your TV scheduling to become even more flexible. Also confirmed to work are the following:

• Sony Walkman E and S series
• Archos 605 WIFI and Internet Media Tablet
• Philips GoGear 52xx series
• Samsung YP-P2 and YP-Q1
• Nokia N96

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By October 12, 2008 Read More →

Review Slingbox Pro HD

image If you are interested in the Slingbox line of products or just want to find out what they are all about, you must check out Dave at Mobility Today’s review of the latest Slingbox Pro HD. The Slingbox PRO-HD is the first ever HD-streaming Slingbox. With the Slingbox PRO-HD, you can watch and control multiple devices – including your standard- or high-definition DVR, digital cable, satellite receiver, or DVD player – from anywhere in the world on your computer or mobile phone. Dave has done a fantastic high definition video showing you the unboxing right through to streaming 1080i video. Check out the video at Mobility Today.

By October 11, 2008 Read More →

Xperia unboxed at Dailymotion

sonyericssonx1-xperia-08Dailymotion looks to have have a fully functioning Xperia in their hands, the lucky devils.Its out in Sweden now so we will have to closely monitor the proceedings here. I’ve nicked all their pictures, you can see them after the break.

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By October 11, 2008 Read More →

Spanish video look at the HTC Touch HD

image The Spanish now get in on the Touch HD video reviews action, thanks to Big Mo for the heads up, this time we have a nine minute look at the most desirable Windows Mobile device ever. Now how about HTC slip one over to us as we have had a German video, French video, Czech video and now a Spanish, come on let us do the English version please. Video after the break.

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By October 11, 2008 Read More →

ARCHOS 5 Official Guided Tour

image If you are having trouble understanding the attraction of the Archos 5. Here it is laid out in simple terms with a nice walk-through of the features. They manage to squeeze in an iPhone along the way. whilst I admit the email client is pretty unnecessary I’m impressed its there. Check the video out after the break.

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