Archive for August 7th, 2008
Over at htc.com they have taken some time to make the process of upgrading easier. It’s quite nice and easy to use. The layout also provides little write ups about the updates. No, there are no video drivers, HTC is still just too stubborn to do this. There is a series of frequently asked questions and troubleshooting tips.
Motorola’s new smartphone is something of an odd design but it might just be crazy enough to make it! I noticed it yesterday out of the corner of my eye and thought that it was just a new Chinese phone which I would probably not see again but its just a tiny smartphone that will likely appeal to those not fussed on hulking round something the size of an iPhone or Touch Pro. This seems to have some rather nice specs inside also.
The Treo 800w is easily one of the most anticipated phones and the more I read about it I realise it is the phone I want the most Crunchgear has posted a look at the Palm Treo 800w and whilst it isn’t exhaustive it covers all you will want to know quickly. Roll on 850w!
Sony today announced two new models for their Cyber-shot range, the DSC-T77 and DSC-T700. Both look like exceptionally slim and well-spec’ed cameras, the T77 being the worlds world’s slimmest camera with 4x optical zoom. I hope to have my hands on one for review shortly!
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-T77
Slim and Stylish: The DSC-T77
- — Super-slim, beautiful design with choice of five fashion colours
- — 10.1 effective megapixels
- — Smile Shutter automatically captures smiling faces
- — Beautiful portraits with Face Detection and Anti-blink technology
- — Carl Zeiss 4x optical zoom lens
- — Optical SteadyShot for crisper, clearer photos
- — Stunning 3" touchscreen LCD
- — Intelligent Scene Recognition with new Portrait mode
Photo Album in your pocket: The DSC-T700
- — Slim, beautiful design with choice of five fashion colours
- — 10.1 effective megapixels
- — 4GB internal memory, stores up to 40,000 photos
- — Powerful album functions to store, organise and share your photos
- — Smile Shutter automatically captures smiling faces
- — Beautiful portraits with Face Detection and Anti-blink technology
- — Enjoy your images on the Extra-large 3.5" touchscreen LCD
- — Easy web upload for sharing images on social networking sites
Two gorgeous new T-Series Cyber-shot™ cameras from Sony are bursting with amazing features to help you take great pictures. Slim, colourful and easy to carry, they’re the perfect partner for any occasion, from fun-filled nights out to holidays, parties and family moments.
Cyber-shot™ T77: World’s slimmest camera with 4x optical zoom
The breathtaking Cyber-shot™ T77 proves that less really is more when it comes to beautiful pictures. Just 15mm thin (13.9mm at thinnest point), the stunningly styled T77 won’t spoil the lines of a jacket or shirt pocket. It’s available in a range of five mouth watering colours including black, silver, pink, green and brown.
Sleek, chic looks are accentuated further by the big, beautiful 3-inch touchscreen LCD. All functions are controlled with a touch of the screen, cutting down on fiddly controls while giving you a widescreen view of your pictures.
Inside its super-svelte lines, the Cyber-shot™ T77 is crammed with smart Sony technology to help you shoot, share and enjoy better-looking pictures. There’s a crisp, clear Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens to ensure peerless image quality, with a powerful 4x optical zoom range for detail-packed close-ups. Additionally, the T77 is the thinnest Cyber-shot™ ever to feature a powerful 4x optical zoom range for detail-packed close-ups.
Now even easier to use, Smile Shutter lets you capture more happy moments. Just select Smile Shutter mode and aim the camera: the Cyber-shot™ T77 automatically fires the shutter when someone smiles. Face Detection has also been improved for even better results, allowing you to prioritise children or adults for natural portraits with spot-on skin tones, exposure and focus.
Brand new ‘Anti-blink’ technology cuts the risk of closed eyes spoiling portraits of friends and family. Portrait Mode shoots two images in quick succession, automatically throwing away pictures where the subject’s eyes are closed.
Intelligent Scene Recognition has been further refined. Now it will automatically adjust settings for great results over an even wider range of common shooting situations like portraits, landscapes and close-up macro pictures.
Complementing the powerful BIONZ processor, High Sensitivity (maximum ISO 3200) and Clear RAW Noise Reduction help to ensure beautifully natural results indoors or at dusk without the help of flash. There’s also a Dynamic Range Optimiser (DRO) that ensures a better balance between bright highlights and deep shadows. It’s great in tricky situations like taking portraits against the sun. After shooting, bring all your memories back to life as a slideshow with music soundtrack. If you want an even bigger picture, just connect the T77 to your HD television for spectacular results in your living room.
Also available, the genuine leather soft LCS-THP carry case protects your Cyber-shot™ from dust and scratches.
Key technical specifications
Cyber-shot™ T77 Cyber-shot™ T700 Effective megapixels 10.1 effective megapixels 10.1 effective megapixels Image processor BIONZ processor with BIONZ processor with Dynamic Range Optimiser Dynamic Range Optimiser Image sensor Super HAD CCD Super HAD CCD Internal memory 15MB 4GB stores up to 40,000 photos Shooting modes Intelligent Scene Intelligent Scene Recognition with new Recognition with new Portrait, Landscape and Portrait, Landscape and Macro modes Macro modes Lens Carl Zeiss 4x optical Carl Zeiss 4x optical zoom lens zoom lens Display 3.0-inch Clear Photo 3.5-inch (921K dot) Plus touchscreen LCD Xtra Fine wide touchscreen LCD Image stabilisation system Dual anti-blur with Dual anti-blur with Optical SteadyShot and Optical SteadyShot and High Sensitivity High Sensitivity (ISO 3200) (ISO 3200) Smile Shutter Smile Shutter with Smile Shutter with selectable Adult/ selectable Adult/ Child priority Child priority Face Detection Face Detection with Face Detection with selectable Adult/ selectable Adult/ Child priority Child priority Additional features Portrait mode with Powerful album functions Anti-blink technology to store, organise and share your photos Easy image management Album mode with automatic with folder, date, indexing favourite and event views Image search by Easy image management faces (People/Children/ with folder, date, Infants/Smiles) favourite and event views HD Slideshow with Image search by Photomusic faces (People/Children/ Infants/Smiles) HD output with PhotoTV HD Easy web upload for (requires compatible sharing images on social television) networking sites Fun in-camera image HD Slideshow with retouching Photomusic HD output with PhotoTV HD (require compatible television) Fun in-camera image Retouching
Posted by: Matt
HTC have just released another Rom update for the HTC Diamond, this is version 1.93 and is available for all UK and European handsets. As usual with any HTC Rom update it is only available through the HTC E-Club and will appear under software updates for your device, or give it half an hour and you will be able to get it from xda-developers. The Rom claims to update the camera navigation, improved TouchFlo response, updates to weather application and text alert speed, if you update let us know how it works out.
My great friends over at Mobility Today have commissioned an iPhone software developer to create an application for them and it is now live and available for download in the App Store. The application is fantastic as it allows you to stream any of the Mobility Today podcasts over the air to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Hats off to Mobility Today for being the first site to create their own application for podcasts. You can find it in the Entertainment section of the App Store.
No this isn’t a mistake or a repeat-post but in fact HTC just released another ROM update for the HTC Touch Diamond. This time it’s version 1.93 and is available for the UK and other European countries.
As with other HTC ROM updates, in order to download the update you must have an HTC Touch Diamons and have registered it’s serial number through your e-club account. Once you have done this then the download will be available as a “Phone Software Update” in the “My Downloads” section of your account.
The download is just over 98MB in size and the update process takes around 20 minutes to perform. This is a full ROM update so EVERYTHING will be wiped from your Diamond (Internal Storage is Safe) during the upgrade so be sure to backup all of your important data before you begin the update process!
Updated in this ROM:
I’m downloading this ROM update at the moment and I’ll let you know how I get on with it later.
Posted By: Matt
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