Archive for February 27th, 2009

HTC Touch Diamond ROM update

An updated ROM is now available for HTC Touch Diamond users to download. HTC advise Diamond users to reapply this update on the models with the language version listed below if you installed this update prior to February 27:

Release Date: 2009-02-27 Category: ROM Upgrade

[The update is available for the following languages: English (Pan Europe and UK), Italian, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Middle East English, S. Africa English, Russian, and Arabic (Egypt and Middle East)] Full details and link to the ROM after the break.

Asus announce P835 Windows Mobile Pro phone

ASUS, a leading producer of innovative handhelds, today launched the P835, a PDA phone that delivers an Internet browsing and multimedia viewing experience without equal. Designed for business-savvy professionals who appreciate a screen as big as their ambitions, the P835 is equipped with a large 3.5” touchscreen that runs at WVGA resolution—offering five times the number of pixels of most phones and delivering the best document, photo, movie and website viewing experience possible. Apart from being able to display more of a webpage onscreen, the P835 boasts features that greatly enrich users’ online experience, including blazing fast HSUPA 7.2Mbps download speeds, a responsive trackball that makes scrolling effortless and Opera Mobile, a user-friendly and full-featured Web browser. It wraps all of its impressive functionality in an elegant touch-optimized interface which is intuitive, interactive and attractive.

LG video demo’s from MWC 09

LG have released three videos via their blog of some of the devices that were announced at Mobile World Congress last week. The first video is a short demonstration of the GD910 watch phone and it looks pretty groovy. Next up is the Windows Mobile running KM730, this has the S Class user interface and finally we see the LG Arena with its innovative cube interface. Check out the videos after the break and a word of warning, the last one is over 9 minutes long.

Documents To Go for iPhone status update

Documents To Go is still on track to be released in the second quarter of 2009 for the iPhone according to some information we have just received from DataViz. It was recently shown at Mobile World Congress and the reports were very favourable, something to note however the version being shown would only allow editing of Word documents and not Excel or any others file types. It will be interesting to see how it comes out next quarter and if the copy paste functions extend beyond the application. We will keep an eye out for more information.

DoCoMo halts BlackBerry Bold sales due to overheating

NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan’s biggest mobile phone operator, said on Friday it has halted sales of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Bold because the phone can overheat while the battery is being recharged. DoCoMo said it has sold about 4,000 high-end Bold phones, and about 30 users have complained the phone’s keyboard area had heated up. The company said it has received no reports of users getting burned or of phones catching on fire.

"This issue appears to be specifically limited to the BlackBerry Bold devices sold in Japan since last week and sales of BlackBerry Bold devices in other countries are unaffected by this matter," RIM said in a statement. RIM also said it had ruled out a battery problem, but the root cause is still being investigated.

via Reuters

Acer DX900 begins shipping

The Acer DX900 is finally here!

We’ve known about the Acer DX900 for a while and it was officially announced at Mobile World Congress earlier this month, the DX900 will begin shipping next week.

This is first main-stream dual sim device to be launched here in the UK and the world’s first Dual-SIM Smartphone to support both 3.5G (HSDPA) and 2.75G (EDGE) SIM cards. The DX900 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and has an impressive feature set that includes 3G connectivity and GPS on board.
Available for order now at a confirmed price of £346.96 (plus carriage and VAT (if applicable)), you can place your order today to receive one of the first units.

Head over to the Acer DX900 page on the Clove website more information and to order yours now!

Acer DX900 specification:

• Operating System – Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Processor – Samsung S3C 6400 533 MHz Processor
• Memory – ROM: 256 MB / RAM: 128 MB
• Display – 2.8" VGA (468×640) colour transflective TFT
• Operating Frequency – HSDPA / UMTS ( 2100 / 1900 / 850 MHz )
  Quad-Band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
• Expansion  – microSD
• mini-USB
• Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
• WiFi 802.11b, 802.11g
• Embedded SiRF Star III chipset
• Built-in 3.0 mega pixels Auto-Focus CMOS camera, up to 2048 x 1536 resolution
• 0.3 mega pixels Fixed-Focus CMOS camera for conference call usage
• Composite TV out support
• Battery – Removable 1530 mAh
• Dimensions – 106(L) x 60.5 (W) x 17(H) millimetres
• Weight – 147 grams (battery included)

Posted by: Matt