Archive for 2009
Engadget have a put together a great video of the recently announced HTC Magic Android phone announced at MWC. This Android phone will come with the cupcake update already installed. The software keyboard can be seen and the settings beneath as well as the video recording functions, if your interested in the latest Android phone take a look at the video after the break as well as the full device specifications.
We haven’t reviewed many Blackberry handsets here in tracyandmatt.co.uk before having really only had a brief look at the Blackberry Bold before. When Orange sent me an email a few weeks ago and asked if I would like to review the new Blackberry Curve 8900 on a Pay-as-you-go contract I thought that sounded like an excellent idea!
Many people are referring to the 8900 (RIM Javelin) as the new smaller Blackberry Bold and looking at the handset its easy to see why. The 8900 is in fact a new Curve model though.
The Blackberry Curve 8900
My initial impression of the 8900 is that it’s an extremely neat handset which is small and light enough for every day use and not just business use. The screen is extremely clear and sharp thanks to the 480×360 pixels being packed in to just a 2.4" diagonal screen. The resolution and OS setup are the same as the Blackberry Bold.
We’re going to be setting the Curve 8900 up with a PAYG SIM and using it over the next couple of weeks. Please take a look at the unboxing video below where I take you on a tour of the handset a quick look at the OS.
The review will be here soon!
Blackberry Curve 8900 specification:
- Dimensions: – 109 x 60 x 13.5 mm
- Weight: – 109.9g
- Display: – 480 x 330 pixels/2.4 inch
- Network: – GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band)
- Camera: – 3.2 mega-pixels (auto-focus)
– 5 x Digital Zoom
– LED Flash - Video: – Video Recording
– Supported formats: DivX, XviD, MP4, H.263, 3GP & WMV
– Video Streaming - Music: – Supported formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ & WMA
- Messaging: – SMS
– MMS (with video)
– E-mail (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4, MS Exchange, BES, BIS)
– Instant Messaging - Memory: – 256MB (internal)
– microSDHC (external) - microUSB
- 3.5mm Audio Connector
- Bluetooth (2.0)
- Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g)
- GPRS Class 32
- Navigation: – AGPS
– BlackBerry Maps
Posted by: Matt
While everyone is waiting and watching (and drooling) for the chance to get hold of a new Palm Pre, Tealpoint Software is staying old school. Palm users are familiar with great apps from Tealpoint: TealLock, TealScript, TealBackup, and others. A name Palm enthusiasts have come to know and trust, Teal is stepping out of the crowd to show that the old Palm os (Garnet) is not quite dead yet. For a limited time, you can purchase TealOS for $14.95 (expected to soon go to $19.95), and give your Palm Treo or Centro a facelift and feel closer to the new face of Palm and WebOS.
If you have watched any of the videos demo’ing the Pre, you’re familiar with what it looks like, and the basic operation. Either it didn’t take the developers at Tealpoint long to copy the look/feel, or they had some inside knowledge as to what to expect. Take a look at the video after the break its pretty darn good.
Just over a month ago we started our ‘Win an XBOX 360’ competition. I have to say that the number of entries has been overwhelming, more than any other competition that we’ve ever had here in tracyandmatt.co.uk
Firstly I should apologise for not announcing the winner on time. It has been an exceptionally busy week with press releases coming out of MWC every 5 minutes!
However, down to business. I’m pleased to say that we have a winner of the XBOX 360 console provided by Clickonplastics.co.uk . The winner is Jake Simpson. Jake was picked at random from the list of people that correctly answered the question: "In terms of plastic products, what does SRBF stand for?" and of course the answer you should have come up with from the clickonplastics webite is: "Synthetic Resin Bonded Fabric".
Congratulations to you then Jake, the 360 is on its way to you!
We’ll have another competition starting soon so be sure to come back and have a look!
Posted by: Matt
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One of the most popular and stable today screen replacements is SPB Mobile Shell. Here is a video tour of the upcoming 3.0 version of the software and it really seems to continue with the quality of the previous incarnations. Video after the break.
Nokia have announced the much anticipated N97 is to be released in May of 2009. They have also announced the 8mp camera behemoth that is the N86 to hit shops around the same time. A bit of an oddity from a marketing point of view. Read on for the blurb on both of these phones.
I have been giving media a huge amount of thought over the past few months and why it is so successful on the iPhone, but such a bad experience on other devices. Ask most Windows Mobile users what they use to listen to media on their device and nearly always the answer is “I don’t use my device to listen to music.” Now why is that. Well I think I know the answer, quite simple there is no software that can provide a good experience with organising music, videos or podcasts quite like iTunes. Lots of people hate iTunes but for me it is an amazingly simple solution for organising your media.
ZDNet managed to get an interview with Palm product line manager Rob Katcher about the Pre and webOS at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. In the video he talks about the Pre, development of applications and a few other interesting questions thrown at him. The Pre is looking like a great device however I am still concerned that we have not seen any information, or demonstrations of the media player yet. If you know different let me know. Video after the break.
Ryanair has installed the technology in 20 of it’s planes to allow in-flight use of mobile phones on many of it’s services. Calls are at a premium at around £1.50 to £3 per minute and texts at 40p and currently only six people at once will be able to make calls. You will also have to pay to receive incoming calls.
Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s chief executive, was characteristically bullish. “No one is flying Ryanair because it is a bastion of solitude or tranquillity.” he said. “Anyone who likes to sleep, we will wake them up and sell them a sandwich or coffee.”
Like it or not, the age of the in-flight mobile has dawned. And from now on when boarding flights, in addition to crying babies and the overweight, passengers wary of who they will be sitting next to will also be watching out for the verbose.
via Jason Langridge and The Telegraph
Opera have announced Opera Mobile 9.5 technology preview with support for Gears, a Google open source project that enables more powerful web applications. Besides this Opera Mobile 9.5 technology preview, Gears is currently available for Firefox 1.5+, IE 6.0+, Internet Explorer Mobile 4.01+, Safari 3.1.1, and Android.
The use cases for Gears differ somewhat between mobile and desktop devices. On mobile, Gears is perfect for creating a better user experience by allowing applications to cache data more efficiently, so you can cut down on bandwidth, and carry out processes discreetly in the background. On the desktop, Gears has ideal functionality for allowing your applications to function offline and synchronize data with the server when you get back online again. More information after the break.
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