Here we are reviewing one of the most innovative, groundbreaking, apps that lately appeared in the iPhone app store. One warning though: don’t read it if you would like to keep your illusions about music industry!
The Archos 5 PMP was undoubtedly the star of the French company’s launch event yesterday, but they couldn’t help but tease with another new device. The Archos Phone Tablet is, as the name suggests, a PMP/cellphone hybrid; in this case, it runs Android on a 1GHz ARM Cortex CPU, with integrated 3.5G for voice and data access.
I am yet to understand why anyone would want Windows XP on a mobile phone, it would most likely kill off the battery pretty quickly, get very hot, or just downright FAIL. This device is called the ITG xpPhone, the specs are impressive but you should not go by that alone when looking at this phone, i recommend sticking to Windows Mobile instead of this.
* AMD Mobile CPU
* 4.8-inch, 800×480 pixel touchscreen display
* QWERTY keyboard
* 512Mb/1GB memory
* Dual hard drives: SSD (8/16/32/64GB) and HDD (30/60/80/120GB)
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
* Bluetooth
* GPS
* WiMAX (optional)
* GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA (HSDPA/HSUPA), CDMA/CDMA2000, CMDA 1X/EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA
* 7 hours of continuous use with standard battery, 12 hours with extended battery
* Windows XP OS
You can pre-order from their English website
[Source: Mobiletopsoft]
Kindly tipster eMd points us to this O2 Germany site for the Palm Pre, which lists the Pre as "Exklusiv ab Herbst bei O2." That’s "Autumn" to you English-speaking folk, and it’s just a bit more specific than the "before the end of the year" target we’ve heard before.
As we’ve said more than a couple times, the rumormill and tipline started coalescing around October, which we’re still keeping an eye on despite how quickly it’s approaching.
Also, Germans are able to enter for a chance to win one of ten Pre phones they’re giving away by answering a question – don’t worry if you get it wrong the first time, O2 is forgiving.
So it’s "Autumn" for the Pre, which is good, but not nearly specific enough to end this particular silly season. We wouldn’t mind knowing the price, either.
[Source: Precentral]
It isn’t really our area of expertise, but we’ve gotten word that Microsoft will unleash two new Smartphones, probably at CES in January 2010. Developed under the project "Pink" moniker, these two slider phones stem from the aquisition of Dangerand will continue to use Sharp as the manufacturing partner (not HTC as previously rumored by the WSJ). In fact, they’ll be co-branded as "Microsoft+Sharp" products.
One device is "squircle" in shape like the past Zune’s buttons. The slide out keyboard houses the mic at the bottom and it is meant to be open when being used as a phone. This device is code-named "Turtle" and looks like a dressed up Motorola QA1.
We’ve recently had some requests from readers to review some more entry-level handsets as not everyone wants a smartphone. It’s a valid point and not everyone wants a large touchscreen phone.
So I got in contact with Nokia to see what they had that fits the bill. They sent me the Nokia 3720 Classic. To be honest it amazed me what you get with what they consider to be an entry level handset. QVGA Display, FM Radio with RDS, MP4 Video player, instant messaging, email support and Nokia Maps all on a handset costing under £125 seems quite impressive.
On top of that the 3720 is built to be robust and is water, dust and shock resistant with an IP54 rating. Pretty handy if you are going to be using it in harsher environments.
We’ll review the Nokia 3720 Classic over the next week or so and will have the review online as soon as we are done. Below you’ll find my 3720 unboxing video which includes a little look at the OS too. Note that the video was recorded on the Sony HDR-FX1000 that we are reviewing at the moment too.
Nokia 3720 Classic specification:
Robust.
A phone you can rely on; IP 54 certification for water, dust and shock resistance for increased durability. The powerful battery lets talk longer between charges.Share.
Capture quality images and video using the 2 mega-pixel camera then share with friends via Bluetooth, email, MMS or Ovi Share. Digital zoom and LED flash lets you capture quality images and video wherever you are.Classic.
Classic design with stainless steel accents, round edges and compact size.Discover.
Pre-installed Nokia Maps lets you discover new places and guides you to your destination easily when coupled with a Bluetooth GPS receiver.
Posted by: Matt
With O2 customers receiving free SMS alerts from Twitter, it’s understandable that Vodafone wants to offer a perk for Twitter users. We’re not sure that the "first interactive real time top 40 for music lovers" is the way forward, however.
Vodafone commissioned developer Ben Marsh to "create a live top 40 chart of what people are listening to on Twitter, to promote the Vodafone Music store", he wrote on his blog. Using the #RealTimeTop40 hashtag, Twitter users can enter the artist and song they’re listening to and then check out www.realtimetop40.com to view what the most listened-to songs are right now.
It’s not exclusive to Vodafone customers, however if you want to purchase one of the songs currently riding high on the chart, you’ll have to be a paid-up customer to do so.
If Vodafone created an app for mobile phones we can see more use out of this scheme, but for now it’s just another way for Twitter users to pat themselves on the back that they all have such terrific musical taste. If Patrick Swayze’s ‘She’s Like The Wind’ can be considered taste.
Link: Real Time Top 40
[Source T3]
B2B dealers connecting O2 are experiencing "unacceptable" delays of up to a week to action dealer requests, including new contracts. A number of dealers claim the current SLA (service level agreement) for O2, is experiencing delays of between four to five days, from the standard 24 hours stated by O2, with all actions requested via email.The delays are affecting new connections being processed, upgrades and tariff changes, which are typically completed within 24 hours.Dealers claim the delays are unacceptable as the standard of the O2 customer experience from their customers is being put in to question, with customers being left frustrated and inconvenienced by the network.
It is understood the situation will be resolved over the weekend. One O2 dealer said: "I am having to apologise to my customers, particularly those who are signing up for new connections. The delays don’t reflect well on the network, but it’s us that look bad. Another said: "Some of my requests made last week are only now going
through. That is not acceptable. I appreciate they may be busy, but that’s not any fault of ours."
O2 was unavailable for comment.
[Source Mobilenews]
Introduction:
CoPilot has been around for some years now and so I thought I would test out there latest version and compare it with some other mobile navigation applications. The big question though is will it be as good as TomTom?
I have been using sat nav since the very first TomTom was released, and I still cringe when I think that I paid over £500 for that first one!
Over the last few years I have used three TomTom stand alone devices, TomTom navigator and Nav n Go IGO8 on a Windows Mobile Device. Due to my job I spend on average five hours a day driving and each day to a different location, so I thought I would be the perfect person to give CoPilot a decent review.
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I downloaded Copilot for my winmo device and at £25.99 for the UK & Ireland map CoPilot Live 8 is an absolute bargain. The new TomTom version for the iphone is £59.99 so lets see if the cheaper option is better than the trusted market leader.
At present CoPilot is available for Windows Mobile, Iphone and Android devices. With the surge of Android devices creeping onto the market CoPilot will cover a huge number of handsets over the next twelve months.
Turning the CoPilot on for the first time I was pleasantly surprised how colourful the software was. Initially you are greeted with a small menu overlaying the map to enable quick navigation.
As you will see in the picture above this menu allows for easy access to My Places, Settings, Mode (driving, walking etc) as well as Destination which dives straight into navigating to a new location.
The “My Places” option gives you a choice of four options for quick access to your favourite and recent destinations and using this section was smooth and simple.
Selecting “Destination” from the initial menu is where you enter a new location and this is where it gets a little tricky! As you will see in the picture below there are several options here but the “Address” one will be the most commonly used.
Actually entering the address on CoPilot has been a little disappointing, although if you have not used sat nav before you will not have the same frustration that I do. That frustration is that the input keypad on CoPilot is not QWERTY and there is no option (that I can find) to change it. I use a QWERTY keypad on not only my computers but also on my phone and having to then use something different takes me a hell of a lot longer to enter the text. All other sat nav software I have tried, including some free ones that use a data connection, have either a standard QWERTY key pad or at least the option of one.
As with all the other sat nav’s available CoPilot lets you change most options, such as map styles/colours, map display and points of interest.
The POI’s were as good as on TomTom and the Safety alerts were just as reliable. You will see above there is a speed limit warning option. I though to myself “great, this will come in handy on the motorway”, however the highest speed I managed to set it for was 30MPH so as you can imagine it was extremely annoying alerting me whenever I reached 31 MPH.
The other major issue I had with the Copilot was how hard it was to mute the volume. Most of the time when I am driving I don’t like to listen to the spoken instructions and I rely on the map and onscreen prompts. Although CoPilot can be muted it takes seven screen taps to do and then return back to the map and this did my head in. Every time I restarted CoPilot I had to do the seven screen taps once more.
The most important feature with any sat nav has to be the reliability of getting you to your destination correctly and the CoPilot has not let me down once. I must admit it has taken me on a few routes that I know TomTom would not have but I got there and quickly, whether I input the full address or just the postcode.
My favourite feature of CoPilot has to be the actual display when navigating. Not only do I love the map colours but also the layout of the onscreen information.
Everything seems to be in the right place and they have managed to fit a lot onto a relatively small display (depending on handset).
As you will see below the CoPilot offers lane guidance which is a nice feature and really comes in handy when you don’t know where you are going!
Conclusion:
So, how does CoPilot Live 8 compare to its rivals?
In terms of navigation it is certainly as good and at that super low retail price its sure to do pretty well.
Will I be continuing to use it as my daily sat nav – No. I actually got my TomTom back out today and this was only due to the keyboard and volume issues I had. If these were rectified I would probably stick with the CoPilot.
A good effort CoPilot and I look forward to new versions in the years to come.
Posted by: James
Palm just announced revenues in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, ended Aug. 28, 2009, were $68.0 million. Gross profit was ($2.8) million, and gross margin was (4.1) percent. These results include the effects of subscription accounting applied to Palm webOS products as required by GAAP. In accordance with this methodology, revenues and direct cost of revenues for Palm webOS products (currently Palm Pre smartphone) are deferred and recognized over the product’s estimated economic life.
Later in the announcement, they explain that "Non-GAAP Adjusted Revenues in the first quarter totaled $360.7 million, non-GAAP Adjusted Gross Profit was $100.6 million and non-GAAP Adjusted Gross Margin was 27.9 percent."
What does this mean?
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