Archive for 2010

HTC Legend, Desire and HD mini up for pre-order at Expansys

Expansys it hot out of the gates on the new announcements from HTC at Mobile World Congress and already taking pre-orders for those that can’t wait for the new Nexus one and Hero replacements to land.

UK shoppers looking to get an unlocked handset will be able to buy the HTC Legend for £399.99 while would be HTC Desire owners will have to pay £449.99.

HTC HD Mini owners looking for some Windows Mobile 6.5.3 until Windows Phone 7 comes out (it won’t be upgradable) can get in cheap for £349.99.

No word from Expansys on when the new handsets will be hitting the shop, but with HTC public suggesting an end of March / Early April launch window it won’t be long now.

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N900 Receives an Update – Firmware V3.2010.02-08 Now available

the N900 has just received a new firmware update from v2.2009.51.1 to V3.2010.02-08.  Jay goes on to say that, at the moment this firmware update is only available via the N900 device itself and not via Nokia Software Updater and is 16MB. No news on change log yet.

Go to Application Manager, click “Update” and then you should see an update for Maemo 5. Backing up your data would be advised.

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HTC Legend, Desire, and HD mini promo videos

HTC have made some nice videos showing off the three handsets they just announced at Mobile World Congress: the HTC Desire, HD mini, and Legend. They havent been officially released yet, so heres a sneak peak curtsey of Mobilecrunch.

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HTC enhances Sense with Leap and Friend Stream, available for Hero too

Announcing that it has "enhanced" the already quite delectable skin, HTC has noted it’ll be available preloaded on the brand new Desire and Legend handsets, and as a free download for the venerable Hero. So what’s new? The press event this morning told us about Leap, the new pinching function that allows you to view all your home screens at once (see above), and Friend Stream, which aims to be your social media aggregator du jour with its one stream combining Facebook, Twitter and Flickr updates. There’s also a new newsreader application and widget, along with additional improvements to the browser and web client.

Update: Vodafone is to offer the updated Sense to its Hero customers.

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T-Mobile to offer HTC Desire in March, Orange from April

Like the look of the new HTC Desire? Then we have news of how you can get your hands on the new 2.1 Android handset here in the UK as T-Mobile has announced it is to offer the handset from 26 March and Orange is set for an April launch.

The European version of the Google Nexus One, the Desire boasts an impressive spec list that includes a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display and a 5-megapixel camera capable of 720p video capture.

T-Mobile is bundling in two complimentary titles from a selection of T-Mobile’s video on demand library with an exec stating: “The Desire is one of the most eagerly-awaited handsets of the year, and without doubt one of the highlights of this year’s Mobile World Congress. T-Mobile was the first network to bring Android to the UK, and we now offer our customers a larger range of Android-powered handsets than any other network”.

Orange says it is to offer the HTC Desire “free on selected consumer pay monthly and business price plans from April” with no more info provided at this stage.

The crucial bit – pricing and contract length – is still TBC as far as T-Mobile goes too, with the operator saying only: “the HTC Desire will be available to pay monthly customers”.

Update: Vodafone and O2 will offer the Desire in April too.

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Freeview offers free iPhone app

Freeview has announced it is offering iPhone and iPod touch owners a new app to help them plan their TV viewing whilst on the go with instant access to the Freeview programme guide, including HD channels and over 50 Freeview channels.

 
Features including a "now and next" view, "Top 10" channel list if you care, along with the ability to reorder channels so favourites appear first and can be customised to a viewer’s local region.
The app also offers the ability to filter listings by category, search by text entry, and recommendations automatically provided for all programmes said to be in order "to help introduce users to related programmes based on their selections".

BBC HD channel listings are available now on the app while ITV1 HD listings will be available shortly and Channel 4 HD listings will be added when the channel becomes available on Freeview HD.
The Freeview app is free and available for all iPhone and iPod touch users to download from the iTunes App Store now. It goes head-to-head with the Radio Times iPhone app that’s offered for £1.79.

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MWC: LG Mini GD880 Announced

LG’s latest feature phone the Mini GD880 packs a 5 megapixel cam, WiFi, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and integrated FM radio into a frame that’s just 10.6mm in depth and weighs just 99 grams — about as thin and light as it gets. It also boasts continual over-the-air syncing via LG‘s new Air Sync service, making it a pretty smart phone — for a feature phone.

The Mini will be available throughout Europe beginning in March, for an as yet undetermined amount of cash money.

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Sneak peak of Adobe Flash 10.1 running on the Dell Mini 5

Adobe have released a video showing off its latest handy work on the Dell Mini 5. Flash 10.1 uses the GPU to accelerate the decoding of flash and H264 content that you might find on Youtube or iPlayer, taking the stress off the cpu and gives a desktop like experience.

Whats this Dell thingy you ask? Well its a 5” tablet running Android and will be available in the summer.

HTC Desire hands-on video

As usual, Engadget are first on the scene with a hands on with the HTC Desire at MWC. This looks to be the must have handset for 2010.

3D games coming to N900

Nokia has demoed some upcoming 3D games, and the earlier released mobile version of Firefox on its N900 device out at the Mobile World Congress event.

The 3D games, shown by Jussi Makinen, marketing manager for Maemo for Nokia, comprise of 3D rollercoaster title that Makinen says shows off the graphical capabilities of the touchscreen handset.

There’s also another game that involves wrapping rope around a log, which looks more compelling than it sounds. For this, and a look at Firefox running on the phone, checkout the video below.

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