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By July 29, 2010 Read More →

Chinese HTC Phones Will Ship With Froyo

HTC has just announced that all of its Android phones that will be sold in China, are going to coming with Android 2.2, otherwise known as Froyo. What’s more, HTC Sense will be updated for Froyo, which will start the rumour that all current HTC phones will receive the Froyo update very soon.

HTC has said that the 2.2 update for its phones already out there will be coming “very soon,” so hopefully, we should see the update coming over the next couple of weeks.

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By July 29, 2010 Read More →

Vodafone 845 unboxing video

845 If you are looking for a small Android powered smartphone then the Vodafone 845 may well be worth considering. The 845 is one of the smaller Android devices out there at the moment and with deals from Vodafone you can pick one up ‘from free’.

Whilst the Vodafone 845 may have a fairly budget price the features aren’t so skimpy. For starters you’ll find Android 2.1 Eclair as the operating system, 2.8″ touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera and a host of other features. It’s good to see a smaller and less-expensive device with Android 2.1

The 845 also comes with Vodafone 360 which is one of those things that you either love or hate. Whilst I’m not really a fan I’ve not found it to be overly obtrusive on the 845 but more of that when I get to the full review.

Check out the unboxing video below and I’ll give you a quick demo of a few of the main features. I’m off to start the review now…

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By July 28, 2010 Read More →

BlackBerry 6 home screen evolution

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I just found the below interview over on the official BlackBerry blog. If you are interested in BlackBerry 6 this one is worth a read.

As you may have already seen in the sneak peek video, the Home Screen in BlackBerry® 6 has undergone a makeover. To get the inside scoop on some of these changes, I reached out to Joey Benedek, Director of UX Research at Research In Motion® (RIM). Check out the interview below.

First, can you tell us a bit about what you and your group do at RIM?

I am a Director in the User Experience (UX) group, and I run the UX Research team. The UX organization is responsible for understanding user needs and desires and translating those into interface designs. We then work with the various software development teams to iterate those designs – with end-user feedback as our guide – prior to releasing to market. Bottom line, our team is responsible for defining the on-device experience that our customers interact with and making sure those experiences are not only usable but also desirable.

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By July 28, 2010 Read More →

Mystery HTC Android Slider may have a ticket to Europe?

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We posted a while ago about the uncovering of the HTC Vision, (or G1 Blaze?) and it looks to be a forthcoming Android powerhouse complete with slide out keyboard. Hardware keyboards have come few and far between on the Android scene, so this new high end device from HTC is hotly anticipated by many (including myself!). Spec wise it is rumoured to be very similar to the HTC Desire, but with a slide out qwerty.

An eagle eyed reader of coolsmartphone.com noticed a Euro symbol on its keyboard, which indicates it may make its way over here. HTC’s track record tells us that this should have a decent keyboard to say the least. Given the lack of Android powered qwerty sliders that are in the market now, HTC might be onto a winner here with the Vision.

 

Posted by: Vince

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By July 28, 2010 Read More →

BlackBerry Press Event

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RIM and AT&T have announced a press event to be held on August 3rd in the USA. Although RIM are not saying what this is all about it can only be one thing, the announcement of the BlackBerry 9800 Slider. Yippee!

The leaked photos we have seen have shown the 9800 to be AT&T branded so if my prediction is wrong I will eat my hat.

I’m just hoping it will not be long until we see an announcement here in the UK. We will keep you up to date when we know for sure what is going down.

 

Posted by: James

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By July 27, 2010 Read More →

Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast 81: THIS is CNN!

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Gareth, Matt and James have a nice little chat about the recent mobile developements. Andy, in a pre-recorded interview, has a chat with Louis Gump of CNN Mobile about the new CNN iPhone application.

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Matt, James and a cameo from Andy
Guest: Louis Gump

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By July 27, 2010 Read More →

HTC on Hero Android 2.1 delay

HTC-Hero[13] The Android 2.1 update has been around for the HTC Hero for a while and it’s great if you have a SIM-free Hero. Not such good news if you have a Hero from Orange as you’re still waiting for the update to be made available to you!

Today it’s good news to come from HTC and Orange, in the form of an apology from HTC to Orange customers and news that the Eclair update will be made available some time next week.

“We apologise for the delay in Orange Hero customers receiving their Éclair update. Testing the update across European markets took longer than anticipated. However, we hope to receive final approval by the end of the week and Orange handsets should start updating from next week.”

 

Posted by: Matt

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By July 27, 2010 Read More →

Acer Stream set for August release

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Acer Stream is a high-end multimedia Smartphone, optimized for watching movies, listening to music and enjoying web browsing – perfect for most demanding users who want the best in entertainment.

Elegant and minimalist in design, Acer Stream is made from highly resistant materials and offers truly outstanding technical features, all in just 11.2 mm, ensuring users a unique, unrepeatable experience, due to the following:

Superb display quality: the touch screen with AMOLED technology boasts 1.67 million exceptionally bright colors, through a generous 3.7″ WVGA display. Furthermore, its incredible contrast (superior 2000:1) makes for clear images and   perfect legibility in any environment and light condition. Moreover, this type of display consumes less energy to help increase battery life.
Ultrafast connectivity 3G+ for streaming: HSDPA 7.2 Mbps in download, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi n, enabling faster transmission of multimedia contents than ever!

Posted in: Press Releases
By July 27, 2010 Read More →

Jailbreaking: Legal

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The US government has deemed that iPhone jailbreaking is not illegal therefore allowing it to be exempt from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) contrary to Apple’s claim that such an act violates existing copyright laws. It was back in February 2009 when we first talked about the steps being made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to officially legalize iPhone jailbreaking and exempt it from the (DMCA), and now, after more than a year of rigorous work, it has now finally paid in favor of the iPhone jailbreak community.

The group has also successfully renewed the existing exemption on carrier unlocking as well. Of course, this ruling doesn’t guarantee that we’ll soon see an end to Apple’s iPhone jailbreak-proofing attempts because that’s their prerogative, but at least now they can’t say that iPhone jailbreaking and unlocking is illegal.

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By July 27, 2010 Read More →

Motorola Milestone XT720 unboxing & demo video

XT720-main If we were to travel back in time to about a year ago I wonder if many of us would have predicted that Motorola would be back in the phone market in such a big way as they are now? I think it’s fair that adopting the Android platform has been the saviour of Motorola winning great popularity here in the UK with the Motorola Milestone and the Droid X in the USA.

The latest incarnation of the Milestone, the XT720 sees Motorola continuing to innovate and stands at the moment as the only smartphone to be capable of outputting video in HD over an HDMI cable, allowing you to watch back the 720p HD footage you recorded on the 8 megapixel camera.

Sporting a 3.7″ capacitive touchscreen at 480 x 854 pixels, WiFi, GPS, RDS radio stuffed in to a thin and light package and all running under Android 2.1, the Milestone XT720 seems to offer great value for the £351 asking price.

Check out the unboxing and demo video below and be sure to come back for the full review soon!

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