Matt
More than 20 years in the IT industry. Blogging with a passion and thirst for new technology since 2005.
EDIT: Our review can now be found HERE.
Like Paul over at MoDaCo, a lot of people have been asking me about my review of the Orange SPV M700. In fact I haven’t seen any M700 reviews yet.
Let me take moment to explain why we haven’t put up a review yet.
Orange have been in touch with us recently and unfortunately there is a bit of a shortage of review devices at the moment which means that we are only able to borrow an M700 for three days. We do not think that this is enough time to do a proper review so we have decided to wait until we can get our hands on a device for a longer period of time.
Apologies, we’ll have a review up as soon as we can!
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Orange, M700, HTC Trinity, HTC P3600, SPV, Orange SPV M700]
According to a tip from a source at O2, the O2 Graphite is about to launch here in the UK.
The device has been sitting on the ‘Coming Soon‘ pages of the O2 website for ages and we understand that dummy models have been delivered to O2 shops for their displays. This, coupled with the same news appearing on coolsmartphone from a different source, could be evidence of an imminent release.
O2 XDA Graphite Specification
It’s also worth mentioning that the Graphite is NOT manufactured by HTC but rather ASUSTek and is based on an improved version of their Vodafone V1210.
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, XDA, Graphite, O2, Tracy & Matt]
MSMobiles have managed to get their hands on a T-Mobile Ameo and have published a nice review of the new device.
As you can see from the photo above it’s by no means a small device!
Is it a bird? A plane? A pocket pc? A phone? Well except for the bird and the plane it is all of that and more! Too big to be carried in your pocket as the everyday mobile phone but fast and feature rich enough to replace your heavy weight laptop for certain jobs you may have to do. Let’s figure out the pro’s and con’s of the T-Mobile Ameo, aka Dopod U1000 or HTC X7500!
Check out the full review on MSMobiles.com
Matt
[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Windows Mobile blog, T-Mobile, Ameo, HTC Advantage, HTC Athena, Tracy & Matt]
We have been talking about headphone adapters for HTC devices for ages now but it looks like the people at GPSforless.co.uk have finally come up with an adapter for a reasonable price!
I know that a lot of you are looking for SPV M700 headphone adapters and this one should work with all the latest HTC devices. At under £5, that’s more like it!
Thanks to Steve for the heads-up.
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, spv headphone socket, m700 spv usb cable, M700, HTC Hermes, HTC Trinity, Headphone Adapter, Orange SPV M700, Hermes Headphones]
Looks like our friends at MoDaCo beat us to the post with this one but the Orange version of the HTC Excalibur, the Orange SPV E600, has just appeared on the Orange Business Site.
At the moment the E600 is only available to business customers but I suspect that it wont be long before it’s available to all.
Benefit from the svelte and compact design, with a full QWERTY keyboard and a large screen, composing emails and viewing attachments is almost as easy as if you were in the office. And when you’re out of the country, even continent, thanks to quad band technology it’s not problem – so that’s one less thing to worry about.
One thing I did notice is that the blurb (see above) says the E600 is quad-band yet the details specification, also on the Orange site, clearly states tri-band. Maybe Orange isn’t sure!?
I’ve been using an HTC S620 (basically the same device) for some time now and it’s one of my favourite devices and definitely my favourite smartphone. It will be interesting to see what the Orange customisation does to the SPV E600. Get your sugar cubes ready!
Orange SPV E600 Specification:
Check out the Orange E600 page HERE.
Oh and the SPV E600 is quad-band by the way!
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Orange SPV E600, HTC, HTC Excalibur]
Nikon announces the arrival of the D40x, its smallest camera to date that packs a punch with a host of innovative features. Featuring a 10.2 megapixel CCD the D40x is loaded with everything a photographer needs, despite its miniature size. Within the stylish and compact casing of the D40x, Nikon has packed in a number of exciting features to ensure that the user is able to achieve optimum results.
With 10.2 megapixels image quality is excellent and the D40x comes with Nikon’s exclusive 3D Colour Matrix Metering II and auto white balance which enables the user to produce quality shots that capture the vivid detail and true colour of the subject matter.
The D40x is equipped with a compact lightweight 55-200mm Zoom-Nikkor telephoto lens. This lens – the R708 – is fitted with an ED glass element, making it easier to achieve images with higher resolution and high contrast. The Silent Wave Motor offers quiet and smooth autofocussing.
For those taking pictures in a hurry the D40x is fast, despite its petite design. It has near instant power-up (0.18 seconds) whilst a continuous shooting mode enables the keen photographer to capture 100jpegs of images as fast as three frames per second. And with autofocus built-in even shots taken in a hurry are crisp and clear. Nikon’s innovative i-TTL flash control evaluates ideal flash exposure so the image light is always correct, whatever the conditions.
An ample 2.5-inch LCD screen means the budding photographer can view, manipulate and navigate their images at ease. Unique Nikon innovations make it possible to manipulate the images in-camera, enabling amateurs to achieve results that a professional would be pleased with. Nikon’s unique D-Lighting function improves underexposed images or shots taken with too much back light by creating a copy of an image with added light and detail wherever necessary, leaving well-exposed areas untouched. Photographers can even fix red eye at the touch of a button or use the D40x’d monochrome effect to make an image black and white. Nikon’s exclusive PictureProject software also makes it easy to edit, organise, transfer and share the high quality images.
For the creative photographer the fast and simple vari-program modes (the D40x has eight of them) also enable the enthusiast to be adapt the photographs at will, with the flick of a rotating mode dial.
The Q560 is world’s lightest D-SLR with interchangeable lens using 10-effective-megapixel-class APS-C size CCD, without battery, memory card or body cap, as of March 6th, according to Nikon a survey.
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Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Nikon, Nikon D40x, Windows Mobile Blog]
We know that a lot of you have been following the progress of the XDA Zinc eagerly awaiting its launch here in the UK which is said to be later this month. Well to give you a quick Zinc fix the people over at Kaitech.hk have a review of the device for your reading pleasure.
Just before you head off to the review I should warn you that it’s not all rosy and that the device appears to be somewhat buggy:
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, Tracy & Matt, XDA Zinc, O2, ASUSTek, Mars 2, SPV]
I’ve just been given a Kaiser to play with and I’m having some difficulty with it!
Whilst I like how thin and light the device is I’m finding the touchscreen a bit small and although I have managed to key in a phone number I cant work out how to make the call.
Anyone have any ideas?
Matt
[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Windows Mobile blog, HTC Advantage, HTC Kaiser, HTC P4550, Tracy & Matt]
The people over at MGCMAG.net have managed to get their hands on an HTC Advantage and have posted a video review. Visit the site to watch over 12 minutes of video putting the Advantage through its paces.
Matt
[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Windows Mobile blog, T-Mobile, Ameo, HTC Advantage, HTC Athena, Tracy & Matt]
The HTC S730 was rumoured quite some time ago but details of the device have recently emerged the S730 is once again thought to be another one of the HTC Smartphones set for release later this year.
The HTC S730 (aka HTC Wings) supersedes the S710 (which has only just been released) and has a very similar design.
HTC S730 Specification:
Note the integrated GPS and 400mhz CPU which is unusualy fast for a smartphone!
Matt
[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Windows Mobile blog, HTC Wings, HTC S730, Tracy & Matt]
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