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Orange official application unlock site

If you are an Orange SPV C600 owner chances are that you have come across that application lock that prevents you from running certain software or installing your own certificates. Highly annoying.

In the past, if you wanted to remove the application lock you had to contact Orange and explain why you wanted the application lock removed and they would (eventually) send you a CAB, that was specific to that phone, to unlock it. This became very annoying especially if, like me, you look after a lot of handsets for your business.

However, Orange have now simplified the process and have launched their own official Application Unlock Site. You’ll be able to get your C600, as well as some older SPV models, unlocked in no time!

Matt

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What is HSUPA?

There are a number of new devices being planned that list HSUPA as one of their connection protocols. The HTC P5500 and the HTC P4550 are two such devices.

High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) is a 3G mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family with up-link speeds up to 5.76 Mbit/s.

The specifications for HSUPA are included in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Release 6 standard published by 3GPP.

Similar to HSDPA, HSUPA uses a packet scheduler, but it operates on a request-grant principle where the UEs request a permission to send data and the scheduler decides when and how many UEs will be allowed to do so. A request for transmission contains data about the state of the transmission buffer and the queue at the UE and its available power margin.

In addition to this scheduled mode of transmission the standards also allows a self-initiated transmission mode from the UEs, denoted non-scheduled. The non-scheduled mode can, for example, be used for VoiP services for which even the reduced TTI and the Node-B based scheduler will not be able to provide the very short delay time and constant bandwidth required.

HSUPA Category Max Uplink Speed

• Category 1 – 0.73 Mbps
• Category 2 – 1.46 Mbps
• Category 3 – 1.46 Mbps
• Category 4 – 2.93 Mbps
• Category 5 – 2.00 Mbps
• Category 6 – 5.76 Mbps

There is no date given for a planned UK deployment of HSUPA.

Posted by: Matt

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HTC P5500 appears

Hers is yet another new device from HTC this time it’s the HTC P5500 aka HTC Nike.

The HTC P5500 looks like a smartphone but in fact it runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional and has a touchscreen. The P5500 resembles the Gigabyte G-Smart. The P5500 expected to release around September this year.

HTC P5500 Specification:

Note the built in FM Radio and GPS plus this is one of the first HTC devices (The HTC Kaiser being the other) to list HSUPA connectivity which offers high bandwith upstream data.

Source

Matt

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T-Mobile MDA Mail launched in UK

It’s been available in Germany for a while but yesterday T-Mobile UK launched the MDA Mail. The MDA Mail is the T-Mobile version of the HTC Excalibur (HTC S620).

The MDA Mail will set you back up to £69.99 but, depending on your talk plan, it might even be free!

The MDA Mail is a compact, all-round communication device that lets you email, instant message, check your calendar and chat on the go. The ample colour screen makes surfing the internet with web’n’walk, watching videos and reading emails a pleasure. And the qwerty keyboard lets you type messages in a flash. It’s also geared up for entertainment and you can store and listen to all your favourite tunes.

T-Mobile MDA Mail Specification:

Check out the T-Mobile MDA Mail page on the T-Mobile site.

Matt

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HTC P6300 appears

A few more HTC devices have surfaced and this one is the HTC P6300 aka HTC Panda.

The HTC P6300 looks like a bit of a throw-back device, similar in design to the HTC Himalaya style devices of old, it seems a little strange to release this now and I can only assume that it will be a budget unit.

HTC P6300 Specification:

Note that there is no 3G/HSDPA or even EDGE connectivity!

You can see our P6300 video HERE. Expect to see our HTC P6300 review online soon!

Matt

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Where are the Orange SPV M700 reviews?

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

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O2 Graphite release imminent

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

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