Happy New Year!
Tracy and I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
We are looking forward to another successful year. We’ll also have some announcements for you shortly!
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, New Year, Tracy & Matt]
Author Archive: Matt
More than 20 years in the IT industry. Blogging with a passion and thirst for new technology since 2005.
HTC 2007 Device Roadmap
HTC’s 2007 device roadmap appears to have been ‘leaked’ and found it way on to the Russian site HPC.ru
The roadmap lists 4 new devices:
Source: HPC.ru Matt [Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, HTC Elf, HTC, HTC Wings, HTC Kaiser, HTC Herald, HTC Erato, Tracy & Matt] |
VPA compact IV (HTC Herald) on Vodafone Germany
The Vodafone variant of the HTC Herald has just appeared for sale on the Vodafone site in Germany.
The device is called the VPA Compact IV and compliments the existing VPA (Vodafone Personal Assistant) range of devices.
VPA Compact IV is priced at just 240€ when coupled with the Vodafone Business Classic tariff.
VPA compact IV Specification
See the full spec on the HTC product page.
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, HTC Artemis, Dopod, HTC P4350, HTC Herald, VPA compact IV, Tracy & Matt]
Astraware announces its Annual Hogmanay Party promotion
Astraware press release:
Astraware is celebrating the New Year with its Annual Hogmanay Party and you’re all invited!
The Hogmanay Party runs from December 30th 2006 to January 11th 2007 and offers a range of fun games from as little as $2.95. Substantial discounts on different games will be offered each day, so remember to check the Party page often at http://www.astraware.com/promo/hogmanay07
As a very special offer, Club Astraware will be offering one top title exclusively to its members from December 30th to January 11th only. So if you’re not already a member, join up now. You will not want to miss this offer!
And finally, if you’re still wondering what Hogmanay is all about, check out the Astraware company blog at http://www.astraware.com/company/blog.php where Astraware’s resident Scottish expert, Iain Moore, gives a little insight. Have a Happy Hogmanay!
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, Tracy & Matt, Astraware, Hogmanay, gift certificates]
VITO updates VITO Voice2Go
VITO Technology releases new version of VITO Voice2Go – FINALIST of the Best Software Awards. VITO Voice2Go enables voice management of your Pocket PC.
VITO Voice2Go is a voice recognition application for Pocket PC that allows managing your Pocket PC with your own voice: starting and quitting applications, calling your contacts and hanging up the phone, modifying system settings, pressing any onscreen buttons and macro recording.
New in VITO Voice2Go:
VITO Technology ltd. is known for its high-tech products in the field of Windows Mobile and Symbian software, GPS navigation and custom projects. Introduced in the present article VITO Voice2Go is a voice recognition application for Pocket PC that allows managing your Pocket PC with your own voice.
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, Vito, Voice2Go, M3100, Pocket PC Software]
Picoo-Z Helicopter
Not the sort of thing that I would normally blog about but Iain bought me a Picoo-Z minature remote control helicopter for Christmas.
For those of you that haven’t seen these yet the Picoo-Z is an amazing piece of engineering. These helicopters are two channel super minature flying machines that weigh about 10 grams.
Made by Silverlit Electronics the Picoo-Z comes completely ready to fly and charges from the infra-red handset (which takes 6 AA batteries – not included). Once charged the helicopter gives you 5-10 minutes of flying time on 30 minutes of charging.
You can only fly these things indoors, as above, but have given us hours of amusement over the Christmas period. They also seem to be pretty indestructable!
People have even started to mod these to have different bodies and flight characteristics. There is a great site called PiccoZ Toolbox where they show you lots of ways to mod your toy!
One thing to note if you are looking for one of these is that there seems be a lot of different ways to spell Picoo-Z the box for ours says Picoo-z but others seem to say Picco-z or Pico-z etc.
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): Picoo-z, Silverlit Electronics, Toy Helicopter, Tracy & Matt]
Parrot DRIVER HEADSET review.
ABOUT
The Parrot Hands-free Headset (DRIVER HEADSET) consists of a Bluetooth headset and a cradle that is both a holder for the headset and a charger that plugs directly into your car’s cigarette lighter socket (12V).
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
On first looking at the package I was slightly scared by the size of the ‘bud’ on the headset as it looked huge, but in practise it’s not and fits into the ear with no problems.
USAGE
So, the operation of this kit is to plug the charger dock into the cigarette lighter, and then the headset slides into the top, with a push mechanism to retain it – nice solid click in and click out. The cradle also features a buzzer that sounds on incoming calls.
When the headset is in the cradle and charging, the status LED on the top of the headset blinks red slowly.
You pair the headset as you would any other Bluetooth device on your phone and once paired the status LED blinks blue slowly. Whilst not paired the headset’s status LED blinks alternate blue and red.
The headset has a volume up, volume down and an On/Off button (which is used to start/end calls). You can also use the headset for voice dialing as well.
So all fairly standard stuff on the headset side of things.
I also managed to hook it up to the PC for use with Skype 😀
PROS
CONS
Overall
If you are someone that only wants a headset when you are driving, and the headset doesn’t slip in your ear, then this headset is probably great.
For me personally, whilst it was light enough to stay in the ear without bothering me, the fact that it didn’t stay put in one place was distracting.
Parrot DRIVER HEADSET Specification
Review by Iain
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, Parrot, DRIVER HEADSET, Speakerphone, Bluetooth, Tracy & Matt]
Merry Christmas!
Tracy and I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!
Thanks to everyone that has supported us during the year and that has helped tracyandmatt.co.uk become so successful.
We have some exciting changes planned for 2007 so hope you will continue to visit us regularly! Don’t worry, we wont be away from the keyboard for long!
Posted by: Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, Christmas, Tracy & Matt]
12 Days of Xmas Competition all over!
Well our 12 Days of Christmas competition turned in to a bit of a marathon! What started of as 12 days and 12 prizes finished up being 40 prizes, collectively worth well over £1000, given away over 23 days!
Tracy and I have really enjoyed running the promotion and we hope you have enjoyed it too. Over the past three weeks we have had thousands of competition entries, it’s been hard work but fun. We hope that you all enjoyed it too!
I would like to say a massive thank you to all the companies and individuals that contributed to the competition, obviously without your generosity it would not have been possible. Below is a list of the prizes and contributors. I would encourage all our readers to visit the links below to help show your gratitude to these kind people!
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3 Excellent software titles from Astraware. Astraware Sudoku, Big Box of Blox and My Little Tank
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2.0GB Ultra II memory card in your choice of SD or Compact Flash courtesy of SanDisk.
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3 Copies of the brilliant C64 Emulator from ClickGamer.
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iPod Shuffle 2 and iPod Nano accessories from JAVOEdge.
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A Brodit car holder of your choice from the 968xxx or 971xxx series to suite your device and car. Courtesy of Nemesis.
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A fantastic designer Radio-Controlled Alarm Clock with Digital Tuning AM/FM Radio and Barometer courtest of Clove Technology.
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Brando Workshops HTC TyTN Music Dock, suitable for HTC TyTN, Orange M3100, iMate JasJam, Dopod CHT 9000 and all other HTC Hermes based devices.
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A brand new Sony Ericsson W850i Walkman phone with 1Gb Memory Card and Pay-as-you-go SIM from Orange.
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A super Toshiba DVD player sponsored by MSMobileNews.
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An amazing Qtek 8500 (HTC STRTrk) provided by Expansys.
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A Sony Ericsson HBH-608 bluetooth headset provided by our friend Fabien at Dafabmobiles.
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No less than 12 titles from the library of Vito Technology.
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A fabulous iPod Nano from the guys at expedIT Ltd.
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Some fabulous quality ‘Tracy & Matt’ branded t-shirts courtesy of Spreadshirt. Probably the most coveted prizes of all! 🙂
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A super goodie bag from the Windows Mobile team courtesy of Jason Langridge.
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Finally I wish to thank everyone that has taken part, Tracy and I have gained some new friends along the way (you know who you are!) and thank you for your support. We hope to bring you more promotions and competitions in 2007!
Merry Christmas!
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, competition, 12 days of christmas, Prizes, Christmas, Tracy & Matt]
12 Days of Christmas – Prize numbers 39 and 40
‘12 Days of Christmas‘ competition.
I promised you an announcement for prizes 39 and 40 and here it is. These two prizes are being given away very differently to the previous 38 prizes. There is no question to answer and I have already chosen the two winners! What is it then I hear you ask.
I have been keeping a tally of all the answers that everyone has submitted over the last two weeks. I ended up with a list of people that had submitted correct answers to the most questions but didn’t win a main prize. I have randomly picked two winners from that list and both will receive a Tracy&Matt branded t-shirt courtesy of Spreadshirt!
The two randomly chosen winners are: Nick Reynolds and Lee Sainsbury.
Spreadshirt is the leader in online merchandising: letting individuals and organisations start an online shop at no cost and no risk. With a focus on individually produced and customised apparel the shop system allows designers to create and sell their shirts for free – earning commissions on every sale. Spreadshirt has been recognised as a leader in the field with awards from Hewlett Packard Business Vision Award, Red Herring Europe 100 and the German Founder’s Award.
I set up a tracyandmatt.co.uk branded shop. You can take a look at our merchandise at tracyandmatt.spreadshirt.net.
Matt
[Technorati tag(s): smartphone, Pocket PC, competition, 12 days of christmas, Prizes, Christmas, Tracy & Matt]
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