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This week Gareth is back in the hot seat with Matt, James and Andy for all the latest happenings. Matt has some dealings with Nokia in an exclusive … treasure hunt. James shares his thoughts on the Blackberry Curve 9300. Gareth defends the Motorola XT720’s looks and Andy tear’s the Blackberry 9105 apart in a fashion reminiscent of the Hulk.
Matt, James and Andy
An impressive list of Xbox Live titles for Windows Phone7 has emerged for the launch of Microsoft’s new mobile operating system. Totally 63 there is a selection of classics, recent hits and new titles to cater for all tastes. This will certainly entice an everyday gamer who’s debating going Apple and isn’t terribly impressed by Android, more over there is a bit of a gap in the market for a gaming platform to rival Apple and Nintendo’s DS now the PSP is showing it’s age. Could this be a great new gaming platform? Check the list after the break.
This morning HTC has sent out some mysterious invites to an event in September taking place in London. And with some image manipulation skills, people have managed to uncover something that looks very close to the leaked HTC Desire HD hiding in the invite. (see below). There have been videos and photos of this device and this could be the event it comes out of the smoke. However, there are some other theories that are saying that this device is the HTC Schubert, which runs Windows Phone 7. The Schubert is another device that we have seen photos and videos of, but I don’t think that we will see the Schubert on September 15th as Windows Phone 7 isn’t scheduled for launch until Christmas time. But I guess it won’t be long to wait before we find out.
At the Google mobile event, they announced Chrome to Phone. For those who are not familiar with Chrome to Phone, it lets you send information and links from your browser straight to your Android phone. To do this you need to get the Chrome to Phone browser extension for Chrome, and then you also need to download an Chrome to Phone Android app. Once you have done this, all you need to do is click one button and then it will send the current web page, map, YouTube video or phone number to your phone. However, Chrome to Phone will only work with Android phones that have Froyo. Video tutorial here.
The iPhone drastically beats Android into the ground when it comes to gaming. But that could be about to change, as Engadget claims to have received info from a “trusted source” that Sony Ericsson is developing a gaming device running on Android 3.0. Engadget says that the hardware is a cross between a Samsung Galaxy S and a PSP Go, with gaming controls and PSP buttons instead of a QWERTY keyboard. Other rumoured features include a 3.7″ or 4.1″ capacitive WVGA touchscreen, a 5 MP camera and a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor. The device is going to be mainly black but the gamepad will be silver or white. Note that the image above is an Engadget mockup of what the device could look like.
Tweetdeck, the wildly popular social networking client, has just released a beta version of Tweetdeck for Android. Tweetdeck puts your Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook and Buzz feeds all into the same column with a very nice UI. To get the beta, go to http://www.tweetdeck.com/api/android_whitelist/ and sign in with your TweetDeck account, then they will send instructions for how to download Tweetdeck for Android. Remember, this is still a beta version and is not complete yet, so it may be still buggy.
Engadget has received some photos of what seems to be the unannounced and unreleased Dell Thunder. It seems to have Android 2.1 and a 4.1″ capacitive touch screen at 800×480, an 8 MP camera, 720p video recording and a 1400 mAh battery. However, no word on internal storage or processor speed but expect a 1GHz Snapdragon.
Well it seems Nokia is going down the cryptic route, as they have been sending out messages to many bloggers around the world, including Matt Davis from tracyandmatt.co.uk. His message was in the personal messages section of the London Evening Standard. It simply said, “Hi Matt Davis, Big things come in small packages. The times is coming when all will be revealed.”
The other bloggers who also received the cryptic messages are saying that they got a small package from Nokia, but are told to be quiet about what is inside. Many people are thinking that it has something to do with the new Nokia N8. But, I guess it is only a matter of time before we find out.
Google is going to be holding an event tomorrow in their San Francisco offices at 12PM PST (9PM British Time), where they are going to be “unveiling a couple of cool new mobile features”. The last time they held an event similar to this, they unveiled Google Navigation, which was a great addition to Android. So hopefully they will announce something on par with Google Nav.
The event could be the unveiling of the Google music service which we’ve been expecting since Google I/O. And if this is indeed what is being announced tomorrow, it will be the first step for Google to take a bite out of Apple’s music business, (No pun intended!) and could convert iPhone users locked in the iTunes universe to Android. However, I do not think that it will be the launch of Android 3.0. Mainly because it is to soon after 2.2 was announced at Google I/O.
There are some rumours floating around of them releasing the Nexus Two with Gingerbread 3.0, but again, this is probably not going to happen as we would of seen some sort of leak by now.
The illusive white iPhone 4 has yet to be released because of supposed manufacturing problems. There are many rumours of why, but they range from the opacity of the white paint on the glass, to light leaking from the device. Apple has already delayed the white iPhone 4 twice, most recently they said that it will be “later this year.” But now Orange is emailing customers suggesting that the white iPhone will not be here until the end of the year.
We wanted to let you know that there won’t be any white iPhone 4’s in the UK until the end of the year.
If you’re happy to wait another few months we’ll let you know as soon as they’re back in stock. want an iPhone 4 now?
Alternatively, if you want it now, click here or visit your local Orange shop to get the iPhone 4 Black 16GB or 32GB today. Best wishes
Orange
So if you are still waiting for an white iPhone 4, you may be waiting a very long time. And it might just be worth it to get the black one and imagine it being white.
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