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Say hello to the best time tracking app for iPhone – TimeTracker (without space in-between). Many people think that iPhone is just a toy for games but the reality is that it is a rock-solid tool for professional applications too!
Smarthouse, an Australian publication, reports that HTC and Google have been collaborating "for the past 18 months" and have produced "several working models of a touch tablet," including one outfitted with Google’s Chrome OS.
Having collaborated on the Nexus One, HTC and Google partnering on a tablet seems like a promising prospect. But will it "compete head on" with Apple’s tablet as Smarthouse claims? Probably not.
Apple have been rumoured to be releasing their own tablet and with an event supposedly coming up later this month we should not have to wait too long to find out what it is all about, my money is on a large screen tablet running iPhone OS designed specifically for Ebook reading, but we will see.
via Gizmodo
…the Windows Mobile 7 announcement was an error. Bad HTC Russia! I’m sure there are some out there that have gone an bought the device, and if you read it here then I apologise. With any luck there will be an update however it’s such a long way off I don’t reckon HTC will be too interested in the HD2 to care.
[Source HTCpedia]
I’m guessing that there is nothing in this world that exists with a screen that does not run Doom. The Palm Pre is no exception, check out this video courtesy of Prethinking showing Doom running on the Pre. Aside from the little keyboard controls I can see no faults with this. Excellent stuff:
Our great friends over at Tracy and Matt have just published a review of the latest Nokia messaging device the E72. This handset is running Symbian still but apart from that it has a great form factor, superb QWERTY front facing keyboard and packs in 3G and WiFi.
Check out the full review here.
One of the most wanted features of Documents to Go for iPhone was the ability to get access to your Gmail attachments, sure we had desktop sync software and Exchange attachments, well from today via an update Docs to Go now supports accessing your Gmail attachments.
Also updated is the name, its now called Documents to Go Premium but if you paid for the original Exchange version it is a free update.
Here is a very interesting press release just in from Orange, looks like voice quality will be significantly improved on Mobiles in the future.
London, 31st December, 2009: Orange today revealed it will be launching HD Voice nationwide for customers on its mobile network in 2010 – the first such announcement by a UK operator, and testament to the company’s focus on innovation.
With its crystal clear, superior sound quality, Orange’s introduction of HD Voice will herald a new era for mobile communications and a new standard for the telecoms industry. HD Voice delivers excellent audio quality to mobile calls and will be available to Orange customers with a HD Voice enabled handset. Orange is already working with leading handset manufacturers on the development of devices to be rolled out next year.
The 2010 launch follows two years of considerable investment in the Orange mobile network with expansion and technology upgrades across large areas of the UK. Orange currently provides high speed 3G coverage to more than 93% of the UK’s population – more than any other UK operator – and was voted ‘Best Network’ by the readers of What Mobile magazine.
Tom Alexander, CEO of Orange UK, said: “Orange is proud to be leading the industry into the next decade by announcing a new standard in voice innovation that will transform the mobile experience for customers in the UK. HD Voice really does inject a level of innovation into mobile phone calls, making it sound as if callers are actually in the same room. Once people have tried it, they won’t want to go back.”
HD Voice uses the WB-AMR (Wideband Adaptive Multi-Rate) speech codec. This provides excellent audio quality due to a wider speech bandwidth of 50–7000 Hz compared to the current narrowband speech codec of 300–3400 Hz. The WB-AMR (Wideband Adaptive Multi-Rate) delivers significantly enhanced sound quality whilst utilising the same network resources.
Further details on the Orange HD Voice roll out will be made available in 2010.
Our prayers have been answered over at Mobiletechworld. Microsoft’s biggest success recently is Xbox. Finally, it appears, that Microsoft has decided to link their flagging operating system to their prized piece. It’s a no brainer really and it will be interesting(or disappointing) as to what will come out the end of the of their mincing machine. If Microsoft can make an operating system that is is appealing to their legions of games console fans then they will corner one heck of a large percentage of the market. Check after the break for the complete article.
Quickly becoming the most updated mobile in Windows Mobile history, the HD2 is getting Windows Mobile 7 making it the Windows Mobile phone to buy. I was notably impressed by the device on launch with only a couple of quibbles but now it has hit that the Windows Mobile 7 upgrade will occur possibly around this time next year. Bit of a wait but something for all those who managed to buy it to look forward too.
We just got an interesting news tip pointing to the HTC Twitter account from Russia. The tweet mentions that the only HTC device currently on the market to receive a Windows Mobile 7 upgrade will be the HD2. And we’ve suspected this for a while, considering that the HD2 meets Microsoft’s hardware requirementsfor Windows Mobile 7. Here’s what they said:
for Diamond 2 firmware is not planned. Of the existing communicators on the market, only the HD2 firmware to get WM7.
Hopefully what we see here is a true (and considering that this was said by an official HTC rep, it should be), because the HD2 is going to turn out to be one of the most popular smartphones of all time. If it’s getting an upgrade to 7, this will make a lot of people happy.
Thanks for the tip, av8612.
(via: HTC Russia Twitter)
[Source Pocket Now]
Pretty important update to this story here: It’s not quite true.
Making good with their updates Palm has released a tidy looking update to WebOS. Reports are that the OS is notably faster, especially the browser. Have a read after the like for the update list.
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