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HTC Leo (HD2) on T-Mobile in Europe

Just yesterday we broke the news that the power-house known as the HTC HD2 was about to land on T-Mobile. Not only that, but the Touch2 is coming too. Great news all round.
Today we’ve had another anonymous tip, this time with a picture attached showing it on the T-Mobile systems under the name "HTC Touch HD2". You know the deal by now – 1Ghz CPU, 5 megapixel camera and all the goodies you could ever want. This looks set to be one of the most powerful and sexiest Windows Mobile phones ever.

Source – Coolsmartphone

T-Mobile UK Launches the Huawei Pulse

Are you ready for a new Android in your life? Well if you happen to live in the UK then you will be able to pick up Huawei’s Pulse which is now available from T-Mobile UK.
The Pulse is Huawei’s first Android phone but it certainly looks pretty interesting. The phone will offer you a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, HSPA connectivity, GPS, WiFi and, of course, Android running in the background. As long as you’re willing to get a new T-Mobile contract the phone will be available free of charge. However, if you’re not looking forward to a new contract then the Pulse will cost you around $280 with a pay-as-you-go plan.
Considering that Microsoft is just about to launch Windows Mobile 6.5 to the masses, what are you more likely to get? A brand new Android phone or a Windows Phone? And we have certainly shown you lots of handsets lately running different OS so I bet the decision is not as easy as it would seem!

[Source: Mobiletopsoft]

Blackberry Desktop Software for Mac

I was unaware up until this announcement that Blackberry owners had gone with out an official desktop client on the Mac, until today. I’m sure this news will please a far few around the globe. Get it here!

Samsung i7500 Galaxy gets another firmware update

Samsung has made available another firmware update for its first Android-powered device – i7500 Galaxy. Although it keeps Android 1.5 Cupcake, firmware version I7500XXII5_VIAII5 will apparently make the phone snappier, more stable, while at the same time ensure the battery lasts longer. In addition, the built-in compass has been improved to better sing along such apps as Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps, Sky Maps and Wikitude; and users can now send bitmap MMS. Finally, the screen-unlock has been improved and now the unlock time is just 0.5 seconds.

To update your Galaxy, grab the Samsung’s PC Studio software and follow the steps provided on the screen. Once an update is applied, the Korean giant suggests factory reset…

[Intomobile Via the::unwired]

Editorial: iPhone is bad for cellphone users … if only one carrier has it

In Germany the best coverage according to the independent measurements of “connect” magazine is provided by Vodafone network. The cheapest prices are offered by E-Plus operator. Yet iPhone is exclusively sold only by T-Mobile Germany. Similarly in USA only AT&T Wireless is selling iPhone although everybody knows that in USA the best coverage is provided by Verizon Wireless and the cheapest prices are offered by T-Mobile USA. Shortly speaking: operators instead of competing on prices, coverage, transfer speeds, are focusing instead on one strategy for the success only: selling iPhone exclusively. It is bad for all cellphone users. Very bad.

Let’s take another example: Switzerland, where both Swisscom and Orange CH were offering iPhone right from the beginning. In this case such negative effect could not be observed:

HTC HD2 on O2

We have heard numerous blogs and reports today that the HTC HD2 has been published ahead of its launch date by O2.

We therefore went into an O2 shop in Bournemouth this afternoon and can confirm that the HTC HD2 appears in full colour pictures on page 9 of their October catalogue!

Their headline is

“Watch, play and surf in style with the new HTC HD2, featuring the largest screen yet on a mobile”

They promote the HTC HD2 as running windows mobile 6.5  with a 4.3inch WVGA screen and a 5mp camera with twin LED flash.

The blogs go on to mention it offering a 1ghz processor making it one of the fastest devices on the market.

We will have full details on this product on our website on the official launch date which is due to be the 6th October so make sure you visit here on Tuesday

[Source Clove]

Acer devices named

We have become aware today that the names of the new Acer Smartphones will have changed at launch.

The previous names for the devices were apparently always supposed to be internal code names, but rumours suggest the F1 name was the subject on some dispute as to whether it could be used given its association with Formula 1, interesting when Acer already have close ties to F1 and Ferrari in particular!

The new names are as follows

Acer F1 will be called the Acer neoTouch
Acer C1 will be called the beTouch E100
Acer E1 will be called the beTouch E101
Acer L1 will be called the beTouch E200

First stock of these new devices should arrive next week. Further information on all these devices can be found here

Acer neoTouch
Acer beTouch E100
Acer beTouch E101
Acer beTouch E200

[Source Clove]

O2 begins LTE network trials

O2 parent Telefónica begins trials of new fourth generation Long Term Evolution network technology in UK, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Brazil and Argentina

O2 parent Telefónica is trialling LTE technology with six providers, to launch test projects in the UK, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Brazil and Argentina with a view to a full rollout.

The suppliers Telefónica has chosen so far – Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Network and ZTE – will start rolling out the equipment necessary for testing the technology during the coming months. The project is also open to other suppliers and will take place over six months.

The trial will help Telefónica determine its fourth generation mobile network strategy.

Sony Ericsson Satio on vodafone

The Sony Ericsson Satio has hit Vodafone to Pre-order today. This Symbian based multi-media phone ticks many boxes and looks to be a fun device.

Windows Mobile Marketplace coming to 6.1 in November?

There’s been some speculation on when Marketplace will come to older phones (namely anything running 6.1 and 6.0). Today Microsoft tried to clear up the issue and provided some other tidbits:

As we’ve been discussing since July, our plan is to deliver the full Marketplace experience in two phases. First, we’ll launch Windows Marketplace for Mobile with Windows phones on October 6th. We’ve also discussed following this launch with an update that will include support for Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 by the end of the year. More specifically, we’re targeting November for phase two. In addition, this second phase will bring the PC based catalog and shopping experience, user generated app reviews, advanced key-based anti-piracy protection and other enhancements that expand your business opportunity and make it easier for a larger number of customers to find and buy your application.

Well November is better than January so we’ll take it.

[Source Tilt Mobility]