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Our latest podcast is now available to download, in episode 32 we discuss the Toshiba product roadmap leak, Windows Mobile updates, Palm Pre launch date, Bluetooth 3.0, iPhone rumours and apps plus loads more. You can subscribe via iTunes, RSS or download the mp3 file here. Full show notes after the break.
We have just received notification from our friends Clove Technology that the HTC Touch Diamond2 is now in stock and ready for next day delivery.
You can order it now for a price £342.00 plus Vat and they ship worldwide. The version available will be the European version so it will not support the 3G bands outside of Europe unless they are the same so in the USA for example the device will work as an Edge only device.
You can find out more information at Clove and watch out for our un-boxing and review as soon as we receive ours.
Hot on the heels of the yet to be released Toshiba TG01, we have stumbled across a product roadmap from Toshiba by way of wmexperts , intomobile and Techblog. This shows some interesting new devices coming our way from Toshiba.
The TG02 looks to be about the same as the TG01, flat, with a 4.1-inch WVGA touchscreen, 3.2MP camera and Windows Mobile 6.5 with the added addition of being waterproof.
The TG03 will have a 5-megapixel camera and a 3-inch speaker.
The L01 is a 7-inch WVGA device with a QWERTY keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.5.
The K01 is a 4.1-inch slider with a 3.2MP camera, Windows Mobile 6.5 and a capacitive touchscreen. Yeah, you read that right a capacitive screen on a Windows Mobile device, whatever next.
The K02 is a 3.5-inch clamshell with a front-facing 10-key pad and LCD screen. It’ll have a 3.2MP camera, Windows Mobile 6.5 and a resistive touchscreen.
So there you go, Toshiba are making big strides in the Windows Mobile world and if that capacitive screen is for real well that will make some people really happy. More pictures and specs after the break.
Techblog.gr claims to have just leaked Toshiba’s mobile product line for the next year, and there are three products we found especially exciting—a 7-inch netbook-ish transformer and a series of touchscreen QWERTY cellphones.
The guys at Techradar have stolen a march on everyone and got a HTC Touch Diamond2 review device. They have written a short review without going too in depth and unfortunately no new real world pictures of the actual phone. We will have a review device very soon, hopefully this week and will be doing a very detailed review so look out for that. In the mean time here are a few of Techradars thoughts:-
The Diamond2 isn’t just a nip and tuck update of the original HTC Touch Diamond – it has some significant improvements which make it worth your attention.
The 5 megapixel camera is an improvement on the original Diamond’s snapper, though it still lacks the clarity, depth, colour and sharpness of other 5 megapixel camera phones such as the Nokia N79 or the Sony Ericsson C902.
Other improvements include the improved casing – it feels much sturdier now than the original Diamond which, though lightweight, did feel cheaper and more plasticky than its impressive spec would suggest it should.
All in all they gave it 5 stars, which is the highest rating.
For the full review head over to Techradar
Here is a rather tasty little UMPC that popped up at CES. Tech Republic has a nice, quick video featuring a tour of the major features. Looks like a lovely and powerful little device. Check the specs and the original article after the break.
You know that icon you have in the programs part of your Windows Mobile phone that says update and has never worked, well in future versions it looks like it could actually do something. According to istartedsomething, who have spotted a Microsoft advertisement that points to just that. This is what it says:-
Have you wished to see your Windows Mobile phone with new features “magically” show up without you buying a new one? Do you want to see greater and better quality and cool software delivered to your love ones’ Windows phones from just a click? If this is your dream, this is a place for you. Come join us to make this dream into reality! With the mobile industry’s strong growth and several competitors playing in the field, we are going to have a challenging but fun time to show customers what Windows phone can become in the next few years.
We are in Windows Mobile device update team. Our goal is to enable customers to anticipate and enjoy a predictable stream of new and improved capabilities for their Windows Phone via a Device Update service that is worry-free and easy-to-use. Broad scope and impact, deep technologies, engineering challenges, partner interfacing with OEMs and MS internal partners, and fast pace delivery are all part of our charter. In the agile development environment, you will be working with PM/architect/test and partner teams to deliver critical stack of the update solution. You will lead a team of smart developers to solve problems in mobile OS, PC applications, and interacting with web services.
Putting all the rumours and news together it looks like Microsoft may be eventually starting to understand what we want, heres hoping.
The next release of the Android platform will be Android 1.5 and Google have announced the availability of an early look SDK to give developers a head-start on developing applications for it. There are a lot of new features being introduced and we have the full details after the break. Some highlights will be a more polished user interface throughout, faster camera, smooth animations and scrolling, soft keyboard in portrait and landscape modes, A2DP Bluetooth, video recording and lots more. Read on for all the details.
I was just twittering today about a few problems that I was having with Pocket Informant for iPhone and along comes a new update. Not sure yet if it will fix my issues but they do seem to have fixed a lot of bugs and added in one or two new features. We also notice that there is a free Lite version available so if you want to try out the application you can for free. You can get that from the iTunes App Store here.
Bluetooth 3.0 is closer to release than anticipated, but how long before we see it become the standard is still up in the air because it doesn’t look cheap. April 21st is the official launch party of Bluetooth 3.0 which promises transfer speeds of up to 480Mbps, yep you read correctly 480Mbps is definitely the promised transferred speeds and it will be very interesting to see if it works out like that in real world testing. The high speed can be achieved by enabling the 802.11 standard but only when the user is transferring large files, after that it goes back to the normal standard when large files are completed which should slow battery consumption somehow. I wonder which device will be first to incorporate Bluetooth 3.0? We have to wait and see what happens come April 21st.
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