HTC S740 Review
Riding in the wake of the successful Diamond and Touch Pro comes the rather uninspiringly titled S740. It’s not easy to understand why HTC have opted for this configuration however it’s here and it’s very much worth having a look at.
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Seasoned tech blogger. Host of the Tech Addicts podcast.
Skyfire demo video
As Skyfire is now in public beta we decided to shoot up a short video showing the browser in action. You can see how web pages look and we also take a look at YouTube videos and JibJab in a browser windows. Check out the video after the break of this highly impressive browser.
Skyfire open up private beta
If you have been frustrated by the closed private beta of the Skyfire web browser the good news is it is now open to everyone, well officially they say US, Canada, and UK, although you might be able to use Skyfire outside the US, Canada and UK, their focus is providing the best user experience for their active countries. Using Skyfire outside these countries is at your own discretion. Currently Skyfire runs on two phone platforms. Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 (3rd edition). Skyfire is a great browser that supports flash so viewing Youtube videos and other flash sites in your browser is now a reality. You can get it here and we will be doing a review video in the next few days.
Blackberry Storm lag issues
Since the launch of the Blackberry Storm there has been a lot stories floating around about a laggy OS amongst other things. Some reports suggest that the firmware was downgraded at the last minute to overcome these problems, seems strange that these problems are only mentioned on the US Verizon version not the Vodafone UK version. Mobility Today think very highly of the device and have produced a video showing the OS in action where you can make your own mind up if it is laggy or not, personally after watching it, it doesn’t seem too bad. See for yourself after the break.
Dream G2 Android coming from Sciphone
Tracy and Matt report “Not sure if this is gonna infringe on any copyright laws or how legit the Android inside this device is but Chinese phone manufacturer Sciphone will be releasing their “Dream G2” loaded with a modified version of Android on Nov.28th
T-Mobile launches the Mobile Broadband Share Dock
Share your mobile internet connection with Mobile Broadband Share Dock, the Mobile Broadband device that lets people share their mobile internet, hits shops this week, giving people great value mobile broadband they can take and share. Available free on an 18 month contract, the Share Dock lets people share their high speed Mobile Broadband. Acting like a fixed line wireless router with any WiFi-enabled laptop, the Share Dock allows two or three users to use the same Mobile Broadband stick simultaneously, and adopts the same easy to use plug-in-and-play approach as the rest of T-Mobile’s Mobile Broadband products.
Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast No 13
Our latest podcast is now available to download, in episode 13 we discuss the HTC Touch 3G hands on, HTC S740 hands on, the Asus 565 800mhz phone, some iPhone apps, listener email and lots more. You can subscribe via iTunes, RSS or download the mp3 file here. Full show notes after the break.
iPhone 2.2 Software Update now live
iPhone 2.2 Software Update has just hit so you can update your iPhone now. It contains enhancements to Google Maps, Mail bug fixes and Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes. Still no copy and paste, MMS etc so still waiting for these simple things. Full details after the break.
Microsoft Store confirmed by Steve Ballmer
Pocket Pc Thoughts
have reported “Steve Ballmer, at the recently held developers conference at Sydney, Australia, said that Microsoft is working on a App-store like software distribution. Apple’s iPhone and App-store have really stirred the Windows Mobile Market. Though there are many ‘app-store like’ distributions, for example – Handango, they are not something that is offered directly from Microsoft. But at the same time Ballmer also mentioned there are no plans to mimic iPhone’s App-store.”
T-Mobile UK network problems
It appears that T-Mobile have been having some major network issues in London today. One of our forum members Dave Hush told us he had not had a signal on T-mobile since about 9am this morning, he had spoken to T-mobile customer services and apparently the network was down this morning for a few hours. First time we have heard of such a major outage, anybody else been affected by this.
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