Phones

HTC HD2 looks like its on its way to O2, rather soon.

It looks pretty certain that O2 will have the HTC HD2 (aka Leo) available in the next few weeks. In the last 24 hours a copy of O2s magazine was published showing the HD2 in its full glory.

HTC HD2

With Windows Mobile 6.5 being launched on Tuesday next week the HD2 will be one of the first 6.5 devices to hit the market. O2 are clearly aiming high with this device as they are going to have there work cut out over the next few months with other carriers starting to sell the iPhone. With them selling the HTC HD2 as well as the Palm Pre they are going to be able to offer the consumer a fantastic range of options depending on the customers requirements.

HD2 alongside Touch Pro2

The HD2 is a real beast of a device. As well as its monstrous 4.3 inch screen it is driven by a 1 Ghz Snapdragon CPU accompanied by 320MB of Ram and 512MB ROM. The only slight concern I have is that is reported to have a 1230 mAh battery and with a screen so big im wondering if the battery will last me a day.

The HD2 is rumoured to be available from October 12th however until that’s confirmed I wont be committing to a date, however I am attending the “Windows Phone” launch in London on Tuesday so fingers crossed we may here some news on devices as well as the new 6.5 version.

I will have a full report of the event on the site Tuesday evening so please come back to us to check out the latest news from Microsoft.

Posted by: James

EyeTV for iPhone by Elgato – released

We are suckers for watching TV on computer. In that way taking screenshots is easy and you don’t have to turn your head too much while working on the computer. Now we are using USB box from Hauppauge Inc to suck on DVB-S signals from Astra 28.2 satellite. However this satellite offers now also DVB-S2, i.e. HD TV, so we were searching for new box and we have found one at Elgato – a company specialized in making TV sticks and boxes for Mac. Fortunately that DVB-S2 box works for Windows (drivers provided) what cannot be said about EyeTV app for iPhone, that just has been released:

… because you need a Mac with Elgato TV stick or box to watch live TV remotely! Too bad. Anywho, here is more information about this app:

SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 review

A welcome update to one of the best enhancement to your Windows Mobile phones arrives today. Pleasingly, the software adds several updates to an already brimming feature list.

SPB Mobile Shell has always been one of the best looking Today Screen replacements for Windows Mobile. The combination of a slick interface and some light, handy shortcuts led for a much more pleasing user experience. Each incarnation improved greatly upon the last and this update is no slacker.

Vodafone all over the iPhone too

After the news that Orange were now in Apple happy little iPhone garden, Vodafone has joined the club too. I can’t imagine there being any too big of a price war but the prices will easily trounce anything else in Orange and Vodafone’s catalogue

We look forward to any for of price war as these developments unfold.

Vodafone to get iPhone too.

Looks like Vodafone are following the likes of Orange and have agreed with Apple to sell the iPhone 3G & 3GS in the UK.

Vodafone & iPhone

Potential Vodafone iPhone users can register there interest at the following link – Register interest in an iPhone

More to follow later………..

Posted by: James

2 billion downloads from Apple app store

It’s app store, stupid! Yeah, iPhone owes its huge success mainly to the existence of app store that offers at this moment (i.e. today) 87 thousand apps – free and commercial ones. However Apple app store is big not only with regard to number of apps offered in it, but also with regard to sales and downloads. Apple writes:

SE Satio unboxed and played with

Just a little over a week before its scheduled release in the UK on October 7th, this unboxing video of the Sony Ericsson 12.1-megapixel camera phone monster known as the Satio (formerly called the Idou) has suddenly popped up on the internet. Obviously not content with just unboxing one Satio phone, the guy in this video unboxes all three colored iterations of the first Symbian-based handset from Sony Ericsson. So, what’s the deal with the Satio? Well, apart from being one of the first phones to boast of a 12.1-megapixel camera, the Sony Ericsson Satio also comes with 3.5-inch touchscreen, Xenon flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, aGPS, Exchange ActiveSync support, and an 8GB microSD card (supports up to 32GB in capacity). We’ve got no word on its pricing, but we do have some instructional videos on how to use the Sony Ericsson Satio.

Orange to do iPhone 3G and 3GS

Orange UK and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and 3GS to Orange UK customers later this year. Orange globally now offers iPhone in 28 countries and territories.

Orange, which has the largest 3G network covering more people in the UK than any other operator, will sell iPhone in all Orange direct channels including Orange shops, the Orange webshop and Orange telesales channels, as well as selected high street partners. A pre-registration site for customers to log their interest has been launched at www.Orange.co.uk/iPhone

More information on pricing, tariffs and availability dates will be released in due course.

[Source Press Release]

HTC Leo arriving on O2

If you needed another reason to frown upon the state of the North American wireless industry, allow us to go ahead and turn your attention to Exhibit A here. What you’re looking at is some promotional material backing up earlier rumors that the HD2 / Leo is en route to O2 in the UK, but what’s especially upsetting (though not terribly surprising) is the knowledge that customers will be able to scoop up HTC’s new ultra-high-end WinMo beast for zilch on an O2 1200 tariff — a plan that runs something like £45 (about $72) a month. Oh, and that’s on an 18-month contract, not 24. Meanwhile, we’ll be lucky to ever see the Leo land in its natural, original, HTC-approved state on a carrier at any price in the US, but hey, at least we’ve still got some more Touch Pro2 launches to look forward to, right?

[Source Engagdet]

BGR reviews Motorola Cliq

Something of a painful review here, a phone highly anticipated by many seems to stumble and fall. Thankfully the unit reviewed seems to be running an earlier than what is to be released. With any luck this will sort many of the problems on display here.

Check it out over at Boy Genius Report.