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HTC Touch Diamond2 review by Techradar

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

Over the air updates coming in future Windows Mobile versions

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.

via istartedsomething

Android 1.5 Early Look SDK

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.

Pocket Informant for iPhone updated to 1.01

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 on April 21st?

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.

[Via Mobiletopsoft]

ScummVM in Android marketplace

ScummVM is a game engine that was designed to be easily ported to multiple systems. It is currently available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, PSP, PS2, SymbianOS and now Android.  ScummVM was originally released to support LucasArts point-and-click adventure games.

Google Maps for mobile updated for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60

Google have updated their Maps Application for Windows Mobile and Symbian users. The new version 3.01 has a lot of major and minor bug fixes which we have after the break. It is always worth keeping your applications up to date. Hopefully when the Windows Market Place is up and running this will be done automatically in the future.

Download version 3.0.1 by visiting http://m.google.com/maps in your mobile web browser. To ensure proper device detection, use your phone’s original browser, such as Internet Explorer Mobile on Windows Mobile devices. All the details after the break.

HTC Touch Cruise – Footprints and Navigation video

HTC have published a new video, this one gives us a brief look around the new Touch Cruise, this is the one with the Footprints feature that allows you to tag pictures as points of interest so you can navigate to and revisit them easily in the future. It is just a short video but its worth a watch especially as it is Easter and news is as slow as a frozen snail. Video after the break.

Twikini a Twitter client for Windows Mobile

Using the iPhone you have a huge choice of high quality Twitter applications, the stories not the same if your a Windows Mobile user. Well the news just got a bit brighter. Twikini offers a powerful and efficient way to use Twitter on your phone. It conveniently updates your favourite feeds in the background, and leverages the camera, GPS, media, touch screen, keyboard, graphics and storage capabilities of your device. We have more information and some screenshots after the break, it’s only a beta at the moment so be careful. You can also follow us on Twitter for all the latest news, @mtaddicts