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Acer DX900 begins shipping

The Acer DX900 is finally here!

We’ve known about the Acer DX900 for a while and it was officially announced at Mobile World Congress earlier this month, the DX900 will begin shipping next week.

This is first main-stream dual sim device to be launched here in the UK and the world’s first Dual-SIM Smartphone to support both 3.5G (HSDPA) and 2.75G (EDGE) SIM cards. The DX900 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and has an impressive feature set that includes 3G connectivity and GPS on board.
Available for order now at a confirmed price of £346.96 (plus carriage and VAT (if applicable)), you can place your order today to receive one of the first units.

Head over to the Acer DX900 page on the Clove website more information and to order yours now!

Acer DX900 specification:

• Operating System – Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Processor – Samsung S3C 6400 533 MHz Processor
• Memory – ROM: 256 MB / RAM: 128 MB
• Display – 2.8" VGA (468×640) colour transflective TFT
• Operating Frequency – HSDPA / UMTS ( 2100 / 1900 / 850 MHz )
  Quad-Band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
• Expansion  – microSD
• mini-USB
• Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
• WiFi 802.11b, 802.11g
• Embedded SiRF Star III chipset
• Built-in 3.0 mega pixels Auto-Focus CMOS camera, up to 2048 x 1536 resolution
• 0.3 mega pixels Fixed-Focus CMOS camera for conference call usage
• Composite TV out support
• Battery – Removable 1530 mAh
• Dimensions – 106(L) x 60.5 (W) x 17(H) millimetres
• Weight – 147 grams (battery included)

Posted by: Matt

HTC care opens in Malaysia

We all know about the Apple Stores and the superb technical support and service that you can get there, well it looks like HTC are following a similar route with the opening of their own HTC Care Centres. The first HTC Care Authorized centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital has opened. This centre features more than 1,300 square feet of retail space with helpful professional consultants and technicians dedicated to provide the whole gamut of after-sales services including on-site technical consultation, testing and repairs. They promise a speedy turn-around time for all service repairs. Now the question is, will we see these rolled out in Europe, it is always good to be able to get support direct from a manufacturer face to face. We will wait and see.

via WMExperts and ubergizmo

Google preventing unlocked phones using app store

CrunchGear has a rather irritating story regarding the limitation of the Google App store. It seems that Google have not responded well to the age old method of unlocking a phone and using it on a different network. A rather sickening move if you ask me but you can decide for yourself by reading the attached article.

The Acer DX900 now available

Clove have just let us know that they will have stock available next week for the Acer DX900. The Acer DX900 is one of the world’s first dual-SIM and dual standby Windows Mobile handsets to support HSDPA and EDGE. The DX900 is a simple solution to an increasingly in-demand requirement for consumers who need access to two mobile communications services, but don’t want to carry around two devices at the same time.

Available for order now at a confirmed price of 346.96 pounds (plus carriage and VAT (if applicable)), you can place your order today to receive one of the first units.

http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct.aspx?product=49868335-9F45-4952-90C1-92E8C00484A2

HTC Diamond2 and Diamond comparison

Cnet have answered a few of our concerns over the size of the HTC Diamond2 and have put it side-by-side with the original to see how they size up.The increased screen size of the updated model is mainly due to the added length of the display. Their widths are identical but the WVGA (800 x 480) resolution of the Diamond2 means it’s longer and able to show more information in one screen.The Diamond2 is quite a bit thicker than the original. One thing that didn’t change is that you get only a single mini-USB port for charging, syncing and connecting a wired headset. The original Diamond came with 4GB of built-in storage but no expansion slot. The Diamond2, on the other hand, won’t come with any internal storage but it can accept microSD cards so you can boost the memory up to 16GB. A few more pictures after the break.

N95 running an arcane version of Windows

If you love the N95 but hate S60, I have great news for you. Some enterprising developers in Poland have replaced the aging S60 operating system found on the Nokia N95 with an even more older desktop OS, Windows 3.1. Using DOSBox Polish developer Marcin-PRV managed to get the most popular OS in the world (in 1993) to run on the N95. While this particular trick is probably not terribly useful, it sure is neat.

Aside from being a nifty party trick, there is a serious side to this demonstration. This proves just how powerful the phones in our pockets are. Just over 10 years ago, all businesses, and schools were using computers that were less powerful than most of the phones on the market today. Nobody would seriously argue that those machines weren’t important to education, and business, but today, there are many people who are considered serious thinkers suggesting that mobile phones are just distractions in offices and classrooms. The only difference between the computers of yesterday, and the phones of today, is that phones are more powerful, more versatile, and smaller than those old computers ever were.

Source: UberPhones

Windows Mobile 7 coming 2010

Steve Ballmer talked about the future of Windows Mobile during a conference call yesterday. Among the highlights was a promise to release the next version of Microsoft’s operating system for phones in 2010.

Microsoft’s CEO is is enthusiastic about the possibilities for this OS, and he expects it to continue to grow, despite the current economic crisis. To help bring this about, the company is hard at work on new version. Windows Mobile 6.5 was unveiled a week ago, and will be released this fall, while Windows Mobile 7 is scheduled for next year.

Resco Contact Manager released

Resco announced today the availability of the brand new application, Resco Contact Manager. After a great demand from users to develop an application which would allow quick access to and management of contacts and text messages, Resco is proud to welcome its latest addition into its application family.

Resco Contact Manager is fully touch-optimized while offering superior tools in order to manage your contacts. The application allows you to easily navigate, search quickly by letter navigation, view text message conversations in a chat-like view and much more. More after the break.

HTC Touch Pro ROM update

HTC have released a new firmware update for the Touch Pro, the update is said to fix the following problems:-

1. The display of TouchFLO 3D sometimes may appear cracked.

2. When taking a picture, the auto focus function may malfunction in some circumstances.

3. In some circumstances, the preview screen will become black after taking picture.

4. In some circumstances, the device may hang while loading TouchFLO 3D.

5. When hanging up a phone call, there may be a delay in the display response.

You can get the upgrade from HTC here.

Windows Mobile Marketplace coming to existing phones

Scott Rockfeld, director of Windows Mobile whom we recently interviewed on the msmobiles podcast has been talking about Windows Mobile 6.5 to the Boston Herald. In the interview he reveals that we won’t see 6.5 until the 4th quarter of 2009 and that it isn’t even in beta yet. The on device Marketplace application will launch before the release of phones with Windows Mobile 6.5, so existing Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 users can access new applications.

"We’re doing a lot of things — some people would say catch-up — that appeal to the person who also wants to do some work with their phone," Rockfeld said. "We are at a big inflection point in the market right now."

"We understand the changes in the market," Rockfeld said. "When it switched from business-only to consumer and business, that happened pretty quickly."

You can read the full article here.