Phones

Vodafone play on Orange’s BlackBerry Bold woes

Vodafone has told its third-party sales partners to use the “software issues and technical faults” it claims forced Orange to stop selling the new BlackBerry Bold to persuade consumers it has a better 3G network than its rival does. Those faults, Vodafone alleges in an confidential memo seen by Register Hardware, centre on “reliable 3G network coverage on the device”. Orange confirmed the Bold had been linked to “3G-related concerns”, which it stressed were “limited to a minority of Orange customers in the UK”.

Palm OS ALP 3.0 revealed

Today Access, the company that purchased PalmSource, officially unveiled its Linux based successor to the Garnet OS (formerly known as Palm OS). The Access Linux Platform 3.0, as it is known, supports not only native Linux applications, but also legacy Garnet OS applications as well as Java apps. ALP 3.0, as it is known, is also fully compliant with the LiMo Foundation’s specifications for mobile Linux. Screen shots after the break.

Touch HD and Xperia coming to Orange

Looks like Orange will be joining O2 and Vodafone in releasing the Xperia this month apparently. Tracy and Matt are reporting images of the Touch HD on the Orange website under the coming soon section with the LG Renoir hogging the limelight. Click the break and see the pic. Also there is a little extra info about Vodafone’s upcoming line.

Surrender to the HTC Touch HD Pro

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. After looking at the photo to the right however, I think a picture may be worth a lot more! If you hadn’t heard, HTC are about to release the Touch HD which has a huge 3.8? WVGA 800 x 480 touch screen, 5mp camera, 3.5 Audio Jack, and all of the other standard HTC Goodness we have come to love. But one thing was missing, the slide out keyboard!

HTC Touch HD coming to all UK Networks

Just had a tip off that the stories floating around today that The HTC Touch HD will be exclusive to Orange in the UK are wide of the mark. Our tipster who claims to have it on good authority (From HTC), tells us that the device will be released on Orange in the second half of November and end of November early December for the rest of the networks. So Orange do have an exclusive for all of a few weeks. Obviously it will be available sim free early November from the usual sources.

Windows Mobile "incredibly successful"

Windows Mobile has nothing to fear from either the iPhone or Google Android, says Microsoft’s John Curran. TechRadar asked the Windows business lead for Microsoft UK how he saw Windows Mobile, Android and the iPhone divvying up market share in three years’ time. “Well I would have to say that number one would be, not surprisingly, Microsoft,” says Curran. “We’ve got over 50 partners… from a hardware perspective we’re really well positioned.” Placing Android and Apple in order in the remaining three rivals is “a tough call”, he continues. “One’s an emerging one, the other is a very limited form factor. More after the break.

A Snow Globe for all seasons

If your after a Snow Globe type application to keep the children occupied when your out shopping or in the pub then you have to check out Super Snow Globe. This application is available from the iTunes App Store and it has themes for all occasions. Five themes in total, Halloween, Autumn (which they call Fall), Winter, Christmas and New Year. Each theme has different music to accompany the scene. You can also choose between the traditional snow globe format of a limited amount of ghosts/leaves/snow/stars/champagne bubbles falling to the bottom of the screen or a constant fall of the objects which is never ending.

Hands-on with the HP iPaq Voice and Data Messengers

The guys over at Mobile Computer Magazine managed to get some hands on time with the recently announced iPaq Voice and Data Messenger devices. We discussed these on the last podcast episode and we were not that impressed with the specs, but take a look at the video after the break and see what you think.

Spb create user interface panel for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1

Spb Software, has developed a user interface panel for Xperia™ X1. As part of the strategic partnership between Sony Ericsson and Spb Software, Spb has put forth a top-notch, Spb Mobile Shell-based solution that compliments the X1 in both style and speed. Taking advantage of the smartphone’s unique panel technology, impressive hardware and dynamic wide VGA touchscreen, this custom version of Spb Mobile Shell is optimized for the new Xperia, and comes with all X1 devices as a free download.

Xperia X1 taken apart and put back together again

Ok if your waiting patiently for the Xperia X1 you probably don’t want to see the series of videos we have after the break. A guy with a pair of white gloves, tweezers and a guitar plectrum strips the Xperia X1 down to its component parts and then somehow manages to put it all back together again and get this, there are no spare screws left at the end, quite amazing. Now should I try this when my Touch HD arrives?? If you can bare to watch, the videos are after the break.