Palm today officially announced the Treo pro, Not really a great surprise but at least it is now official. As we thought it does have a 320 x 320 touch screen, HSDPA, WiFi, GPS and more importantly a 3.5mm headset jack and a massive 1500mAH battery. Well done Palm on that one. This one is destined for a Vodafone and O2 launch next month in the UK as well as Sim free version. Full specifications, PR Video and pictures after the break.
What is the one thing that iphone users brag about a lot? Multi-Touch which enables them to perform features like pinch zoom in and out. Well if this video has got anything to say about it we are going to get this feature too, well at least the HTC Diamond / Touch Pro will get something to say about it.
Over at the Appleinsider they have a quote from Mr Jobs that might calm some folks woes about their 3G iPhone crashing so frequently. "This is a known iPhone bug that is being fixed in the next software update in September," reads the one-line message from the Apple co-founder.
So you have to wait until September to have a hopefully solid iPhone experience.
Not too long ago, Proximi gave iPhone users a glimpse of how copy and paste could work on their handsets with the release of MagicPad. Unfortunately, the copy and paste functionality only went as far as the limitations of Apple’s SDK allowed; while you could copy from one MagicPad document to another, you couldn’t copy from a MagicPad document to Safari. It wasn’t exactly what iPhone users were looking for, but it was the start of something awesome.
Early this morning, Palm released a couple of official press photos of the Treo Pro along with a short video. The company didn’t reveal a whole lot of information other than the following, the Treo Pro smartphone features a one-touch Wi-Fi button, GPS, Windows Mobile 6.1 and a high-resolution flush colour touch screen. Slashgear managed to get the video and it is after the break
JC Doss and Steve Trotto discuss the update to the iPhone in another quality podcast about the mobile world.
Have a listen here.
Dave over at Mobility Today has just posted his video review of the HTC Touch Pro, good to see that he agrees with our review over the usability, speed and power of this HTC phone. You can check out Dave’s video after the break and also our review right here.
The latest iPhone software update version 2.02 has just gone live on iTunes. The usual detailed description has been provided by Apple, "Bug Fixes". Here’s hoping that this will address the well reported problems iPhone 3G users have been experiencing. One thing I have noticed is the signal strength has improved and the Modem Firmware has definitely been upgraded. Pics after the break
T-Mobile said today that it plans to launch a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, making it the first operator to do so and posing a direct threat to Apple’s popular iPhone. A spokesman for Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s German parent, declined to comment on the launch date for the device which is made by mobile phone maker HTC.
WMExperts have posted a quick look video at the Iris Web Browser that runs on the WebKit rendering engine which powers the iPhones Safari browser. Unfortunately it looks a bit slow for prime time use but does render pages very nicely which is a big plus on a Windows Mobile device. Check out the video after the break.
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