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We wanted to share a couple of tips to speed up the Touch UI interface on the HTC Touch Diamond as the out of the box experience is far from enjoyable. We have posted a Youtube video after the break with three easy tips to do from the settings page of Windows Mobile along with a great program available called Advanced Config from XDA-Developers which makes a huge difference to the speed of the Touchflo interface.
I have received the HTC Diamond and to give it my full attention I have decided to give my iPhone to my wife for good from today. My first impressions of the Diamond are not the best so far, but since I made a few tweaks here and there it does seem much more responsive using the Touch UI. I will be doing an extensive review with a few videos including video calling so stay tuned and if anyone has any questions leave a comment and I will answer them.
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Pay & Go customers can now enjoy all the great features of the iPhone without a monthly contract.
The new 3G 8GB iPhone for Pay & Go will be available for £299.99 and 16GB for £359.99. This also includes unlimited browsing and Wi-Fi for the first 6 months after you activate your iPhone*.
T-Mobile today becomes the first mobile network to guarantee that its customers can always get an unbeatable minutes allowance. New and existing customers on Solo and Combi contracts at £30 per month will be offered a unique commitment: just ask, and T-Mobile will match or beat the amount of minutes offered on a like-for-like basis by the other four operators “ meaning customers can be sure they are always getting unbeatable minutes from T-Mobile.
We have heard quite a few rumblings about Dashwire recently and thought we would give it a whirl and find out what it’s all about, Dashwire automatically mirrors the content on your phone to the web, helping you access, manage, and share your mobile experiences. We will be doing a full review of this service soon, until then here is an overview.
In our previous post about the sound quality of the HTC Diamond, we used Vito Audio Notes software to record both sides of a telephone conversation between ourselves and MSMobiles, so moving on from that we thought it would be a good idea to have a quick overview of the software.
Wave your arms in the air and charge your phone
Orange today announced the launch of a mobile phone charger prototype that is powered by dance energy. The Orange Dance Charge is the result of months of research into alternate, sustainable energy sources to power mobile phones during summer music festivals.
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS(TM), S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan to establish the Symbian Foundation to extend the appeal of this unified software platform. Membership of this non-profit Foundation will be open to all organizations.
There has been a lot of reports recently about the very poor sound quality when using the HTC Diamond for voice calls, particularly from user in the US. We decided to carry out some tests with Edward from MSMobiles to see how the HTC Diamond sounds. To carry out the test we ran the Vito Audio Notes software on the Samsung i780 at the UK end of the conversation and Edward called me from his HTC Diamond.
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