Consumer interest in the 3G iPhone is almost four times more than interest in its 2G predecessor, according to O2, Apple’s exclusive UK network partner for the device.
More than 130,000 people have pre-registered their interest in the combined handset, digital music player and web browser on O2’s website since the phone was unveiled a week ago.
The guys over at MobiFrance managed to get some hands on time with the new Samsung Windows Mobile Omnia i900 professional device.
The video shows some great UI enhancements and overlays but again we are seeing a lack of response from the touch screen when you select icons. Check out the video after the break.
• Launch of world’s first balloon race competition across the internet to mark the introduction of Animal packages on Pay As You Go
• 1,500 websites including Yahoo & The Sun Online join the Orange Balloon Race
• Luxury holiday in Ibiza worth £18.5k for the winner of the race
Nokia unveils two new Nokia Eseries devices optimized for personal and professional email
Slim, stylish Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 multimedia computers offer easy access to range of email solutions, including Microsoft Exchange
According to Kevin Chen General Manager of HTC for MEA and CIS, we should be seeing a handset with Windows Mobile 7 in the first quarter of 2009
Phonereport V2.0 have the exclusive when they were attending the HTC Diamond launch event in South Africa they got to speak to Kevin Chen.
European mobile phone users may have to pay US-style charges for receiving calls after Viviane Reding, the EU telecoms commissioner, said she was prepared to accept the industry changing its longstanding business model.
In an interview with the Financial Times, she signalled she was poised to propose rules to cut the cost for Europeans when sending text messages while abroad. She is considering taking similar steps to cut the cost of web surfing on mobiles while overseas.
Vodafone are now showing the HTC Touch Diamond as coming soon on their business website.
Feature rich Windows Mobile 6.1 device utilising HTC’s new Touchflow UI. This device is in a tablet form factor meaning it is touch screen only. The Diamond surpasses the iPhone in all aspects (vodafones word not ours), the key differentiator is the inherent flexibility of the Diamond. It comes loaded with Vodafone Email Plus and the Vodafone Sat Nav program. Launch expected in July.
via Vodafone
I posted an article at the end of May with a list of 10 must have features the iPhone 3G must have for it to be a worthwhile upgrade. I thought it would be interesting to look back at the article and see what we have been given by Apple and what’s been missed and see if it’s a worthwhile upgrade.
Just spent a great hour discussing the impending launch of the iPhone 3G with Michael Manna of the T4 Show. In this episode (65) we discuss O2 iPhone 3G contracts, O2 HSDPA networks, pay as you go, highs and lows from the WWDC iPhone 3G announcements, what was disappointing and what was good and the upcoming App Store.
You can listen to the show directly here. or subscribe in iTunes here.
Thanks to Mike for inviting me onto the T4 Show.
Spookcall, the UK’s first caller ID-spoofing service available to the general public, has decided to close less than one week after launch.
We reported the launch of the controversial service on Monday. It allowed anyone to impersonate any other phone number on a call recipient’s caller ID display. Spookcall also offered customers the ability to disguise their voice using software. It cost £5 for every 10 minutes of faked calling.
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