Phones

Webos 1.4 invites you to shoot, edit and share

Palm have release a little video showing off their key new feature. Shoot a video, trim it and throw it out to Youtube or Facebook. Check after the break for the video and the changelog.

LG’s Windows Phone 7 Series … phone

Engadget have published a whole rake of pictures for a prototype LG phone running Windows Phone 7 Series, a little over a week after Mobile World Congress. Whilst Microsoft were unable to answer most of the direct questions on the platform it seems they were being truthful about the OS being in a usable state. My suspicion was that they had put together an interactive flash demo to show off what they had hoped would be the final product. Instead I now think they sent out a tonne of spin doctors to answer questions on a build they hadn’t touched.

Nexus One coming to Vodafone in April

The Telegraph is reporting that the Nexus One will launch on Vodafone in April for a non-disclosed price, though it’s "likely to be priced very similarly to comparable smartphones such as the iPhone." It’s no secret that Vodafone’s picking up Google’s Snapdragon-powered beast. Coincidentally, this is going to collide head-to-head with the European release of the Desire, HTC’s remix of the Nexus One with Sense and an optical pad thrown in, so it’ll be fascinating to see which of these monsters comes out on top at retail.

O2 revamping their tarrifs, but is there value?

O2 has updated their tarrifs with a bit of a revamp that looks set to see some folks worse off in the long run. In a press release today, O2 announced their Sim only plans for the iPhone however there is much more going on behind the scenes.

O2 will launch a two-year Apple iPhone tariff for £25 per month. The tariff will include 100 minutes and unlimited texts. Handset costs are currently unknown. The iPhone is also expected to be made available with its Simplicity SIM-only tariffs for the first time, with the device available at full price.

However, O2 will drop its free unlimited bolt-on deal, previously available £35 per month or above deals. All O2 tariffs will now include unlimited texts only instead of other little perks like on-network calls, internet, weekend calls, texts and wi-fi. Their text bundles will also loose any picture message bundles. Voicemails will now be  charged at a rate of 10p per minute if outside of their minute bundle.

BlackBerry and other data centric devices will be hardest hit, as customers will be required to pay £7.50 for BlackBerry data or £5 for standard data. Little incentives and promotions to new customers including up to eight months free line rental on selected tariffs and handsets will be introduced.

They will launch its first unlimited calls and text deal for consumers. Costs will range from £45 per month on a 12 month Simplicity deal to £65 per month on an 18 month deal. Read on for the full press release:

Matt Davis twinterviewing Alex Reeve of Windows Phone 7 Series

Tracyandmatt.co.uk are going to be exclusively interviewing the Windows Phone crowd at 12 noon on Thursday 25th of February. If you have any questions you want Matt to put to Alex Reeve, Director of Mobile Business Group in the UK then read on for details of how to get in there:

Official Martha Stewart iPhone app released

This is one super-sweet app from one super-sweet lady.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz now available on Vodafone

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is now available on Vodafone for free if you sign up for 24mths contract costing £30pm.

The Vivaz is a fantastic new 8.1 megapixel camera phone that can shoot superb video in HD, and comes with a tonne of features not found on other camera phones that ensures the pictures you take are as good as they would be from a dedicated digital camera.

Pre-order the Sony Ericsson Vivaz in Silver or, exclusively to Vodafone a stunning Ruby Red online and receive an extra 300 minutes for free.

• FREE from £30
• 600 minutes
• unlimited texts
• 500 MB of internet and webmail
• Plus the online exclusive of 300 extra minutes!

Head on over to the Vodafone site for more details.

All-in-1 Gamebox app shows new trend: multiple games in one app

This game is like 2nd in Germany and in top 10 in UK, so it is very popular and in fact it is not just one game but 25 games in one and the number of games is growing whole time:

.. and the games in this gamebox app vary from rather lame one:

SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 for Android

February 15th, 2010 – SPB Software, a leading mobile applications and games developer announces the release of SPB Mobile Shell 5.0, a major upgrade to the world’s bestselling mobile application, popular among both end-users and OEMs. Unlike all the previous versions of SPB Mobile Shell available exclusively for Windows Mobile smartphones with touchscreens, version 5.0 is to be released for Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian. Thanks to the new portable SPB UI Engine, SPB Mobile Shell is planned to be spread to more mobile platforms.

The X10 Mini and Mini Pro video

One of the lovely Booth Babes takes me on a tour of the five new devices and in particular the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro. These are two funky devices that I think Sony Ericsson with sell a shed load of. Whilst the Vivaz and Vivaz Pro are quite nice and the X10 has mostly been covered the video below spends more time on the little brothers of these and it’s nice to see a pretty full feature set on such a small device. Check after the break for the video: