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Orange T-Shirt charges your mobile

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Glastonbury revellers may have an extra incentive to elbow their way closer to the stages – it may help charge their phones.

Mobile phone giant Orange has released a prototype t-shirt which powers mobiles while festival-goers watch bands in action.

Users can plug their phone in to the t-shirt, which uses noise-responsive technology, for a quick top-up charge whenever they need it.

Orange will be conducting live testing of the gadget on site at the festival to see which acts are the "best to charge to" around the Spirit of 71 stage.

Tony Andrews, co-producer of the Spirit of 71, said: "Sound vibrations, particularly bass frequencies, will create enough shaking to produce electricity from a material as simple as piezoelectric film.

"It looks like it could provide a real solution to mobile charging and I’m interested to see how the Orange Sound Charge performs in a live testing environment such as Glastonbury."

Andrew Pearcey, head of sponsorship at Orange UK, said: "In a vibrant festival environment such as Glastonbury, sound is such an obvious medium that it seemed like a natural fit to use it in the development of this year’s prototype."

 

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By June 19, 2011 Read More →

Dual-core coming to Windows Phone handsets

qualcomm-logo Currently there aren’t too many Windows Phone handsets out there and if you want a high-end dual-core phone it’s Android or nothing.

Qualcomm are set to help redress the balance following an announcement that their new MSM8x60 chipset will be supported by both Windows Phone and Android platforms. The Dual 1.5GHz scorpion cores will be a big step for Windows Phone as currently 1GHz is the fastest CPU you’ll find in a Windows Phone handset.

Details of the new chipset include:

  • Dual Scorpion-cores up to 1.5GHz
  • Adreno 220 GPU
  • 1080P video and playback
  • HDMI mirroring
  • Dolby 5.1
  • 3D capturing and playback
  • 16MP dual-camera support

You can find out more by visiting the Qualcomm website.

 

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By June 19, 2011 Read More →

Swype v3 released for Android

what-is-swype We’ve looked at Swype a few times in the past and for anyone looking for an alternative text entry method for Android phones Swype would be the first keyboard replacement that I would suggest you try. If you’ve never seen Swype before the concept is simple yet genius. You get a ‘normal’ QWERTY keyboard but rather than tap letters as you would with a regular keyboard you place your finger on the screen and trace the path across all the letter in the word without lifting your finger off. With this method of text entry it’s possible to type really quickly.

Today Swype Inc. have announced a major new version which includes support for Honeycomb tablets and WXGA screens.

 

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By June 18, 2011 Read More →

Orange Signal Boost – Update

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Orange is to continue the roll out of its Signal Boost service, the smart Wi-Fi application provided by Kineto Wireless. The application boosts 3G coverage by turning Wi-Fi access points in an extension of the mobile network.

Kineto’s Smart Wi-Fi Application helps offload traffic from an operator’s macro cellular network. This relieves congestion, improves network capacity performance and reduces operating costs. It also improves coverage for customers who can switch their smartphones over to use existing Wi-Fi access points when their cellular coverage is poor.

Operators using the service, sometimes referred to as UMA (unlimited mobile access), have reported a 25%-40% reduction in churn rates from subscribers and found that they consume 20% less data from the macro network.

Paul Jevons, director of product marketing at Orange said: ‘Our Signal Boost service has been very successful in providing an in-home coverage solution of those customers who require it. It is a very simple solution. You turn on the app and everything works. Customers do not need any new equipment, there is no change of number and their address book works as normal.’

 

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By June 17, 2011 Read More →

O2 not doing the Blackberry Playbook

blackberry_playbookO2 UK have announced that it “will not be selling” the BlackBerry PlayBook. The popular carrier has started notifying customers who had signed up for more information about its change of heart.

The official release from O2 states: “unfortunately there are some issues with the end to end customer experience.” Boy Genius Reports that they believe it is due to the lack of a native email client (RIM says that they will have it in a future release…).

This jibes with the review BGR released stating that it felt like the Playbook was unfinished in it’s design. O2 did say that it could offer the product at a later date, and that it will work with Research In Motion on its BlackBerry PlayBook products in the future.

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By June 16, 2011 Read More →

Pre order the HP Pre 3 from Clove

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The HP Pre 3 is now available to pre-order on the Clove website. The forthcoming webOS handset is due for release at the beginning of July.

Following on from the HP Palm Pre 2, the Pre 3 maintains the slide-out QWERTY form factor of its predecessor, but features a significantly more powerful feature set and an updated version of the highly rated webOS platform.

Perhaps the main focus of webOS is its ability to multitask, which is ideal for the user of both business and social features. Open apps are regarded as ‘cards’ and these cards can be arranged into ‘stacks’ so as to organise the various applications that you may have running at any one time.

The Pre 3 has also been designed to work alongside the forthcoming HP TouchPad tablet. A great feature called touch to share allows you to transfer certain information between the two devices simply by touching them together.  This is explained briefly in the video below. For full details on the Pre 3 or to place a pre-order, head over to the Clove website.

 

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By June 16, 2011 Read More →

Huawei MediaPad to launch June 20th

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We mentioned a short while ago that Huawei are launching their new tablet, the MediaPad, at an event soon in Singapore. The time and date is now confirmed and it will be on Monday June 20th at 10.00 am GMT.

Huawei Device executives will reveal MediaPad’s technical specs and provide demonstrations during the launch. They will also introduce Huawei Device’s cloud solution which helps operators and industry customers develop business and attract end users. 

Now clearly I am not in Singapore but fear not as I have been invited to view the event via a live webcast so we can at least bring you the news as soon as possible.

So check back with us after 10.00 am on Monday for some fresh tablet news.

 

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By June 15, 2011 Read More →

HTC will update the Desire to Gingerbread after all

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After the recent decision that HTC made to not update the HTC Desire to Android 2.3 Gingerbread they have changed their minds! In a short statement they said:

“Contrary to what we said earlier we are going to bring Gingerbread to HTC Desire.”

One can only presume this turnaround was due to uproar from the tens of thousands of current HTC Desire owners out there.

Power to the people!

 

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By June 15, 2011 Read More →

Motorola Pro coming to the UK

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The chaps at Clove posted interesting Motorola news on their blog today. It would appear that the recently leaked  Motorola Droid/Milestone 3 will not see a UK release. Of course, these things are open to change, but the message that we are receiving at the moment is that it will not be launched in the UK. As of yet we have not heard a reason for this decision, but perhaps UK sales of the Milestone 2 were not as high as Motorola expected. We heard yesterday that the HTC Desire Z has been discontinued, so perhaps the Android QWERTY slider form factor just hasn’t been that popular in the UK.

There is some good news though and that is that the Motorola Pro is heading for the UK and you can pre-order it now from the Clove website.

You can see the features and specs of the Motorola Pro below and if you fancy placing an order the link is at the end of the news post.

The Motorola Pro is an Android business phone that offers a unique form factor. Its candy bar design will be tempting to not only the business user, but anyone who sends a lot of texts or emails.

While there are several Android handsets with a physical QWERTY keyboard, there are not so many that have a portrait set of keys on the front of the device The portrait QWERTY keyboard has been popularised by BlackBerry handsets and is loved by both business and social users. Take the popularity of this form factor and add the Android OS to it and you’ve got the great looking device that is the Motorola Pro.

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By June 15, 2011 Read More →

BlackBerry PlayBook goes on sale in the UK

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If you have been waiting to get a BlackBerry PlayBook then today may be your lucky day. RIM’s first tablet goes on sale today exclusively at The Carphone Warehouse within Selfridges in London. If you cant get there then fear not as tomorrow the PlayBook will be available at all Carphone Warehouse, Best Buys, Dixons and Currys.

If you have not seen our review of the BlackBerry PlayBook you can do so here or alternatively the ten second review is below:

The ten second review:

Device: BlackBerry PlayBook

Price: From £399.00

Summary: A pocketable powerhouse. Still needs some extra software but overall a great 7 inch tablet.

Best of: HD Video, Browser, BlackBerry Bridge

Worst of: No native email client, not great for non BlackBerry users.

Buy it now: On sale from June 16th in the UK

 

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