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Huawei announces new devices at MWC 2011

image015 More announcements this morning from MWC, this time Huawei with news of a new handset, tablet, WiFi Dongle and USB Dongle.

The new IDEOS X3 looks to be a great little entry level handset, complete with Android Gingerbread and claiming to be the thinnest 3.2″ Smartphone.

The IDEOS S7 tablet offering 3G and WiFi capability in just a 12.5mm thick platform.

 

More details after the break.

 

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By February 13, 2011 Read More →

Sony Ericsson press event at MWC

SE banner Our man Gareth has just arrived at the Sony Ericsson press event at MWC. Things kick off at 6pm UK time and we’ll be trying to keep things as live as possible via this post so be sure to keep your eyes peeled!

We’re not expecting too many surprises from SE this year as many of SE line up for the year have been leaked over the past few weeks. We’re expecting a look at the Xperia Play and the Arc for sure. In fact 3 have already sent out a press release this evening stating that the Xperia Play will be available on their network.

Timeline below:

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By February 12, 2011 Read More →

Mobile World Congress 2011 – Let the fun begin

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Unless you have had your head in the sand you will know that Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona, Spain, tomorrow. Here in Europe it is the mobile event of the year where all the major manufactures announce new products and services.

Our man Gareth will be at MWC over the next four days to attend all the press events and get hands on with the new devices that are announced.

As well as the usual press events Gareth will have one to one sessions with many of our favorite manufactures to not only get some super video footage but also to ask questions like a proper interview!

There have been plenty of rumors and leaks over the last week or two but now we only have 24-48 hours left before we finally get to see what new Smartphones we can expect to be reviewing over the coming months.

Rather exciting if you ask me so keep your eyes on the site and Twitter over the next few days. We will have all the press releases go live as soon as we receive them and as long as the internet works in Barcelona we will also have some of Gareth’s video footage too.

 

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By February 11, 2011 Read More →

Everything Everywhere to launch branded stores

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Orange and T-Mobile parent brand to launch on the high street for first time on February 18 as the second stage in branding trial commences.

Everything Everywhere is introducing its branding in the high street for the first time by opening five branded branded stores over the next month, offering what it calls a “21st century” retail customer experience.

Everything Everywhere, the parent company of T-Mobile and Orange in the UK, will open the five “trial” stores over the next month with the first opening in Altrincham (February 18) with Bishops Stortford, Eltham Lowerstoft and Evesham opening two weeks later.

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By February 11, 2011 Read More →

Nokia gives Symbian the cold shoulder and gets some WP7 love!

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Nokia today outlined its new strategic direction, including changes in leadership and operational structure to accelerate the company’s speed of execution in a dynamic competitive environment.

Major elements of the new strategy include:

– Plans for a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft to build a new global mobile ecosystem; Windows Phone would serve as Nokia’s primary smartphone platform.
– A renewed approach to capture volume and value growth to connect "the next billion" to the Internet  in developing growth markets
– Focused investments in next-generation disruptive technologies
– A new leadership team and organizational structure with a clear focus on speed, results and accountability

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By February 11, 2011 Read More →

HTC snaps up Saffron Digital for £30 million

htc logoTaiwanese manufacturer HTC have acquired the mobile video content specialist firm Saffron Digital for £30 million. Not too long ago, we reported that HTC injected $40 million into online gaming business OnLive, and Saffron Digital is the second major investment HTC have taken recently. Saffron Digital specialises in providing mobile media delivery services, with high-profile customers including T-Mobile, Paramount Entertainment, Nokia and Sony Ericsson.

This is quite obviously part of a strategy to boost their software offerings on their smartphones in order to stand out from the ever growing crowd of mobile phones. HTC’s CEO Peter Chou said “Saffron Digital has developed an incredible expertise in mobile multimedia delivery. This ability to deliver optimised content in the future will be a key asset as content becomes more and more complex and localised.”

Hopefully we’ll see more content from HTC and maybe even gaming to go with their Sense online portal.

 

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By February 10, 2011 Read More →

INQ announce a duo of Facebook phones

cloud touchOur fellow Londoners at INQ have announced two new socially orientated phones, the Cloud Touch and Cloud Q. Both feature deep enough Facebook integration (using Facebook’s Social Graph API) to earn the title of ‘Facebook phone’ and rightly so – access to your Facebook Wall, Messages, Friends, Chat and Notifications are all available straight from the homescreens. Both phones also feature TouchType’s Fluency Prediction Engine which guesses the words you’re about to type based on your previous tendencies and some black magic. They’ll also feature Spotify integration for the musical duties.

As for the phone’s themselves, the Cloud Touch is a full-touch Android 2.2 based affair with a 3.5 inch HVGA touchscreen and 5MP camera. The Cloud Q has exactly the same specs but trades the large screen for a qwerty keyboard. The Cloud Touch is expected to be available in April and the Cloud Q sometime in Q3.

For full specs and information, see the press release after the break.

 

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By February 10, 2011 Read More →

BBC iPlayer app for iPad and Android

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Good news for those of you that like to catch up on a spot of TV or radio on a mobile device. The BBC iPlayer app is now available for both the iPad and Android. I know that the Android one is currently restricted to the UK but i am not sure about the iPad version.

Having tested it out on my iPad and it seems to work flawlessly and best of all it is free.

Go check it out in your respective app stores.

 

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By February 10, 2011 Read More →

Video on Skype coming soon to Android

skype4-600x453Got an Android phone with a front facing camera? Or a Tablet and want to do the video conferencing damn near all of them advertised? Well, February 28th could be a good date for you. Rumour has it that there will be an update for Skype on Androidy platforms that will include video chattery. Can’t imagine the networks being particularly enthusiastic about it so I imagine it might just be wi-fi only after a short time but the fact that it might just allow for some nice cross platform conferencing will be a winner.

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By February 10, 2011 Read More →

Sony Reader app barred from App Store, Kindle lives on

kindle ipadDespite Amazon’s Kindle app being available on the App Store for quite some time, you’d think that Sony’s Reader app would also be given the green light. But you’d be wrong. Clearly, Sony didn’t read the Apple bible to app heaven closely enough as their app has been rejected on the terms that it features in-app purchases of books without passing through Apple’s own API for in-app purchases (which would crucially bypass Apple’s 30% cut in sales).

The condition that purchases must go through Apple has in fact been in the guidelines all along, but the Kindle app was allowed through -  it directs you to a mobile site in Safari instead. However, Apple also highlighted another term in the guidelines; you can’t sell goods and services outside of your app. Surely that means Amazon is infringing too, but no word from either Apple nor Amazon has been said about what to do about it.

Sony have already stated they promise to pursue “other avenues to bring the Reader experience to Apple mobile devices.” This will probably mean they’ll end up (reluctantly) giving Apple their 30% share of sales. But what will it mean for Amazon? Their app sells books outside of the Kindle application which technically is an infringement of the guidelines that should result in the boot from the App Store. Considering the size of Amazon and the number of iOS devices out there, that 30% is a big deal. Eventually, they’ll have to update their app to either cut Apple in or disable in-app purchasing altogether (though what will become of their “Buy Once, Read Anywhere” slogan?). Either way Apple wins – they either get their fair share or people will have to turn to their home-grown iBook store, but what would happen to your vast Kindle library that you used to read on your iDevice? Maybe paper books weren’t such a bad idea after all.

 

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