Following on from our earlier post, Clove also have the BlackBerry Bold 9780 available for pre order. Why not pop over too the site and see what they have to offer?
Your can pre order by clicking here.
Posted by: James
Off of the back of some worrying news for Sony and mooted takeover talks, it seems the company has finally put the long rumoured Playstation phone into reality. While many argue that, especially with Sony’s current precarious position, the company should have done years ago, it’s certainly a very interesting prospect. Whether this is related in any way to the also rumoured PSP2, the so-called “Z-System” appears to at least be Android based, with the prototype currently armed with the 2.1 flavour of the OS and a slide out control pad. Currently it’s only equipped with digital gaming controls (U,D,L,R and the PS shape quintet) and a set for stop / start and an undefined button from what can be seen, although there could be shoulder buttons lurking underneath.
As this is the first rumours, there is no word on games – will we begin to see Sony’s IPs on the green robot or will the Playstation part run as a separate entity? Could this even bring a hardware standard to Android gaming, the lack of which is strongly rumoured to be the reason that so few developers have so far released Android versions of their iPhone apps? Furthermore, would this be killed stone dead if the rumoured Apple buyout were to happen (clue – almost certainly)? We’ll have to wait and see, but certainly in a world of Android hardware blending into each other, a Playstation phone is certainly an interesting dot on the mobile horizon.
Source: Engadget
With the device being announced just less than 24 hours ago Devicewire have already been alerted to their first shipment which will be due in soon although no date is conformed at this point. You can however pre order the 9780 sim free from them to ensure you are one of the first to get it.
The BlackBerry Bold is essentially an upgrade to the 9700. They look very very similar, with the 9780 having a black bezel running around it instead of the silver one on the 9700, but the 9780 has a few extra internal changes. Memory rises to 512mb, the camera is improved to 5mp and best of all we get the new OS, BlackBerry 6.
To pre order just follow this link.
Posted by: James
This week saw the second of HTC’s recent meet ups. This time it was to show off their Windows Phone 7 handsets so I went along to a venue in Central London to check out what they had to offer.
Here is a brief summary of the evenings events:
Virgin Media have confirmed the roll out of their 100Mb broadband service this year, saying it will be available to 12.7 million homes.
Neil Berkett, Virgin Media’s chief executive officer, humbly described the launch of the service as, "a historic moment." It "will mean the UK will be comparable to other leading broadband nations," he said.
Those who were hoping that the increased downstream speed would mean an equal increase in upstream bandwidth are in for a treat – the company has confirmed that the 100Mb/s service will also feature an impressive 10Mb/s upload rate.
The 100Mb/s service, which replaces the company’s current 50Mb/s connection as its flagship offering, will cost £35 per month when bought as a bundle with telephone and TV offerings, or £45 per month as a stand-alone product.
Interested? You can pre register here.
Being a Virgin media customer myself I have registered my interest. Could come in rather handy for video uploads.
Posted by: James
In what seems to be a first, Dell are maximising their new Venue Pro phone by offering it in both regular Windows Phone 7 variety and new Android flavour. Whether this is down to an over production of Venues or the R&D department has been subject to severe cut backs, it’s certainly different to have a choice of operating systems on what looks to be a very attractive handset. The WP7 flavour is due on November 8th and comes armed with an impressive 4.1″ AMOLED screen with full portrait QWERTY sliding keyboard a la the new Blackberry Torch, plus the requisite 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 5MP camera and 512mb of memory. Loaded with WP7 it’s impressive – loaded with Froyo or even the ever near Gingerbread, Dell could have another Google-powered winner to join the Streak.
Source – devicemag.com
Posted by: Ian
We posted last week that Devicewire had the HTC Desire HD in stock and nothing has changed, however they have also told us that they are the only UK retailer that does have the device and this may be the case for the next week or so.
So if you want to get your hands on the Desire HD you had better head on over to devicewire and get your order in.
Posted by: James
You will be pleased to know that our review of the HTC 7 Mozart and Windows Phone 7 will be ready for publishing in the next couple of days. If you have been thinking of getting the Mozart but are not due for an upgrade the word on the street is that you can get the HTC 7 Mozart from Orange on PAYG.
It is not cheap at £399.99 but thousands of us buy sim free phones every year so I am sure that Orange will sell plenty of them.
You can get the Mozart either online or at your local Orange retail store.
Posted by: James
For the first time ever Apple have sold more iPhones in Q3 than RIM has sold BlackBerry smartphones, according to Strategy Analytics. In fact 20% more which is quite a jump.
Nokia are clearly still number one worldwide but could Apple make the gap even smaller? With rumors rife that Verizon Wireless will release a CDMA iPhone sometime soon Apples sales will only grow and grow.
Come on RIM. We need something special from you and I’m not talking about a tablet with a funny name. We need a super BlackBerry, please.
Posted by: James
As if to wipe the smug grin off of all those Android owners with their free copies of the world’s premier avian demolition game, Rovio have released Angry Birds Halloween. It’s still only 59p and even better, the HD version is only £1.19 for us fans of giant iPods (you know, iPads). The plot remains the same – pigs inexplicably steal eggs, eggs parents become feathered suicidal sling ammo – but the graphics and sounds have all been given a Halloween makeover, including the requisite pumpkins, werewolf howling and green pigs in ghostly sheets. Even the jolly Angry Birds polka ditty has been giving a spooky makeover, rounding off a very good addition to an already excellent game. Sling yourselves over here to take a look.
Source: iTunes App Store
Posted by: Ian
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