You probably saw Ian’s post about a potential Huawei Android tablet being announced today. Whilst I’m not sure we’re going to see such a thing James and I are indeed on our way to a Huawei event that will be starting at 11am.
We’ll be reporting back on from the event as things unfold and will have a full report for you shortly after.
Follow us on twitter.com/tracyandmatt for live news (WiFi/Mobile coverage permitting), we’ll tweet what we can!
Posted by: Matt
Apple have today announced that iOS 4.1 will be available to download next week and will bring a few bug fixes as well as new features.
The bug fixes will address Bluetooth and proximity sensor issues which is good news if you have had problems. I certainly have not though.
HDR photos is a great new photography feature. I will try to summaries:
At Apples press conference today in the USA Steve Jobs introduced us to all new versions of the iPod Shuffle, Nano and Touch.
The iPod Shuffle will go back to its familiar design complete with buttons and clip, and will hold 4 GB of music. The new Shuffle will be available in five different colors and retail for $49.
The new iPod Nano will be a small, multitouch, square device, have a clip – like the Shuffle – and will be sold in seven different colors; including a Product(RED) version. It will be available in an 8 GB model for $149 and a 16 GB model for $179.
Engadget have managed to get hold of a O2 document that shows a device called the HTC HD7 which may be coming as soon as the 18th October.
As a follow on from the popular HD2, the HD7 would be very suitable name if it were to be a Windows Phone 7 device don’t you think?
It may not be the coolest name for a phone but it kind of makes sense.
If anyone at O2 wants to give us any further info please feel free!
Posted by: James
While others are content to tempt the public with a mere seven inches, Hannspree have stepped up to the fold and revealed a tablet that offers a full three inches more. First shown today at Berlin’s IFA expo, the 10″ device has an LED backlit 16:9 screen with the standard 1024 x 600 resolution (however it’s not yet clear if the screen is resistive or capacitive). On a more interesting note is Hannspree’s decision to pack its slab with Nvidia’s very capable Tegra 2 chipset to power its Android 2.2 OS. Its also armed with a raft of input and outputs including Mini USB and Mini HDMI ports – perfect for PMP action, especially with it’s 3500mAh giving up to 8hrs playback. Given its size, power and software, this certainly could be a device to watch.
Hannspree are planning to release the unnamed device in Europe in November at €399 for a 16GB / WiFi model and a 3G variant for €499, a price competitive to similar fruity products.
Source: ZDNet.de
Posted by: Ian
If you currently use a Palm Pre or Pixi you will be glad to hear that the Facebook app has received an update.
The update brings with it selectable news feeds, revised photo tagging, support for landscape viewing, the ability to clear multiple notifications, and fan pages.
Not having a WebOS device I am unable to test it but I am looking forward to seeing what future devices we get from Palm.
If any of you can let us know of any further changes I have missed please feel free to let us know via the forum.
Posted by: James
Following news that the original Samsung Wave has sold 1 million handsets worldwide, the chaps from Seoul have seen fit to bless the world with a raft of new Bada-powered devices. The device you see here is the catchy monikered Wave 743, looking part Tocco and part iPhone 4, and it and its new brethren will be running Bada’s latest revision, Bada 1.1. Sadly though it seems that Super AMOLED is no longer riding the Wave, with the 743 sporting a 3.2" TFT screen (touch type undetermined), 5mp camera w/ LED flash, microSD slot and WiFi. The new Wave, like its Galaxy S cousin is also packing Bluetooth 3.0 – the more the merrier.
Read on for more Bada bling
BGR has managed to get hold of some new photos showing off a HTC device that we can only presume will be an Android one. I say this as on the rear of the device it says ‘With HTC Sense”.
The device clearly has a kick stand as well as an 8 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, kickstand, 3.5 mm headphone jack, and, wait for it. a front facing camera.
BGRs source says “It makes the Droid 2 look like a kids toy!”
It looks real nice doesn’t it?
More pictures after the break:
You’ve all heard the stories of app programmers getting super-rich off of super-small programs, and now research2guidance.com has shown just how much cash is swimming around the app game. In the first half of 2010, the smartphone application market was valued at rather staggering $2.2 billion, up from $1.7 billion of the previous year, and app downloads themselves rose 0.8 billion to 3.9 billion. Now lets look at that again – the figures represent the first half of 2010, a period that doesn’t include several important factors – most noticeably, no iPhone 4. Plus it just misses the releases of arguably the most successful Android handsets yet with HTC’s Desire and EVO, Sony’s Xperia X10 and Samsung’s Galaxy S family. It’s also just on the cusp of Froyo’s release, so while these are extremely impressive figures, if we take into account the news of Android handsets outselling the still ridiculously successful iPhone 4, the second half of 2010 could see an even more impressive growth. One thing is for sure, there’s an App goldrush and it shows no sign of stopping.
Posted by: Ian
In their never ending quest for total world information domination (or something like that), Google have now added calls to regular telephones from your Gmail account. For some time you’ve been able to have voice chat and video chat through Google Talk but this is the first time the Googleplexers have stepped their Google communications suite out of the G-bubble and into the real world of telephone calls with Google Voice. Presently you can call for free only in the US and Canada (and only until the end of the year), while in the UK, Germany, France and interestingly China will have to pay 2 cents a minute (pre.) Clearly this is a big stab at the heart of Skype but it’s yet to be seen whether Google can topple the world’s best known VoIP provider with some 550 million or more users. Google Voice does have some interesting features though, including allocation of a Google Voice number which you can set to ring any or all of your contact numbers. Smart. Currently this is all still through a desktop browser but it’s not a great leap of imagination to think that Google will filter their new technology to their own Android mobile operating system. It does however remain to be seen how this will work in China – will the communist government allow encoded communications or has a deal with the big red and the big G already been struck?
Google Voice is currently only in the US but will be rolling out to the other test nations in the near future. Watch Google’s video here for an animated overview.
Posted by: Ian
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