This is a nice turn up for the books. The boygeniusreport.com has managed to not only get some BlackBerry OS 6 screenshots but also details of the changes to the OS.
Rather than me waffling on here’s what the BGR has to say:
As you probably know, Apple announced some delays to the UK launch of the immensely popular iPad last week, saying that it would be another month before they had enough of them to sell here in the UK and the rest of the world.
Just popped over to the Apple store for an update and pleased to see that there’s news! According to the UK online store the iPad will go on sale late in May 2010 and they will be accepting pre-orders from the 10th May.
If you’ve seen my video of the iPad or been following me on twitter or the MTA Podcast you’ll know that I am rather fond of my imported iPad and will be certainly buying another for Tracy just as soon as we can!
I came across this piece of news late last night and thought I would share it with you all as I know that quite a large number of our visitors use Google Chrome web browser to view the site.
Now that Chrome more popular it would seem that it’s becoming a larger target for malware and trojan exploits. More details have emerged of a particular threat the details of which you can find below from BitDefender.
Last week we mentioned the announcement of the HTC Droid Incredible. If you remember, this device is only available in the USA on the Verizon network but does have a lot of similarities with our HTC Desire. Some of the specs are slightly better that the Desire but overall they are pretty much one in the same. The great thing for the American users is that they can now have HTCs Sense UI on there flagship HTC device as the Google Nexus one was missing it.
Phil Nickinson from Android Central has spent some time with the device now and has posted his review. If you fancy reading what we are missing out on (or maybe what’s to come in the future?) then head on over to androidcentral.com and see what Phil thought of the device. I know that Phil has been using a Nexus One for some time now and even flashed Sense UI onto it so it will be interesting to see if the Droid Incredible will make him switch devices again.
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The HTC Droid Incredible is another one of those devices that will be available in the USA only. The handset will be launched on the the Verizon network at the end of the month and joins the ‘Droid’ family, coming after the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris.
You may think how lucky our American friends are to get this nice new device but check out the below specs and you will see that is extremely similar to the Google Nexus One but without the Sense UI. That means its just like our HTC Desire with a few tweaks!
It would have been nice if we too could have had the 8GB of internal memory and 8MP camera on the Desire but that’s life. Maybe next time.
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The good news – Today Vodafone and Orange both announced that it will offer dedicated iPad price plans for all models from the end of May in Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.
This obviously applies to the 3G version of the iPad which is due for release in the USA at the end of April. It will be interesting to see if the other UK networks also offer a similar service and whether any of them will actually sell the iPad in the future.
The bad news – Apple is to delay the release of the iPad overseas by a month and will start accepting pre orders on May 10th!
This is not what we want to hear!
We mentioned a few weeks ago that Opera Mini had been submitted to Apple for app store approval and it looked like it would be declined, however its in the app store right now!
It looks like Apple maybe didn’t see the browser as a threat to their own Safari browser?
Anyway, I have had a quick go and it seems to work ok but my early opinions are why would anyone want to use this when the Safari browser does such a great job on the iPhone and iPod touch.
If I feel like it I may do a review at some point so in the meantime here are a few screen shots from my iPod. Like on other platforms the Opera browser does have a nice home page where you can add bookmarks but as you will see in the pictures below its clear which browser looks best.
Yes, you read it right. The word on the street is that Palm are looking for buyers. Palm is said to be working with Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to pick a suitor, with HTC and Lenovo both named as potential offer-makers. Many people have said this is what is needed from Palm as last year when they launched their new operating system, WEB OS, although the OS itself was fantastic the hardware Palm produced was well under par. The Palm Pre was meant to be their turning point but worldwide sales have been a lot lest than they anticipated.
Could this be the end of what was once a pioneering company within the Smartphone market? Only time will tell.
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RIM has announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry® Bold 9700 in stunning new white design.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone offers the perfect combination of form and function – with top-of-the-line performance and features with support for 3G networks, built-in GPS, Wi-Fi®, a 3.2MP camera and a sharp, dazzling display.
Cutting edge engineering and premium finishes extend to the exterior of the handset, with a smoothly integrated touch-sensitive trackpad and a distinctive fretted keyboard. The chrome frame is complemented by the new iridescent white colouring adding to the BlackBerry Bold’s sleek and elegant look.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 in White will soon be available online and in-store from Carphone Warehouse and T-Mobile on selected tariffs.
For more information on the BlackBerry Bold 9700, including product specifications, please visit: http://uk.blackberry.com/devices/blackberrybold9700/
Looks pretty swish doesn’t it? I’m hoping to get my hands on one of these so we will bring you some more photos of the real thing.
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Today at a press conference in the United States Microsoft have unveiled a new generation of social phone.
The KIN 1 and KIN 2 (Yes I know they are great names!) are targeting an audience that have social media as their priority. KIN is taken from the term ‘Kindred Spirit’ and was termed ‘a phone to navigate your social life’.
I would imagine we will get an official press release soon and most likely some video footage of the two devices in action but in the meantime I will give you a very brief summary.
The idea of KIN is to make social networking easy. Whether its Facebook, Twitter or MySpace we all have three sorts of friends.
The first type are our proper friends that we see regularly and speak to daily.
The second group are friends that maybe you went to school with but don’t really see now.
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