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More photos of the BlackBerry Pearl 9100

We posted some pictures a while ago of the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 and today we are lucky enough to find some more. The guys at  Blackberrysync.com have managed to get some nice new shots of the device and I must say its looking pretty nice.

We don’t know a tonne about the 9100 although it will have 3G unlike its predecessor, the Pearl 8100. At Mobile World Congress RIM were reluctant to discuss the 9100. I did mention it and they pretended to not know what I was talking about. They knew alright!

Earlier this month there were some rumours going around on various sites saying that the BlackBerry 9100 may get a full QWERTY keyboard. Looks like that one is not on the cards. The keys would have to be seriously small if that was the case.

We do not have any expected release dates or carrier news on the 9100 but as soon as we do we will let you know.

Sony Ericsson X10 Mini and Pro release dates?

I’m sure you will have seen our coverage of the new Sony Ericsson X10 Mini and Mini Pro both from MWC last month and also from the press event. Both of these little handsets look like being winners, they’ve certainly been attracting a lot of attention between them!

So you may be wondering when you might be able to go out and buy one of these mini Android marvels, and we’d love to know that too! Today we popped over to eXpansys.com and were presented with the X10 Mini on the home page. If you head over there now you’ll see that you can pre-order the X10 Mini for £299.99 or the Mini Pro for £339.99.

Personally for just £40 difference I’d be going for the Pro, at least then you have the option of whether or not to use the QWERTY keyboard.

Both handsets are now showing a shipping date of the 24th May though, still some way off and that firmly puts them in Q2. Seems that SE are experiencing some delays with their handsets lately, lets hope that’s not indicative of any issues!

Head over to eXpansys to learn more about pre-ordering.

Posted by: Matt

[ Post Tags: Sony Ericsson, Experia X10, Vivaz, Vivaz PRO, X10 Mini ]

BlackBerry OS 6 screen shots leaked

OS 6 for BlackBerry has been on the cards for sometime and this morning BlackBerryLeaks have posted a few pictures of what is allegedly the new OS.

The cheeky chap at BlackBerry Leaks has teased us overnight here in the UK. Before I went to bed he tweeted that he had something big to show us. I decided I couldn’t stay up and wait and when I got up this morning he himself had not got home from work and so I was up in time.

What he has posted are the below images.

ROM Upgrade for HTC Touch Diamond2

If you own the HTC Touch Diamond2 then head over to the HTC website as it’s ROM upgrade time.

The new Diamond ROM apparently contains Sense 2.5 which in my opinion is a huge bonus. Not having a Diamnond2 I’m not able to check it out so please use the forum to let us know your thoughts.

Also available is an update for the HTC Touch Pro2 although I don’t think this one includes Sense. I’m off to give that one a try right now.

You can download both by clicking here.

Remember to back up all your data and remove your microSD card as all information left on the device will be lost.

Posted by: James

tracyandmatt BBM Group

If you use a BlackBerry, and I know thousands of you do, you may want to join us over in our new BlackBerry Messenger group!

If you have not used the group feature in BBM then to cut a long story short its a place where anyone can jump into an ongoing chat. You don’t have to talk about BlackBerry. Anything goes but please keep it clean!

To join the group just open BBM on your BlackBerry and select ‘Scan a group barcode’ and point your camera at the barcode on this page. Simple Pimple!

Matt has even taken the plunge and is this week carrying a BlackBerry Bold 9700 as well as his iPhone! Will he keep it? He is warming to the idea!

See you over in the group if you fancy it. Otherwise you can add Matt by his PIN, 21619458, and he’ll throw you a group invitation.

Posted by: James

No copy and paste on Windows Phone 7 Series

No, I am not joking. Yesterday at MIX 10 in a Q&A session Microsoft said that clipboard operations would not be supported in ‘7’.

Further to that, the guys at Engadget confirmed this with Microsoft and they said that copy & paste would definitely not be present.

There is a data-detection service built into the text-handling API that will recognize phone numbers and addresses, but Microsoft says most users, including Office users, don’t really need clipboard functionality.

I have never heard anything so stupid in all my life. I have used Windows Mobile for years, and now a BlackBerry, and I use copy/paste every single day. Not having this feature will affect a lot of professional people in my opinion. I know the iPhone didn’t have this originally but it also was one of the main things that iPhone customers wanted on there phones.

What’s next? A Smartphone that doesn’t make phone calls?!

Posted by: James

Xperia X10 coming to Orange

I think I have probably mentioned that I have been selected by Sony Ericsson to take part in their Xperia X10 research programme. As such I should be getting my hands on the X10 over the next few weeks, something that I am looking forward to playing with for sure!

Last night I has an email from a friend over at Orange letting me know that the Xperia X10 was now one of their ‘coming soon’ handsets and can now be seen on the Orange website. Furthermore the X10 will be available in both black and white versions on Orange.

More details after the jump.

Internet Explorer 9 Previewed

It’s not only mobile stuff that Microsoft have been talking about at MIX 10.

Today saw Microsoft release an early “platform preview” version of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) which I’m sure all of you will use at some point, baring in mind if you are reading this I’m pretty sure you have a computer, even if you are on your mobile right now.

New Samsung Windows Phone 7 Series handset

New devices are something that we all are interested to see when it comes to Windows Phone 7 Series.

We have seen so far a prototype, an LG Slider and now a new shiny Samsung slate. While doing a ‘7’ demo at MIX Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore produced the Samsung, which has not been seen before. Although the specs has not been announced just yet it will have to meet the minimum specs so will have at least a 256MB of RAM and 8GB of flash and those all important three keys. I would imagine we will hear more about this device over the coming days. It sure looks sweet though with its Super AMOLED screen and shiny chrome outer edge.

Microsoft also confirmed that the HTC HD2 would not be eligible for an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 Series. We already knew this from our two interviews with Microsoft, but once again they have said it is due to the HD2 not having those special three buttons. I feel for you guys that bought the HTC HD2 thinking it would be eligible but its not going to happen. It will be interesting to see exactly how the new ‘7’  devices compare spec wise. Maybe the HD2 isn’t up to the job?

Posted by: James

HTC HD3 – Real or Fake it looks beautiful

We have been sent a link to mobilementalism.com where they have alleged to have leaked pictures of the forthcoming HTC HD3.

As most of you know, here at tracyandmatt we tend not to believe this type of thing until we have heard it from one of our regular sources. I am not going to say this is the HD3 but the reason I have chosen to post this is what if HTCs forthcoming Windows Phone 7 Series device is just like this. It would be awesome.

Chances are this may well be a fake but I cant imagine this is too far from what we will see from HTC in the not too distant future. Check out the alleged specs: