N4BB have spotted a rather nice banner advert inside a UK retail store tempting customers to check out the new PlayBook software that is due at some point this month.
As well as a slightly different UI, PlayBook OS 2.0 will finally bring some native PIM apps with email, calendar, contacts and more.
I am certainly excited. Are you?
Posted by: James
Earlier today we heard about the white Galaxy Nexus that is coming soon. Now it is Nokia’s turn with the Lumia 800. With Windows ® Phone 7.5 software on board, the white Nokia Lumia 800 features head-turning design and the best social and Internet performance, with one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9. It features a 3.7-inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor. The Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on leading Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music.
Lumia smartphones include signature Nokia experiences optimized for Windows Phone, including Nokia Drive, which delivers a full-fledged personal navigation device (PND) with free, turn-by-turn navigation and dedicated in-car-user-interface; and Nokia Music introducing MixRadio*, a free mobile music-streaming application that delivers hundreds of channels of locally-relevant music. Windows Marketplace also gives Lumia users more than 55 000 apps to choose from.
"Since we began selling it late last year, the Nokia Lumia 800 has received rave reviews around the world," said Ilari Nurmi, Vice President of Product Marketing, Nokia. "Now in white, the Lumia 800 brings with it an even more premium look and feel with its gloss finish, but packed with power and performance underneath its sleek body."
More information about the Nokia Lumia 800 can be found at www.nokia.com/lumia800.
Posted by: James
Samsung has today confirmed the availability of a white variant of the Galaxy Nexus in the UK. The first Smartphone to feature Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Galaxy Nexus White can be bought in a range of stores across the country from 13th February.
Simon Stanford, UK & IRE Telecommunications & Networks Division said: “After much speculation, we are pleased to announce the availability of the Galaxy Nexus White which follows the great reception the phone has received since it was launched back in November. One of the things we at Samsung pride ourselves on is the choice we offer customers, and we’ve enjoyed huge success to date by introducing white variants of our most popular models to our product portfolio.”
The Galaxy Nexus White offers customers all the features found in the original Galaxy Nexus, from the 4.65” HD Super AMOLED display which boasts a market-leading resolution of 720p (1280×720), to the 5 megapixel camera and super-fast 1.2GHz dual core processor and HSPA+ connectivity so owners can connect to and browse the internet quickly and easily when they’re out and about.
As the first Smartphone to run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Galaxy Nexus White offers customers an entirely new look and feel, including a redesigned user interface with improved multi-tasking, notifications, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC support and a full web browsing experience. In addition to a rounded slim design, the Galaxy Nexus White also introduces new innovations such as ‘Face Unlock’, which uses facial recognition to unlock the phone. Whilst integration with Google+T means owners can easily stay in touch with friends and family and talk over Google+ Messenger.
Posted by: James
We mentioned this device just a week or so ago however it seems that a crackberry.com reader spotted an accessory page for the BlackBerry Curve 9320 on T-Mobiles website. The page has since been removed but as I said last week this is looking good for a low cost BlackBerry Curve to keep the youngsters happy.
Clearly RIM has not announced this future Curve however it would appear that we are more now more likely to see it here in the UK.
This makes me happy too!
You can see the accessory screen shot below:
According to app data reporter/monitor Crittercism iOS crashes more apps than Android. They carried out a study in November and the first two weeks of December 2011 recording over 200 million app launches and recorded the crash data.
Now whilst the overwhelming majority where iOS launches the percentage of crashes per app were higher for iOS than Android.
One important thing to note is that the data shows different versions of both software’s and the one common thing they share is that it would appear newer version suffer more crashes in the first few weeks of launch, this would seem to point that developers are slower to update apps to work effectively with new software versions. Interesting though as they also pointed out not only could some be compatibility but some are hardware related but also dropped connections and Wi-Fi issues.
They do expect a similar pattern to occur in the first few months of Ice Cream Sandwich becoming more widespread just as the crash reports looked at iOS 5.0 and 5.1.
Do you suffer from app crashes on a regular basis?
Posted by: Paul
HTC, the super Taiwanese High Tech Computer company is claiming it’s lost direction last year slightly and are pulling it back in to “refocus”.
According to UK boss Phil Robertson they “ended last year with more products then they started with and tried to do too much”.
They are going to get back to making amazing hardware and adopt the “hero” approach. If this means more products similar to the iconic Hero that was loved and followed then that’s a good move.
I must admit that being a fan of HTC I found it hard to keep up last year with the large number of handsets being released, it was like the design team were on high energy drinks!. The danger of this is that the market place waits to see what your doing next and you quite often miss out to a competitor. One thing many bloggers noted is that they have moved away from is the “one piece” aluminum shells they were gaining a good name for, the last few handsets have gone down the traditional pull off back system.
So what for the future?, well as they now have the majority share in Beats Technology I am sure we can expect some more high end “music” focused handsets along with new smarter version of Sense.
I am sure HTC as a brand has a long life span and will produce many more awesome handsets, they have certainly made their mark in the last three years since own branding.
Posted by: Paul
TechRadar received an official statement from Samsung that the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung’s successor to the Galaxy S II that turns one year this month, won’t be announced at this month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The official statement says that "Samsung is looking forward to introducing and demonstrating exciting new mobile products at Mobile World Congress 2012. The successor to the Galaxy S2 smartphone will be unveiled at a separate Samsung-hosted event in the first half of the year, closer to commercial availability of the product". At this point the real reasons for the announcement-shift are unclear.
Rumours have circled the internet of just what to expect from the Galaxy S III’s load out. More recently we have hear it’s going to launch with ICS, the camera is going to be upgraded and 12MP and it will run with a 1.5GHz-1.6GHz quad-core processor. It all sounds like a dream phone but lets not forget The SII rumours were pretty much spot on.
Posted by: Gareth
If you are in the market for a new Blackberry you may or may not be aware that there are now many options when it comes to BlackBerry 7 handsets.
So I thought I would do a short video showing you the differences and highlighting the pros and cons. There isn’t really many cons but price will certainly be a factor.
Bearing in mind that the BlackBerry has now been the best selling Smartphone in the UK in both 2010 and 2011 I cant see that changing over the next twelve months.
So below you will see the Bold 9900, 9790, Torch 9810, 9860, Curve 9360 and even the Porsche Designed P9981!
Which to choose? Well, I’m hoping the video helps. Continue Reading »
According to a recent interview with Rovio, Gene Simmons has allegedly been talking about some sort of KISS-Angry Birds partnership.
You may or not be familiar with Gene Simmons but if not you may recall he is one of the front men of Rock group KISS that have been rocking the world since 1973. As well as being one of the richest men in rock n roll he is a superb business man and the KISS franchise is in every country worldwide.
Now I could talk about this for hours as KISS are my favorite band but I won’t bore you with the details.
Just to say that a KISS/Angry Birds could be so awesome!
Lets celebrate this rumor with a KISS video below: Continue Reading »
We told you earlier this week about T-Mobiles ‘Full Monty’ plan which gives you 2000 Minutes, Unlimited Texts and Unlimited data for £36 per month . Well it would appear that things are not all they seem. Dan at coolsmartphone.com dropped me a message with some rather interesting information that will not go down well with T-Mobile customers.
Data will be capped at 1Mb/s. That is like a snails pace in this day and age.
I suggest hope T-Mobile revise this or ‘The full Monty” may turn out to be "’The Full Flop!’
UPDATED: T-Mobile have today said that there Full Monty speeds will not be capped at 1Mb/s but will ensure the best speeds possible.
Posted by: James
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