The Advent Vega is one of the most attractive Android tablets coming to market. The tablet is only being sold through the Dixons group and sells out within a few hours of stock updates. They just can’t make enough of them. Here we have managed to acquire one and will be giving it a full review.
The main reason for this wild rampage is that whilst the device is pretty cheap it happens to also be extrememly powerful. Most Tablets let one to the features drop a level in order to keep the price low however Advent maintain a high level across the board especially as it includes the Tegra II chipset. Some might argue that the build quality has suffered mind you.
The C3-01 is the second ‘touch and type’ device we have had from Nokia recently. The first was the X3-02 and although there are not huge differenced between the two handsets this new C3 does feel of better quality and is aimed at a slightly higher market. Running S40 the C3-01 is far from being as smart as Nokia’s Symbian S60 phones but it will give you basic Smartphone functions such as email and instant messaging.
With its traditional style keypad the Nokia C3-01 will definitely appeal to millions of users and this maybe the perfect transition between a ‘dumb phone’ and a Smartphone?
Check out the unboxing video below and see if you think this new Nokia maybe your cup of tea.
News just in regarding the new version of Skype that is rumoured to be announced at CES on the 6th January. News via QuickPWN.
Unfortunately for Skype, someone ruined part of their announcements by finding a webpage on Skype which details some products that will get video calling. If you went to this link earlier (now down) you would of seen the following:
To make video calls with your contacts, you will need an iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, 3rd generation iPod touch, 4th generation iPod touch or an iPad. Your contacts will only be able to see you if your device has a camera. Make sure your device is running iOS 4.0 or above and that you are using Skype for iPhone 3.0 or above.
The contacts you are calling must be using one of the following Skype clients:
- Skype for Windows version 4.2 and above
- Skype for Mac OS X version 2.8 and above
- Skype for iPhone 3.0 and above
I’m looking forward to checking this out on the new year!
Posted by: Matt
Angry Birds for iOS has received an update in the last few days bringing not only 15 new levels but also a few new features. A new golden egg is now available but more interesting is the ‘Mighty Eagle’. If you cant complete the level you can summon the Mighty Eagle to help. The downside here is that it will cost you 59 pence. I wasn’t very impressed with that but if you are desperate to kill those pigs it may solve your dilemma.
Check your updates do download these new additions.
Posted by: James
On behalf of the team here at tracyandmatt I’d just like to take this opportunity to wish all of our readers and listeners a very Merry Christmas! Thank you all for fab support and for following us on twitter etc.
If you do have some time on your hands over the festive season then maybe check out our podcast this week, it’s an extra special one. Not only is it our Christmas show but it’s also our 100th! To top it all off we’ve got a great competition for you where you could win a great HD camcorder or a phone! Check it all out on via the podcast page.
We’ll be be back to posting news and reviews again in a few days.
Posted by: Matt
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Gareth, James and Matt celebrate their 100th podcast with no expense spared with this Christmas podcast. Featuring a massive competition with not one but two Christmas prizes the boys manage to squeeze in some chat about mobile devices too.
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LG’s beast of a phone, the Optimus 2X (also known as the LG Star) apparently will arrive in Europe in January 2011. For those unfamiliar with the phone, it will be the first Nvidia Tegra 2 equipped smartphone to go on sale here in the UK. That means of course that it will be the first dual-core smartphone. Another quirky detail are the Morricone composed ringtones preloaded onto the phone. Running an LG-overlayed Android 2.2, it is equipped with a 4 inch WVGA display, 8GB of storage, an 8MP camera with full 1080p video recording, and a 1.3MP front facing camera. LG have stated that 2.3 Gingerbread will come soon in an OTA update, but other important details like RAM have not been released though estimates of around 512MB will probably turn out true. This spec monster of a phone will be powered by a 1500mAh battery so it will be interesting to see how long it lasts with both Android and those top end specs.
See after the break for the PR mentioning it’s trip over to Europe.
Android Tablets are hitting in various different shapes and sizes and Huawei, a company well known for it’s 3G dongles and cheap Android smartphones have entered the ring with an attractive debit to the Android race. Is it the be all and end all of Tablets or something destined for obscurity?
Our friends phonesdirect.com now have the White BlackBerry Bold 9780 in stock. It is of course available sim free but in addition you can pick one up free for £25.00 a month with a Vodafone contact.
If you didn’t read our review of the BlackBerry 9780 you can do so here.
Head on over to phonesdirect.com to check out the deals.
Posted by: James
Nokia, as we all know, are one of the biggest if not the biggest mobile phone manufacturer to date, so when they announced the new Nokia N8 handset I personally was super excited to realise that Matt had one in for review so I immediately snapped up my chance to review a handset of this stature.
What’s new about the N8 is the fact that it’s the very first Symbian device to have version 3 installed, this is huge news for all Symbian and Nokia fans alike because the operating system is more expansive and less boring than previous versions, so I asked the following question to myself…
‘Can Symbian version 3 compete with android, iOS, Blackberry OS etc?’
To find out more about this exciting device read on for the full review.
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