The Motorola Defy will not be their biggest selling device by a long way but it does offer some fantastic features that the other phones do not and therefore may be the perfect device for certain people.
What are these things you may ask. Well, it is water resistant, dust proof, shock resistant and scratch proof thanks to Gorilla glass. Maybe the right phone for someone who is either prone to dropping their phone or someone in a manual job such as construction.
Running Android 2.1 the Defy has pretty good specs although not a contender as flagship device. That said, it will do pretty much everything that the high end phones from other manufactures will do.
Check out the demo video below and see if the Defy survives the scratch and water tests!
You may have seen yesterday that we said that the Palm Pre 2 is due for release on Monday, although you can only buy it direct from Palm. Well the device is now on their website but is currently showing as being out of stock.
All you Palm fans should check back on Monday morning to see if it will allow you to make a purchase.
Here’s a bit more info on the Palm Pre 2:
The Palm Pre 2 smartphone has been reengineered to do more of what you want to do-faster. Quickly switch between multiple open apps. Simply start typing to begin an email or update your status. Tap a message notification while you’re playing a 3D game. With HP webOS 2.0, accomplishing more is effortless.
Palm Pre 2 features a sleeker design that still gives you the perfect combination of a vivid touchscreen and slide-out keyboard. And now with a completely smooth glass display, Pre 2 is as durable as it is graceful.
Pause a game, tap an email notification, check your calendar, read a restaurant review, send an email reply, then switch back to the game without closing anything.1,2 Now in webOS 2.0, your open apps are logically grouped together in card stacks, so managing multiple tasks is ridiculously easy.
Keep your contacts and calendars up to date automatically with built-in integration for Facebook®, GoogleT, LinkedIn®, Yahoo!®, and Microsoft® Exchange.4 When a contact’s information changes in one place, like an email address on LinkedIn®, for example, you’ll see it updated on your phone.
Posted by: James
The Sony Ericsson Cedar is another phone from their Green Heart range, meaning they have used recycled plastics for the phone and other various recycled materials for the packaging, all very green.
The cedar is very much a feature phone and its price and specs reflect this. It does support 3G so at least browsing will be quick, although no Wi-Fi.
It would however appear to be full of handy little features such as the home screen shortcuts to Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
You can see the unboxing video after the break as well as the Cedars full specs.
We will have a full review online in the near future.
We all know that iOS 4.2 is due anytime this month but many sites are reporting a delay due to a Wi-Fi bug with the update.
Rumours have been rife that 4.2 was due to land today and some are saying that the 16th is update day.
Yes, I cant wait for 4.2 to arrive on my iPad but Apple didn’t ever commit to a date. They just said November, so lets just all be patient.
Good things come to those who wait.
Posted by: James
The word on the street is that the Palm Pre 2 will be available to buy on Monday. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it will not be supported by any UK carriers so if you want one you will need to buy it sim free from Palm.
The Palm Pre 2 is not on the Palm UK website yet but come Monday it should be.
A full reminder of what the Palm Pre 2 and webOS 2.0 have to offer after the break :
Engadget have been tipped off about a new Android device that Samsung may well have their sights on for early next year.
The rumoured specs are as follows:
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4.3 or 4.5-inch Super-AMOLED (described as Super-AMOLED 2)
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8 MP with Auto-focus and LED flash
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1.2 GHz processor
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Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
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1080p video capture and playback
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Described as a ‘universal e-book reader’
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14.4Mbps HSDPA / 5.76Mbps HSUPA
With Mobile World Congress taking place in February 2011 I am fairly sure we will see announcements from all the major manufactures but will the Samsung announcement be this?
Roll on February.
Posted by: James
If you are a BlackBerry Facebook user I suggest you get over to App World and get the latest version.
New to the update is places, a dedicated inbox, search and a new style friends page just for starters.
I have not had a chance to test out Facebook Places yet and I am wondering if it could be an alternative to Foursquare or Gowalla? You clearly cant check in somewhere and post to Twitter like the two aforementioned apps.
More images after the break.
Devicewire have just told of us of a great HTC Desire Z bundle they have put together for us.
For only £419.95 you get the following:
- 1 x HTC Desire Z
- 1 x Official HTC Desire Z Pouch Case
- 1 x Official HTC Desire Z Screen Protector
That sounds like a real bargain if you ask me. Why not head over to Devicewire and get an order in quick?
Posted by: James
In the below video I delve a little deeper into BlackBerry 6 on the Bold 9780 and show you a few of its features which we have not seen before on a non touch screen BlackBerry here in the UK.
The full review of the 9780 will be online in the next week so if you are considering it as an upgrade or you just want to switch over to BlackBerry you may want to read what I think about it?
Feel free to ask any questions over in our forum and I will endeavor to answer within the review.
Gingerbread has been rumoured for the longest time but it now seems like it is coming very soon. As a Open Handset Alliance member has confirmed over twitter that Gingerbread will be 2.3 instead of 3.0 and it will be available to developer versions of Nexus One handsets in the next few days.
The tweet translates literally to:
"Prepare your Nexus One (Developer version) for Android OTA update 2.3 (Gingerbread) for the next few days:-D"
This probably means that we will see an officially announcement of Android 2.3 very shortly and it coming to developer versions of the Nexus One soon after. So all you N1 owners, look forward to some Gingerbread coming your way.
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