With the BlackBerry Torch 9800 now available in the UK I thought I would do another quick video showing you a few of what I think will be the most popular applications and features on the device.
I have been using the Torch for about three weeks now so hopefully my Torch skills are a little better than on my original video when I was at the BlackBerry Torch launch event.
Sadly my review device went back to RIM yesterday but I havn’t got long to wait for my own one. Clove are expecting delivery this week so my one should be with me soon.
If you are considering getting the Torch please feel free to use the Forum to ask any questions.
You may remember a while back we mentioned the integrated services from Everything Everywhere, the parent company that now owns both Orange and T-mobile.
Orange have released a short video on YouTube which explains nicely how the first stage of the shared networks will operate.
Read on to see the video.
Samsung’s highly anticipated Galaxy Tab is arguably the first tablet out of the Android camp really worth talking about, and it’s not long now till we can play with it too. Samsung have named November 1st as the date when the Froyo-laden Galaxy Tab will be hitting UK shores, and the second bite of good news is that it will be available from “all major carriers”. Hopefully that will help to curb the extravagant prices we’ve seen thrown around before, and the Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Store Group will also receive stock. How much will you have to give up to get a Tab of Galaxy in your hands? That’s the only question Samsung have left to answer, but hopefully we can expect some sort of carrier subsidising.
How much will you have to shell out for a Galaxy Tab? We’ll have to wait and see.
Posted by: Vince
As promised, below is the second Windows Phone 7 video I recorded this week. This time a Microsoft dude (AKA Oded Ran) talked me through a few features on the new operating system.
Microsoft really do have some nice features on this new OS and in particular I love the people hub and how it integrates with your Facebook contacts. They have given some serious thought into giving us consumers what we want and making life easier for us by using a mobile device.
Enjoy the video and I hope that next time we get our hands on a WP7 phone it is to review it.
Although an iPad is more likely to be a tethered device not the device to tether to, Apple have seen fit for the ever-so-useful function to be added to its forthcoming (and long overdue) update for the company’s successful tablet device. Running in much the same way as the tether on previous iOS devices that offer the function – hidden in the settings – it’s a boon for those with the 3G iPad as their main internet device. This may sound unlikely but with the iPad no doubt finding its way into student halls up and down the country this autumn, it provides an excellent way of getting devices like the Nintendo DS connected to the cloud, sharing the iPad’s data connection. Of course this is all subject to the iPad’s airtime provider allowing this in the terms and conditions so don’t go crazy just yet or you may get slapped with a bigger bill than you anticipated.
In other magical and revolutionary device news, an enterprising hacker named Hexxeh has claimed to have injected the iPad with a Google poison. Sadly not Android but the next best thing – Chome OS. He’s published a video to dispel the faker comments but beyond this hasn’t given any clue how it’s done. Speaking personally I’d welcome the chance to break out from the iOS prison and try a few different things out on the undoubtedly excellent Apple hardware, maybe even teach it a new trick or two (but maybe pass on Windows 95)
Tether picture courtesy 9to5mac
Posted by: Ian
O2 has opened its first concession store with a Sainsbury’s supermarket.
This first new venture has taken place in the recently refurbished 100,000 square foot Sainsbury supermarket in Crayford, near Dartford.
O2 trained staff and managers will run the concession and will sell the same products and services found in a typical high street store, including both prepay and contract, the Apple iPhone 4 and fixed line services O2 Home Broadband and O2 Home Phone.
O2 claims the concession will operate to the same level as its retail stores offering the same levels of customer experience.
O2 is expected to open further concession stores within Sainsbury’s, which has a footprint of 537 supermarkets and 335 smaller convenience stores.
Posted by: James
Good news if you pre ordered the Nokia N8. Nokia have confirmed they have now started shipping so fingers crossed it wont be long until the N8 hits your door step.
Nokia’s latest entertainment smartphone, the highly anticipated Nokia N8 with Ovi services, has started shipping. Customers who have placed a pre-order for the Nokia N8 in Nokia Online Shops and Nokia retail stores will be the first to receive their Nokia N8. Market availability will vary by country and by operator, with broad availability in the coming weeks.
Desperate for a BlackBerry Torch 9800? Well you can get one from the high street tomorrow morning, 1st October.
Phones4U will have the Torch in store and online in the morning so if you have been patiently waiting and you don’t mind shopping there head on down. I’m not 100% which carriers it will be available on but I guess it will be Vodafone.
Posted by: James
As I mentioned previously I was lucky enough to pop along to Microsoft’s HQ in London this week for a demo and a go myself with Windows Phone 7.
The device I used was an LG one which we have seen knocking about the web for some time. It is very much a prototype so please ignore the handset and focus on the software.
So how did I find WP7? Well I was reasonably impressed. My time with the device was limited so I will reserve final judgment until I have a review device but it certainly has some positive features. I am still not that keen on the home screen user interface but I think it will be one of those things that grows on you as you get more used to it.
Anyway, enough of me. Check out the video below and we have another to follow later with some demos from a Microsoft dude.
Microsoft today announced plans to integrate MSN Music with Zune, Microsoft’s digital entertainment service.
There is a natural synergy between MSN Music and Zune. MSN Music will create links in its music editorial to related content on Zune.net, giving users quick and easy access to the music they care about in the Zune Marketplace.
On Zune.net users will be able to browse the Zune Marketplace and purchase music from a 100% MP3 catalogue or use a Zune Pass music subscription to stream music directly through their Internet browser.
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