With the iPhone 4 shipping this week there is a great new app in the Apple App Store – Windows Live Messenger and now with push notifications.
The Messenger iPhone app is free and includes many of the same rich Messenger features that you’d experience on a PC. With the app, users can:
LG have just added to their popular Viewty range and have introduced the LG Viewty GT aka LG GT405.
The Viewty GT has a 3″ touchscreen display and is very much geared for web access and social networking. It includes Google Maps, Search and Mail, Skype, Facebook and Twitter right out of the box.
Other features include a 5 megapixel camera (minus flash), GPS, Quad band connectivity with 3G and HSDPA. About the only other thing missing is WiFi.
The GT has it’s own proprietary operating system but has an S-Class user interface overlay so it feels quite familiar and you’ll probably recognise it in the video below.
We’ll have a review for you soon but for now you can enjoy the unbox and demo below.
A few days ago I got my hands on the Samsung Galaxy S and recorded a brief unboxing video for you. Having used the handset a little more now I thought it was time to record another video showing of some of the features and installed applications.
So in the video below (presented in HD) we’ll have a look at the setting up a WiFi connection, the web browser, Google Maps, Gmail and SWYPE. For those of you that don’t know SWYPE is a different kind of text entry method, take a look at the video to see how that works.
James and I will be jointly working on the Galaxy S review so please do comment via the forum if you have an questions about the handset and if there is anything specific you want us to make sure we cover.
We first Heard about the HTC Wildfire last month and James was lucky enough to be invited to the HTC press briefing and get his hands on the device even getting time to review a preview video.
Since then the Wildfire has been gathering interest and many now regard this as being the HTC Desire’s baby brother and when you see the HTC Wildfire it’s probably easy to understand why.
The HTC Wildfire is smaller than the Desire, having a 3.2″ QVGA display. There’s also a slower CPU but othe features are similar such as Android 2.1 with Sense UI, 5 Megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth. On the face of it the HTC Wildfire might seem like HTC’s attempt to win the lower end of the Android handset market and at a little under £230 they seem to have the price about right but have not overly compromised the specification.
We’ll have a full review for you over the next week or so, we’re going to do something a little different with this review so watch this space! For now I hope you enjoy seeing a little more of the HTC Wildfire in the video below. I’ll also have a more detailed demo video for you soon too.
Skype VoiP service to be made available through three Sony Ericsson smartphones: Satio, Vivaz, Vivaz pro
Skype has said that its VoiP service will now be available on three Sony Ericsson smartphones built on the Symbian operating system.
Users of Sony Ericsson’s Satio, Vivaz and Vivaz pro handsets can now use Skype on the move, either over a Wi-Fi or mobile data connection. The software can be downloaded from the Skype website and will be available from Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow arena in the coming weeks.
A few days ago I mentioned that we’d got our hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S and I’ve just managed to record an unboxing and (brief) demo video for you.
I commented on it a few times during the video but I have to once again say that the Super AMOLED screen on the Galaxy S is truly stunning, the video and photos don’t do it justice and words certainly cant either. All I can say is that it’s is incredibly bright and colourful and you have to see it with your own eyes to appreciate it!
In the video below you’ll get to see the handset in some detail and I take you on a brief tour of the operating system. I’ll be back with a more detailed demo soon too.
Gareth, Matt, James and Andy are all present for a chat about the iPhone, a slew of Samung phones, Nokia’s woes, the Blackberry Pearl 3G 9105 and a load of other recent mobile news. Catch this between your teeth!
Richardson, Diva Davis, "NON TECH ADDICT" Gareth and A-Team Andy
Unless you have had your head in the sand you will know that the iPhone 4 is being released on the 24th. With all the UKs main networks, and also some smaller ones, selling the new phone the big question will be which one to buy from.
I have just stumbled upon a price comparison of the networks that have already released their prices and as you will see below it’s a pretty close call on who will offer the best value. We have still yet to see what T-Mobile, 3, Tesco and Virgin Mobile will charge but I cant imagine it being much different to the already announced prices, although I am sure that 3 will try and undercut.
So will the price determine who you go with or will you just stick with your current carrier? We would love to hear your thoughts over on the forum.
As soon as we get further prices we will be sure to let you know.
You’ve probably seen the Vodafone network map or may have visited the network hub here to check out the Vodafone coverage in your area or learn more about the network.
Because Vodafone want to ensure you’re getting the best coverage, they have now created a real-time coverage map at http://vodafoneuksignal.com so you can tell them what’s happening with your mobile signal, where you are, now.
There are two ways you can tell them:
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