We recently heard that Qualcomm had increased the clock speed of their Snapdragon CPU’s up to 1.2GHz and had started to manufacture a dual core version that we believe could find a home in the rumoured HTC Mondrian.
The Mondrian is certainly said to be a powerhouse and the Snapdragon should have the horsepower to run the 24bit WXGA 800×1280 screen, 1080p video playback and 3D graphics engine.
The only thing that slightly puts me off the Mondrian, in terms of what we are hearing so far, is that it’ll be a Windows Phone 7 device rather than Android. Personally I’ve already fallen out of love with WP7 and we’ve not even used it yet!
To put the Mondrian’s power in to a little perspective, Apple’s iPad has ‘only’ a 1GHz CPU as does the HTC Desire and while it’s not all about the clock speed I expect that the Mondrian with a Dual Core 1.2GHz Snapdragon will be the most powerful handheld. For a little while anyway!
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Andy, James, Matt and Gareth are back for another fun filled chat about mobile technology. Matt lets off a little steam about PC World, Andy rants about the network, James hums over the Samsung Galaxy Portal and Gareth recommends three budget phones hidden in darkened corners of the internet.
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We heard about the ‘E’ version of the Acer Liquid a while ago and today Acer came out with an announcement that there will be a special Farrari edition of the Liquid E.
I’ve been using an Acer Liquid for several months and recently upgraded it to Android 2.1 which essentially makes it a Liquid E and I have to say that I am extremely impressed with it both in terms of it’s performance in in terms of the value for money costing a little over £250 for a 3.5″ screen Android powered device – brilliant. I’ll be interested to see what else Acer plan to do with the Liquid range in future, but I’m not sure that the shocking red suits me! Time will tell.
Read on after the jump for the official press release.
BerrySnooper is one of those applications that you will never want to use but if you lose your BlackBerry it could be a life saver.
BerrySnooper lets you find and recover your ‘berry in a jiffy! Using GPS and SMS technology, it’s always ready to receive messages from you and responds with its current location.
Wirelessground.com are an American company who kindly got in touch with us and asked if we could do a short review for them, so the BlackBerry 9700 Desk Charger headed over the Atlantic.
Although RIM do make an official desktop charger for the BlackBerry 9700 they do not make one which allows for syncing the BlackBerry and charging a spare battery.
Synchronize and recharge your BlackBerry Bold 9700 with the USB Sync and 2nd Battery Charge Cradle. The USB Docking Cradle holds your BlackBerry Bold 9700 at a comfortable reading angle and provides convenient access on your desk. With this device, you can charge your second battery and your phone at the same time. Charge and synchronize data simultaneously when connected to your PC. You can either use the included Mini-USB cable or the AC adapter connected to the cradle to sync and charge your BlackBerry Bold 9700.
Not satisfied with putting out a cheaper tablet than Apple, Asus is preparing their Eee branding to stick to three tablet/pads. Jkkmobile managed to find out some of the specs on these more wallet friendly iPad clones. There isn’t a whole host of information on these as yet but read on for what is known at the moment:
If you go to google.co.uk, search for Meet Android and push “I’m feeling lucky” you’ll be treated to the little green dude smashing up your browser and informing you of the Nexus One availablity on Vodafone. Fun stuff.
Recently the high end Android focus has been on other manufactures but Samsung are back with the I9000 Galaxy S which we hope to have our hands on in the next week or so thanks to our friends at Clove who will selling the device.
The I9000 Galaxy S is Samsung’s flagship Android device. The Galaxy S not only runs version 2.1of Android , but packs a feature set sure to rival that of any other Smartphone.
So what sets this handset apart from other Android devices on the market? First of all there’s the 4″ SUPER-AMOLED, touch-screen display. This new Super AMOLED technology developed by Samsung not only produces an amazing picture, it also saves on battery life, making the I9000 Galaxy S ideal for media playback and in-car satellite navigation.
A Russian man has built a new case for a mobile phone from apple tree wood. He fully disassemble the new device and carves a piece-of-art wooden cases for them, each small part gets its own wooden case – the antenna, the sim-card, the battery.
Canadian network Rogers expects to see the Song Ericsson x10 being updated by Fall. That’s on heck of a long wait for those who have shelled out some big numbers to get the phone. I guess for those taking out a contract on Roger’s now that’ll only be a quarter, or perhaps a sixth of the way into their arrangement.
I’m guessing Android 2.3 will be arriving around about then or at least details of what to expect will be concrete but Sony Ericsson really should have gotten their finger out on this.
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