Vodafone updated their Nexus One page, now showing under the “Coming Soon” tag that “soon” will be April. Interesting, considering April is a little over a week from coming to a close. Does this mean the handset will be available to those waiting for its release in a matter of days? Or could this be a case of simple error.
Most, if not all, of the current Dell mobile phone run on Android, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be offering one that’ll have a different OS as an alternative to non-Android aficionados. In fact, this leaked Dell Lightning touchscreen QWERTY slider just proves that they’ve got a Windows Phone 7lined up for this year for interested consumers.
The Dell Lightning packs a large 4.1-inch WVGA OLED display (slightly larger than the one found on the XPERIA X10), 5-mp AF camera, 1GHz QSD8250 Snapdragon processor, GPS, 512MB RAM, 1GB flash ROM, and an 8GB microSD card. ETA for the AT&T and T-Mobile 3G compatible Dell Lightning is in Q4 of this year with an LTE variant possibly hitting the scene a year later in Q4 2011.
Today Microsoft will launch a new website called mykindofphone.com
The new site is all about how people are injecting their personality into their mobile phones to make it uniquely their own.
My kind of phone is all about sharing and celebrating the inspiring ways people are personalising their phones, especially in the areas of mobile photography, gaming and music. On the site you’ll find photos, videos and stories that we find interesting, quirky and cool, from phone cases, photography and screen layouts, to music, photography and gaming. We’ll be scouring the web daily for the most interesting and unique ways people make their phone ‘my kind of phone’.
Readers will be able to connect to my kind of phone by following 8 social media sites: Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Posterous, Windows Live, Delicious, Upcoming and Facebook.
Microsoft are also asking for tips or ideas on what readers want to see featured on the site, so readers can send their tips to [email protected] and we’ll be featuring the best entries.
This news is hot off the press and we are the first to announce it so I am heading off to My kind of phone is all about sharing and celebrating the inspiring ways people are personalising their phones, especially in the areas of mobile photography, gaming and music. On the site you’ll find photos, videos and stories that we find interesting, quirky and cool, from phone cases, photography and screen layouts, to music, photography and gaming. We’ll be scouring the web daily for the most interesting and unique ways people make their phone ‘my kind of phone’. mykindofphone.com right now to check it out. I will let you know what I think on the forum. Meet me there!
Posted by: James
We’ve known that Dell had plans to launch their own Android and Windows powered mobiles for a while but now details of two new handsets have started to emerge. The Dell Thunder and the Dell Lightning details have been leaked on the internet and images have already appeared on Engadget.
The Dell Thunder is expected to run Android 2.1, have a 4″ capacitive 480×800 OLED touchscreen, GPS, WiFi and 3G connectivity. It’s also rumoured to have a 1GHz Snapdragon processor. By the looks of the leaked images there will be a Sense-style user interface and we also expect Facebook and Twitter integration, Swype, Flash 10.1 and an 8-megapixel camera.
If the leaked information is to be believed then it looks like the Thunder will have a superb spec but it looks a bit ‘square’ for my taste.
In the last month HTC have pumped out a couple of rather high end devices. Whilst the HTC Desire is the flagship, the HTC Legend, an update to the popular Hero, is no slacker. Here we are going take a look at the Legend and see if it’s worth your time.
Some time ago Sony announced a new range is compact HD camcorders calling them the Bloggie range. One assumes that they got the name from the fact that they support YouTube recording modes and files that are compatible for direct upload to YouTube.
We’ve reviewed quite a few of these small form HD camcorder in the past from the TG3E to almost all of the cameras from Sanyo’s Xacti range. I continue to be impressed with the quality of video footage that you can get from such small cameras these days.
The Bloggie also boasts a unique feature; included with the MHS-PM5 model that we are reviewing here is a clip-on 360 degree lens. This actually allows you to record a full 360 degree panorama video! You’ll have to use Sony’y bundled software to process the recorded footage but you can then export the 360 video in a variety of formats.
As always I’m going to try the Bloggie out over the next week or so but for now you can take a look at the unboxing video below.
It was earlier today that we posted about the boygeniusreport getting hold of some screen shots of BlackBerry OS 6.0, but now they have also showed us a new phone, The BlackBerry 9670.
Here is what we know about the device so far:
- CDMA
- 5MP Camera
- Wi-Fi
- 360×480 internal display
- External display
- Trackpad
- OS 6.0
- MicroSD
- Bluetooth
Although the device is listed as being CDMA I would imagine RIM will make a GSM version of the 9670 like they have done with all other BlackBerry smartphones.
Gareth, Matt, James and Andy return for another fun podcast covering all types of mobile news and views across the UK. Featuring such profound nonsense as Andy’s inflatable girlfriend, Giff Gaff, the new iPhone and a feature examining instant messaging clients on mobile platforms.
Regulars: James Richardson, Matt Davis, Gareth Myles and Andy Lee.
This is a nice turn up for the books. The boygeniusreport.com has managed to not only get some BlackBerry OS 6 screenshots but also details of the changes to the OS.
Rather than me waffling on here’s what the BGR has to say:
As you probably know, Apple announced some delays to the UK launch of the immensely popular iPad last week, saying that it would be another month before they had enough of them to sell here in the UK and the rest of the world.
Just popped over to the Apple store for an update and pleased to see that there’s news! According to the UK online store the iPad will go on sale late in May 2010 and they will be accepting pre-orders from the 10th May.
If you’ve seen my video of the iPad or been following me on twitter or the MTA Podcast you’ll know that I am rather fond of my imported iPad and will be certainly buying another for Tracy just as soon as we can!
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