We have been sent a link to mobilementalism.com where they have alleged to have leaked pictures of the forthcoming HTC HD3.
As most of you know, here at tracyandmatt we tend not to believe this type of thing until we have heard it from one of our regular sources. I am not going to say this is the HD3 but the reason I have chosen to post this is what if HTCs forthcoming Windows Phone 7 Series device is just like this. It would be awesome.
Chances are this may well be a fake but I cant imagine this is too far from what we will see from HTC in the not too distant future. Check out the alleged specs:
If you are not aware then let me tell you that Microsoft launched there MIX event in the United States yesterday.
The event, lasting three days is pretty much an insight into Windows Phone 7 Series covering all the things that Microsoft could or would not tell us at Mobile World Congress.
As we are not at the event the amount that we can cover is very limited. We will bring you what news we can, however we will try and focus on any device news we can get our hands on.
Pocketnow.com are at the event and produced a tonne of news on there site yesterday, so you may want to have a look there periodically throughout the next couple of days.
Whether you like the look of Windows Phone 7 Series or not its big news and personally I cant wait to get my hands on one of the new devices when its launched towards the end of the year.
Please feel free to use the forum to let us know your thoughts. We would love to discuss it with you.
Posted by: James
While bloggers debate Microsoft’s Apple-like approach concerningWindows Phone 7 Series functionality such as third-party app multitasking and app distribution, members of the xda-developers forum website are already beginning to prepare themselves.
In many respects, Microsoft has chosen a closed approach to the Windows Phone 7 Series OS. For example, hardware will be restricted to just three chassis options, handsets can only have three buttons beneath their sizable capacitive touchscreen displays, and Microsoft will impose restrictions on both app distribution and background processes for third-party apps.
These restraints are very familiar of course, thanks to Apple and its iPhone development policies. But just as Apple’s lock down was quickly manhandled by the Dev Team and its infamous jailbreaking process, Microsoft’s imposed restrictions are bound for the same fate.
Thanks to a good friend of the site, we now know that just a short while ago, the first Windows Phone 7 Series code was leaked on the xda-developers forum. The build was pulled from an emulator image but rest assured, the talented team of hackers patrolling the forum are already blazing through it in preparation for the impending arival of a full ROM. The code is real, of course, and it’s more than enough to get cracking.
With more than eight months until Windows Phone 7 Series is set to begin shipping to the public, xda-developers forum members have plenty of time to dissect the OS and determine how best to tweak it to suit their needs — and the needs of power users. Discussions surrounding app distribution outside of the Windows Phone Marketplace and background process support for third-party apps are already in full swing.
So, potential Windows Phone 7 Series power users, read the heated debates through the tech news ecosystem all you like, but try not to get too worked up. Just like every other smartphone platform on the planet before it, Windows Phone 7 Series is on a short path to hacksville.
[Source BGR]
Here is an interesting article on a new app for the iPhone called Lokast. This is a fairly new innovation that I’m sure will attract many users and provide people with a new way to share their media. Have a read and hopefully there will be a review up soon enough.
What are you looking at, you ass face? You uggo, you!
You see what we mean? Instead of abusing somebody verbally why not to put his/her face on a donkey and propagate this artwork all over Internet?
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Well that’s a turn up for the books. It looks like the only network you will be able to buy the HTC Legend on will be Vodafone!
I posted over the weekend that Vodafone had a sweet selection of devices coming soon and it would appear that the Legend is not being shared with the other UK carriers. That’s too bad if you ask me as the Legend is an awesome device and one that I believe will sell like hot cakes.
Such a shame that many people will now miss out if they are not willing to switch to Vodafone.
If you did not see our HTC Legend review please do so. It’s a good read, even if I do say so myself 🙂
Posted by: James
An interesting email dropped in to my inbox this morning. We’ve all been hearing about the new version of BIS that’s coming but few have actually seen it yet. The email had a few images attached to it (below) and they are apparently of the new BIS 3.0 admin pages.
The email is from one of our readers calling himself the BlackBerry Master and was sent through an anonymous email account. Whoever you are BlackBerry Master thanks for sending these to us to share with our readers, I hope there will be more to follow!
James reviewed the original N97 back in July last year (you can view the review here). It seemed in general to be quite a nice phone, Nokia’s best so far. I read a few other reviews of the N97 and I was surprised to see that the opinions were very mixed.
It has been pretty difficult to get our hands on this little(ish) handset. Over the past few months there have been many rumours about its withdrawal from sale by some carriers (Orange?) which has, perhaps, only fuelled many peoples desire to own one.
So at last I’ve been given the Nokia N97 Mini to review. It will be interesting to see if this scaled down version has any improvements over its bigger brother and if any of the early reports of stability and performance issues have been ironed out.
Let’s find out…
This week Gareth, Matt, James and Andy are joined seasoned veteran Mickey Papillon, The Cellphone Junkie himself, for a chat about all the latest news. Discussion includes The Vivaz, HTC’s line up, Malware on Vodafone devices and the iPad.
Previously available as website followformation.com, now it’s available as an iPhone app that is not free however ($1.99) and it has been released merely 2 days ago:
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