O2 customers in Germany have been somewhat unlucky with the purchase of their Toshiba TG01 units.
The unit which took months to actually begin shipping has actually shipped with a virus installed. Whilst the number of devices affected to date is very few, customers in Germany have been urged to contact customer services and all other shipments have been halted.
No news if this is affecting UK units, however it is not a great start for Toshiba.
via Clove Blog
Samsung seem to be releasing a large number of handsets at the moment from the Omnia range. The Omnia HD and Omnia II are among the more eagerly awaited models out there and we should be getting our hands on them to review in due course.
This week we received the Samsung JET S8000 to review and initial impression are that this is a decent looking handset with a fabulous AMOLED display. There’s also an 800MHz processor to keep things moving along at a fair old clip and the 5MP camera is pretty good too!
Samsung JET S8000
As you know by now, we’ll start off with our unboxing video and then spend the next couple of weeks using the Samsung JET before committing to our written review.
Samsung JET S8000 specification:
- Dimensions: 109 x 53.5 x 11.9mm
- Weight: 99g
- Battery Capacity: 1100 mAh
- Display: 480 x 800 pixels/3.1″ AMOLED Display
- Network: 2G: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band)
– 3G: 900/2100 (Dual-Band) - Camera: 5 mega-pixels (auto-focus)
- Video: Hi-Resolution VGA Video Recording
– 30fps Video Recording (VGA) - Music: Supported formats: MP3, AAC, eAAC+ & WMA
– FM Stereo Radio (RDS)
– FM Radio Recording
– DNSe Natural Sound Engine - Messaging: SMS, E-mail (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4, MS Exchange)
- Memory: 2GB (internal)
- 3.5mm Audio Socket
- Bluetooth (2.0)
- Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g)
- AGPS
- Electronic Compass
- Accelerometer
Posted by: Matt
Our latest podcast Episode 39 is now available for download, this week we discuss the Toshiba TG01, the Acer F900, Apple Push Notifications and why they don’t work that well, Twitter SMS updates coming to O2 in August plus much more. You can subscribe via iTunes, RSS or download the mp3 file here. Full show notes after the break.
Msmobiles are reporting that the Windows Mobile App Store or Marketplace which will be launched with Windows Mobile 6.5, will be available for older 6.0 and 6.1 software devices. This would makes sense as the number of devices that will have 6.5 are limited and this would not be a good marketing opportunity for developers.
Todd Brix – new manager of Windows Marketplace has said Windows Marketplace will be available for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1 by the end of 2009 (in addition to Windows Mobile 6.5 at launch in the fall).
via msmobiles
Here a video I noticed on the Tilt Mobility site. There’s a lot of hype about the NVidia Tegra chip that we know will make its way to WM devices. Here’s a little demo of the chip in action showing augmented reality – where you mix real life images with computer generated images but this is in the context of a first person shooter that’s really incredible to watch. Just wait for the Skittles to appear:) We don’t know if this is a WM platform but this should be the same processor that will make it’s way to WM so it’s hopefully a good glimpse into the (near) future.
Microsoft is rumoured to be releasing the new Pink smartphone under its own in-house branding.
Until now Microsoft has maintained that it is “committed to the licensing model”, but according to comments on CNET.com the device will actually be branded as a Microsoft handset.
We would expect the handset to be running the newest version of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system, which depending on release will probably be Windows 7.
If the rumours are to be believed then the handset will be reserving a custom UI to sit atop the OS, one which will presumably remain unique to Microsoft’s own-branded handsets, rather than those running the re-sold Windows 7 OS.
Last we heard of the Pink project, the handset was being designed by Microsoft, with manufacture going to a third-party; this latest rumour flies in the face of official comments regarding an own-branded Microsoft handset and no doubt places Microsoft as a direct competitor of other handsets that will be running the Windows 7 system.
There’s no specs to report just yet, but we’d expect some serious touchscreen real-estate on board as well as the other usual suspects amongst the high-end feature set.
Posted by: John
The days of O2’s exclusive hold on the iPhone are probably numbered – T-Mobile has told The Register that it’s in talks with Apple about ranging the iPhone 3G in the next few months.
The deals being discussed only include the iPhone 3G, and O2’s exclusive on the 3GS seems to be secure. But even this represents a major shift in how Apple markets the iPhone, which currently relies on network exclusives to get a decent subsidy; giving that up shows either greater confidence or reflected disappointment in how O2 has priced up the latest offering.
T-Mobile has been telling callers that the company is in talks with Apple about ranging the iPhone 3G, and Orange is also rumoured to have plans regarding Apple’s last-version handset. That would leave O2 to explain to users why the 3GS is better; doing Apple’s marketing for it.
The good looking Acer F900 has been review by Phonearena and there is some nice footage of one of the most impressive today screen replacements. The phone does seem to stuff from a number of problems along the way which is disappointing. Check the video review after the break.
After Vodafone UK, now also O2 UK will offer it:
An O2 spokesperson confirmed that O2 has "teamed up with Twitter to turn Twitter updates into free text messages, meaning @ replies and direct messages just got a little more direct."
The internet today seems to be filled with leaked shots of handsets and now its the turn of Sony Ericsson with their handset codenamed Sony Ericsson Bao.
The Bao is a clamshell that not only looks like a Rubik’s Cube, but is almost as thick as one, ok maybe a slight exaggeration there but it certainly aint a phone on a diet.
Sony must have spent all its creative juices on its pair of touchscreen beauties, the Sony Ericsson Satio and Aino, because the Sony Ericsson Bao certainly isn’t so swish.
Oh, and if you were wondering, no it’s not just you, the Sony Ericsson Bao is a carbon copy of the Nokia Prism.
Nokia Prism
There are no known specs for the Sony Ericsson Bao just yet other than there being a camera lens on the back, but the screen is about the size of a postage stamp, so don’t expect this to be the Sony Ericsson Android phone we’re all eagerly awaiting.
Posted by: John
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