Vodafone have just announced that they will be releasing their version of the HTC Vox (aka HTC S710/SPV E650/VDA V) as the Vodafone v1410.
No real difference between the v1410 version and any of the others as far as we can tell. I wonder if Vodafone will leave Windows Live Messenger intact?
Vodafone v1410 Specification:
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Astraware is excited to announce their Packs of Fun promotion, where you can save bagfuls on their most popular value packs of games. From Friday 18th May to Monday 28th May you can save on a selected range of game packs with up to 6 titles in each.
Packs of Fun is a fantastic opportunity to pick up a bargain on PopCap Games Pack 1, featuring Bejeweled, Alchemy and 3 other great titles, or the Family Games Pack including Insaniquarium, Bzzz! and 4 more fun, family-friendly games. There are 6 different packs to choose from and every one is discounted by $10, so get them now, this offer is only available for a limited time!
To bag yourself a bargain, head over to the Astraware website at http://www.astraware.com, but hurry, the sale ends on May 28th 2007!
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[Technorati tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Tracy & Matt, Astraware, Windows Mobile Blog]
A while ago we unboxed the Samsung SGH-i600 and published this video of the device. Since then the i600 has been released on the Orange network and a number of our regular visitors have been asking if there is any difference between the straight Samsung and the Orange branded version of the i600.
Both devices have exactly the same hardware but there are some software differences as, once again, Orange removed MSN messenger from their version and branded the homescreen and icons. However there seems to be a more worrying problem with the Orange version. As you’ll see in the video below, there are some stablility issues. One of the first things I tried on the i600 is to change the ringtone but simply doing this is enough to crash the device and all one can do is remove the battery as it wont even respond to the power button.
Now I’m not sure if this is a general problem or if I have just been unlucky with the device I have but I shall be asking Orange to exchange this one!
Other than the above there really isn’t any difference between the two versions but you do get an extended as well as a standard battery with the one from Orange.
You can download a higher-res version of the video HERE.
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DataViz, Inc., the leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 23 years, today announced the release of Documents To Go Premium Edition version 3 for Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone and 6 Standard devices. The latest version of the award-winning mobile Office suite enables users to open and view Microsoft Office Word and Excel 2007 files in their native .docx and .xlsx format on their devices. The new Open XML based file format, introduced in Microsoft’s latest productivity suite, Office 2007, was commercially released earlier this year. Documents To Go is available for a wide variety of Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6 Standard devices including the Motorola Q, Orange SPV E650, HTC S710 (HTC Vox), Samsung BlackJack, T-Mobile Dash, T-Mobile SDA, Cingular 3125, Cingular 2125 and more.
“As more and more businesses upgrade to Office 2007, the use of these files on mobile devices will become standard practice,” said Danny Tu, Documents To Go Product Manager, DataViz, Inc. “Documents To Go is ready to support these file types giving users the flexibility to access their sales numbers, contracts and other critical files on the go.”
DataViz’s commitment to develop Documents To Go for Windows Mobile began with it’s initial release for Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone devices on Feburary 12, 2007. In addition, Documents To Go is currently available on all shipping versions of the Motorola’s enterprise device, the MOTO Q PRO running Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone Edition.
Pricing & Availability
A release which will include the ability to edit and create Word, Excel and PowerPoint Office 2007 files, will be available later in the year. Customers who purchase Documents To Go Premium Edition version 3 will receive this update at no additional cost. Documents To Go Premium Edition retails for $29.99 and is available directly from DataViz as well as many retail and online stores including Handango.com, Smartphone.net, Mobihand.com and the network of DataViz resellers and distributors worldwide. For more information and to download a free evaluation, visit www.dataviz.com/dxtgwinmobile.
About Documents To Go
DataViz’s began developing Office compatibility solutions for mobile devices in 1999 with Documents To Go for Palm OS and has since been extended to support Symbian UIQ, Series 80, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphone devices. Various editions of Documents To Go have been chosen as the preferred Office solution to be included with a number of handheld devices and smartphones from Palm, Motorola, Sony and other hardware manufacturers. All editions of Documents To Go feature DataViz’s InTact Technology to provide complete document integrity. More information about Documents To Go, including a full list of supported devices and features, can be found at www.dataviz.com/dxtg.
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SanDisk announced that the Microsoft Windows Hardware Qualification Lab (WHQL) has certified the new SanDisk 1.8-inch UATA solid state drive (SSD), which is being used as a substitute for hard drives in selected laptop computers. The product also earned a high score on the Windows Experience Index, indicating that it is suited to a variety of Microsoft Windows Vista™ applications.
The announcement was made at the 2007 Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC 2007) at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where SanDisk is showcasing its comprehensive line of storage products for use in computing systems. On display at the exhibition are the SanDisk SSD products – which also include the 2.5-inch SATA SSD — as well as USB flash drives, the SD card family, uDOC memory modules and other flash-based storage products.
With WHQL certification, the SanDisk UATA SSD is now compatible with Windows Vista and Windows XP and identified as a product that delivers a high-quality computing experience with Windows operating systems. SanDisk now can use the Works with Windows Vista and Designed for Windows XP logos on its SSD product.
Additionally, the SanDisk UATA SSD scored 5.4 out of 5.9 when tested with the Windows Experience Index utility1, a new feature in Windows Vista. The results indicate that the new Windows Vista operating system will run optimally when installed on the SanDisk SSD.
Using a scale ranging from 1 to 5.9, the Windows Experience Index measures performance capabilities of PCs and their components and calculates a score telling users how well the operating system will run using those components. Products receiving a score of 5.0 or higher are defined by Microsoft as the highest performers in their respective categories.
“Compared to a score of between 3 and 4 for a typical rotating hard disk in the same environment, we scored quite well,” said Iri Trashanski, director of business development for the SanDisk Computer Solutions Division. “With results like these and certification from Microsoft, PC manufacturers and consumers will find it even more worthwhile to move away from conventional HDDs in order to enjoy the improved performance, durability and reliability delivered by our SSD product line.”
During WinHEC 2007, Trashanski will be leading a session entitled “SSD to Solve the IOPS Bottleneck” in the convention center theater at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 17. He will also participate in an SSD panel discussion at 1:15 p.m.
SanDisk SSD products are available now to computer manufacturers.
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Orange today announces the launch of the Orange Digital Media Index, a detailed report examining trends in Orange customers’ consumption of digital media. The Index looks at usage patterns across the full range of Orange’s entertainment and communications services, including home broadband, text and picture messaging, and mobile internet.
The first Digital Media Index reveals that mobile internet services are playing an increasingly important role in customers’ lives – mobile gaming, the Live World Cup Cricket channel and movie trailers for the year’s blockbusters have all proved extremely popular.
Key findings from the Digital Media Index include:
Matthew Kirk, Director of Portals for Orange, said: “The Orange Digital Media Index provides a fascinating insight into the role of technology in twenty-first century life. We now use technology and multimedia services to consume, buy, gain knowledge, stay in touch and generally make our lives richer and easier. We believe this is the just beginning and as we deliver smarter pricing and even better services, we expect to see growing numbers of people using the mobile and internet to do more things in more places than ever before.”
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HTC has recently released Windows Vista compatible drivers for its UMTS/HSDPA capable devices, namely the HTC Hermes (aka HTC TyTN) and HTC Breeze (aka HTC MTeoR). If you use your TyTN or MTeoR as you wireless broadband modem and connect it via USB to your PC, it can happen that Windows Vista doesn’t find the appropriate drivers. If so, you can download them now from HTC Europe’s support page to make Windows Vista working proper with your Windows Mobile Pocket PC.
More Information & Download HTC Hermes Driver
More Information & Download HTC Breeze Driver
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VITO Technology releases a brand-new navigation application – VITO SmartNavigator. VITO SmartNavigator comprises the advantages of two well-known best-sellers: VITO SmartMap and VITO Navigator II and thus becomes a real SmartNavigator.
With maps support and track recording VITO SmartNavigator is the ideal solution for off-road traveling and geocaching. SmartNavigator provides various useful trip information like speed, direction & distance to a destination point, compass, current time, or active satellites.
Apart from this VITO SmartNavigator displays a track of movements on a map. Users can set pushpins to mark their personal places of interest. Pushpins can be set only for certain tracks or for all maps and tracks.
It can be useful to upload a previous track in the background while recording a new track and check your current path against it. Tracks recorded with VITO SmartNavigator are compatible with Google Earth. VITO SmartNavigator uses vtm maps available at http://vitotechnology.com. Users can create their own maps with a free VITO MapManager. Skillful users will be able to build their own plug-ins to support any maps (like Google maps) in VITO SmartNavigator.
VITO SmartNavigator is available for $29.95 at http://vitotechnology.com with two weeks’ trial.
Try VITO SmartNavigator: http://www.vitotechnology.com/en/products/download.php?ID=1946&BID=23
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Microsoft and SanDisk today announced they have signed an agreement to deliver a next-generation software and hardware solution to place application programs and personal customization on USB flash drives and flash memory cards, expanding on and replacing SanDisk’s existing U3™ Smart Technology.
Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will develop a new software experience and SanDisk will develop new hardware capabilities, including the addition of TrustedFlash™ security technology. SanDisk will incorporate the combined software and hardware solution on removable flash memory cards and Cruzer® USB flash drives. The new offering is expected to be commercially available starting in the second half of 2008.
Effective immediately, Microsoft will engage in discussions with third-party hardware vendors interested in licensing the new software offering. A new entity will be created to license compatible hardware designs, TrustedFlash and other intellectual property from both Microsoft and SanDisk, with revenues to be shared by the two companies.
“SanDisk and U3 forged the category of smart USB devices, elevating simple flash storage to a whole new level of customer benefit,” said Will Poole, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Market Expansion Group. “We are excited to work with SanDisk on this next-generation experience, which will allow hardware manufacturers to better differentiate their products and provide an even richer software and services experience for customers.”
“The U3 platform was established with the vision of giving customers a consistent and portable computing experience. The existing 20,000 U3 software developers that joined us show the potential for smart flash memory devices,” said Yoram Cedar, executive vice president of the mobile business unit and corporate engineering at SanDisk. “We expect this relationship with Microsoft will raise the overall experience for consumers given Microsoft’s unique software expertise, and grow the momentum given the large community of 3rd party companies capable of utilizing Microsoft’s technologies.”
A New Generation of Smart Portable Computing
The Microsoft and SanDisk effort will expand on the success of U3, which is surrounded by a large and vibrant ecosystem. Both companies stressed that developers will be offered a migration path to modify existing U3 applications to run on the new offering.
U3 smart drives are the size of a pack of chewing gum or smaller, and let users carry not only files but also popular Windows® software applications with their associated preferences and settings. Consumers simply plug a U3 smart drive into any Windows-based computer’s USB port to securely access personalized e-mail programs, Web browsers, productivity tools, multimedia applications and more. When they unplug their U3 smart drive, they take their personal information with them.
The new offering will be designed so that users can carry their personal computing environment – including a customized and familiar user interface, applications and data – on a flash storage device such as a USB flash drive or flash memory card. This computing environment will be accessible on Windows XP and Windows Vista™-based computers with a USB port or flash card reader. Users will be free to work on public or shared computers without fear of leaving personal information behind, and with confidence that their personal information will be encrypted, kept safer from malware, and otherwise protected through security provisions enabled by TrustedFlash technology.
U3 technology was developed by U3 LLC, a joint venture of SanDisk and m-systems, and became available in 2005. SanDisk acquired m-systems in November 2006, and U3 LLC today is a wholly owned subsidiary of SanDisk. SanDisk will continue to actively support the U3 organization and product until the new offering is released to the public next year.
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