Press Releases

Two New Sony Ericsson Walkman Phones

Sony Ericsson’s next generation of WalkmanT phones, offer an affordable entry point into Sony Ericsson’s Communication Entertainment portfolio

April 13, 2010 – London – Sony Ericsson today announces a new duo which continues the iconic award-winning* Sony Ericsson Walkman phone legacy. With more than 130 million Walkman phones sold worldwide, Sony Ericsson now adds two affordable Walkman phones to its portfolio – without compromising on features.

Sony Ericsson Zylo and Sony Ericsson Spiro provide consumers with the best music experience they have come to expect from Walkman phones but go one step further and marry music with social networking. From Twitter to Facebook, consumers can catch up with friends at just a touch of a button while still listening to their favourite music on the Walkman player. Another key function available on both phones is TrackID – which allows consumers to access the name and artist of a track they hear playing wherever they are. This function has proved popular with music lovers world-wide with 129 million TrackID lookups in 2009 alone.

3 New Nokia Devices

Social networking and messaging brought to life with the Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5.

Espoo, Finland – Nokia has announced three new handsets – the Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 – designed to put better messaging and social networking tools in the hands of more people around the world, at affordable prices. These new handsets feature full QWERTY keyboards, and enable access to a range of different email accounts, IM communities and social networks.

“Our messaging device range is very successful,” said Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia’s Head of Markets. “Services that provide easy access to the world’s consumer and corporate email and instant messaging are really popular on our QWERTY smartphones such as the Nokia E71 and Nokia E63. People want the best messaging and social networking experience on an affordable device, whether it’s sending a simple text or instant message, an email, or a direct message from their Twitter account. The Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 are made for just that.”

More KIN information

Following on from our last post introducing the two KIN phones from Microsoft you are now able to watch a recoding of the live webcast where Microsoft showed KIN off to the world for the first time.

Just click on the following link where you can find the video http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/webcast/ or alternatively you can have a look at http://www.kin.com/ for a full run down of spec for the two new Windows Phones. 

REDMOND, Wash. – April 12, 2010 – Microsoft Corp. today announced KIN, a new Windows^® Phone designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives. Brought to life through partnerships with Verizon Wireless, Vodafone and Sharp Corporation, KIN is designed to be the ultimate social experience that blends the phone, online services and the PC with breakthrough new experiences called the Loop, Spot and Studio. KIN will be exclusively available from Verizon Wireless in the U.S. beginning in May and from Vodafone this autumn in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.

BEST BUY UNVEILED

Top consumer electronics retailer will open first store in Thurrock, May 2010

Best Buy – a leading consumer electronics retailer – today announces that its first UK store will open in Thurrock, Essex in May 2010 followed by Hedge End (Southampton) and Merry Hill (West Midlands) both due to open in June before further stores open across the UK.

A dedicated area within the new stores will showcase and allow customers to experience an array of the finest affordable and premium home theatre and audio available in the UK. It will include a compelling range of full HD and 3D televisions, brought to life at the Thurrock store in an immersive 3DTV experience, with surround sound systems, speakers, Blu-ray receivers, headphones and wireless streaming solutions.

Samsung and DivX Unveil World’s First DivX HD Certified® Mobile Phone

Here is the second chunk of Samsung for today. This time with the Wave:

Samsung Wave to Offer 720p Playback of High-Quality DivX Video; Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S Next in Line for DivX HD Certification

We look forward to seeing that in action! Read on for the full press release.

Announced for the USA – The HTC Evo 4G

Our lucky friends over the pond in the States are getting a brand new HTC device, the Evo 4G.

The device will be available on the carrier Sprint this summer and man, what a phone. The hardware is clearly based on the HTC HD2 but this time running Android 2.1 with a few improvements.

Once again we see a 4.3 TFT LCD with a with a Snapdragon QSD8650 1GHz processor. The Evo will be able to hold plenty of apps as it generously comes with 1GB of storage and 512MB or RAM.

An 8mp camera is onboard with a 1.3mp front facing for good measure. The HTC Evo will also be capable of shooting 720p video, a massive bonus!

Read on to see the full specs and press release from HTC & Sprint.

HTC will defend themselves against Apple

HTC have released the following statement in response to last weeks news that Apple are suing HTC for infringing on certain patents.

Seattle – March 17, 2010 – HTC Corporation today outlined its disagreement with Apple’s legal actions and reiterated its commitment to creating a portfolio of innovative smartphones that gives consumers a variety of choices. Founded in 1997 with a passion for innovation and a vision for how smartphones would change people’s lives, HTC has continually driven this vision by consistently introducing award-winning smartphones with U.S. mobile operators.

HTC Tattoo will NOT get Eclair update

It wasn’t long ago that I posted saying that the HTC Tattoo would be eligible for an Android update.

Well, I am sorry to say it’s not going to happen!

When we originally heard the news I presumed I must have emailed HTC to confirm what we had seen on other sites and I have just had a response and it said what I didn’t want to hear.

“Currently there are no plans to update the HTC Tattoo with éclair.”

So there you go. Whether we will see them change there minds in the future nobody knows. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: James

T-Mobile launches new International Pass

The International Pass gives excellent call rates to over 50 popular countries, with up to 75% off calls to mobiles, up to 50% cheaper calls to landlines and 25%lower  text rates than before. T-Mobile is unbeaten for voice calls (pence per minute) against rival mobile network operators to their Top 10 countries*. The International Pass will be available to all new and existing customers on pay as you go, and will benefit from similar rates to pay monthly customers on International options. Customers already on the Pass will automatically get the new rates from 8 March. Any other customers wanting to take advantage of these special rates should text INT to 441 free of charge..

Apple suing HTC?

You may have seen the news today that Apple have issued a press release today announcing that they have filed a lawsuit against HTC for alleged patent infringement. The press release goes on to state that 20 patents related to the iPhones user interface, underlying architecture and hardware have been infringed.

These kind of allegations are not uncommon in the mobile industry however I have just received the following official statement from HTC regarding the issue: