Here’s a short and cheerful film about the dangers of texting whilst driving. This rather gnarly advert really goes at for about 4 minutes showing how a young girl flirting with a boy by SMS can devastate so many lives. Apparently this is the first part of a half hour drama. The tragedy starts right from the word go as the girl has to struggle to use a Sony Ericsson W660.
A reader just sent in this video that previews an upcoming game named Project Chronos. Details are scarce, but I wanted to share it because we don’t see too many 3D games on Android. The game is a first person shooter in full 3D that centers around the realities of war. Other than Bendroid, not many developers have figured out OpenGL ES on Android. Hopefully, this is a sign of more great looking games to come. Check back later this week when we get some more details on Project Chronos.
The Doro PhoneEasy 345gsm is quite different to the other phones you are going to find on the market at the moment, it’s not trying to be the smallest or the lightest handset available. It’s not trying to win you with a plethora of features that you wont use. Instead Doro have launched a range of phones that are designed to be easy to use.
Aimed at those that require a simple phone or those that are partially sighted or hard of hearing the PhoneEasy range all have large and clear keys and a clear un-complicated display. The 345gms has a built in torch and is (HAC) hearing aid compatible as well as having Emergency SMS alerts and call list.
As we and our relatives get older, there is greater probability that we experience more and more difficulty in completing everyday tasks, especially where new technology is concerned. The Doro mobile phone combats just such an issue. Their aim is to make life easier for senior citizens. The Doro devices have been designed with simplicity in mind, featuring big and "trigger friendly" buttons, easy to use features, a sharp display and only the most necessary functions.
The Doro PhoneEasy 345gsm makes dialling and messaging very simple thanks to enlarged buttons and characters, whilst offering plenty of functionality.
With a vibrating ringer and loud audible notifications the Doro 345 is suitable for many occasions. Soft touch surfaces offer easy handling and Bluetooth wireless technology enables connection to headsets and other devices..The Doro PhoneEasy 345gsm comes with a Bluetooth headset and is also compatible with hearing aids, for added convenience. It also includes a flashlight and entertainment features such as FM Radio and games.
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Samsung seem to be releasing a lot of handsets at the moment and the S5600 is just one of the new handsets to hit the market. Design-wise is bears a striking resemblance to the Samsung Jet but on the inside it’s a fairly different beast. The S5600 has a lower resolution display than the Jet, just QVGA and overall has a more limited spec. Don’t be fooled in to thinking that the S5600 is a basic handset, it has 3G and HSDPA support, Touch Wiz interface, capacitive touch screen and built in GPS.
Here in the UK the Samsung S5600 (aka Samsung Preston) is an Orange exclusive and is available in White, Black and Pink. You may also find it avaialable SIM-free if you look around.
We’ll be reviewing the handset over the next few days and will have the review online for you shortly but for now have a look at the unboxing video for a taster of what the S5600 has to offer.
Samsung S5600 specification:
The Samsung S5600 is perfect for keeping in touch on the move, particularly with the latest social networking trends and comes with Orange Windows Live embedded for easy access. Mobile widgets can be dragged and placed on the screen for one-click access to favourite applications. Fast internet browsing with an accelerometer sensor for auto screen rotation gives users an exciting mobile internet experience. The 2.8" QVGA full touch screen really helps the user to design, customise and personalise the way they use their phone.
The Samsung S5600 also includes a 3.2MP camera with the latest digital camera features such as smile shot, so users can easily take pictures and upload them to show friends and family with the Orange photography service. The phone also features music recognition using Shazam’s ‘Find Music’, so users can find any song they want to listen to wherever they are and purchase it through the Orange Music Store.
Posted by: Matt
The ability to natively view and edit Microsoft Office documents on smartphones is often limited to Windows Mobile devices only. For other platforms to be able to do this requires third party software like Documents to Go from DataViz.
PhoneArena have a video review of the new Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy. Most things look fairly standard but the lack of Multi-touch and flash support obviously knocks this down a peg from the HTC Hero.
The Secret of Monkey Island was the big one. Whenever a new adventure game – retro or otherwise – appeared on the iPhone, it’s song was lost in the white noise of, "Where’s Monkey Island!".
But now that LucasArts’s immortal point and click classic is out of the way, developers can reach a little deeper into the adventure archives to blow the dust off some other retro treasures such as Simon the Sorcerer.
If you are a regular visitor to tracyandmatt.co.uk then you’ll know that we’ve look at wide selection of camcorders recently, both HD and SD models. This week we got our hands on the Panasonic HDC-SD10 and the most striking thing about the SD10 (and it’s bigger brother the TM10) is just how light it is, weighing in at just 227 grams it’s actually one of the worlds lightest HD camcorders, weighing not much more than some mobile phones we’ve seen recently!
You might think that the diminutive size and weight of the SD10 would mean that there was a trade-off in terms of features and specification but that’s not really the case. You get 1080i and 720p recording modes, a high-res touschcreen LCD monitor and a 16x optical zoom to mention just a few of the nice features.
So we’ll be taking a closer look at the Panasonic HDC-SD10 over the next week or so and we’ll have a written review online for you. For now have a look at my brief unboxing video below for an overview.
Panasonic HDC-SD10 specification:
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Nice little video from Pocketnow. A good old, fashioned browser war with the other top platforms. Using a Hero currently I am enjoying the browser experience. Loads quickly and the embedded flash seems to work quite well. It’s not really surprising which device wins but all three do have excellent web browsing experiences.
[from pocketnow]
Agile Partners (creators of GuitarToolkit iPhone app) and musician Jason Forrest introduced Star6, the application that transforms the iPhone into a performance-ready sample instrument. Star6 is now available at the App Store for an introductory price of $6.99 (http://itunes.com/app/Star6)
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