by Matthew on November 18, 2009
If you have an older Windows Mobile phone running either the WM 6.0 or 6.1 operating system then you can now go and download Marketplace for Mobile allowing you to have easy access to applications on your Windows device.
It appears that Marketplace for Mobile is available in all countries. If you are in the US you can enter your mobile phone number in a box, hit submit and a download URL will be sent by SMS to you. If you are not in the US then just browse to mp.windowsphone.com to grab the download. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on November 17, 2009
The Dell Adamo XPS has now gone on sale over at Dell in the US. The Adamo XPS is an ultra thin laptop measuring just 9.99mm thin. By using a unique design, Dell have managed to squash all the components needed in to a super slim shell where the keyboard fits neatly inside the reinforced display.
The Adamo XPS has a 13.4 inch screen that is in a widescreen format. Battery life for the laptop is 5 hours 17 minutes (claimed by Dell) and if that’s not enough you can opt for a larger battery with a 40WHr capacity. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on November 12, 2009
The Garmin Nuvifone took ages to be launched from when it was announced at the beginning of this year. We first got our hands on it in April and then it was only just recently launched a few months ago. When launched the phone was running Windows Mobile 6.1 which Garmin ASUS have now said that all owners of the phone are entitled to a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5.
When I tested the phone back in April briefly I was quite impressed with what it could do. It just sucked that it took them so long to bring it out which seemed to kill quite a bit of interest in the device. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on November 12, 2009
Vodafone [VOD] have launched the much anticipated HTC HD2 on to their network in the UK, and good news is that if your willing to spend £35/month on a 2 year contract, you can pick it up for free.
The 35/month 2 year contract also entitles you to 900 minutes of free calls to landlines and other mobile networks along with unlimited internet access.
The main feature of the HTC HD2 is that it has a large 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen along with a 1GHz SnapDragon processor that allows it to work very smoothly. HTC decided to go with Windows Mobile 6.5 on the HD2 although they also have installed the HTC Sense UI hiding some of the frustrations that Windows Phone operating systems bring. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on November 4, 2009
HTC have announced that the HTC HD2 is now shipping in Europe and Asia and will be heading to the US in early 2010. The announcement was made in a press release published today. Although the phone is shipping today, you wont be able to get your hands on it for another few days yet it seems.
The phone it’s self is very highly anticipated due to it’s huge 4.3″ capacitive multi-touch screen and 1GHz Snapdragon processor making things run very smoothly on it. The phone will run HTC Sense making it the first Windows Phone to offer the HTC user experience. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on November 2, 2009
T-Mobile in the UK have uploaded details of the HTC HD2 to their site stating it has a launch date of November. The problem is that they have displayed the wrong phone and also stated that the HD2 will give access to the Android Market to download apps… seems they are getting a little confused there.
But, the release date does look about right and looking at other pages on the T-mob site they do refer to a Windows Phone based device running WM 6.5, so it seems the release date is correct and that someone just mixed up a few of the details. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 28, 2009
Mobiles.co.uk based in the UK have now priced up the HTC HD2 on their site along with the prices of contracts for both 18 and 24 month periods. The cheapest you’ll get a HD2 for is free based on a £40/month 24 month contract with the monthly contract dropping to just £15 if you are willing to pay £259.99 for the phone. That’s not a bad price for this much anticipated phone.
A quick reminder of specs show the HD2 has a 4.3 inch display that uses capacitive touch and also reacts to multitouch too. The phone uses HTC’s Sense UI installed on top of Windows Mobile 6.5. A 1GHz Snapdragon processor makes the OS run smoothly. Connectivity wise it has HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth and for location based services GPS is also included. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 28, 2009
Symbian have launched the Horizon App store that aims to compete against app stores already open by Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile. The Horizon App store went live today along with the first 50 applications. Symbian also have plans to allow 1000’s more applications through the system next year.
The Symbian operating system is used on a lot of phones including many Nokia phones, Samsung, Sony Ericsson etc… and a lot of these companies already have started app stores. Nokia for example, has the Nokia Ovi store. Each of these app stores will support the new Horizon store and integrate offerings in to their stores. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 27, 2009
The highly anticipated HTC HD2 has just been unboxed and uploaded to Youtube in the last day. Although the box used is just a temporary box, it’s still good to see the actual phone and what it looks like while booting up etc…
We are still waiting for a HD2 to arrive here and have been told that there are no review units around anywhere just yet… so someone must have a a secret stash of them somewhere… do tell if you are one of those who know.
Items included in the box are a charger, hands free kit along with inline controls as well as a USB cable for charging/syncing. On to the phone it’s self, the most striking feature of the HTC HD2 is the huge screen that the phone has. It measures 4.3 inches and is capacitive as well as being multi-touch. Powering the phone is a 1GHz snapdragon processor to make things run quicker than average. OS wise it runs Windows Phone (WM 6.5) that uses HTC sense style overlay to make things run a little nicer. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 26, 2009
Dell have announced the new Dell Inspiron 13z laptop that runs Windows 7. The new 13z is a step up from the Inspiron 11z that was launched recently. The Dell 13z has a 13.3″ HD WLED True-Life display that can display a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The battery life on the 13z is also quite good with the standard 4 cell battery being capable of powering the laptop for 5 hours with an optional 8 cell battery bumping that up to almost 11.5 hours of usage on a single charge. The laptop weighs 3.94lbs and measures 1.04″ in thickness.
Storage wise it comes with either a 250GB or 360GB harddrive with the 250GB spinning at 5,400RMP and the larger 360GB spinning at 7,200RPM. Powering the 13z you can choose either an Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 or an Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 each running at 1.3GHz.
The lowest spec model comes with the Dual Core SU4100 processor and also includes the smaller of the harddrives with 2GB of RAM and an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD chip. Price in the UK for that is £479 including shipping and delivery. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 22, 2009
Amazon are now taking pre-orders for the HTC HD2 in the UK preparing for a SIM free launch date of November 20 2009.
The SIM Free phone will cost an expected £549.99. For those who are unfamiliar with the HD2, then a quick run down of features is listed after the jump. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 20, 2009
ii-View has created a new netbook named the A2 netbook. The netbook uses an Intel Atom CPU running at 1.6GHz and has a healthy 2GB of RAM along with a large 320GB harddrive.
Connectivity wise it has fast wireless access compatible with 802.11b/g/n. Specs wise it’s similar in power to most standard netbooks in the speed of the processor, but the extra 1GB of RAM is a nice addition. The ii-View A2 also has a 12 inch screen that runs at a HD resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The larger screen allows the casing to accommodate a full sized QWERTY keyboard rather than a 90 something % size often seen on the smaller 10″ models. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 20, 2009
When Windows Mobile 6.5 (aka, Windows Phone) was launched recently, it didn’t go down as good as what we had hoped for. The problem with it was that it just seemed like a slight upgrade to 6.1 with a lot of the 6.1 features being behind the scenes in the applications… ie, not finger friendly.
We now hear that a new version could be making it’s way soon. It has been unofficially dubbed as 6.5.1 and will serve as an intermediary step between 6.5 and Windows Mobile 7 due out next year. The new version is basically more polished with a few tweaks such as new anti-aliased buttons rather than the older Windows 3.1 look. The version is also supposed to be faster and sleeker as well as using larger icons to be a lot more touch-friendly. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 19, 2009
The WITS A81 is an MID (mobile internet device) that is powered by a 600MHz ARM cortex A8 processor and runs the Windows CE 6.0 operating system. The touchscreen measures 7 inches and is in a WVGA format that is capable of displaying 800 x 480 pixels.
Connectivity wise it has Wi-Fi built in and for guidance and location based services a GPS receiver is also included (although the press release indicates it could be optional).
Other features included are a two-channel headphone port for stereo and hifi 3D output, key and touch operation and support for up to a 16GB capacity T-Flash card. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 19, 2009
The LG BL40 Chocolate mobile phone is unique due to it’s cinematic widescreen display that has an aspect ratio of 21:9 allowing it to play feature length movies with no borders top or bottom. With the BL40 having a large aspect ratio screen the phone is longer than your average mobile phone and though pictures seem to show the phone being a little over sized, when holding it you’ll find that it actually works very well and sits in your pocket very well.
The front of the phone is covered in tempered glass and has a nice glossy shine to it. There are no buttons on the front of the device and it’s just a smooth piece of glass that has just the ear speaker cut out. Both the top and bottom ends of the phone are accented in a vibrant red while the sides continue on the glossy black look of the front along with a thin silver strip that runs the length of the phone on each side. On the back of the phone the black gloss look is continued with just a small cut out for the 5 megapixel camera lens, flash and a small microphone. [click to continue…]
