Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Vodafone have listed the HTC Desire on their online store and given it a tentative shipping date of April. Vodafone are the 3rd network in the UK who are going to be shipping the HTC Desire with the other two being T-Mobile and Orange at the moment.
The HTC Desire runs the Google Android OS, has a 5 megapixel camera and a large 3.7 inch touchscreen. For connectivity it has WiFi, HSDPA and 3G as well as Bluetooth. [Read more…]
Wired have demonstrated what their tablet based reader will run like. The Wired Reader app aims to immerse the user in real magazine content that hasn’t been altered by HTML. The content is designed on the Adobe InDesign software and allows users to seamlessly scroll around a magazine on a dual-navigation system that lets you scroll both horizontally and vertically.
As well as showing content as Wired want it to be displayed, 3D interactivity, video and audio are also thrown in to the mix. If Wired are reviewing a product, you can slide your finger across the product to rotate it in 3D to get a view from all sides. As well as being able to manipulate reviewed items real-time, you can also click to see video and listen to audio embedded on a page. [Read more…]
Sony Ericsson have announced their latest phones in the Xperia X10 range. The new versions are called the Xperia X10 mini and X10 mini pro. Each of the phones are compact versions of the larger Xperia X10.
The X10 mini is a touchscreen device while the X10 mini pro features a touchscreen, but also a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Each of the new X10 mini’s runs the Google [GOOG] Android operating system. Each of the phones include the Sony Ericsson Timescape application which puts all information in one place allowing users to see at a glance any text messages, missed calls, IM’s and Facebook/Twitter updates all in one place.
For music, each phone features the infinite button that connects the phone up to a music store and YouTube to get the music you want to listen to. [Read more…]
Starting today, the source code for the Symbian platform has been made open source and available for download.
‘The dominant operating system provider out there is Symbian, says Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian Foundation, ‘and now we are offering developers the ability to do so much more.
Symbian is the operating system used on the majority of Nokia mobile phones and according to statistics it runs on a massive 330 million device. The operating system has been used by Nokia for about 10 years now. [Read more…]
Late last week, Google [GOOG] handed out new phones to some employees which some are calling the official Google Phone. The phone is actually called the Nexus One and runs the Android 2.1 operating system that offers a few enhancements over what the DROID uses, ie, Android 2.0.
The phone is similar in looks to the HTC Passion although it’s a little slimmer. For now, it runs on the T-Mobile network as well as using WiFi.
In Android 2.1 there are new 3D elements to be found in the app tray along with a new grid icon that can be used to get a preview of all the home screen pages (which also have been increased in number to allow for more icons to be stored). [Read more…]
Expansys in the UK are now selling the Motorola MILESTONE (aka, DROID in the US). According to SlashGear, eXpansys currently have an exclusive agreement in place that gives them full rights to selling the phone. You can choose to have the phone unlocked where it will set you back £449.99, or chose to buy a subsidized model which will lower the price, but lock you in to a contract for a certain amount of time.
If you sign up for an 18 month contract on the T-Mobile network the cost per month is £35 which allows you to get the phone for £49.99 which isn’t a bad price for what you get. [Read more…]
The Acer Liquid A1 has gone on sale in the UK at various online stores. Originally the A1 was reported as having a 1GHz Snapdrahon processor although looking at the specs now it seems Acer have clocked it at 768MHz to probably save on battery life.
The A1 Liquid has a 5 megapixel camera and a WVGA screen that can display 480 x 800 pixels and measures 3.5 inches. The screen is capacitive. The phone runs the Android 1.6 operating system. For connectivity is has Bluetooth 2.0 and wireless 802.11g as well as supporting both 2G and 3G networks. [Read more…]
Yesterday we mentioned that the Motorola MILESTONE (DROID) was available SIM free in the UK on pre-order for a December 7 shipping date. Two more online stores in the UK now have the MILESTONE available for pre-order.
The two stores are eXpansys and Clove who have put the MILESTONE on sale (pre-order) costing £449.99 inv VAT and £424.35 inc VAT respectively. SuperETrader who also have the phone ready for pre-order have it priced at £439.99. [Read more…]
According to SuperETrader, the Motorola MILESTONE (known as the DROID in the US) will be arriving on UK networks on December 7th.
Off network the phone will cost £439.99 including tax although if you wait to get it on contract that will probably reduced to next to zero.
The Motorola MILESTONE was a surprise when first mentioned in the US due to it running Android 2.0. The DROID was the first device to run this version of the operating system. The phone it’s self will have a 3.7 inch screen that is multitouch (capacitive) along with a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The camera can capture images at 5 megapixels and an LED flash is also included on the phone. [Read more…]
A seller on eBay has a prototype Motorola DROID for sale on eBay. Only 5 were ever made according to the seller and they were created strictly for the engineers. The seller also mentions that everything works perfectly including all radios for bluetooth, wireless, calls etc…
Some noted differences from the final production model are noted in the auction which include a chrome bezel rather than the black standard bezel the production model has. Silver buttons can be found on the prototype DROID rather than Gold and some enhanced LED’s for lighting of the buttons are also in the prototype. [Read more…]
Both the HTC DROID Eris and Motorola DROID are now available over on the Verizon store as of today. The Motorola DROID has been the phone to get the majority of the spotlight over the last few weeks and rightly so as it runs the Google Android 2.0 operating system that is a big upgrade from 1.5/1.6 that other phones have. One of the big features of Android 2.0 is Google Maps Navigation that provides a free turn by turn sat nav system for Android 2.0 based phones.
The Motorola DROID currently has an online price of $199.99 (that includes a $100 discount) based on a 2 year service plan. If you opt for a 12 month contract then the price is $269.99. Contract prices start around $39.99 although that is for a voice plan with an extra $29.99 being mandatory for a data plan. If you opt for a month to month plan the phone sets you back $559.99. Full prices can be found here. [Read more…]
Verizon have officially announced that they will be offering the HTC DROID Eris and that it will be launched tomorrow on their network. The DROID Eris is another version of the HTC Hero and has a 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen along with a 5 megapixel camera, EVDO Rev.A and it uses the HTC Sense user interface.
For storage the HTC Eris has a microSD card slot with an 8GB microSD card being provided in the box. The phone unfortunately does not run the Android 2.0 operating system which of course means it will lack the fancy new Google Maps Navigation that the Motorola DROID will be getting. [Read more…]
