Archive for January, 2008
Dell+Google =gPhone?
We love rumours,Well a rumour on the internet was that Google and Dell are working together on a mobile phone naemly the gPhone .Well a Dell spokesperson has denied this! Dell have said no hardware will debut at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and also they will not be at the Expo.
Google was rumored to be bringing a mobile phone to market as the Google Phone (GPhone/gPhone),but these rumours were quashed with the announcement of Android.
Vodafone turns Pink !
Vodafone has launched two pink handsets for Valentines Day. The U9 from Motorola is a clamshell handset with a two-megapixel camera and Bluetooth. Samsung’s Valentines handset is the U700, a 3G phone with a 3.2-megapixel camera, music player and 42MB of internal memory.
Vodafone launch BlackBerry Pearl 8110 in the UK
Vodafone have introduced the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 in the UK. The small BlackBerry Pearl 8110 is one of the smallest and lightest available, users can make calls, email, surf the net, take and send photographs, listen to music, watch and record videos -however it does not offer Wi-Fi connectivity which is a downside .The smartphone also includes the latest verison of Vodafones Sat Nav, a 3D navigation application.
The BlackBerry Pearl 8110 is available on either BlackBerry personal or business price plans with prices starting at free, a subscription is required for Vodafone Sat Nav.
O2 Changes Pay Monthly traiffs and iPhone traiffs
O2 have announced a shake-up of its entire Pay Monthly and small business tariffs, including those for the iPhone.
The new changes are available existing iPhone customers from today, but not customers using other mobile phones until their contract comes up for renewal.O2 wants to simplify its contracts tariffs and make it easier for consumer to choose the right tariff.
Its rumoured that O2 made the chnages because of poor sales for the iPhone in the UK that has prompted these changes.
O2 Pay Monthly tariffs will now work on six price points where customers choose the text and minute bundle (similar to the Three network ) which most suits them as well as having the ability to bolt-on unlimited data packages and access to The Cloud hotspots.
The current tariffs for iPhone will be brought in line with the minute and text bundles offered on the new tariff structure.O2 confirmed that customers who have already signed up to an iPhone contract with will have their monthly minutes and texts increased from February and customers who are currently on the £55 price plan will be dropped down to the £45 offering.
All iPhone customers will continue to receive “unlimited” data browsing and access to The Cloud’s Wi-Fi hotspots.
£35 a month tariffs will now come with a bundle of 600 minutes and 500 texts, up from the original amount of 200 minutes and 200 texts. The minutes included in a £45 per month tariff have been doubled to 1200, however the number of texts remains the same at 500.
1.1.3 jailbreak for iPhone / iPod touch now available
The Dev team released their 1.1.3 jailbreak for iPhone/iPod touch. The hack requires a v1.1.2 jailbroken device with the BSD Subsystem v1.5 or greater installed - it does NOT upgrade your baseband.
Heres the guide :
Palm Treo 500 launches in the UK
Palm Treo 500 will be available on a handset-only basis for the first time in the UK. The product is already avaliable at Vodafone.co.uk even through Palm said it would be avaliable at retail outlets next week.
The Treo 500 smartphone which runs on the WM6 and has a full keyboard like the Blakcberry, large screen and is mostly used for email and SMS.With the Treo 500 , customers can manage documents using mobile versions of Microsoft Office applications, such as Outlook, Office, and Windows Live.Vodafone are getting this exclusive on their network and will be avaliable on the usual contract tariffs.
The feature set of the Palm Treo 500v is pretty typical for devices of this type - there’s a QVGA (240×320 pixel) display, a two megapixel camera on the back, microSD card, 150MB of available internal memory and of course the Treo 500v also has Bluetooth - in this case the Treo 500v can support stereo Bluetooth headsets too. It’s a tri-band GSM device with 2100MHz UMTS (3G) but no HSDPA or WiFi. The Treo 500v also lacks a video calling camera.
Available in charcoal grey, the 500 is available in the UK via the Palm website and will be available from retail outlets from 28th January.
All-in-one phone and messaging device
- Access to Gmail, Hotmail/MSN and Yahoo! email
- Full keyboard for fast and easy typing
- Large, high-resolution screen
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile web browser
- Windows Live online services, including MSN Messenger
- Up to 3G speeds
- Organiser with address book, calendar, to-do lists, and notes
- 2-megapixel camera for capturing photos and video
- Windows Media Player Mobile for music and videos
- Windows Mobile 6 Standard operating system
- Microsoft Office Mobile for viewing and editing Microsoft Word and Excel documents and viewing PowerPoint and Adobe PDF files
- 150MB of user-available memory expandable with microSD expansion card
- Microsoft Direct Push technology for delivery of Outlook email
- Bluetooth
Samsung G600 Goes Pink
Samsung has launched a pink version of its 5-megapixel camera phone, the G600.
The Samsung G600 Pink will be available in the UK from January 2008 from The Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones 4U, T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile.
Key features of the phone include a 5-megapixel camera, 2.2-inch LCD screen with 16 million colours and Bluetooth v.2 connectivity.
Orange Offers Free PSPs with £35 contracts Again…
Orange has re-introduced its free PSP offer for one month only,so hurry and get your free psp ! The network provider is giving direct customers who sign up to contracts over £35 a free Sony PSP. The offer is also available for a reduced price of £29.99 with £30 contracts.Orange’s decision to return to the games console market comes as the market appears to be growing in popularity with these of types offers.
iPhone v1.1.3 Jailbroken
The iPhone dev community have jailbreak solution for the iPhone v1.1.3 but don’t execpt to find it on the internet yet ! The word on the street is that the iPhone dev community have a user-friendly version of the iPhone v1.1.3 jailbreak. The jailbreak method is the same has the v1.1.2 jailbreak unfortunately, we have to will wait until Apple releases the official iPhone SDK before we get the iPhone v1.1.3 jailbreak , which is around the second week of February .
The reason
The iPhone Dev community doesn’t want Apple to patch the jailbreak exploit with the inevitable firmware update that should follow the release of the iPhone SDK.I havn’t updgraded my iPhone yet and many people have who have ended up with a phone that needs activation , so be patient and look forward to many new applications for your iPhone.
Nokia unveil the Nokia 2600 classic and Nokia 1209
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Nokia unveiled the Nokia 2600 classic and the Nokia 1209, two mobile handsets that offer useful features, range of colors or exchangeable covers for consumers in emerging markets. The highlight of today’s announcement is the Nokia 2600 classic which allows consumers to customize their phone with colourful, fully changeable Xpress-on covers and MP3 ring tones. Nokia 2600 classic and the Nokia 1209 are shipping now and will be available this quarter. Before tax and subsidies, the handsets are priced at �65 (�48) and �35 (�26) respectively. If they appear in the UK, they’ll be free with a new contract and will be heavily discounted on the contract tariffs .
�Nokia 2600 classic
- Key features
- 2G Network-GSM 900 / 1800
- 56K colors
- GPRS
- Bluetooth-Yes, v2.0
- Camera VGA, 640×480 pixels, video
Nokia 1209
- 2G Network-GSM 900 / 1800
- Dimensions -102 x 44.1 x 17.5 mm, 70.5 cc
- Weight- 79.9 g
- 65K screen
- Dust-resistant keypad
- Multiple phone books with up to 200 entries
- Dust-resistant keypad
- Built-in handsfree
- Flashlight
- Time tracker
- Cost tracker
- Converter
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