Yet more evidence that the 3G iPhone will launch first in Europe. derStandard - the Austrian newspaper that first tipped that the original iPhone would be arriving in Austria on T-Mobile - is reporting that the 3G version of the phone will be tested there - also on T-Mobile.
HTC launched its new Touch Diamond smartphone earlier today –
a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device with HSDPA, 4Gb of internal
storage and an updated custom UI called TouchFLO 3D. Mobile Computer wasn’t at the
launch, so rather than pretend we were by simply rehashing the press
release, here’s the press release itself, along with a selection of
images.
MWg is a relatively new arrival to the mobile phone market in the UK. And it's a made a bit of a splash – launching not one, or two, but three new handsets in its first few months on these shores. If the MWg Atom V is anything to go by, however, the firm is going to have its work cut out keeping up with the likes of HTC.
Two fingered stab-style typists may not even know where the Z-key usualy lies on a QWERTY keyboard but, for those who touch type, a familiar layout is pretty much essential. Which is why Jake Gordon felt more than a little miffed when his new Dell Vostro 1310 arrived with the Z key, and every other letter on the bottom row, shifted to the right.
As ever, take this with a lethal dose of salt, but a French website claims to have been anonymously sent two photos of the 3G iPhone.
Debate has been raging online about whether they are fake or not but, if true, the emergence of the snaps could suggest an European launch coming sooner than in the 3G-backward States. Earlier rumours have even placed the launch in Australia so suggestions of a non-US launch might not be inconceivable for Apple.
The device itself is an all black affair with a squarer finish to the original. Some have pointed out the lack of an obvious front-facing camera but then whispers have already pointed to the video-calling cam being hidden from sight behind the front glass.
Don't expect these to be the last 'spy shots' we see - Apple does like to keep people guessing.
Alienware's already launched the super-powerful 15.4in Area-51 m15x, now big brother's arrived in the US. The 17in Area-51 m17x is a desktop replacing, gaming and hi-def video editing behemoth with a giant 1920x1200 display that'll screen 1080p movies with room to spare.
If you've been out on London's Tottenham Court Road today, you may have spotted a large EeePC mascot and two out-size characters from the film The Ugly Duckling and Me, called Ratso and Ugly. Not a random flashmob of assorted foam characters but a promotion for the launch of the EeePC 900 here in the UK.
If you managed to snap a picture of Eee man then send it over to
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for the chance to win a DVD of the film and other Asus goodies. Alternatively you can head over to the Eee PC website to play its online "spin the wheel" competition for an Eee PC 700 running Windows.
Vodafone's lagged well behind the likes of T-Mobile and its Web'n'Walk service when it's come to mobile browsing and email data - charging either a £1 a day for up to 15MB or £7.50 a month for a stingy 120MB. Now it's revamped its offering, coming up with a free 'unlimited' service on all its new tariffs.
For 'unlimited' you'll need to see the 500MB 'fair usage' policy but it's still a huge step for Vodafone users who've had to put up with high bills for modest mobile internet use.
Plans start at £25 a month. A £40 plan will also throw-in a choice of unlimited texts, unlimited landline calls or unlimited calls to other Vodafone numbers. As an added bonus it's also offering to set up users email in-store start making advantage of the bundled data straight away.
It seems the rumours of a clamshell BlackBerry have been confirmed. Pictures of the flip phone - codenamed Kickstart - have appeared on the Boy Genius Report, which states: "This isn’t fake, this isn’t a hoax. We’ve known RIM is planning to launch a flip phone within the year, and we now have the pictures to prove it!"
Looking a bit like a hinged version of the Pearl, it has the same
SureType keypad and central TrackBall. Like most premium clams, it gets
an external as well as internal screen with an all-new portrait format.
Moto's latest Symbian UIQ handset has landed in O2 stores. Designed to make "shooting, editing and sharing videos directly from your mobile easier than ever before", the Z10 boasts a video camera able to capture VGA quality footage at an impressive 30 frames per second. The "ergonomic" (read "bendy") kick-slider design gets some premium touches including spun stainless steel elements, a polished metallic finish and "soft-feel" textures.
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