In the aftermath of the copious free beer and the sheer delight at seeing the Human League at the Palm Treo Pro launch earlier this week, we forgot to add that we crashed into the UK Palm rep at the end and attempted a Paxman-style merciless grilling in a quest for some hot insights into developments at Palm.
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Palm Foleo 2 On The Way? The Beer Asks The Questions
Palm Treo Pro London Launch Rocked By The Human League
As part of their profile raising exercise, Palm have been hosting a week long series of events at The Boiler House (renamed ‘The Black Sheep’) in the Old Truman Brewery, right in the heart of trendy Brick Lane.New MacBooks: How Often Is Too Frequent For New Machines?
As sure as night follows day, another Apple MacBook range was launched yesterday.Of course things about it are xTimes faster than the previous models and the clever Apple marketing leads you down the path that you can’t live without it — don’t get us wrong, we’re not immune and are tempted to trade up our 3+ year old iBook, especially with the reduced prices of the new machines.
Prada II Touchscreen Phone Announced
If you’re the kind of person who think choosing the right handbag/coat combo is a life or death decision, the latest Prada2 Phone by LG may well start tempting your overstocked pockets.Scheduled for release “before the end of the year,” the slim handset looks very similar to the original Prada touchscreen phone that pre-dated the iPhone, except they’ve wedged in an “ultra-thin” keyboard which slides from under the handset.
Google Android G1 Smartphone Notches Up 1.5m Sales
At Digital Lifestyles we’re growing increasingly moist at the prospect of the new Google Android mobile platform, currently only available on T-Mobile’s soon-come G1 handset.It looks like we’re not alone in our enthusiasm for the shiny new OS, with stocks of the G1 handset set to be flying off the shelves quicker then, err, sherbet off a shovel.
Which Is The Best Camera Phone?
It appears that the desire to find out which is the best camera bolted to a mobile phone is quite the fashion at the moment.We’ve found two publications that are currently revisiting the subject.
FOWA 08: Soocial Announce Blackberry and Outlook Support
During a frenetic presentation at FOWA in London, Stefan Fountain from Soocial announced that their contact-anywhere service would be supporting interfacing to Outlook allowing your contacts to stay up to date.Alongside that, news of a newly supported mobile platform – the Blackberry – was also announced.
No release data were given – but will be soon, the audience was lead to believe.
Blackberry Storm: Vodafone Get Exclusive
Vodafone has announced that the new Blackberry Storm will only be available on their network initially in a number of different countries including the UK and Netherlands.Mobile News: Firefox Mobile Hits Alpha, Blackberry App Centre
An alpha version of the long awaited Mobile Firefox browser is expected to be released soon.According to Mozilla Foundation had honcho John Lilly, the alpha version (currently code-named Fennec) will be let out of its cage in next few weeks with brave, nay, reckless, foolhardy and heedless users invited to install the no doubt bug-laden alpha creation on their handhelds.
As part of their profile raising exercise, Palm have been hosting a week long series of events at The Boiler House (renamed ‘The Black Sheep’) in the Old Truman Brewery, right in the heart of trendy Brick Lane.
As sure as night follows day, another Apple MacBook range was launched yesterday.
If you’re the kind of person who think choosing the right handbag/coat combo is a life or death decision, the latest Prada2 Phone by LG may well start tempting your overstocked pockets.
At Digital Lifestyles we’re growing increasingly moist at the prospect of the new Google Android mobile platform, currently only available on T-Mobile’s soon-come G1 handset.
It appears that the desire to find out which is the best camera bolted to a mobile phone is quite the fashion at the moment.
During a frenetic presentation at FOWA in London, Stefan Fountain from Soocial announced that their contact-anywhere service would be supporting interfacing to Outlook allowing your contacts to stay up to date.
Vodafone has announced that the new Blackberry Storm will only be available on their network initially in a number of different countries including the UK and Netherlands.
An alpha version of the long awaited Mobile Firefox browser is expected to be released soon.