FOM (Future of Mobile) is an event run by Carsonified who also run FOWA (the Future of Web Applications) previously reported by Digital Lifestyles. It took place on Monday and Tues this week (17/18th Nov) in Kensington.
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Searching For The Supremo Smartphone (Part One)
Look, we’ll come right out with it. We’re gadget freaks.We like to strut around with the latest gizmos throbbing in our pockets, and tote the latest technology. When it comes to smartphones, we want the best, but what is the supreme smartphone right now?
We take a comprehensive look at what’s on offer in the top end of the market and chew over bagfuls of specs in our quest to find the perfect smartphone.
T-Mobile G1 Handset Sales Fails To Match Hype
T-Mobile may be busy bigging up a rosy picture of the soaraway success of their Android-powered G1 phone and gushing that sales are “exceeding expectations”, but UK trade newspaper Mobile News is telling a different story.According to the paper, the G1 (‘Google phone’) hasn’t exactly been hurtling out of British shops, with sales failing to reflect the 30,000 pre-order sales T-Mobile claimed before the launch.
Blackberry Storm Review: Quick Hands-On (83%)
Over the weekend we had chance to play with Blackberry’s first touchscreen model, the much-hyped Blackberry Storm.The first impressions were very positive: the handset is a great size and feels very solid indeed. The back panel looked like it would survive a drop or two, and the battery door had none of that soon-break flimsiness seen on many phones.
Asus P565 WM handset Claims “World’s Fastest” Crown
We can’t say its looks are doing much to get our hearts going a-thumpa-thumpa, but the Asus P565 specs are sure doing something to our techie glands.The big taking point is that this Windows Mobile professional smartphone packs a mighty Marvell TavorP 800 Mhz processor, which Asus claims makes it twice as powerful as any other competing products in its class.
The P565 comes with HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100, EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900 connectivity, plus WLAN 802.11b+g , USB v1.1(FS) and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.
Nokia E63 Handset Looks A Treat
Freshly minted in their busy Nordic factories is Nokia’s new E63, a rather natty looking handset sporting a full QWERTY keyboard in an attractively slim package.Hoping to mesmerise the messaging masses with a pre-tax, pre-subsidy price of just €199, the Symbian S60 E63 packs a fair armful of functionality into its lithe 113 x 59 x 13-mm frame, which weighs in at a pocket-untroubling 126g form factor.
Opera Mini 4.1 Browser Hits Beta
Self-crowned by Opera as the most popular mobile browser in the known universe, the latest update, Opera Mini 4.2, has now been released in beta.The Java-powered browser attempts to give mobile users something akin to a desktop surfing experience by displaying a small image of the full web page which can then be scrolled and zoomed into.
Smartphone Hits The #1 Best Selling Slot In US
For years, Brits were baffled by the continuing dominance of the Motorola RAZR at the top of the US best selling handset listings, but it’s finally been booted off and – for the first time – replaced by a smartphone which now sits at the top of the pile. That handset is, of course, the Apple iPhone which has proved more popular than a bucket of alcopops at a teenagers party,T-Mobile’s Inexplicably Stupid Upgrading Policy
We’ve been with T-Mobile for well over a decade, first signing up when they were known with One2One.We’ve always been on yearly contracts, but in recent years had elected not to take them up on their offer of a new handset at the end of the contract, preferring to take a discount instead.
As our contract had recently ran out, we gave them a call seeing what kind of deal we could get for the new G1 (which they have exclusive UK rights to). Here’s how the cheery call went:
Blackberry Storm: Vodafone Details Call Plans Disclosed
This Xmas, despite dire warnings of how everywhere is entering recession, there’s going to be a battle royal between the mobile companies in their attempt to get you to buy a new mobile phone.O2 has the 3G iPhone, T-Mobile has the G1 Google Android handset and as we let you know back at the begging of October, Vodafone will be bring the Blackberry Storm to the UK.
Today Vodafone have revealed how much you’ll have to pay to have the Storm in your hands.
Look, we’ll come right out with it. We’re gadget freaks.
T-Mobile may be busy bigging up a rosy picture of the soaraway success of their Android-powered G1 phone and gushing that sales are “exceeding expectations”, but UK trade newspaper Mobile News is telling a different story.
Over the weekend we had chance to play with Blackberry’s first touchscreen model, the much-hyped 
We can’t say its looks are doing much to get our hearts going a-thumpa-thumpa, but the Asus P565 specs are sure doing something to our techie glands.
Freshly minted in their busy Nordic factories is Nokia’s new E63, a rather natty looking handset sporting a full QWERTY keyboard in an attractively slim package.
Self-crowned by Opera as the most popular mobile browser in the known universe, the latest update, Opera Mini 4.2, has now been released in beta.
For years, Brits were baffled by the continuing dominance of the Motorola RAZR at the top of the US best selling handset listings, but it’s finally been booted off and – for the first time – replaced by a smartphone which now sits at the top of the pile. That handset is, of course, the Apple iPhone which has proved more popular than a bucket of alcopops at a teenagers party,
We’ve been with T-Mobile for well over a decade, first signing up when they were known with One2One.
This Xmas, despite dire warnings of how everywhere is entering recession, there’s going to be a battle royal between the mobile companies in their attempt to get you to buy a new mobile phone.