Wooargh! This one looks good! Sony Ericsson have just released details of their new XPERIA X1 ‘arc slider’ 3G HSDPA phone that comes with an intriguing new ‘panel interface’ running on top of Windows Mobile. Continue reading Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Phone Packs ‘Panel Interface’
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Sonim XP1 / JCB Toughphone: It’s A Tough Phone: Video
Everyone’s had that heart stopping moment when their mobile phone falls from they hands and tumbles towards the ground – there’s a frantic reaction as you attempt to grab for it with flailing arms, often resorting to placing your foot in the way to try and brake the fall.
With a newly-announced phone, the Sonim XP1, this will no longer be a problem, in fact, it looks like you can be pretty rough with it and it’ll still work.
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Vibrating Bluetooth Bracelet
Besides Stereo bluetooth and the odd bit of file transfer, we’re sadly disappointed by the applications that people have put Bluetooth to … but today started to look up a bit, when we saw this Vibrating Bluetooth Bracelet.
Rather than wearing a silly lump of plastic on your ear, to let you talk when you phone rings, the LM959 Bluetooth vibrating bracelet from LM Technologies hangs on your wrist and vibrates when a call comes in, even when you’re up to 5m away from the handset.
With a charge time of 3 hours, the ‘up to’ 100 hours standby time sounds pretty healthy.
If this all sounds appealing … you’re going to have to hold your horses, as they’ve all sold out at the moment. If they do come back in stock, they cost £30 before.
UK iPhone: Detailed Review: Videos, Connectivity & Will We Keep It
This is the concluding section of this comprehensive UK iPhone review. We’ve previously covered the build of the iPhone & its interface; how it is to use it as a phone, texting on it and emailing; Its Web Browser, iPod-ness & Google Maps.
Video
Firstly You Tube. Well, I was sceptical. I’m not particularly interested in roller skating dogs, or Chinese students miming to East 17, and besides expected it to be a tediously slow affair over EDGE. But, surprisingly, it works – with very little delay at all. Some people will love this I think, but probably not me. Continue reading UK iPhone: Detailed Review: Videos, Connectivity & Will We Keep It
Palm European Release – “Not The Centro”
Blimey. Palm have managed to confound us again.
First founder Jeff Hawkins decides to ditch the ‘smartphone companion’ Foleo only a few months after declaring it to his bestest idea evah in the whole world, and now his outfit are saying that the new phone being announced next week isn’t going to be the Centro as widely expected.
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Sony Ericsson K770 Cyber-shot Cameraphone
Sony Ericsson’s new superslim K770 Cyber-shot phone has been announced today and it looks rather a dandy number to our eyes.
A mere slip of a thing at just 14.5mm wide, the candybar-style handset packs a 3.2 megapixel camera and comes in what Sony is describing as “fashionable Truffle Brown.” We can’t say that the colour of truffles has ever been much of a hit amongst the fashionistas around our neck of the woods, but we’ll take Sony’s word on that.
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New Apple Keyboards: Stunning
There’s been rumours buzzing around about a new keyboard from Apple for the last 2-3 weeks and today, we got to see it.
It does looks insanely good. It’s ultrathin anodized aluminium enclosure has low-profile keys that pop out of the shiny metal.
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LG-SC330: LG Lines Up The Ladies
LG has lined up a bevy of beaming babes to loll about on the ground and look improbably over-enthusiastic about a range of new colours for their LG-SC330 phone.
The compact slider (also known as the KC3500/LC3500 depending on where you buy it) has now shaken off the dull black and white colour scheme forced on it by The Man and gone colour crazy – and look at the hot chicks it’s attracting already!
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Nokia Prism Mobiles Go Toblerone Crazy
Straight out of the we’re just soooo ker-ay-zee school of phone design comes Nokia’s new “Prism” fashion handset collection which is now ready to launch in Europe.
Already to be seen amongst the fashionistas of China, the tres quirky Prism range comprises of two handsets, the top-of-the-range 7900 and its (ahem) “quirky sibling,” the cheaper 7500.
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Rumoured Samsung i550 Smartphone Packs GPS
By the looks of a product leak slipping around the web, Samsung look set to make a big break with their traditional mobile phone designs with the release the all-metal i550.
Running on Symbian OS S60 UI, the phone bears some design similarities with Sony-Ericsson’s W880, and is rumoured to be Samsung’s first Samsung GPS-enabled smartphone – and the company’s first bar shaped phone.
The 3G and HSDPA (3.6 Mbps) phone also sports a generous 2.6″ display and wedges in a 3.2 megapixel camera (plus a low red front mounted camera for video calls), dedicated keys for GPS, music player and Internet browser.