Archive for October, 2009
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Palm Pre hits UK smartphone shelves today
Four months after its US debut, Palm's so-called "iPhone killer" is ready to hit smartphone shelves on this side of the pond. The Pre is available exclusively through O2 from today, free to customers who sign up for a 24-month contract on a tariff of £34.26. An 18-month contra...
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Blackberry Storm 2 heats up smartphone competition
The new Blackberry Storm will go on sale through Vodafone at the end of this month, marking its manufacturer's latest attempt to tackle Apple's dominance of the smartphone market. Coming on the heels of the Palm Pre launch, the arrival of the Blackberry Storm 2 follows the release by Rese...
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Nokia Booklet 3G set for US launch
Nokia has unveiled details of its new netbook, which is set to hit the US market at a price of $299 for customers who take out a two-year wireless broadband contract with AT&T. The Booklet 3G will run on Microsoft Windows 7, hitting Best Buy stores when the software launches on 22nd October. A...
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Sidekick sales on hold after data-loss disaster
T-Mobile has frozen sales of the Sidekick smartphone after hundreds of thousands of customers lost personal data because of a "server failure" at Microsoft subsidiary Danger. In a development leading many to question whether Microsoft can be trusted to run a cloud computing service, the s...
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Google Android predicted to overtake iPhone by 2012
Although the Symbian operating system (OS) is likely to remain the dominant one in the smartphone market, Google's Android is predicted to more than quadruple its market share by the end of 2012. That's according to IT analyst Gartner, which notes that Android's market share stood at...
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HTC confirms HD2 is ready for rollout
The HTC Leo smartphone, now officially known as the HD2, will be rolled out across Europe in the next few weeks, the manufacturer has confirmed. Based on Windows Mobile 6.5, the HD2 is said to have the biggest screen of any handset so far with its high-resolution, 4.3-inch capacitive touch display....
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Motorola Dext hits flagship Orange Multimedia Store
Motorola's first Android-powered smartphone, the Dext, has gone on sale exclusively through Orange. The touchscreen device features MOTOBLUR technology, software that automatically delivers and organises contacts from multiple places onto the phone's home screen, enabling users to combine...
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Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones ready for launch
The first smartphones using Windows Mobile 6.5 go on sale today, marking Microsoft's latest move to compete directly with both the Apple iPhone and Google Android devices. According to the software giant, the latest Windows operating system offers customers an easy-to-use interface, improved w...
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New Flash software for smartphones on its way
Smartphone owners will soon be able to avail of Flash software for their mobile devices, enabling them to view online video as effectively as they can on a desktop computer. Previously, smartphones have used Flash Light, a stripped-down version of the software, because of their limited processing a...
