User input required: What do you want to know about the new HTC Touch Diamond2?

February 27, 2009 at 4:30 pm by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile Phones

Here at Mobiles.co.uk, we have managed to get hold of HTC’s latest Windows Mobile wonder; the HTC Touch Diamond2 over a month before it’s officially due to launch!

Successor to the hugely popular Touch Diamond, the Diamond2 is the next big release from HTC and has built up a massive following thanks to an impressive feature set and looks to kill. So ahead of the Touch Diamond2’s launch in April, we thought we would put the question to you, our loyal readers, and ask what do you want to know about the new HTC Touch Diamond2? What feature has got you hooked and wanting to find out more? What aspect has got you scratching your head in amazement? And so on…

Simply fill out the comments section below outlining what you want to know and we’ll be sure to cover it in detail when we review the phone next week. With the HTC Touch Diamond2 expected to launch in the second week of April, click here to register for information and keep up to date and be sure to check back on the Blog next week for out full review.

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Sony Ericsson C510 Cyber-shot now in stock!

February 27, 2009 at 10:39 am by Dan | In Mobile News, Mobile Phones

The Sony Ericsson C510, the latest addition to Sony’s Cyber-shot range, has launched and is now in stock at Mobiles.co.uk. The C510 combines a candybar form factor with compact dimensions measuring in at just 12.5mm thick weighing just 92g. Don’t let the diminutive dimensions fool you though, the Sony Ericsson C510 packs a punch.

As a member of the C-series, make no mistake, the C510 is first and foremost a camera phone. The C510 incorporates a 3.2 Megapixel camera capturing images at a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. Images are enhanced further thanks to on board extras such as Autofocus which eradicates blurriness in your photos and a powerful LED flash which illuminates your subjects in low light conditions. The C510 also marks the first appearance of face and smile detection in a Sony Ericsson phone. Face detection will detect faces in a shot and ensure they are in focus, whilst smile shot will capture an image automatically when your subject smiles. The camera features are rounded off by Geo-tagging which uses a network connection to tag a photo to the location that it was taken so you can show your friends where you got that Kodak moment.

Away from the camera features, the C510 is a strong performer in connectivity department thanks to HSDPA mobile broadband with an excellent web browser with full support for YouTube, plus Bluetooth v2.0 for quick and easy file sharing and connecting to other Bluetooth devices. Multimedia is handled with ease thanks to a built in MP3 player and video player, supporting a wealth of file formats and with added extras such as the Walkman favourite TrackID which lets you identify a song simply by recording a short sound clip. An FM radio and expandable memory round off the multimedia features to make for a great all rounder.

The Sony Ericsson C510 is now in stock at Mobiles.co.uk, available on O2 and Orange. Click here to check out our fantastic offers and order before 5pm for next day delivery!

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HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2

February 26, 2009 at 4:22 pm by Jack | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

HTC recently unveiled two new flagship devices, which I now have the privilege to tell you about, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2. Integrating innovative simplicity with unique style and an intuitive interface, the devices balance function, form and cutting-edge technology to personalise the communication and mobile Internet experience.

“The HTC Touch Pro2 and HTC Touch Diamond2 introduce a mobile communication experience that simplifies how we communicate with people in our lives whether through voice, text or email,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. “HTC is delivering the latest, cutting-edge sophistication in a broad portfolio of mobile phones that improve how people live, work and communicate.”

HTC’s Touch Diamond, and its QWERTY’d counterpart, the Touch Pro, have formally passed into their second generation, with bigger and more responsive touchscreens, higher (WVGA) resolution, better battery life, and deeper interface changes. These handsets have always represented something of a standard to which WinMo phones are measured, and the tastefully restyled new versions, boldly called the Diamond2 and Pro2, play on their predecessors’ strengths, whilst trying to cut out any of their weaknesses.

The HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 utilise HTC’s latest TouchFLO 3D interface. TouchFLO 3D has been more deeply integrated into a customised version of Windows Mobile 6.1 to deliver more consistency throughout Windows Mobile applications and menus. Focused on making navigation easier and more intuitive, TouchFLO 3D brings important information to the top-level user interface, including quick access to people, messaging, email, photos, music and weather. As part of this improved Windows Mobile integration the touch focus areas have been enlarged to be more finger-touch friendly.

Touch Diamond 2

The Touch Diamond2 is crafted to fit perfectly in the palm of your hand. It incorporates a larger 3.2 inch high resolution wide screen WVGA 480×800 display than the previous 2.8 inch 480×640 display of the original for a greater viewing area in a design just 13.7mm thick. The phone also includes a new touch sensitive zoom bar for even faster viewing of web pages, emails, text messages photos and documents plus a brand spanking new 5 megapixel auto focus camera.

The hugely praised TouchFlo 3D alternative interface now reaches a bit deeper into Windows Mobile 6.1, making a few more functions touch-friendly, but stopping short of a total overhaul. The most interesting new interface feature is the “Single Contact View”, which consolidates your complete history of communication (texts, calls, emails) for a given contact into a single screen. A SD card expansion slot replaces the old model’s fixed internal memory, which results in greater flexibility but regrettably shrinks the initial internal memory to a some what less impressive 512MB.

Leveraging HTC’s TouchFLO 3D experience combined with a people-centric communication approach and HTC’s new Push Internet technology (basically your favourite webpage’s pre-loaded for one touch access), the Touch Diamond2 offers an advanced touch experience that is optimised for one-handed use. With “fifty-percent better battery life”, gravity sensor and an ambient light sensor, the Touch Diamond2 brings the most sophisticated capabilities to a broad consumer audience looking for the professional benefits of a smartphone without sacrificing size, looks or functionality.

The Touch Pro 2

The Pro2 is treated to most of the same upgrades. Its features a high resolution 3.6 inch widescreen VGA display, which is just .2 inches smaller than the monstrous TouchHD. This allows for a greater viewing area which is obviously a main focus as this handset lives to email. It also gets a louder speakerphone system and less-pixely camera than the Diamond2, but retains the larger battery and slide-out QWERTY keyboard that originally distinguished its dad from the Diamond.

The new HTC Touch Pro2 also uses voice in a new way to create one of the most sophisticated communication experiences found on a mobile phone. HTC’s new Straight Talk technology delivers an integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience. Users can transition seamlessly from email to single or multi-party conference calls and turn any location into a conference room. Straight Talk also includes an innovative mechanical and acoustic design that features a sophisticated speakerphone experience similar to those found in corporate boardrooms.

There is no doubt that it is designed for business professionals, and is created with distinct style and strength while delivering maybe the most powerful productivity experience available on a mobile phone. As with the Diamond it boasts HTC’s TouchFLO 3D operating system with all the trimmings, people-centric communication and push internet technology etc, making the Pro2 some what of a masterpiece.

The release date of these amazing handsets are still yet to be confirmed however if you would like to be kept informed on any new information concerning your desired phone then simple follow one of the links below.

For info on the Touch Diamond2 click here.

For info on the Touch Pro 2 click here.

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LG Arena now available to pre-order at Mobiles.co.uk!

February 26, 2009 at 1:47 pm by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

The LG Arena, LG’s newest touchscreen mobile phone, is now available to pre-order at Mobiles.co.uk with first stock expected on the 9th of March. The LG KM900 Arena has been the talk of the internet since images first leaked earlier in the month. Since those first images surfaced, the phone has been officially announced and seen showing off an all new ‘3D’ user interface known as S-Class UI. So, with the LG Arena only a few weeks away, let’s remind ourselves what has got every one so excited about this new phone…

The LG Arena sports an impressive 3.0 inch touchscreen which uses the new S-Class UI to great effect. S-Class gives you a 3D cube on the home screen with a different set of applications on each side. Navigate the cube by manipulating the touchscreen; a fun and intuitive new way of accessing different applications. Away from the new interface, the Arena features an impressive 5.0 Megapixel camera with autofocus and high quality video capture with 120 frames per second slow motion capture, as seen on the LG Viewty. The KM900 Arena also boasts 8GB of internal memory and a memory card slot giving you plenty of space to store all your music and movies.

In terms of multimedia, the Arena includes a built in MP3 player with support for a wealth of file formats, as well as a video player supporting DivX and XviD codecs. The Arena also includes TV output, a 3.5mm audio output jack and, perhaps even more surprisingly, an FM Transmitter which lets you play your music through an FM radio. As for connectivity, HSDPA mobile broadband and Wi-Fi promise to give you the fastest speed available, whilst the large touchscreen is perfect for web browsing.

Best of all, all these premium features are packed into a classy brushed metal shell that measures in at just 12mm thick! The LG Arena is expected in stock from the 9th of March. Click here to check out our fantastic offers and pre-order yours now!

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Pink Samsung Pixon available to pre-order: Worlds first Pink 8 Megapixel camera phone!

February 25, 2009 at 1:45 pm by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

Mobile phone giants Samsung have added a feminine flavour to one of their big hitters in the form of the Pink Samsung Pixon, which takes the title as the worlds first Pink 8.0 Megapixel camera phone. The Pink Pixon is now available to pre-order on Orange at Mobiles.co.uk, exclusively online. The Pixon, also known as the M8800 and formerly the Bresson, has earned massive popularity thanks to a wealth of camera features that would look more at home on a top of the range digital camera. The usual suspects of autofocus and a flash are complimented by face, smile and blink detection, advanced shake reduction, auto-panorama shot and Geo-tagging.

Away from the impressive camera, the stand out feature of the Pixon is the stunning 3.2 inch touchscreen display. Perfect as a viewfinder for the camera, the touchscreen also offers intuitive navigation. The homescreen supports customisable shortcuts (known as widgets) that users can drag and drop on to the active screen and then send to the tool bar on the side when not in use. At just 13.8mm thick you might think the Pixon would run out of space for premium features but no, the phone still packs in HSDPA connectivity for high speed web browsing and downloads, 200MB of internal memory and a memory card slot, a built in MP3 and movie player, Bluetooth v2.0 and TV output.

The Pink Samsung Pixon is now available to pre-order at Mobiles.co.uk on Orange. Exclusively available online, stock is expected in the first two weeks of March. Click here to check out the latest offers and get your Pink Pixon first!

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Nokia 6720 Classic unveiled

February 25, 2009 at 11:49 am by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

February has been the month of the classic as far as Nokia are concerned. Earlier in the month Nokia were proudly showing off a trio of new Classic (which basically refers to the candy bar form factor) mobile phones in the shape of the 2700, 6303 and 6700 Classic. Now, the trio has become a quartet with the announcement of the Nokia 6720 Classic. The successor to 6220 Classic, the 6720 has a spec list that would be more at home on an Nseries mobile phone.

The 6720 Classic features a 5.0 Megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, usually reserved for Nseries phones, with Autofocus, a powerful flash, digital zoom and video capture at 15 frames per second. Despite the impressive camera credentials the 6720 classic still sports pocket friendly dimensions measuring in at just 110 x 45mm, 14mm thick and just 110 g in weight. With theses miniature measurements, you’d be forgiven for thinking the 6720 Classic might be a slouch in other departments. Not a chance though, the 6720 Classic is much more than just a camera phone. HSDPA connectivity gives you high speed web browsing and downloads, the built in GPS receiver features support for Assisted GPS which uses a network connection to get a satellite lock even quicker, Nokia Maps 3.0 offers an excellent SatNav experience and all run incredibly smoothly on the Symbian operating system.

Don’t worry though, the 6720 isn’t all work and no play; an MP3 player with support for a wealth of video and audio formats, 3.5 mm audio output jack, FM radio, Bluetooth v2.0 and TV output are all included to help make the 6720 Classic a capable multimedia phone.

Set to launch in Q2 of 2009, click here to register for updates and be kept up to date on the latest developments for this impressive new phone.

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Sony Ericsson Idou Demo Video

February 24, 2009 at 5:00 pm by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

Since taking the mobile phone industry by storm at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, Sony Ericsson raised the excitement surrounding the first 12 Megapixel camera phone further by releasing a trailer showing off the Idou and its new open source Symbian interface. Though still some time off launch (and still without an official name), the Idou got tongues wagging with a feature list that looked, well, quite simply, unbelievable. 12.1 Megapixel camera, 3.5 inch touchscreen, all new Symbian platform, HSDPA, GPS; this is just the bits we know with Sony Ericsson apparently still holding back on a few exciting details. But enough idle chit chat, Sony Ericsson have now launched a demo video showing off the new Symbian UI and, if this video is to be believed, looks to run smoother and faster than anything we’ve ever seen before. So go on, take a look. If you like what you see be sure to click here to register for Idou updates.

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LG Confirm 12 Megapixel camera phone is in the works!

February 24, 2009 at 9:58 am by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

Hot on the heels of Sony Ericsson’s 12.1 Megapixel Idou, announced at last weeks Mobile World Congress trade show, LG have confirmed that they too have a 12 Megapixel camera phone in the works and that it could be available sooner rather than later. In keeping with Sony Ericsson, LG have ignored 9, 10 and 11 Megapixels and made the jump straight to 12.

According to Jeremy Newing, LG Mobile’s head of marketing in the UK, LG have 12.0 Megapixel camera phones firmly in their sights; “We’ll very much be releasing a 12 megapixel camera phone…We obviously can’t afford not to be part of the 12MP cameraphone infrastructure, and we will do that and add differentiation, through things like beauty enhancer and smile shot.”

And that was it. Without giving away any actual handset details, LG have officially opened a can of worms and paved the way for a storm of online speculation. What can we expect from LG’s 12 Megapixel camera phone? With the companies expertise in touchscreen mobile phones, you would expect LG’s 12 Megapixel offering to be a touchscreen phone (12 Megapixel Renoir?). And in keeping with previous high end LG camera phones, a Schneider Kreuznach lens is also a given. And what about video capture? LG previously took video capture to the next level with the LG Viewty and its super slow-mo video recording, but with Samsung now shooting in HD with the Omnia HD, can LG up their game to recapture the video capture crown?

Looks like we’ll just have to wait and see. Keep your eyes on the Blog for any updates concerning LG’s 12 Megapixel camera phone.

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Nokia announce new Eseries: Nokia E55 and E75

February 23, 2009 at 2:25 pm by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, MWC, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

Business men and women across the globe rejoice! Nokia have fleshed out their Eseries business range with the announcement of two new phones ate Mobile World Congress; the much talked about Nokia E75 and it’s smaller sibling the Nokia E55. A firm favourite with professionals and companies alike, the Eseries gained popularity thanks to excellent reliability, excellent build quality, high end features and classy design. And the two newest additions to the range don’t buck the trend.

The Nokia E55 sports a candybar form factor with a semi QWERTY keyboard; an extra row on the keypad means that each button has two letters on it for, what Nokia claim, a faster to learn and quicker to use interface than a standard alpha numeric keypad. Messaging is at the forefront of the E55; Email is easy to read, manage and send directly from the phone without the need to connect to your home or office PC. The E55 also features extensive calendar and task management functionality meaning you can organise your personal and profesional life all in one pocketable device. Running Symbian series 60 means you can customise, install third party applications and make the E55 your own.

The E55 includes HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity giving you the fastest connection possible for web browsing and downloads with a fully functional web browser just a few clicks away. GPS with A-GPS support is also included. In terms of multimedia, the E55 has most bases covered with an MP3 player and video player plus expandable memory for extra storage, stereo Bluetooth to stream music to a compatible headset and a 3.2 Megapixel camera (which is nice as cameras aren’t always a given on Eseries mobile phones). One final feature that will really appeal to the business user is the battery life; Nokia reckon you’ll get up to 28 day standby time out of the E55 which sounds nothing short of incredible.

The Nokia E75 offers a slightly different proposition to the E55. From the front the E75 looks like a fairly standard candybar phone but nudge the slide mechanism and you’ll find a full QWERTY keyboard lurking within. As if the keyboard didn’t give it away, the E75 is all about messaging. The E75 offers an email experience like that found on a desktop PC or Laptop with the ability to sort emails by size, date and sender. On top of email, the E75 also offers improved calendar capability, as well as contacts and task management making it clear why this has been tipped as a successor to the E90. The E75 puts your office in your pocket so your never out of contact.

Like the E55, the E75 also benefits from HSDPA mobile broadband connectivity and Wi-Fi for when you’re in a hotspot area or accessing your wireless network at home or in the office. GPS and A-GPS is complimented by Nokia Maps and as the E75 also runs on the Symbian operating system, there are a wealth of location based applications ready to download and install. An MP3 player is joined by a 3.5mm audio jack meaning you can use your own headphones and expandable memory (up to 16GB) means you can store 1000’s of music tracks and hours of video. A 3.2 Megapixel camera with Autofocus rounds off an impressive spec list.

With both phones set to launch in April, to register for updates click here for the E55 and, if you like your QWERTY keyboard in full fat form, click here for the Nokia E75.

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Nokia N86 8MP demo video released

February 23, 2009 at 9:22 am by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones

As if Nokia hadn’t already got tongues wagging with the announcement of the companies first 8.0 Megapixel camera phone, the Nokia N86 8MP, the Finnish mobile manufacturer has now set excitement levels to boiling point with the release of a new teaser video outlining some of the phones hottest features. Obviously the first aspect to come under the microscope is the camera but rather than talking you through what happens, why not take a look for yourself? Watch in amazement and i think you’ll agree; come June the N86 8MP will have gained more than just a few admirers, me included! Click here to keep updated.

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