Samsung is splashing out some cash for Windows Mobile advertisements. Here is the latest creation designed to show off the Samsung Omnia II.
Inspiration seems to have been taken from the Apple iPhone for these ads and have to say they have not done a bad job. It is good to see Windows Mobile devices being properly marketted.
The Brodit mount for the HTC HD2 is now available!
Available in passive (pictured), active (with cigarette lighter cable) and with a molex cable for hard wiring, the mount starts at £24.76 and is available now from DSL Developments.
Of course, it has the usual outstanding Brodit build quality and comes highly recommended by yours truly!
Packing Windows Mobile 6.5 in a very desirable design (complete with trademark arc slider), the X2 is available in both black and silver as pictured here. I've been using the X2 for a number of weeks, and now that the software on the device has hit retail status, it's time to open up my 'Ask Paul'.
If you have any questions about the device ahead of my full review (which will be online later this week), then post here! News page readers, click through to the main topic for a larger image.
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PS I will be posting camera samples from the 8.1 megapixel camera - I know that's going to be a big point of interest!
Struggling to decide what to buy a phone geek friend or loved one for Christmas? Need a list of desirable goodies to subtly stick on the fridge for your loved one to 'find'? Feel like gifting yourself an early Christmas present?
Well, you've come to the right place... The MoDaCo 2009 Christmas Gift Guide! I've drawn up a list, broken down by price, of what I think are some of the more desirable mobile related gifts this year and you'll find them below! Of course, i'm certain to have missed a few gems, so please reply in the comments with your tips!
Prices exclude delivery and may be affiliate links (thanks for your support). If you find any of the items cheaper elsewhere, please post in topic and i'll update!
MERRYCHRISTMAS to all our readers!
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8GB microSD card - because you can never have too much storage! £9.98 from Play
Keyring microSD reader - never be caught without a microSD adaptor again. £6.49 from eXpansys
MoDaCo Ad Free - We love MoDaCo, but how cool would MoDaCo without ANY ads for a whole year be? £9.99 from here
Phone Dock - display your device with pride! £8.55 from eBay
Screen Protector - There's nothing more annoying that scratching the screen on your expensive device. Around £4.95 from Proporta - use coupon code 'MODACO' for a 10% discount
Sennheiser CX400 Headphones - Ditch those in box headphones and get some far better ones at a bargain price. Requires 3.5mm jack. £8.57 from Play (available in black or white)
£10-£25
3 PAYG SIM with £30 credit - 30 quid gives you 6 months of internet - great if you have more than 1 phone. £15 (use one of our vouchers to get this price) from eXpansys
CamerAware - Speed Camera alerting for Windows Mobile, with a new improved release due shortly too. £19.99 from http://www.CamerAware.net
O2 Car Charger with Changeable Cables - Top quality charger heads with switchable cables. £12.71 from O2
Mugen Power Replacement Battery - replacement / spare batteries with more power but no additional size. Various prices from Mugen Power Batteries
Solar Phone Charger - Free power (sorta)... £19.99 from ParamountZone
SPB Mobile Shell - probably the best software available for Windows Mobile Professional. $29.95 from SPB Software House
£25-£50
3 MiFi - Share a mobile connection out via WiFi. Works great with the SIM above! £49.99 from 3Store
16GB microSD card - The top dog until 32GB microSD cards finally arrive. £26.99 from Play
Bluetooth Speaker MBS-200 - Share your tunes! £27.99 from Play
Brodit Proclip / Mount - The only decent way to mount your device in the car! From £40 at DSL Developments
CoPilot Live 8 (UK) - Arguably the best sat nav currently available. £26.99 from ALK
Emergency Battery Pack - You should always have one of these in your bag. £27.95 from Proporta - use coupon code 'MODACO' for a 10% discount
Motorola Active S9 Bluetooth Headphones - High quality, great value Bluetooth headphones. £30.95 from Amazon
£50-£100
CoPilot Live 8 (Europe) - Great sat nav for the regular traveller. £59.99 from ALK
HBH-IS800 Bluetooth Headphones - Brilliant Bluetooth headphones that don't make you look like a muppet! £69.99 from Play
Jabra Cruiser - A nifty sunvisor mounted car handsfree with FM transmitter for tunes, it also announces incoming callers. £69.99 at Mobilefun
Jawbone 2 - the class leader in Bluetooth headsets. £56.95 from BMC Digital
Slingbox Classic - One of my favourite gadgets of all time, at a bargain price! £59.95 from Amazon
£100-£250
Archos 5 - It's a great media player, but you can also install Android apps on it. Cool! Available in 60GB-250GB capacities. £233.80 (250GB) from Handtec
Samsung Bluetooth Home Cinema - home cinema ready for your phone to join the party! £219.99 from Amazon
Samsung C6625 - Only just £100! A Smartphone with 3G and GPS at an incredible price. £100.99 (use one of our vouchers to get this price) from eXpansys
Spotify Annual Subscription - Music revolutionised. If you're on Android you get a great offline sync experience. £119.88 (annual subscription) from Spotify
T-Mobile Pulse - A great Android phone (see my review) at a brilliant price. Factor in an extra £20 if you want it unlocked. £147.01 (inc £10 credit) from T-Mobile
Vodafone Access Gateway - On Vodafone and live in a poor / 2G reception area? Then buy your own femtocell (aka mini cell tower) for 3G via your broadband! £160 from Vodafone
£250+
Acer Liquid A1 - The first Android device to hit the UK with a WVGA screen. £328.90 from superetrader
HTC Hero - The current favourite amongst Android devices. Small but perfectly formed. £349.99 from devicewire
HTC HD2 - The new Windows Mobile benchmark. It's a beast! £494.99 including £30 cashback (use one of our vouchers to get this price) from eXpansys
LG GD910 Watch Phone - I DARE you to spend over £900 on a watch. That's also a phone. £969.99 (use one of our vouchers to get this price) from eXpansys
Motorola Milestone - A WVGA Android device with a QWERTY but slimmer than an iPhone. £444.99 (use one of our vouchers to get this price) from eXpansys
Samsung OmniaPRO B7610 - All that's great about the Omnia i8000, but with a QWERTY. £366.85 from superetrader
Quite a lot of people have something against capacitive screens, as they're typically less accurate, and for a lot of purposes such as sketching I agree. Stauntum who previously demonstrated a very responsive resistive multitouch screen are again trying to bring the best of both to one device.
It features pressure sensing, multitouch with many points of contacts, and an incredible level of sensitivity for resistive screens.
According to Clove, we can expect a stylus for capacitive screens to be coming fairly soon for the reasonable price of £15 + VAT.
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Have you been struggling to get to grips with the HTC HD2's capacitive touch screen? Been screaming out for a stylus that will allow you to select items and navigate the screen with more ease? Worry no more. This official stylus from HTC is designed specifically to work with the capacitive touch screen of the HTC HD2. Using the latest technology the stylus will allow you to better use your HD2. No more fingers or thumbs!
Maybe it uses the technology mentioned and patented earlier this year, but maybe it doesn't...
Whether it's necessary, I'm not sure. From my time with the HD2 fingers are definanetly easy enough, but since I haven't got a capacitive stylus, I have no idea how useful it will be. What do you think?
It's been a long wait, but you can now get the much talked about HTC HD2 on O2 and T-Mobile.
For some reason it's not on the O2 website yet, but it is on the T-Mobile site now and FREE on a £35 a month tariff (24 months!), or £40 a month for 18 months.
Anyone got one yet? Let us know what you've been offered so I know where to get my Christmas shopping
HTC have released a hotfix for The HTC Touch2, Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional QVGA device.
This update for the brings you the added value of being able to unlock your device with a convenient way. Your device will be more responsive to resume after “sleeping” to conserve power.
Note: This update is only applicable to the following AKU version. -> "21849≦AKU version≦21874". You can check AKU version from Setting -> System -> About Eg: CE OS 5.2.21869 (Build 21869.5.0.82). The AKU version is 21869.
There is a hidden entry in the HTC HD2's Registry that proves that this device supports the latest Draft N Wireless standard! Going to HKLM\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms and changing the value of 11nModeDisable from the default 1 to 0 will activate this support which seems to be disabled by default.
This has been tested, and the HD2 can connect to Wireless N routers, giving you increased speeds. So if you have a 802.11 N spec router and a HTC HD2, then its time to make a change and benefit from the increase in speed!
Mobiholics is the place to go for all non Windows Mobile related mobile talk - discussing networks, non WinMo devices etc. As part of the MoDaCo.network, your existing MoDaCo login automagically works over there too!
Just a few days back we published information on a software bug in the HTC HD2 Sense Calendar. Well that could be fixed by a software/ROM update which HTC could release, but much more worrying is this new issue.
It has been established that the HTC HD2 Camera has a hardware defect. All pictures taken with the device exhibited a Pink/Purple hue. Several users have contacted HTC's support and received following answer:
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Dear valued HTC customer, Thank you for your enquiry about your handset. This is a hardware issue and you can contact your re-seller to exchange the device for another one or contact us and we will send this device to be repair. If these steps have not helped, please let me know by responding using the link provided and I will be happy to check again for you.
An ongoing discussion is under way over at xda-developers.
A quote from that thread:
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Hi Mike,
Thats not a software problem, our apologies. I can now confirm we have established this being a hardware fault. Unfortunately at this stage it is too early to determine exactly where the fault lays but it most certainly is not a software related issue. If you can ask CLove to swap it, please do so, if not we will come and collect it for repair.
You can arrange this by calling 08458900079.
Best Regards
This seems like a serious issue. Can you replicate this problem? It would be interesting to see if all HD2's in the marketplace currently suffer from this issue. If you have a HD2, please post your ROM versions, build dates and whether you have this issue or not.
If you have the issue it is recommended you contact the re-seller and/or HTC. Let us know your experiences.
Update 24th Nov 2009: HTC have now stated this is a software issue, and it will be addressed with a hotfix. We will await the release of this Hotfix, and user testing, before updating further.
I have just spotted a new addition to Marketplace. Office 2010 Beta.
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Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 brings the powerful Microsoft Office 2010 tools you use every day at work, home, or school, to the screen of your Windows phone with rich interfaces especially designed for small devices. By installing this application, you agree that: * This Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 Beta will be disabled on April 5th, 2010. * Prior versions of Microsoft Office Mobile that were installed after the phone was purchased will be uninstalled. You will need to re-install that software according to the instructions of your original purchase. If Microsoft Office Mobile came pre-installed on your phone, it will not be affected. * The WINDOWS MARKETPLACE FOR MOBILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREEMENT applies to your use of this beta application.
Features:
View and edit your Microsoft® Office® documents with confidence.
Stay connected to work from anywhere with SharePoint Workspace Mobile.
Stay connected to work from anywhere with SharePoint Workspace Mobile.
Use PowerPoint Mobile as a presentation aid.
Application Requirements: Touch
I have just downloaded the app and will test it. If you try it, let us know your experiences.
It is available from the marketplace on your Windows Mobile device or via your PC.
I've drawn up a list, broken down by price, of what I think are some of the more desirable mobile related gifts this year and you'll find them below! Of course, i'm certain to have missed a few gems, so please reply in the comments with your tips!
