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March 12, 2010 / 5:52 pm

A Foxy ad from Motorola hits the Super Bowl

Super Bowl viewers got a glimpse of the Motorola Devour on Sunday night in the hands of one of the most frequently Googled hollywood stars – Megan Fox. The advert cost an estimated $2 to $3 Million Dollars but went out to around 100 million viewers and was pretty entertaining!

The Motorola Devour will be available in the next few months and with the MotoBlur OS on top of a number of high spec features it is set to be a phone a popular device. The Devour features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard under the 3.1 inch touchscreen.

The highly user friendly Motoblur changes the very look and feel of the device compared with other Motorola devices, adding live streams of information onto the home screen through a series of custom widgets. Social network status updates, e-mail, and other messaging tools are all integrated into the desktop with a unique graphical look not seen in the standard Android OS. This feature is featured in the ad (below) with Fox to entertain all those Super Bowl fans.




HTC Tattoo makes its mark!

If you love the HTC Hero but think the price is just too much, then the Tattoo may be perfect for you! HTC are known for producing high spec, high priced phones with the fantastic Android operating system. 

TattooThe Tattoo has been designed to bring Android phones to the mass market with a lower cost phone. 

There is no capacitive touchscreen or multi-touch and the camera has been reduced to 3.2 megapixels but features like HSDPA, WiFI and GPS and Android 1.6 are all bundled in to this funky little phone. With Android, users can customise their handset with downloadable apps from the Android Market. They can also access all that Google has to offer including Mail, Maps and Docs as well as YouTube and social networking sites. 

The HTC Tattoo looks great and as the name suggests, the covers can be customised to give you a phone that is unique to you.

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Google’s Nexus One is Official.

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With the offical launch of Google’s very own Nexus One smartphone, I look into at the specs of the device as well as it’s main competitor the Apple iPhone.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 official video

Official Video for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10



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The X10 will be available early next year, if you can wait until then we recommend Samsung’s i8910 HD.



A Flash of genius comes to smartphones.

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The well known technology that enables computer users to watch videos will soon be available on most smartphones. Flash software delivers around 75% of online video and is the ‘key technology that underpins websites such as YouTube and Google Video’.  Due to the limited processing power of the devices, only a ‘light’ version has been used. The makers of Flash, Adobe have said it should be available by 2010 on most high end phones…unfortunately not including Apple’s iPhone.

With the growth of smartphones and web browsing ‘booming’, Flash 10.1, as the new software is known has been developed to supply the demand of mobile users that want their mobile to act like a computer. Flash is found on 98% on computers and is the most commonly used piece of software installed on computers. The software is expected to be available on Windows Mobile, Palm and Google Android phones early next year. This is great news for mobile users as they will now be able to stream videos on their phones much easier.

Apple does not yet have any plans to support the new Flash software. According to Anup Muraka of Adobe, “Safari (Apple’s web browser) doesn’t support any kind of plug-in [on the iPhone].” He is hoping however, that Apple will eventually join with Flash to make some very happy iPhone customers.



The App that will change the way scientists work EVERYWHERE!

A mobile phone app will help scientists collect and analyse data from “in the field”, anywhere in the world!
The EpiCollect software will enable scientists to collate data from certain mobiles in a web-based database on topics such as ‘disease spread or the occurrence of rare species’. This data is instantly analysed and plotted on a map for others to see on certain mobiles. These certain phones are ones that run Google’s Android open-source operating system and are hoped to be available on an iPhone-compatible version of the application soon. 
 
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So how does it work?
 
The phones’ GPS system automatically logs users’ locations, so data they are collecting is plotted by location using Google Maps. Then anyone can access the database online, or from their phone instantly. According to lead researcher on the project David Aanensen, it is the ‘full integration into a central and widely-accessible database makes EpiCollect particularly useful’. “Many of the other tools that allow one to send data by mobile phone don’t have an easy way for any of the researchers to look at any of the data in almost real-time,” he told BBC News.

“We’re investigating the use of the phones for the project; rather than researchers taking a GPS out into the field and recording their results on paper, we can get all of this data much more quickly – and it limits the amount of equipment they have to take out into the field,” Mr Aanensen said. He added that there will be a potential to use this approach with school projects. He cited the classic “quadrant” experiment in biology, in which schoolchildren set out a fixed area in a field for example, and count the number of species in that area.

“If we have a database version, it allows them to compare between their school and another school or a set of schools in one country versus a set in another country, and the natural ability to use a phone rather than paper might be more attractive to school kids.” This is one of the many ways in which mobiles phones are changing the way many industries work.

 



The new Nokia N900!

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When we heard the Nokia N900 was coming into the mobiles please office we were very excited to get our hands on this super powerful phone. The N900 tablet has a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard and an 800×480-pixel resistive touch screen to allow easy access to all the phones features including, 32GB of storage for up to 7,000 songs or 40 hours of DVD quality videos, a powerful 600 MHz processor and up to 1GB of application memory, fast wireless broadband and a high-quality 5 mega pixel digital camera to capture all your memories.

So is this really as good as my computer at home?  The N900 browser is powered by Mozilla technology and comes with all the features of your computer browser. The sharp 800 x 480 display allows you to view web pages as they were meant to be seen and also enables you to look back on your browsing history. The multiple desktops included on the Nokia tablet make it extremely easy to access applications that help you keep in touch with the world or simply be entertained.  The powerful processor allows you to run multiple apps smoothly, which is perfect if you need to do lots of things at once. It also means you can keep track of everything with instant notifications for emails, SMS or calls.

So this is the perfect companion for a business traveller who is always on the go and will be available very soon.

If you can’t wait for the Nokia N900 try our Google Android or the HTC Magic for similar powerful qualities.



Business phones

Blackberry’s and Palm handsets have always been the business person’s phone perfect for on the go. Now all the big names in the mobile phone business are bringing out there own feature packed handsets made for the business users…and perfect for out of work too. We give you the ultimate guide to the business orientated handsets available at Mobiles please.

Blackberry Curve
The original Blackberry handset with a twist still equipped with all the traditional RIM features that will allow you to take your work with you where ever you go. Featuring a full email client that allows you to access your email accounts from anywhere in the world and an office document viewer it is the businessman’s phone.

Google Android
With a full QWERTY keyboard, full touch screen and full on style the Google Android is a business machine packed full of the latest features that will make you want to get to work. Made for browsing the web this handset allows access to all essential sites from Gmail for keeping up with your emails to Google maps incase you need to find your way to a meeting. It also allows you to keep entertained on the go with a 3.2 mega pixel camera and access to the thousands of Apps now available on the Google Android. Available in black or white.

Nokia E71
Nokia have always been a favorite with professionals (before Blackberry came along) and the E71 is a fantastic full QWERTY handset that is almost as useful as your pc. Loaded with the latest email technology, direct access to Nokia’s app store and with office applications pre-installed you really can work on the go.
Forget your pc…try one of our stylish smart business phones!