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New TouchFLO available for HTC Touch
John Chan | Nov 12, 2008
HTC has put a new version of its TouchFLO interface into the Touch 3G, one that looks similar to TouchFLO 3D found in the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro devices--less the fancy animations. Today, it announced that the new TouchFLO can be downloaded for the original HTC Touch. Furthermore, HTC Touch handhelds sold from now on (with a reduced S$548 price tag) will come preloaded with this new version. Aside from the new Home screen, the YouTube application will also come with it so Touch users can now watch streaming videos from the popular video-sharing site over Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, the announcement doesn't apply to the Touch Dual and Touch Cruise at the moment.
We lauded the Touch 3G for its fast TouchFLO interface. But we must remember that it comes with a 528MHz processor and 192MB of RAM. The HTC Touch uses a 200MHz TI processor and, depending on when you bought it, has only either 64MB or 128MB of RAM. It'll be interesting to see if this updated interface will work just as well on the original Touch. Current users can download the update from the HTC Web site. If you are going to try it out, let us know how well it works in the Talkback below.
BlackBerry Storm tattoo wins man a real Storm
John Chan | Nov 11, 2008BlackBerry enthusiast site CrackBerry organized a contest titled "What would you do for a BlackBerry Storm?", urging readers to do something extreme to win one of the 10 touchscreen email handsets it's giving out.
The first winner, T.J., has been picked, and boy, was it over the top--he tattooed a full-sized Storm along with the CrackBerry logo on his calf along with the words "iPhone Sucks" below that. What made it even more cringe-inducing was that the tattoo artist was a major iPhone fanboy--it's a good thing he was professional and did a good job. Would you go as far as T.J. did for your favorite gadget?
Via CrackBerry
HTC's Touch HD and Touch 3G land in Singapore
Reuben Lee | Nov 06, 2008
HTC Touch HD
Not surprisingly, the much-anticipated Touch HD, which is the new flagship model in HTC's lineup, will be priced at a premium S$1,388 (US$986.08). While this is slightly lower than what some people have speculated on earlier (at about S$1,500 (US$1,065.64)), the hefty price tag still makes it one of the most expensive PDA-phones in the market. However, those willing to pay the price will receive in return the best multimedia features one can possibly get in a PDA-phone today.
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i-mate quells rumor of closure, hints at 2009 lineup
John Chan | Nov 05, 2008
According to a forum thread on popular mobile phone site HowardForums, i-mate, Velocity Mobile and MWg are "all no longer in business". This claim was made by a forum member who seems to be a reseller of mobile phones. The i-mate and MWg brands are familiar to us in Asia, while Velocity Mobile is a new company with strong backing from Inventec, a prominent ODM (original design manufacturer) based in Taiwan.
We contacted i-mate to ascertain these claims. Australia-based marketing manager Allison Caruk not only denied those rumors, but went on to tell us that the company will be announcing new products for 2009 soon. Caruk also added that Windows Mobile 6.1 updates for its current Ultimate series of PDA-phones are being tested and will be available for download soon.
The rumor could have been fueled by news of the company's CEO Jim Morrison saying in October that i-mate will delist from the London stock exchange. Reverting the company back to a privately owned organization will save i-mate money, one of the many steps which it has undertaken to cut costs since early this year.
CNET Asia also contacted MWg for its take on the rumor but have yet to obtain a response at press time.
Xperia X1 European shipments hit by delays--Asia unaffected
John Chan | Nov 05, 2008
According to a report by IDG News Service, Sony Ericsson isn't shipping as many units of the Xperia X1 as it had planned in certain European markets. The manufacturer's spokesman there attributed this to a lack of certain materials though he wasn't specific as to which ones they are.
The good news is, in the same report, plans to sell the X1 in Asian markets are not affected. We called Sony Ericsson to confirm this and were assured that this PDA-phone will still go on sale in November as originally intended. If you haven't already, read our full review of this handheld here.
Via the::unwired
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