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Mystery phone ID’d as HTC Passion, hitting Verizon within months?

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 26th 2009 1 Comment

htc dragon live mystery android smartphone 3 375x500 Remember the mysterious HTC smartphone that showed up this time last week, and that we all assumed was the upcoming Snapdragon-based HTC Dragon? Well, the source of those images, TheUnlockr, has decided it’s the Dragon too, or to be more exact Verizon’s version of the handset, the HTC Passion. He’s claiming 90-percent certainty on the ID, and if so you could be seeing this Android smartphone on shelves by the end of the year.

The Passion (aka the CDMA Dragon) is expected to be the Android version of the HTC HD2, which basically adds up to a huge capacitive touchscreen – the HD2 uses a 4.3-inch panel – together with all the wireless connectivity you could hope for an a 1GHz processor. The touch-sensitive buttons beneath the touchscreen on the Passion certainly look like those on Verizon’s other upcoming Android handsets, such as the Motorola Droid, and the white notification bar is similar too.

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Verizon BlackBerry Storm2: October 28th for $180

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 26th 2009 No Comments

35741 BB Storm2 Front Portrait LRG HR 210x360 custom There’s not just a new OS for the Verizon BlackBerry Storm today, but official word on when the touchscreen smartphone’s successor will arrive on shelves. This coming Wednesday, October 28th, will mark the Verizon BlackBerry Storm2’s arrival, with the handset priced at $179.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and assuming a new, two-year agreement.

Your hard-earned dollars get you a 3.25-inch 480 x 360 capacitive touchscreen with the latest iteration of RIM’s SurePress technology, both EVDO Rev.A and UMTS/HSPA 2100 (the latter for travelling), and WiFi b/g, along with OS 5.0 and a total of 18GB of storage (2GB internal; 16GB via included microSD card). Around the back there’s a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera with image stabilization and flash, and a 1,400mAh replaceable battery good, Verizon claim, for up to 5.5hrs talktime or 11.2 days standby.

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BlackBerry Storm OS 5.0 firmware officially released

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 26th 2009 No Comments

The long-awaited firmware update for the original Verizon BlackBerry Storm 9530 has arrived, and OS 5.0 brings with it the promise of greater stability, new flick-gestures in the Storm's browser, and other usability tweaks. Early user feedback suggests that the new software makes the Storm a whole lot more usable, with noticeably reduced delay between application changes.

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Kohjinsha PA MID priced out of the market?

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 26th 2009 No Comments

Kohjinsha’s PA-series MID may have satisfied us that the company is at least listening to critique about form-factor and usability – unlike other mini-notebooks, such as the UMID mbook m1 and Sharp’s NetWalker, it has a rotating touchscreen for use as a slate – but they still seem to have their fingers in their ears when it comes to pricing. According to WOW-POW, the PA MID will come in at 69,800 yen, which works out to a whopping $760.

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eviGroup Pad Windows 7 UMPC live photos spotted

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Oct 25th 2009 1 Comment

French MID/UMPC manufacturer eviGroup have released a few preliminary images of their upcoming Pad touchscreen tablet, and while we’re far from making up our minds about the Windows 7 slate yet, it’s looking reasonably attractive in a “digital pictureframe” sort of way. The eviGroup Pad has a 10.2-inch 1024 x 600 resistive touchscreen, WiFi a/b/g and integrated 3G, and bundles a new “AI UI” called Seline which promises less pecking with a finger or stylus and more straightforward access to data.

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Amazon Kindle for PC app coming in November

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 22nd 2009 3 Comments

In case you missed it, Microsoft announced that Amazon have developed a version of their ebook app for the PC. Kindle for PC will be a free download and, like the iPhone, iPod touch and standalone Kindle ebook readers, allow users to purchase titles from Amazon’s online store.

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Archos 9 PCtablet hits shelves today

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 22nd 2009 5 Comments

The Archos 9 PCtablet has been somewhat overshadowed by its smaller, Android-based sibling, but the French company would like to remind you that, with the debut of Windows 7, the 9-inch touchscreen “future of netbooks” is now available to buy. £449.99 ($748) gets you a resistive touchscreen, Atom Z515 processor and integrated WiFi and Bluetooth, all in a device 800g and just 1.7cm thick.

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Live Archos 9 hands-on gallery after the cut

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Dell SX2210T multitouch LCD gets official in Japan

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 22nd 2009 1 Comment

Dell Japan have officially announced the Dell SX2210T multitouch-capable touchscreen display, first spotted floating around the company’s support pages earlier this week. The SX2210T is a 21.5-inch display running at native 1920 x 1080 resolution, 2-megapixel webcam, 50,000:1 contrast ratio and support for one or two fingered gestures.

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HP Compaq L2105tm multitouch Win7 LCD drops today for $299

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 22nd 2009 No Comments

Looks like Dell’s SX2200T won’t have the whole multitouch monitor playground to itself. HP have announced a new, Windows 7 compatible touchscreen display, the HP Compaq L2105tm, a Full HD 1920 x 1080 LCD with an optical touchscreen supporting one- and two-finger control. There’s also, for those old-school moments, a plastic stylus hidden in a nook round back.

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Samsung Moment first-impressions

By Vincent Nguyen on Wednesday, Oct 21st 2009 23 Comments

It’s not the first time we’ve played with the Samsung Moment, but today we’ve had the chance to take Sprint’s newest smartphone away and unbox it. The Moment is the carrier’s second Android handset (after the non-QWERTY HTC Hero), packing a slide-out keyboard, 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen and both EVDO Rev.A and WiFi b/g. Check out our hands-on gallery, unboxing video and some first-impressions of the Samsung Moment after the cut.

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