Aug
2008
Following our report yesterday on the security issue with Apple’s iPhone passcode system, it seems the company has responded, but not with the level of urgency expected by its customers. Apple referred the fatal security flaw as a “minor iPhone security issue” and claim a fix will be available at some point in September. This [...]
Aug
2008
iPhone users were left horrified this week at the realisation that their 4 digit passcode screen still granted easy and total access to the device via a simple loophole. The issue affects the 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 firmware strains and allows you to get past the passcode lock simply by hitting the Emergency Call and double-clicking [...]
Aug
2008
Realising that they wanted to have a candy bar form factor device in the line up, HTC have announced another new handset this week – the HTC S740. The S740 design bears a strong resemblance to the new style Touch Pro and Touch Diamond Windows Mobile devices with its sharp lines and gloss black finish, [...]
Aug
2008
Back in July we reported on a new series of touchscreen devices Nokia was working on, the most anticipated of these being the so called ‘Tube’ device. These rumours took a step closer to reality today when Devinder Kishore, Nokia’s Marketing Directory for India, claimed “we have been working on the Series 60 platform for [...]
Aug
2008
Following some of the images which surfaced online at the beginning of the week it appears that Palm have now officially announced their new Treo Pro Windows Mobile device. While images provided via manufacturer media kits can often make a device look significantly sharper than the real thing turns out to be, one has to [...]
Aug
2008
For some time industry professionals have had their money on HTC being the first manufacturer to bring a Google Android based handset to market. Today that prediction came a step closer to reality with HTC subjecting their ‘Dream’ device to the FCC’s testing and certification process.
Aug
2008
Palm’s next generation Treo device appears to be circulating online. Technical details are still thin on the ground but the new full QWERTY device, believed to be called the Palm Treo Pro, runs Windows Mobile Professional edition, supports HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and even has an IrDA port for connecting to legacy devices (which we found [...]
Aug
2008
We received news this morning that Vodafone have upgraded their 3G network to 7.2Mbps in Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool. This further enhances the higher speed connectivity (and reliability) which, until now, had only been available in key London areas. Vodafone are not stopping their either and are currently working on upgrading Reading, Glasgow and Bristol [...]
Aug
2008
Last year Linksys partnered with Vodafone to release a broadband router (model number WRT54G3G) with a full PCMCIA slot. The idea behind this was that you could use the data card in the router for disaster recovery if your fixed line broadband failed or, more commonly, if you had 3 or 4 laptop users in [...]
Aug
2008
Today we were pleased to receive a parcel from our network partner O2 containing a new device for us to evaluate and review – that device was the Xda Mantle. The background of the Xda Mantle is what you would normally expect in that everything under the hood is manufactured by HTC. The relationship HTC [...]
