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- News@8pm: HTC handsets, Xperia Play release date
- T3 now on Apple app subs service launched today
- Panasonic introduces its first LED LCD 3D TV
- Toshiba unveil new ultra-portable R-Series laptops
- Adidas miCoach fitness app coming to Android
- Apple app subscription service launches today
- Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 Smart Player announced
- LG Optimus Pad pictures: Hands-on with the LG tablet
- LG Optimus 3D pictures: Hands-on with 3D smartphone
- Toshiba announce new premium tablet for UK market
- HTC Incredible S coming to the UK Q2 2011
- HTC Flyer tablet coming to Three in the UK
- HTC Desire S UK launch set for O2 network
- iPhone 5 rumours suggest a bigger 4-inch display
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 to arrive on Vodafone
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Play UK price and release date
- News@10: Larger iPhone screen, faster broadband
- HTC Flyer specs revealed at MWC 2011
- HTC Flyer Android tablet launches at MWC
- HTC Facebook phone duo unveiled
- BBC iPlayer's future is mobile
- Faster broadband could add value to UK house prices
- Tweetdeck on verge of takeover by UberMedia
| News@8pm: HTC handsets, Xperia Play release date Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:00 PM PST Welcome to your nightly round-up of the day's news and goings on courtesy of T3.com. We've seen a slew of unveilings from HTC today at MWC, with the HTC Flyer tablet, the HTC Desire S, the Wildfire S, the Facebook-focused ChaCha and Salsa and the Incredible S all looming heavy on the horizon. And HTC fans don't have long to wile away, either, with all products getting the staple MWC Q2, 2011 release window. Pop over to the T3.com MWC 2011 microsite for your fill of hands-on videos and photos. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| T3 now on Apple app subs service launched today Posted: 15 Feb 2011 11:39 AM PST T3 iPad Edition now available via Apple subscription service Apple subscriptions launched today and T3 readers will be among the first in the world to be able to use the new service from iTunes by subsribing to the T3 iPad app.
T3 iPad app now available on subscription The news ties in with the launch of the iPad’s first subscription-based app, ‘The Daily’ newspaper, and readers of T3’s iPad Edition can now benefit as well.
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| Panasonic introduces its first LED LCD 3D TV Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST Enhanced web TV content and improved picture quality Panasonic held its convention in London today, expanding its LED and Plasma range with both 2D and 3D capability.
Comprising of 37 and 32 inch panels, the DT30 is the flagship 3D LED LCD range and includes the new IPS Alpha panel. Advantages of this panel include a fast response time and wide viewing angles, while 400 HZ backlight scanning for improved motion in 3D and 3D. This set includes an industry fastest scanning range of 2ms, reduced crosstalk and improved black reproduction.
Panasonic also showed its flagship plasma range the VT30, first introduced at CES this 3D set is billed by a Panasonic spokesman as ‘the best TV we’ve ever built.’ Panasonic televisions have arguably never been as stylish and LG or Samsung rivals, but the company looks to change this with its High Line Design, her construction from a single piece of glass enables a wafer thin design.
Available in 65, 55, 50 and 40-inch panel sizes, the VT30 incorporates new NeoPlasma technology, with a fast 600Hz mode and blisteringly fast response time of 0.001ms, making it particularly suited to 3D. Else where it has THX 2D and 3D certification, consumes 20 watts less power and comes with a WiFi LAN adaptor and two pairs of 3D glasses.
The DT30 and VT30 ranges include Viera Connect, Panasonic’s revamped internet portal. Features include Skype video calling, Viera Image Viewer for playing back 2D and 3D images via USB SD cards
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| Toshiba unveil new ultra-portable R-Series laptops Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:49 AM PST Toshiba's latest super-light laptops float into view on the horizon. Tearing ourselves away from MWC for a moment, we see that Toshiba have been working on more than just secretive premium tablets, in the form of their new ultra-portable R-Series laptops. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Adidas miCoach fitness app coming to Android Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:16 AM PST Android gets a marquee fitness app. There's a couple of things the Android Market is short of in order to get on a level playing field with Apple's App Store, one of which is the lack of a decent fitness app. Well that's about to change with the launch of the excellent Adidas miCoach app coming this Spring.
A massive hit on the iPhone and BlackBerry, earning a five star review on T3's App Chart, the miCoach app prescribes specific training programmes for six different sports, with audible coaching offering a pep talking during your run.
The app is centred around the GPS-based pace zones, which encourage you to pick up your speed or relax depending on the coloured zone you're running in. All of your run data is then stored and instantly backed up online where you can analyse graphs and compare your performances over time. Naturally, you can also share your results with the online community.
You can go online and download a programme completely tailored to your needs or you can free run and the app will still record your time, pace, distance and calories burned.
The free coaching device also allows you to listen to music stored on your Android phone during your workout and you'll also get notifications from your work-out calendar when it's time to head out for a jog.
The Adidas miCoach app for Android was announced today at MWC in Barcelona and the only disappointment is that we'll have to wait until late April to download it from the Android Market.
Link: Adidas MiCoach
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| Apple app subscription service launches today Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:00 AM PST T3 iPad Edition now available via Apple subscription service Apple subscriptions launched today and T3 readers will be among the first in the world to be able to use the new service from iTunes by subsribing to the T3 iPad app.
T3 iPad app now available on subscription The news ties in with the launch of the iPad’s first subscription-based app, ‘The Daily’ newspaper, and readers of T3’s iPad Edition can now benefit as well.
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| Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 Smart Player announced Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:26 AM PST Top notch media phone Samsung Galaxy S gets PMP re-imagining. Coming some seven months after the release of the original Samsung Galaxy S and just a couple of days after the announcement of its successor, the Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung have announced what looks like their answer to the iPod Touch: the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 Smart Player. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| LG Optimus Pad pictures: Hands-on with the LG tablet Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:01 AM PST Hands-on with the 3D capable LG Optimus Pad Having been officially unveiled as LG’s first foray into the European tablet market on Monday, the LG Optimus Pad has gone on display at Mobile World Congress 2011.
Hedging its bets between the two leading tablet sizes the Optimus Pad measures in at 8.9-inches across, smaller than the 9.7-inch market leading iPad but larger than the Android favourite, the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab. Touted as being the perfect size for portability, content viewing and comfortable one-handed use, the Optimus Pad does feel a comfortable fit in the hand if perhaps not the sturdiest of devices.
Key selling point to the LG Optimus Pad is its 3D credentials with a 3D camera and video recorder joining a 3D display. These seemingly impressive specs failed to fully impress during our hands-on with the device, however. Whilst the 3D display required users to wear compatible 3D glasses, unlike its smartphone brethren the recently unveiled LG Optimus 3D, repeated attempts on a number of the available devices failed to launch the 3D video camera function.
Having finally found a unit which allowed for 3D video recording the quality and gimmick factor was somewhat impressive although lacked that killer wow factor that you would expect to come from a 3D capable tablet device. With the Optimus Pad scheduled for release in March we hope that LG irons out these issues with the otherwise impressive gadget.
What are your views on the LG Optimus Pad and its 3D credentials? Share your thoughts with us via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds and stay tuned to T3.com for all the latest on the Optimus Pad’s upcoming release. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| LG Optimus 3D pictures: Hands-on with 3D smartphone Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:35 AM PST Hands-on with the LG Optimus 3D smartphone Launching alongside the LG Optimus Pad, the LG Optimus 3D has landed sporting a bevy of glasses-free 3D credentials, beating the eagerly awaited Nintendo 3DS to the punch.
Sporting a 4.3-inch 3D WVGA capacitive touchscreen display the Optimus 3D offers crisp, clear visuals when displaying 2D or 3D content. Much like the upcoming 3DS the Optimus 3D’s extra-dimensional content does not jump out of the screen at users instead added subtle yet very noticeable depth to images.
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Asides from its name-giving 3D aspects the Optimus 3D is an all-round high-end device running Google’s Android 2.2 mobile operating system, FroYo. Feeling slightly large in the hard, the Optimus 3D comes across on first use as less sturdy than desired with little confidence being placed in a misguided drop or accidental bump.
The area of this 1GHz dual-core processor touting handset that provides the best use of its 3D credentials is the user interface. With 3D app centres the LG device uses 3D to its Optimus Prime, sorry, optimal prime with much thought and time clearly having been spent on the user experience.
Are 3D phones the future or the latest in a long line of passing trends? Let us know what you think via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Toshiba announce new premium tablet for UK market Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:37 AM PST Premium specification tablet to make amends for defunct Folio 100. After all the kerfuffle over Toshiba's under-priced-yet-under-powered Folio 100 tablet, it looks like Toshiba are ditching attempts to undercut Apple's iPad and are instead flinging themselves head-on into the high-end tablet game, announcing an as-yet-unnamed tablet boasting what they call "premium specifications".
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| HTC Incredible S coming to the UK Q2 2011 Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:26 AM PST HTC Incredible S fills a gap between the Desire and the Desire HD, say HTC. The HTC releases at MWC are coming thick and fast now, with the HTC Desire S, Wildfire S, Flyer Tablet and the Facebook-centric twosome of the HTC Cha Cha and the HTC Salsa flooding out in the last few hours. Latest among them: the follow-up to the previously US-only HTC Incredible, the HTC Incredible S. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| HTC Flyer tablet coming to Three in the UK Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:16 AM PST
Quick on the heels of its official announcement at MWC, Three have announced that they will be the first mobile provider in the UK to offer HTC's first foray into the tablet market, the HTC Flyer. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| HTC Desire S UK launch set for O2 network Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:49 AM PST New Desire S UK release date expected in late 2011 The HTC Desire S, the follow-up to the T3 Phone of the Year is set to be available on O2 according to the mobile network provider’s official Twitter feed.
Unveiled at a press conference this morning at MWC 2011 alongside the HTC Flyer Android tablet, HTC Wildfire 2, and two HTC Facebook phones, the tweet from O2 reads:
“Great news for HTC fans – the HTC Desire S is coming to O2 later this year.”
The Desire S will land with Android 2.4, a new 1GHz Snapdragon processor under the hood, a front facing VGA colour fixed focus camera, and a sleek aluminium unibody inspired by the HTC Legend.
HTC stated that a Desire S launch was set for the second half of 2011. We are following up with O2 to get the official line, so stay tuned to T3.com via Twitter and Facebook to hear the latest. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| iPhone 5 rumours suggest a bigger 4-inch display Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:46 AM PST Is Apple's next mobile set to have an HTC-bothering screen size? Apple always stays clear of Mobile World Congress, choosing instead to unveil its handsets with a whoop and a holler in San Francisco. Despite the furore happening with handset launches in Barcelona now, it just wouldn’t be a tech week without the odd Apple iPhone rumour. Today the rumours from earlier in the week that Apple will be bringing out an iPhone Nano have had a firm quashing, thanks to two separate reports that Apple’s next iPhone will in fact be larger. Sources who claim to be close to the part manufacturing process claim that 4-inch displays are currently being tested. MWC 2011: |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 to arrive on Vodafone Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:44 AM PST Vodafone tweeter announces exclusive Galaxy Tab deal. With the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 UK release date set for sometime in March, Samsung have also verified that the first lucky few to get their mitts on the new 10.1 inch Android tablet will be Vodafone customers. Like it's predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Tab 10.1 will feature a SIM card slot for texting and calling, which for the near future at least will be home only to Vodafone SIMs.
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| Sony Ericsson Xperia Play UK price and release date Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:19 AM PST Price, launch date and boxed accessories revealed by mobile site. A mere day after its official announcement (and much, much longer after the world first caught wind of it), the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, or PlayStation Phone as once 'twas known, is up for pre-order in the UK from mobile retailer unlocked-mobiles.com. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| News@10: Larger iPhone screen, faster broadband Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:00 AM PST T3 scans the Twitterverse to bring you a handy daily round-up of gadget news, tech rumours and randomness from the WWW. Kick back with your morning cuppa and catch up. Tuesday
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| HTC Flyer specs revealed at MWC 2011 Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:55 AM PST HTC Flyer Android tablet lifts off HTC has shaken up the tablets market with it’s latest release, the HTC Flyer, a 7-in unibody aluminium tablet. The tablet also integrates new services such as HTC Watch, a video download service, and Mobile Cloud Gaming via OnLive.
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| HTC Flyer Android tablet launches at MWC Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:38 AM PST HTC tablet includes updated version of Sense HTC has confirmed its first tablet will be the HTC Flyer, which is launching on Android 2.4, with a Honeycomb update coming soon.
T3 was lucky enough to have a look at a (non-working) version. Constructed from a single piece of aluminum with white accents, it's stunning build quality follows the same high quality as the handsets, with a 7-inch 1024x600 pixel screen, although it's a lightweight 415g. When asked why it had opted for 7-inches like the Samsung Galaxy Tab instead of near 10-inches like the Apple iPad, an HTC spokespersion said it enables ‘truly mobile use,’ because it can be held with one hand.
Surprisingly the Flyer runs a single 1.5 Ghz - rather than dual-core - processor with 1GB Ram. It also runs a new version of HTC Sense that has been optimized especially for tablets, the interface now includes what's described as a 3D experience with widgets moving in space.
Built into the tablet is HTC Scribe Technology. Supplied with the device is a stylus, but this isn’t for navigation, instead it functions more like a pen, which you can use to annotate documents and sign PDFs using digital ink. New app Notes has been optimized especially and the Flyer even synchs with Evernote over the cloud.
Additionally Timemark lets you you start an audio recording while taking notes, they sync together, so when you tap on note it jumps to the right part of the audio track. It sounds a bit like the Livescribe Pen, but certainly gives the Flyer a unique selling point and something we can't wait to try. HTC’s equipped the Flyer with a couple of new apps. HTC Watch for streaming hundreds of movies, while OnLive lets you play 3D games, with the capability to push the game to a TV over DLNA. It’s possible these apps will appear in future HTC products
Internal storage is 32GB and there's a Micro SD slot. 3G and WiFi only versions will be available, the tablets also support Bluetooth 3.0 and N WiFi. There's a 5-megapixel main camera and front-faceing 1.3-megapixel camera,.
Accessories include a pouch with in-built stand, desktop dock and Bluetooth keyboard. HTC wouldn’t be drawn on prices, but said because of its premium built it will be towards the higher end of the tablet market.
HTC Flyer release date: Early Q2 HTC Flyer price: TBC
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| HTC Facebook phone duo unveiled Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:45 AM PST Full QWERTY and touchscreen duo get their groove on HTC has introduced two new ‘social networking phones.’ The HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa contain a dedicated Facebook button, enabling you to instantly share photos, music and maps to Facebook. Although they aren't official Facebook phones, HTC worked closely with the social-networking giant.
T3 recently had a play with the HTC Salsa and it couldn’t be simpler to use. Got a photo you want to upload to Facebook? One press of the button opens a menu where you can choose to post the picture as well as determining who will be able to see it and even add a tag. It's context sensitive too, so one click of the Facebook button from within Google Maps lets you post it directly to Places, or when listening to music the track information is uploaded to Facebook.
Equipped with a full QWERTY and 2.6-inch 480x320 capacitive touchscreen the ChaCha runs a new version of HTC Sense optimized for landscape displays. The HTC Salsa offers the same experience as the ChaCha but with a full 3.4-inch 480x320 touchscreen. The HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa will both run Gingerbread (Android 2.4) and are powered by a 600Mhz Qualcom 7277 processor and 512Mb RAM. Each handset has a primary 5-megapixel camera and secondary VGA camera.
Elsewhere Facebook integrates with HTC Sense. Facebook messages and conversations are integrated within your messages and instead of just showing dates and times, your calendar integrates with Facebook so you can see information about who is attending events. You can use Facebook chat.
Although we were only able to try out the HTC Salsa, initial impressions are favourable, the build is typical HTC standard and Facebook integration is thorough, but quite subtle. Unlike the INQ Cloud Touch, which seems to be pitched as an entry-level device; HTC is targeting a slightly more affluent market, with the ChaCha and Salsa, although the company couldn’t confirm pricing, it did say it the handsets will sit between the HTC Wildfire S and HTC Desire S.
Get all the news from the 2011 Mobile World Congress at the T3.com MWC 2011 microsite.
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| BBC iPlayer's future is mobile Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:30 PM PST The way we view television via the iPlayer could soon be changed The head of on-demand programming for BBC, Daniel Danker, has been at the helm when the iPlayer has broken records, with almost 50 million new catchup requests in a four-month period.
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| Faster broadband could add value to UK house prices Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:00 PM PST Consumers indicate broadband is on their must-have list when house hunting. A recent survey published by ISPReview indicates that a faster and reliable broadband connection could increase UK house prices. ISP Review polled 733 people and the results revealed that broadband was an important consideration in house-hunting. The result showed that almost two-thirds of UK internet users would be discouraged from buying a new house if it did not have a fast broadband connection.
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| Tweetdeck on verge of takeover by UberMedia Posted: 14 Feb 2011 10:30 PM PST Social networking client Tweetdeck almost acquired Sources are reporting that Tweetdeck, a UK-based desktop application for social networking, is on the verge of being acquired by California-based UberMedia.
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